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Despite seeing an 86 per cent week-on-week decline in sales, Activision’s might Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has succeeded in fending off the advancing forces of both Nintendo and Ubisoft to maintain its spot at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week. The full …

Infinity Ward prised as much as $50 million from Activision’s budget to develop Modern Warfare 2, reports suggest. That figure is thought to be far less than Infinity Ward had initially been offered. The $40-50 million that Infinity Ward spent – a number quoted by anonymous sources in an LA …

But can the industry sustain high costs and huge stakes?

Third team set to work on new game in franchise while word leaks of MMO version

It just can’t stop breaking records! Publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold-through a staggering $550m in its first five days on sale. The company believes that this is the best five-day launch in the history of entertainment – including video games, cinema and …

Despite widespread reports to the contrary, publisher Activision Blizzard has firmly denied that its recently released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been banned in Russia thanks to its controversial terrorist level – which, incidentally, is called ‘No Russian’. Reports that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been …

Robomodo confirms new Activision deal and discusses expanding into other genres

Whilst triple-A release Modern Warfare 2 keeps itself busy by tearing up the record books in the traditional games industry, Activision has released yet another Call of Duty title – World at War: Zombies on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Priced at 5.99, the title in an extension of …