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Activision has called itself the leader in online and digital games – raking in around $1.3bn in digital revenue last year. The announcements was made by CEO Bobby Kotick during the firm’s post-fiscal conference call. Activision defines the digital and online market as subscription, digital game download, DLC, value-added services …

Activision Blizzard has once again bucked the downward trend in the games industry by detailing better than expected Q4 and full year 2009 earnings. In fact the firm reckons 2009 was the most profitable year in the history of the company. For the full year Activision Blizzard’s GAAP net revenues …

As company president sees Warcraftâ??s gigantic subscriber base as a glass half empty

Square Enix president outlines move to outplay Blizzardâ??s dominant MMO

China’s Ministry of Culture has issued a circular demanding that game companies refrain from content that is "not up to standard" or offering "lowbrow cultural content that is having a negative effect on the healthy development of the industry". There are more than 50 million gamers in China, a market …

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has revealed the company’s next MMO will boast a broader appeal than World Of Warcraft. Speakign at the Deutsche Bank Securities Techonology Conference in San Francisco, Kotick slipped in hints to the scope of the currently unannounced project, according to Gamespot. What we’ve announced at …

Studio to focus on World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm, despite â??new IPâ?? rumours

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 …

Keynote sees production director joins Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce

Crypticâ??s upcoming superhero title will not compete with the World of Warcraft market, says studio CEO