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Goliath of online gaming the star of two industry leading conferences

eLearning conference rallies experts to Scotland

Activision has announced that its next Call of Duty game will hit shelves November 9th, 2010. The new title is called Call of Duty: Black Ops, and a teaser website has gone live here. The new game is being developed by Call of Duty: World at War developer, Treyarch. No …

As the Toriesâ?? promise of a pre-election game manifesto looks increasingly doubtful

Limited launch set to gauge international desire for streaming service

Activision Publishing’s chief operating officer Thomas Tippl has promised that developer Treyarch will push the next Call of Duty’s quality beyond that seen in previous iterations of the series. The statement comes in the build up to this evening’s official unveiling of details of the game’s content and setting. Tomorrow …

Games Investor Consulting director Rick Gibson explores business in the new net age

RTW says new system of free access, item sales and subs 'removes financial barriers'

Major UK publishers will showcase their latest titles at the MCM Expo in May. Companies including Activision, PQube, Tecmo Koei, Nintendo and Rising Star have all signed up to the event, which takes place on the Saturday, May 29th and Sunday, May 30th at London Excel. Games set to be …

The i39 multiplayer gaming event attracted 2,350 people, with almost 80,000 viewing the finals online. Players took part in competing matches on games such as Counter Strike: Source. "i39 was a resounding success with hundreds of people bringing their own PCs for four days of hardcore gaming and over 2,000 …