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Canadian outfit United Front games to develop True Crime's return
Read More »New True Crime in-bound
A new True Crime has been revealed during the Spike TV Vide Game Awards. The game looks to be set in Shanghai and is being developed by United Front Games. Players must take control of an undercover cop and attempt to take down the triad. Release date and platforms have …
Read More »Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2 announced
LucasArts has announced Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II for 2010. The sequel to the 2008 smash hit was revealed by Samuel L. Jackson during the Spike TV Video game Awards . The trailer featured Starkiller, the protagonist from the original game. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released on …
Read More »COMPETITION: Activisions Promote & Devote 2009
Following the success of the ‘Promote & Devote 2008′ promotional event offered to Independent retailers, Activision Blizzard is backing this year’s event with up to 30,000. Last year, there was huge support from Independent retail sector, many of whom featured titles in their windows and in-store. All benefited from the …
Read More »New Transformers game rolls out
The latest issue of US games mag Game Informer has revealed that Activision will next year release a brand new game based on the cherished kids’ franchise Transformers. While the series’ recent Hollywood rebirth has brought with it two commercially successful video games, you have to go all the way …
Read More »MW2 tops Time 2009 list
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been named as the best game of 2009 by US magazine Time, which praised it for its raw, riveting military action”. Other titles to do well in the list include Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum, Activision’s DJ Hero, 2K Games’ Borderlands and Nintendo’s New …
Read More »Trade called to back War Child campaign
Activision has called on the games industry to get behind its GAME For Good Modern Warfare 2 charity push. The firm is trying to encourage a million Modern Warfare 2 owners onto Xbox Live this weekend (Saturday December 5th and Sunday December 6th). A huge flux of online players will …
Read More »Activision targets families this Xmas
Activision Blizzard is currently touring Britain’s hottest retail locations to raise awareness of its family-orientated Christmas line-up. The publisher has been showcasing titles such as DJ Hero and Tony Hawk: Ride to a wider audience at major shopping centres every weekend since October 31st. The Activision Nationwide Shopping Tour aims …
Read More »Call Of Duty series tops 55 million sales
The Call Of Duty series has surpassed 55 million unit sales to date worldwide, taking a whopping $3 billion in retail sales in the process. That’s according to a combination of data from The NPD Group, ChartTrack, GfK and internal Activision estimates, released today by the publisher. The series has …
Read More »Activision to donate up to £250,000 to War Child
GAME, Xbox and Activision have joined forces for a special online charity event in support of War Child. Entitled GAME For Good, Activision wants as many gamers as possible to play Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox Live on Saturday December 5th and Sunday December 6th. The more gamers online, the …
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