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The Transformers IP may have enjoyed a newfound popularity in recent years thanks to Michael Bay’s cinematic adaptations, but Fall of Cybertron is pure 1980s. From the outset, this game is squarely aimed at fans of the G1 animated series and the movie that it spawned – which, imaginatively, was …
Read More »Rumour: Black Ops 2 Wii U outed on LinkedIn
A Linkedin profile of a Treyarch QA tester suggests Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be making its way to Wii U. IGN dug up the resume in question that states the employee has been working on both the PS3 and Wii U versions of the game since May. …
Read More »‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II can take eSports to the masses’
Call of Duty: Black Ops II’s brand new multiplayer has been inspired by the eSports phenomenon, the developer has told MCV. Both Activision and developer Treyarch took to the stage ahead of Gamescom in Cologne last night to reveal a new Call of Duty multiplayer that is not just targeting …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Activision’s Peter Hepworth and Michael Sportouch
Activision now claims to have not one, but two of the biggest franchises in games, serving two very different audiences. MCV asked European VP Michael Sportouch and UK & Ireland MD Peter Hepworth if Call of Duty and Skylanders can keep growing in the face of a pressured retail market …
Read More »Want to be in the cool gang? Hate on Zynga
We all have some inner rage we need to vent off from time to time. The trick is finding a safe target for your anger. And if you’re employed in the games industry at the moment there’s no safer target than Zynga. If you ask someone what they thought a …
Read More »Download the 88-page MCV Gamescom special now
Our bumper 88-page Gamescome edition of MCV is now available digitally. This week’s edition is filled with content, including interviews with two senior Activision execs, plus a closer analysis of Grid 2, Resident Evil 6 and Tom Raider. That’s on top of the latest charts data from Chart-Track, the PlayStation …
Read More »Former Rockstar Leeds boss joins Activision Leeds
Gordon Hall to lead up mobile operations at recently christened The Blast Furnace
Read More »NASCAR euro release takes pole position on PSN
The NASCAR game DOES have a European audience, as the game holds the top spot of the PSN charts for two weeks. Publisher Activision opted against releasing the boxed game in Europe as it is primarily a US racing brand. But fans lobbied the game’s developer, Brit studio Eutechnyx, for …
Read More »Activision veterans pledge Ouya support
US free-to-play studio U4ia making console's first FPS Offensive Combat
Read More »Call of Duty Elite boasts over 12m registered users
Premium service pulls in more than 2m subscribers
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