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Activision won twice at the MCV Awards last night. Its UK personnel claimed the Trade Marketing Team prize. Skylanders Giants meanwhile won the Third Party Hardware prize – previous game Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. In total Activision was one of 18 winners at the MCV Awards last night. The full list …
Read More »Paul Collins joins Activision’s recruitment team
THQ's former global recruitment manager now at Call of Duty publisher
Read More »Australian dev criticises restrictive ratings system
Developer calls for a switch to a no-fee ratings system
Read More »Activision pledges $2m to Call of Duty charity
Publisher has raised almost $3m for organisation in grants and scholarships since inception
Read More »Fast & Furious game racing to retail next month
Activision has announced Fast & Furious: Showdown, a video game tie-in for the upcoming street racing film. The game will be released in the UK on May 24th for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U, according to GAME listings. Polygon reports Showdown is being developed by Firebrand Games and focuses …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising DLC, voice acting talent confirmed
The second Call of Duty: Black Ops II DLC, Uprising, has been confirmed for an April 16th timed-exclusive launch on Xbox 360. The content will add four new multiplayer maps and a Zombies adventure entitled Mob of the Dead.” Everything from the promo image leak earlier this week stands up, …
Read More »Activision reacquires King’s Quest rights, Telltale reboot canned
Activision has recovered the rights to the King’s Quest franchise from Telltale Games, as The Walking Dead developer has confirmed it is no longer working on anything related to rebooting the classic adventure series. Steve Allison, Telltale’s Senior VP of publishing, toldDigital Trendsthat the studio returned the IP to Activision …
Read More »High Moon Studios suffers 40 layoffs
Job losses come as Activision looks to 'better align' development talent against release slate
Read More »Activision reduces High Moon staff as Deadpool development ends
Activision has reported redundancies at Deadpool developer High Moon Studios. The publisher states that 40 full-time employees have been affected worldwide, and that the moves were made following Deadpool’s completion. "Activision Publishing consistently works to align its costs with its revenues – this is an ongoing process," Activision told Joystiq. …
Read More »GDC 13: Activision chases photorealism in startling demo
New video run in real-time at 180 fps on Geforce GTX 680
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