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Read More »Infinity Ward ‘is dead’, insider claims
The team that built Activision's biggest hit will crumble, source says
Read More »Activision shot the IW race horse
Though job losses are no laughing matter, it’s impossible to believe that EA isn’t taking at least a little pleasure from the current firestorm engulfing Modern Warfare developer and Activision-owned developer Infinity Ward – particularly as the two men at the heart of it are now members of camp EA. …
Read More »WoW pet making $2.5m an hour
The ‘Celestial Mount’ in-game item for Activision-Blizzard’s MMORPG-hit World of Warcraft caused such high demand on it’s first day of availability that the studio claim they had to scale down purchasing to protect their servers. The virtual pet, which is on sale for $25, could be making Blizzard around $2.5m …
Read More »Infinity Ward in disarray
In what is in danger of becoming a daily ritual at the Activision owned developer Infinity Ward, two more key staff members have walked out on the studio, bringing the total number of departures to 11. If you include ousted bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella, that number now stands …
Read More »Infinity Ward losses enter double-digits
Two more key walkouts at Modern Warfare studio
Read More »MW2 Stimulus was too cheap
Activision’s decision to give its Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus DLC a premium price point of 1200 Microsoft Points (10.20) was met with outcry by much of the game’s fanbase – but one analyst thinks Activision should have charged even more for the download. The Stimulus Pack, which includes five multiplayer …
Read More »Big summer for new Activision IP
After a relatively quiet start to the year on the new releases front, Activision Blizzard is set to storm the High Street with two brand new IPs this summer. The publisher is also targeting its established fans with the latest title from one of its most lucrative licences. Activision is …
Read More »New wave of Infinity Ward walkouts
The reputation of Infinity Ward continues to sink to new lows as more staff announce their departure from the Modern Warfare outfit. Activision’s billion-dollar cash cow has seen its workforce chip away after sacking the studio’s co-founders and launching a bitter legal row against them. Yesterday saw two separate revelations …
Read More »Fifth wave of walkouts at damaged Infinity Ward
Todayâ??s departures: Chris Cherubini, Bruce Ferriz, Jon Shiring, Mackey McCandlish
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