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Aaron Archer, the senior designer of both the Transformers and GI Joe brands at toy giant Hasbro, has said that the company is in talks with Activision over the possibility of further titles based on the Transformers IP. Speaking at Transformers fan convention BotCon, Kotaku reports that the success of …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Head over to the RETAIL BIZ Previews section for the a look at some of the biggest titles due for release over the next couple of months. This week, we lead with Activision Blizzard’s Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, which follows the events of the highly anticipated summer blockbuster. Fans …
Read More »E3 08: Wolfenstein and Wolverine front Activisions offering
Top global games publisher Activision-Blizzard has announced a number of brand new titles that it has in development – with the headliners being a brand new Wolverine title and a next-gen update to Nazi-hating FPS Wolfenstein. Despite this week’s news that EA has teamed up with id for the publishing …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Transformers holds firm at top
Only Activision, EA and 505 Games manage to break Nintendo’s stunning summer run of sales in this week’s ChartTrack all formats top ten. Heavy promotion on TV and the small matter of an accompanying blockbuster movie help Activision’s Traveller’s Tales-developed action title to fight off the march of Pokemon on …
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