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$8 billion stock sale cut ties with Vivendi, but another shareholder claims unjust enrichment
Read More »PlayStation PR veteran Fargher joins Activision
Activision has named Jonathan Fargher as its new head of UK PR. He starts his new role on October 7th. Fargher has worked at PlayStation for 14 years, most recently as senior UK PR Manager, and has helped launch every PlayStation console. Prior to Sony, he worked at Psygnosis, and …
Read More »Activision hires lobbyists to counter violent games bill
Activision-Blizzard has asked a lobbying group to tackle a Senate bill that calls on Congress to investigate the effects of violent video games on children. The Violent Content Research Act was first introduced by West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller in December of last year, and called for the national academy …
Read More »Activision unleashes lobbyists on violent games bill
Violent Content Research Act gets attention from major publisher
Read More »A new Call of Duty game has been released TODAY
Activision has, quite unexpectedly, released its first ever ‘proper’ Call of Duty game for mobile devices. It’s called Call of Duty: Strike Team and it’s available on iOS right now for 4.99. Despite the premium price point, the 1.32GB game does include in-app-purchases, which according to The Guardian, range in …
Read More »Hirschberg: Diversity doesn’t always mean creativity
Activision Publishing CEO claims outfit is victim of 'false narrative' around output diversity
Read More »Skylanders figures have outsold EVERY other action figure brand this year
Activision’s Skylanders IP has taken charge of the toy market. The publisher has revealed that Skylanders figures have outsold all other action figure properties in the US and Europe so far in 2013. That means the likes of Transformers, Star Wars, Ben 10, Batman, WWE, Spider-Man, Toy Story and Superman …
Read More ȣ180 Call of Duty: Ghosts Prestige Edition includes 1080p camera
A 1080p HD Tactical Camera is the star inclusion in this year’s Prestige Edition of Activision’s Call of Duty release, COD: Ghosts. It’s mountable, shock proof, water resistant, has a 170 wide angle lens, includes a 4GB memory card and is modelled on the equipment found in-game. Also in the …
Read More »Xbox One ‘Season Pass Guarantee’ offers 360 DLC rollover
Microsoft has introduced the Season Pass Guarantee program, allowing players to receive Xbox 360 DLC on Xbox One. The program lets Xbox Live users move any season pass content purchased on Xbox 360 over to Xbox One, provided they own the game on both consoles. The company confirmed in its …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer to include female soldiers
Playable female soldiers have been unveiled for the multiplayer portion of Call of Duty: Ghosts. GameSpot reports on a special presentation for the game put on by Infinity Ward yesterday in Los Angeles that spilled several major details on the title – including the new option for in-game co-ed play. …
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