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Just over a month after it first debuted on Xbox Live, the first expansion pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled to arrive on both and PS3 some time later today. The Stimulus Pack includes five new multiplayer maps for the popular shooter, three of which are …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops announced
Activision has announced that its next Call of Duty game will hit shelves November 9th, 2010. The new title is called Call of Duty: Black Ops, and a teaser website has gone live here. The new game is being developed by Call of Duty: World at War developer, Treyarch. No …
Read More »Activision: Treyarch is taking CoD to the next level
Activision Publishing’s chief operating officer Thomas Tippl has promised that developer Treyarch will push the next Call of Duty’s quality beyond that seen in previous iterations of the series. The statement comes in the build up to this evening’s official unveiling of details of the game’s content and setting. Tomorrow …
Read More »Bungie deal wont offset Infinity Ward ills
It’s a solid business deal with one of the most reputable developers in the industry, but the announcement of Activision and Bungie’s ten-year agreement is (almost) as much about PR as it is about profits. Nonetheless, analyst Michael Pachter doesn’t believe the news is enough to completely counter the negative …
Read More »Bungie could still make more Halo
Today’s surprise announcement of a ten-year publishing agreement between Activision and Bungie has rocked the games industry, but what exactly does it mean for both companies? The first thing to note is that the lucrative Halo franchise will not be going multiplatform. Microsoft owns that IP and has self-owned Seattle-based …
Read More »New Call of Duty revealed tomorrow
The first official details of this year’s still mysterious Call of Duty outing will be revealed tomorrow on GTTV in the form of a teaser trailer. The preview spot for the show stated: Put all the rumours to rest – don’t miss the global announcement of the next Call of …
Read More »Modern Warfare 2 slashed to £17.99
Headlining this week’s Mega Monday at online retailer Zavvi is a quite unbelievable offer – the Xbox 360 version of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for just 17.99. The game, which five months on from its release is still riding high in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats …
Read More »GAME claims leading market share on key IP
Though GAME’s recent financial results were in line with expectations and far ahead of the global declines seen in the video games market, the retailer has pointed to the heavily decreased performance of Wii on the High Street as one of the key reasons behind its struggles in 2009. In …
Read More »Activision predicts Q1 sales surge
Activision Blizzard has raised its 2010 earnings outlook following a stronger than expected Q1. The publisher predicted in February that it would see Q1 GAAP revenues of $1.1 billion, or $525 million in non-GAAP net revenues. However, an early than expected launch of the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package and …
Read More »Infinity Ward stung by third walkout
Shiring and McCandlish both walk out, bringing the publicly-known tally to six
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