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Publisher and developer Square Enix is to publish Activision Blizzard’s James Bond: Quantum of Solace on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PS2 in Japan, Andriasang reports. The game, which is developed by Call of Duty: World at War studio Treyarch, was released alongside the film last year in Europe and …
Read More »Kotick confirms DJ Hero
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has confirmed that DJ Hero, a dance-music themed take on the Guitar Hero formula, is in development and will be out later this year. The game will come bundled with a record-deck peripheral and will more likely than not be released on a wide range …
Read More »Bobby Kotick comes under the Forbes spotlight
Leading US business journal Forbes has published a detailed tribute to the personal success of Activision and Blizzard CEO and president Bobby Kotick, explaining how the entrepreneur used the EA publishing model to build the now biggest games publisher in the world. The article reads: When Kotick stumbled across his …
Read More »Neversoft moves on from Tony Hawk
Developer to hand long-running skateboarding series to new studio
Read More »Games to eclipse other media
Video games are set to eclipse” all other forms of media entertainment, according to Activision Blizzard’s president and CEO of publishing Mike Griffith. During his keynote speech at CES 2009, Griffith boasted games are prospering as demand for almost every other entertainment category declines, according to the BBC. He claimed …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA nutmegs Call of Duty
Mirroring the early 2008 chart success of EA’s FIFA 08, the publisher’s latest take on the beautiful game is starting 2009 on the front foot having pipped Call of Duty: World at War for the second time at the top of the ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. FIFA 09 …
Read More »Guns N Roses star slams Guitar Hero
Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose has slammed Activision and its Guitar Hero series for using his band’s songs without permission. The star wrote an open letter to fans suggesting he may be seeking legal action, according the NME. While he confirmed he did not object to former Guns guitarist …
Read More »Rock Band developer apologies for Wii delay
Harmonix has announced the Wii version of Rock Band 2 will be released in the US on December 18th, and apologised to its community for the delay in the process. A member of the development team posted the news on the official forums, saying: We want to apologise for the …
Read More »Harrison: We’ll prove Activision wrong
Atari president Phil Harrison has told MCV that he wants to leave Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick red-faced for dumping the Ghostbusters game. The title, which Atari announced it had picked up this month, was originally on Vivendi’s release schedule before the ‘merger’ between the company and Activision in December …
Read More »A2M acquires Wanako Games
Canadaâ??s largest indie picks up studio from Activision Blizzard
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