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Bungie’s Looking to Do “The Next Big Thing”

...Activision's all like, "sure, that's cool." Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 29 March 2011 | 7 Comments   

Treyarch Staffing Up and Rumored Modern Warfare 3 Announcement

The obvious is happening, but there may yet be hope. Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 29 March 2011 | 21 Comments   

Shafted Bizarre Creations Guys Rise Up in a Hogrocket

...and the creator of Geometry Wars is onboard. Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 23 March 2011 | 1 Comment   

Activision’s Asleep at the Wheel

Battlefield 3 lead, Karl Magnus-Trodesson wasn’t naming any names when he said the competition is “getting lazy,” but who else would he be talking about? Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 11 March 2011 | 8 Comments   

Activision Making Dance Hero?

Funny, it seems that not too long ago I was reading about Activision shutting down the Hero franchise — must have been mistaken. Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 08 March 2011 | 2 Comments   

Bungie’s Really Making an MMO

Now that Bungie has escaped the Halo factory, they’re free to do whatever they want, provided Activision gets to publish it. Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 04 March 2011 | 7 Comments   

All Your History: The Video Game Crash of 1983: Continue?

embedded by Embedded Video The video game industry is one of the most powerful in all of entertainment globally, a multibillion dollar juggernaut that is now larger than Hollywood.  From powerhouse consoles like the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation... Continue »
By Nicholas Werner | 24 February 2011 | 2 Comments   

Rumor: Bungie is Evil (Updated)

Remember that awesome company called Bungie that used to care about its fans and employees and could do no wrong? Well, in order to give this next story any credence, you’ll need to throw that notion in the gutter.... Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 21 February 2011 | 9 Comments   

Adieu, Bizarre Creations, And Godspeed.

Today Bizarre Creations shuts its doors, but not without some love from us. Continue »
By Justin Fassino | 18 February 2011 | 9 Comments   

Bizarre Creations Shutting Its Doors

The Activision-ocalypse will add one more corpse to the heap when racing game and flying shape war developer Bizzare Creations shuts down this Friday. Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 15 February 2011 | 1 Comment   

Hey Look At That, Another Transformers Game

embedded by Embedded Video Activision blew minds today by announcing Transformers: Dark of the Moon, a game that should feature flying pigs and The Wizard of Oz but probably just has some robots in it. The released teaser is... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 14 February 2011 | 1 Comment   

Spyro Becomes a Toy/Videogame Fusion in Skylands: Spyro’s Adventure

I’m going to be brutally honest: the fact that Activision is killing studios left and right, destroying Guitar Hero and sending Call of Duty every closer to oversaturation, the fact that they can happily announce Skylands: Spyro’s Adventure just... Continue »
By Ben PerLee | 13 February 2011 | 4 Comments   

DJ Hero Developer Not Dead Yet, DLC Cut Off

embedded by Embedded Video So Activision shitcanned the next Guitar Hero and jettisoned its entire music gaming business unit. While this isn’t good for DJ Hero developers FreeStyle Games, they’re not sunk just yet, as they have enough life... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 10 February 2011 | 0 Comments   

Activision Kills True Crime and Guitar Hero, Announces “Beachhead”

Activision dropped some serious bombs today during its 2010 fourth quarter earnings call. First off, the unannounced Guitar Hero title set to be released in 2011 has been canned... Continue »
By Billy Shibley | 09 February 2011 | 17 Comments   

LinkedIn Resume Points to Raven on Bond

Raven on Bond sounds a bit like a depraved sex act. “So how’d it turn out?” “Dude she was so drunk we did the Raven on Bond.” “AWWWWW.” Anyway, an unearthed LinkedIn profile from a Raven employee lists the... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 09 February 2011 | 0 Comments   

Activision Now Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Finds Incriminating EA E-mails

Electronic Arts is now officially included in the ongoing lawsuit between Activision and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 creators Jason West and Vince Zampella. Now a party to the suit, EA was ordered... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 20 January 2011 | 0 Comments   

Bizarre Creations Closer to Closing

Despite seeking a buyer for Bizarre Creations, Activision is now recommending that the studio close down. “This decision comes after a few months of exhausted examination of a number of different options across the board,” Activision Worldwide Studios COO... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 19 January 2011 | 0 Comments   

THQ Almost Nabbed Respawn Entertainment

This week on The Nerdy & Pasty *cue sorrowful violin*… Though Jason West and Vince Zampella’s Respawn Entertainment is now warm and snug with Electronic Arts, EA wasn’t the fledgling developer’s first choice. Speaking to Wired, THQ Core Games... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 14 January 2011 | 0 Comments   

Activision Xbox Live Half-Off Sale

Until January 17th, Activision has a mess of things on sale for Xbox Live. It’s a big list of sale items with some good, some bad, and a couple of ugly items. Of all the items, you owe it... Continue »
By Colin Ferris | 12 January 2011 | 0 Comments   

Activision Threatens to Shut Down UK Office

Everyone knows governments are trying to figure out how to operate given the global financial distress, and video game companies don’t want to end up the target of new taxes. A tax fight in Britain has Activision and the... Continue »
By Colin Ferris | 03 January 2011 | 0 Comments   
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