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Shares in Activision Blizzard saw a sizable spike yesterday ahead of the publisher’s quarterly earnings report. On Wednesday Activision’s share price peaked at $11.16 after closing the day prior at $10.30. The encouraging jump follows Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes upgrading the company’s shares from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Buy’, claiming in …

Maryland-based group Bethesda Softworks has been cited as the new publisher of A2M’s forgotten acrobatic shooter, Wet. Wet – still in development at A2M’s offices in Canada – was one of numerous titles thought to have fallen victim to the Vivendi-Activision merger. Having lost its publisher for nearly a year, …

A2Mâ??s acrobatic action title, dropped during the Activision-Blizzard merger, may have a new publisher behind it

Activision Blizzard won best Publisher of the Year at the MCV Awards 09 last night, rewarding 12 months which saw the firm release both Call Of Duty: World At War and Guitar Hero: World Tour. Sega (pictured) won the Sales Team gong, after its most successful year to date as …

Wii Fit has become Nintendo’s longest serving ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats No. 1, with a total of 11 weeks at the top. The fitness title surpasses Nintendo’s previous record-holder, Pokmon Yellow, which enjoyed ten weeks at No. 1 back in 2000. Wii Fit has also managed to hold off competition …

Activision Blizzard has appointed former Yahoo COO Dan Rosensweig as CEO and President of Red Octane – the business unit which develops the blockbuster Guitar Hero franchise and soon to be released DJ Hero. Rosensweig will oversee Guitar Hero’s global operations including game development, hardware manufacturing, supply chain, logistics and …

Activision Blizzard has posted a $72 million loss for its fourth quarter – but reported a combined yearly revenue of $5 billion. Driven by strong sales of Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft games, the US company reported revenue of $1.6 billion for the quarter – the …

Atari president Phil Harrison has told MCV that he wants to leave Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick red-faced for dumping the Ghostbusters game. The title, which Atari announced it had picked up this month, was originally on Vivendi’s release schedule before the ‘merger’ between the company and Activision in December …

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett believe collaborative projects between bands and video game developers, such as the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica, could lead to the music and games industries merging. In an interview with USA Today, the celebrities were asked what they think of video games as a music …

Activision Blizzard will lose its European boss in the spring, after two years of impressive turnaround. Joerg Trouvain is returning home at the end of March to be closer to his family, switching to a CEO role at German online travel company HolidayCheck. After a role as boss of EA …