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Read More »Blizzard turns to third Warcraft expansion
Studio to focus on World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm, despite â??new IPâ?? rumours
Read More »Blur arrives on November 6th
Activision Blizzard’s Blur, the publisher’s first high-profile entry into the crowded racing genre, will be released in Europe on November 6th, it has been confirmed. The game will be released a few days earlier in North America on November 3rd. Blur is being developed by Bizarre Creations, the team behind …
Read More »Kotick could raise prices even further
With retail and consumers alike still getting to grips with the prospect of shelling out 54.99 for November’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has admitted that he would like to push prices even higher. When asked about the controversial subject as part of Activision’s post-financial …
Read More »StarCraft II delayed to 2010
Activision has confirmed in its quarterly financials today that Blizzard’s PC title StarCraft II will launch next year. Its arrival will coincide with the revamped Battle.net, Blizzard’s new social networking site for StarCraft and World of WarCraft player. Our mission is to develop games that deliver an epic entertainment experience,” …
Read More »Blizzard’s Battle.net ‘similar to Xbox Live’
Revamped site to become 'a true online destination' says Activision
Read More »Modern Warfare aims for Wii
Activision Blizzard has followed up the recent news of a DS version of military shooter Modern Warfare with news of a port of the 2007 original destined for Nintendo’s Wii. Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty 3 and the recent Call of Duty: World at War, is said to …
Read More »CHINA: Gaming outranks shopping online
New research shows more Internet users in China use the web for online gaming than shopping. New research from the China Internet Network Information Center shows approximately 200 million of China’s web users regularly play online video games. This places the pastime the sixth most-used application for the Internet, while …
Read More »Sam Raimi directing WoW movie
The long-rumoured World of Warcraft movie is real – and furthermore, developer Blizzard and co-producers Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros have hired the services of Evil Dead and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. Charles Roven, the producer behind cinema blockbuster The Dark Knight and sci-fi classic Twelve Monkeys, will also be …
Read More »GDC Austin to host World of Warcraft keynote
Keynote sees production director joins Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce
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