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The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena has become the latest title to be snapped up after suffering at the hands of the Activision-Blizzard merger – and it’s Atari once again doing the honours . Having allegedly already snapped up the rights to publish Ghostbusters next year, Atari has now acquired …
Read More »Has THQ acquired 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand?
A new entry in the Australian government’s Classification Database seems to suggest that US publisher THQ has acquired the rights to publish Swordfish Studios’ hip-hop themed 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand. The shooter was one of a number of titles that was left out in the cold following the …
Read More »Guitar Hero output to triple
Publisher Activision Blizzard has vowed to triple the number of Guitar Hero games on the market by 2010, the firm said at its investors gathering yesterday according to Shacknews . Moreso, the number of titles on the market will be doubled by next year. The UK Charts are currently littered …
Read More »Vivendi titles to be sold off?
Ghostbusters and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand could be sold off as Activision Blizzard assumes Vivendi’s release slate, the new publishing powerhouse has told MCV. While Crash, Spyro and Prototype have been confirmed for release by the new giant, the rest of Vivendi’s release schedule hangs in the balance. …
Read More »Ghostbusters future remains in the balance
There are big question marks hanging over Terminal Reality’s video game adaptation of classic ‘80s movie outing Ghostbusters at the moment – but another spectre has appeared on the horizon with the news that a major retailer has removed all mention of the title from its website. Kotaku reports that …
Read More »EA and Activision dominate Q3 and Q4
As part of its new report on what’s in store for the games industry for the remainder of the year, analyst firm Screen Digest has claimed that global publishing giants EA and Activision-Blizzard will account for 75 per cent of all releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii this Q3. …
Read More »LEIPZIG 08: Quantum Of Solace delayed
The co-designer of Activision Blizzard’s upcoming James Bond title Quantum Of Solace has revealed that the game will be released in November. A little later than the previously announced October 31st release date. Speaking at the Leipzig Games Convention this afternoon, Adam Gascoigne, showed off new footage from the game. …
Read More »Warcraft launches in Russia
Blizzard’s World Of Warcraft and its expansion The Burning Crusade have both finally seen a release in Russia. The titles have been fully localised and allow consumers to begin playing on dedicated realms with the benefit of a Russian-language customer-support team. The release is the fifth European-language version of World …
Read More »Activision discusses CoD MMO
Activision has admitted that Blizzard is set to play a role in the progression of both the Guitar Hero and Call Of Duty franchises. Speaking in an earnings call following the re-publishing of the firm’s Q1 fiscal results, company CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed that Actvision is ‘examining’ the possibility. Later …
Read More »Diablo III heavily in development
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime has confirmed that Diablo III is already ‘heavily’ in development. Speaking in an earnings call following the republishing of Activision’s Q1 results last week, Morhemie also confirmed that the series has sold 18.5 million units in total so far. He said: The original Diablo has been …
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