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China’s biggest online games company Tencent has just announced a brand new entry in the Call of Duty series – Call of Duty Online. MMO Culture reports that Tencent has formed a strategic alliance with Activision” that will see the successful Western IP make a big push into Asian markets. …
Read More »Retailers leak first Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified info
A pair of retailer listings have let loose initial details on upcoming Vita title Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified. A Neogaf post of a Walmart listing (also confirmed on Amazon) reveals the title will explore original fiction in the Call of Duty Black Ops universe with an all-new campaign …
Read More »NeverSoft enlisted in Call of Duty development
The studio behind Tony Hawk’s has been enlisted by owner Activision to aid development of Call of Duty franchise. It’s unknown in what capacity the studio is working in, though it is likely to have assumed a smaller, focused role complementing current COD studios Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games. …
Read More »Tony Hawk dev working on Call of Duty
But Neversoft yet to reveal whether it will be working on a new entry into the series
Read More »SONY: Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified comes to Vita this year
Sony revealed some extra little details about the already announced Call of Duty Vita game. The title was only mentioned briefly. But Sony US boss Jack Tretton said the game is coming this year and is called Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified. The extra information came as part of …
Read More »MICROSOFT: E3 presser closes with Call of Duty Black Ops II
With Master Chief having opened proceedings, Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II was given the honour of closing Microsoft’s E3 press presentation just moments ago. The live gameplay shown saw a player in a squad transporting a female President, only for the convoy to be compromised by an attack …
Read More »HOT TOPICS: Has Call of Duty peaked?
In the first of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, Christopher Dring explains why it’s too early to call time on the world’s most successful shooter franchise. Has Call of Duty peaked?NO. The world’s biggest entertainment product is in trouble. At least, that’s what …
Read More »Activision settles with West-Zampella
Protracted lawsuit comes to a close; Details confidential
Read More »Report: Activision could settle with Zampella/West
Parties 'spent most of the morning talking behind closed doors' causing case delay
Read More »Activision paid Infinity Ward $493m in bonuses
The Activision versus former Infinity Ward devs Vince Zampella and Jason West case has unearthed yet another interesting nugget, a hard number of nearly $500m in bonuses passed from publisher to developer. To elaborate, $493m over eight Call of Duty titles has been paid to Infinity Ward by Activision since …
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