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Black Ops Breaks Pre-Order Records

Black Ops Breaks Pre-Order Records

GameStop, US game retailers, say they have taken an "all time" record number of pre-orders for Activision's upcoming first person shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops. "GameStop is tracking to all-time... Read More

Activision Announces X-Men: Destiny

Activision Announces X-Men: Destiny

Activision has just announced X-Men: Destiny in their press release. You will be able to play as "new mutant recruits" in a "branching storyline" that has a "deep" amount of choice and will offer... Read More

GoldenEye 007 Dev Diary

GoldenEye 007 Dev Diary

[HTML1] Activision have released a developer diary for their upcoming Wii and DS First Person Bond Shooter, GoldenEye 007. Producers Julian Widdows and David Wilson talk about the boss battles of th... Read More

Call of Duty: Black Ops Achievements

Call of Duty: Black Ops Achievements

A full list of Achievements and Trophies for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been released on the net, and Treyarch's Josh Olin has confirmed it is the real one, and warned all players of spoilers. Her... Read More

Activision Announces NASCAR The Game 2011

Activision Announces NASCAR The Game 2011

Activision has just announced NASCAR The Game 2011, and that it is developed by Eutechnyx. “It was crucial to take a fresh look at what makes the sport so popular,” said Ed Martin, Eutechnyx... Read More

EA Responds To Kotick

EA Responds To Kotick

After Kotick lashed out at EA in an interview with gaming mag Edge, as we reported yesterday, EA have responded. "Kotick's relationship with studio talent is well documented in litigation," an EA ... Read More

Activision Developers ‘Have To Earn’ New IPs, Says Bobby Kotick

Activision Developers ‘Have To Earn’ New IPs, Says Bobby Kotick

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision, one of the most successful game publishers/developers, feels his firm's devs "have to earn the right" to create new IPs (Individual Properties). Speaking in a very c... Read More

Black Ops Will Be More Story Oriented

Black Ops Will Be More Story Oriented

Treyarch's Mark Lamia while talking to gaming magazine Edge, has confirmed that his upcoming First Person Shooter title, Call of Duty: Black Ops will follow the previous Call of Duty games' footst... Read More

Kinect Price ‘Has To Come Down,’ Says Bobby Kotick

Kinect Price ‘Has To Come Down,’ Says Bobby Kotick

In the same interview with Edge where Kotick slammed EA, Infinity Ward founders and Tim Schafer at once, Bobby Kotick, Activision boss, also stated that the pricetag of Kinect will have to be low. ... Read More

Bobby Kotick Disses Schafer

Bobby Kotick Disses Schafer

Bobby Kotick, Activision boss has done it thrice in a row. After slagging off EA and Infinity Ward founders, he has gone on to slam Tim Schafer as well, for him calling him a "prick." While speaki... Read More

Infinity Ward founders will “never be successful again,” says Kotick

Infinity Ward founders will “never be successful again,” says Kotick

Bobby Kotick is on a roll. We just reported how he "dissed" EA while talking to gaming mag Edge. Well, EA weren't his only targets. He says fired founders of the super-successful studio Infinity War... Read More

EA is ‘struggling,’ says Kotick

EA is ‘struggling,’ says Kotick

After recently stating that companies like EA and the like will struggle to compete against his company, Bobby Kotick, Activision boss, has said that their is no "rivalry" between his company and ... Read More

Black Ops Fan Base “a smaller percentage of the broad audience who like Bond”

Black Ops Fan Base “a smaller percentage of the broad audience who like Bond”

Peter Collier, part of the development team of Blood Stone, says Blood Stone's sales will not be eaten up by Black Ops' sales this Holidays, thanks to the wider audience that James Bond has. "If I w... Read More

Analysts say Halo: Reach has ‘no chance’ of outselling Black Ops

Analysts say Halo: Reach has ‘no chance’ of outselling Black Ops

Industry analysts say the hugely successful, recently released Microsoft title, Halo: Reach has 'no chance' of outselling the upcoming megaton, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Microsoft made it clear that ... Read More

Bobby Kotick Thinks Bungie Is The “last remaining high quality independent developer”

Bobby Kotick Thinks Bungie Is The “last remaining high quality independent developer”

Bobby Kotick, perhaps the gaming industries most hated personal, has stated that Bungie are the "last remaining high quality independent developer". The claim might just come from the fact that A... Read More

Bobby Kotick: Traditional Companies like Microsoft, Sony, EA “are going to really struggle in the future”

Bobby Kotick: Traditional Companies like Microsoft, Sony, EA “are going to really struggle in the future”

Activision boss Bobby Kotick says traditional console making companies such as Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, will face a "struggle" trying to figure out an online dominance in the future, somethin... Read More

CoD Paid Service Incoming?

CoD Paid Service Incoming?

"New service offerings" which are supposed to "enhance" online grossings from Call of Duty games are "in the pipeline," Activision has revealed. That probably means that Activision will be enhancin... Read More

Dedicated Servers Will Come At A Price For Black Ops

Dedicated Servers Will Come At A Price For Black Ops

Activision have just announced that they will be having dedicated servers for their upcoming Treyarch developed Cold War based First Person Shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops, but guess what- you wi... Read More

Can Halo: Reach Outsell Call of Duty: Black Ops? Microsoft Thinks So

Can Halo: Reach Outsell Call of Duty: Black Ops? Microsoft Thinks So

With two megaton First Person Shooters, Microsoft's Halo: Reach and Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops, looming large on the horizon, comparisions are bound to be drawn between them. Both of them ... Read More

Black Ops Multiplayer Is And Always Will Be Free

Black Ops Multiplayer Is And Always Will Be Free

Mark Lamia, head of Treyarch, developers of the upcoming Cold War FPS, Call of Duty: Black Ops, has said that his team plans on “supporting the hell” out of his upcoming game, and assured tha... Read More