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There will indeed be a Wii version of Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, publisher Activision has confirmed. In a brief statement released to Eurogamer, the company simply stated: Black Ops will be available on all four platforms, PS3, X360, PC and Wii, on 9th November.” Until this point Activision …
Read More »Who will take LucasArts hotseat?
Following the departure of Darrell Rodriquez, LucasArts has told MCV it is actively looking for a new president. Rodriguez resigned from his position after two years at the studio. LucasFilm’s Jerry Bowerman has been named as Rodriguez’ temporary replacement. No impact is expected to reach the studio’s development teams or …
Read More »Kotick: Bungie game ‘unlike anything ever seen before’
Bobby Kotick has declared that Bungie’s first game to be published by Activision Blizzard will be unlike anything audiences have ever seen before”. While the Activision president gave no new details on the title, he did suggest that it would be the Halo developer’s first multi-format release since it was …
Read More »Infinity Ward IS working on new COD
Activision has confirmed that Infinity Ward will definitely be working on a new Call Of Duty title. During the publisher’s latest financial call to investors, Activision president Bobby Kotick said that despite the recent drama, Infinity Ward remains an important process” to the Call Of Duty brand, according to VG247. …
Read More »Activision: Infinity Ward lives on with new COD
Troubled studio set to develop another Call of Duty title
Read More »Kotick: 35 Infinity Ward staff out, more to go
"We wish we could have convinced some of these incredibly talented people to stayâ?
Read More »Kotick: West and Zampella had to go
Activision boss â??personally consideredâ?? the sacked duo as â??friendsâ??
Read More »Infinity-gate: New Respawn hires
At least 18 workers now at Zampella and Westâ??s new dev outfit
Read More »The Force Unleashed II dated
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II will be released on October 26th. The release date was revealed by the game’s official Facebook page yesterday, with a status update reading: May The Fourth by with you, since it will be Unleashed Oct 26th, 2010!” Given that the date is a Tuesday, …
Read More »Retailers give CoD: Black Ops £54.99 RRP
It didn’t seem to hurt Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s performance at retail, so talk of a 54.99 RRP for the upcoming COD: Black Ops shouldn’t come as a huge shock. There was much furore in July last year when Activision took the bold move of pricing Modern Warfare …
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