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Bungie's online shooter won't make release date revealed in Activision court documents

A worldwide embargo on Bungie’s Destiny lifted yesterday to reveal… well, not a huge amount about the game, if we’re being honest. What is clear is that Destiny, Bungie’s first project since leaving behind the world-beating Halo series, is a hugely ambitious title. Or series of titles, spanning a number …

Bungie's next game is persistent, "shared-world" shooter

The Activision-published Angry Birds Trilogy has passed 1m unit sales at retail. There are two ways to interpret that stat. On the one hand, many scoffed at the idea of selling games that can be downloaded for 69p on smartphone at a far higher RRP on a disc. On that …

Activision has confirmed the first DLC map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will become available for PC and PS3 at the end of this month. ‘Revolution’ brings four multiplayer maps, a new zombies-themed mode and map, and a weapon. The add-on originally launched late last month as …

The next Call of Duty – likely to be Modern Warfare 4 – will likely sell less than this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II. That’s according to Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg. Remember, too, that while says of Black Ops II have picked up in regions such as …

'In every single console transition we've seen an increase in expenditure'

Outspoken CEO Bobby Kotick has admitted that his company Activision Blizzard had expected Wii U do fare better than it has for in its short life in the market. "We were somewhat disappointed with the launch of the Wii U,” he told investors when speaking about Nintendo’s machine and what …

Call of Duty and Skylanders lead the charge for publishing giant

The heroes in a half shell are heading back to your consoles. Activision has agreed a multi-year deal with Nickelodeon to produce three games based on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IP, the first of which will be released this summer. The publisher now has the global rights to …