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Aaron Archer, the senior designer of both the Transformers and GI Joe brands at toy giant Hasbro, has said that the company is in talks with Activision over the possibility of further titles based on the Transformers IP. Speaking at Transformers fan convention BotCon, Kotaku reports that the success of …
Read More »GAME denies Activision rift
Retailer GAME has denied claims of an ongoing rift with publisher Activision that gossip says has lead to the chain refusing to stock recent releases Singularity and Transformers: War for Cybertron in large numbers. Talk of a dispute between GAME and Activision first emerged earlier this month amidst claims that …
Read More »Activision: Tax breaks will be a game changer
The publishing empire becomes the newest member of TIGA
Read More »Acti concerned by Move-Kinect price
The world’s largest third party publisher has admitted that it is concerned” about the price point of both Sony’s Move and Microsoft’s Kinect. Though Sony’s Move appears fairly cheap on the face of it, with a Move controller costing 39.99 and the Starter Bundle costing 49.99, the pennies soon add …
Read More »Consoles claim just 30% of Acti sales
It’s the home of powerhouse console franchises such as Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Quake, Doom, James Bond, X-Men, Spider-Man and Transformers and enjoys a key partnership with LucasArts, but it seems that console really is just a bit-player in Activision’s business. When asked by The Wall Street …
Read More »Activision wants to improve image
As well as asserting its position as the world’s no.1 third party publisher in 2010, Activision has a secondary objective – improving its image amongst the core games market. The publisher’s reputation has taken a bit of a battering in the last couple of years. Its decision to price Call …
Read More »Kotick’s CoD subscription dream
Activision boss dreams of stable monthly revenues from the Call of Duty series
Read More »Activision taking time over Move/Kinect
Activision is not yet developing any titles for either the Microsoft Kinect or PlayStation Move. However, COO Thomas Tippl has told Gamespot that he is particularly impressed” by the 3DS, and that he thinks it’s going to be a big success and draw publisher interest to put more resources against …
Read More »Activision plans 3DS support
American games giant keen to be working on new Nintendo handheld platform
Read More »E3 2010: Activision stronger than US Treasury
Activision has made the claim that its balance sheet is stronger than the US Treasury’s” at its E3 conference last night. The publisher’s chief financial officer Thomas Tippl told investors: We’re the only publisher that developers can count on for being around in the long term. Around $1.5bn was handed …
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