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The reports are correct. There will be no more Guitar Hero games. "Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing’s Guitar Hero business unit and discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011," a statement in Activision’s financial report, filed tonight, reveals. Earlier …
Read More »Huge cuts expected at Activision
[Update:Activision has confirmed around 500 job losses.] Publisher Activision will later today announce severe and sweeping cuts across its global organisation, reports claim. The Call Of Duty owner is thought will make an unknown number of staff at London and Leamington Spa studio FreeStyleGames redundant, while the future of Canadian …
Read More »Activision cull on studios and pojects [Update 4]
Guitar Hero and True Crime projects abolished, with multiple studios braced for cuts
Read More »Treyarch has ‘got the online balance right’
A Call of Duty developer’s job is never done. Once the game has shipped, the team has to manage the millions of gamers that flock to the title’s online multiplayer. And it’s not just about DLC either, but handling the critical mass of consumers and dealing with complaints of security …
Read More »Treyarch not under pressure
Publisher Activision put no pressure on Treyarch to break the sales records shattered by Call of Duty: Black Ops’ predecessor Modern Warfare 2. Not that it stopped the game doing just that, of course. People don’t come by our offices and say ‘Hey, this game sold this many map packs, …
Read More »MS issues First Strike region warning
Microsoft has warned Call of Duty fans to ensure that they download the correct version of new Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC First Strike. The content will only be compatible with copies of the game coded in the same language and from the same region. If the incorrect version …
Read More »WIN Black Ops: First Strike
The first ever DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops hits Xbox 360 today, and MCV has four codes to giveaway. First Strike features four new multiplayer maps including Berlin Wall, Discovery, Stadium and Kowloon, as well as a new Zombie map called Ascension. It’s expected to go live between …
Read More »War of words erupts between Gamer’s Voice and Pachter
A bitter war of words has erupted between Tom Watson’s gaming pressure group Gamer’s Voice and Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. Yesterday MCV reported that Gamer’s Voice is to send a petition to the Office of Fair Trading regarding complaints about alleged bugs in the PS3 and PC versions of …
Read More »Infinity Ward taking on PS3 hackers
Those using hacks to exploit the online component of Modern Warfare 2 are on borrowed time, according to the game’s developer Infinity Ward. Last week Activision warned that it might be forced to withdraw online support for its Call of Duty games on the PlayStation Network unless Sony moves to …
Read More »Office of Fair Trading hears Activision complaint
Lobby group Gamers' Voice demands action on mounting problems with PS3 and PC Black Ops
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