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Activision has revealed an incredible statistic highlighting to enduring popularity of Call of Duty. Speaking to investors yesterday, COO Thomas Tippl stated that 85 per cent of total PS4 hardware sales in the US in the three months ending March were for the Black Ops III bundle. In the exec’s …
Read More »Activision dismisses COD trailer backlash
The negativity being heaped on the trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare online is nothing new and nothing to worry about, Activision has said. The short has received an additional 100,000+ dislikes since yesterday, but speaking to investors, CEO Eric Hirshberg has tried his best to put a positive …
Read More »Why are hundreds of thousands disliking the COD: Infinite Warfare trailer?
The announcement trailer for Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has become the subject of some sort of online anger campaign. The trailer, which went live on May 2nd, has at the time of writing amassed 311,743 dislikes on YouTube. And that number is rapidly climbing. Likes, meanwhile, stand at …
Read More »Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered won’t be sold separately
Consumers won’t be able to get their hands on the Remastered version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare without buying this year’s new release as well. Activision yesterday announced COD: Infinite Warfare and COD: Modern Warfare Remastered, both of which had been previously leaked. However, the second title will only …
Read More »Call of Duty Infinite Warfare Legacy Pro Edition is exclusive to GAME
The top-end Call of Duty Infinite Warfare version will only be sold at GAME. The Legacy Pro Edition features a soundtrack, some extra DLC, a Steelbook case, as well as the game and a copy of Modern Warfare Remastered. The other versions of the title includes the normal version, Digital …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Square Enix strengthens its communications team
Colette Barr andSunil Godhania will focus on Final Fantasy, Toxic hires a new editor and Activision promotes Philip Earl to EVP international. Square Enix strengthens its communications team Square Enix Europe has expanded its PR and community team with two new hires. Colette Barr has made the move from agency …
Read More »There was almost a Guitar Hero MMO
Yup, really. Back in the decadent hay day of the Guitar Hero franchise, back when it was an excuse to print money, DJ Hero developers FreeStyle Games came up with the idea for Hero World – an MMO based on the popular Hero franchise. Word comes by way of a …
Read More »Activision announces Ghostbusters game without female film cast
There will be a Ghostbusters game for consoles and PC releasing around the same time as the upcoming film. However, while Amy Pascal and Ivan Reitman’s movie will feature four female ‘busters, Activision’s game will not follow suit. Nor will it feature the original cast from the 1984 film. In …
Read More »Opinion: Guitar Hero and Rock Band struggles highlight PS4 and Xbox One’s biggest challenge
If you’re a fan of plastic instruments, the last week’s headlines haven’t made pleasant reading. First, Activision announced it would be ‘restructuring’ (read: making a lot of redundancies) its FreeStyleGames Studio – the makers of Guitar Hero Live. Then, yesterday, Harmonix’s crowd-funding effort for Rock Band 4 on PC failed. …
Read More »Bala brothers leave Vicarious Visions
Co-founders depart as contracts with Activision expire, but will continue to consult with Skylanders publisher
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