Activision

Sports games make up a big chunk of Electronic Arts' empire. In some areas of the genre, such as professional football, they're virtually uncontested. What does Activision, the other huge publisher in North America, think about that?

By Mabie A. If you wanna be the star of the party, then you gotta pony up some hard cash. That seems to be the message Activision is sending their European patrons awaiting the new DJ Hero (PS3, Xbox 360). UK retailer ShopTo has divulged to Eurogamer that the price point at which the game will release is at a...

By Alexander Sliwinski We said it before -- when Gearbox Software registered War Hero -- doesn't Activision own the word "hero" in relation to any video game by this point? We know Activision is litigious -- even when it's wrong. Some attorney on retainer should be all over this.Fitness Hero! Workout Hero! (Not fr...

By Mabie A. The rumor about a Wii version of Electronic Arts' Brutal Legend has been going around for quite some time now. But even though we never really got a confirmation or denial from EA regarding this, we are now confronted with the rumor that the game's already been canned.

By JC Fletcher One company is notably absent from the top brands list: "Most strikingly," the report reads, "Sony had no top 30 brands for the third year in a row." Microsoft had two brands on the list (Gears of War and Fable) and Nintendo had four (Mario Bros., Wii Fit, Wii Play, and Pokémon). See the list of br...

Activision and MTV Games have cluttered living rooms around the world with their plastic musical instruments for years but now another publisher might be challenging their supremacy in the plastic doodads market.

By Mike Fahey The news comes from an article in the LA Business Journal on the success that companies such as Activision have had with controller based games like Guitar Hero. Nestled away in said article is THQ's Chief Executive Brian Farrell spilling the beans on an upcoming controller-based title t...

By Stephen Totilo In an interview with Kotaku, id's John Carmack and Todd Hollenshead explained how changing circumstances with Activision and other studios spurred id's sale to Bethesda parent ZeniMax. Doom 4 will be published by ZeniMax/Bethesda. The Wolfenstein and Rage games being made under Activ...

By Richard Mitchell Griffith doesn't seem concerned by competition from The Beatles: Rock Band either, saying quite simply, "Well, Rock Band is the most similar title on the market, but Guitar Hero outsells it by four to one in the US; in Europe that number is ten to one." Okay then. Griffith also shakes off the n...

That Kotick is currently playing some bluff game is clear though. Also at E3 he tried to make a similar move but the critical gamer can just as easily say that Activision is asking too much for the Guitar Hero games and the pieces of plastic you need to be able to play them. Also the many new episod...

Activision compiles the best songs of the Guitar Hero franchise and wraps them up a slick new bundle called Guitar Hero: Smash Hits for the PS3 ... www.movieweb.com

Activision and Treyarch have released a trailer for the second map pack of Call of Duty: World at War and although we don't usually post trailer for map packs, this one is pretty cool so we didn't want to keep this one from you:

According to Activision and Treyarch, Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 is going to be available for download today and it brings new features, ... Call of Duty World at War Map Pack TrailerGaming Today Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 DatedTeamXbox GameSpot

Activision announced today that a new Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack is now available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gamers. So what do you get in this new pack and how much will it ravage your wallet? Well, keep reading to find out.

By Brian Crecente Bizarre Creations' 2009 arcade racer will be the first game published from the developer by Activision. Developers say they took all of the things that are fun about racing titles and put them into their highly stylized, vehicular combat game. The development team say the game is like Goth...

Activision isn't quite ready to drop the Guitar Hero 5 track list on us. They did, however, the full list of artists that will appear in the game. It'll do for now

 Australia With a few friends around, there are few gaming experiences as entertaining as Guitar Hero. By combining one of the best gaming franchises around with one of the best bands in the world, Activision have another huge hit on the hands. ...

Activision is trading at fair value at current prices. It has the potential to hit at least “one home run” title. This has not been adequately priced in its stock price, and the stock represents a buying opportunity. Activision Blizzard is the dominant ...

Other then that, Guitar Hero: Metallica gets a huge plus based on its motion capture likeness of the band. It looks like Activision is getting better at matching everything about a Metallica concert in its animated form. Metallica is a metal favorite ...

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Activision recently launched a new patch for its ultra-popular game Call of Duty: World at War. Version 1.4 brings four new maps to the table, as well as a couple of changes and fixes. Three of the aforementioned four maps are standard multiplayer maps ...

And in late March, Metallica teamed up with Activision to release “Guitar Hero: Metallica.” The folks behind “Guitar Hero” probably didn’t have a very long list of acts they felt could carry a game. And Metallica, one of the best selling American ... Guitar Hero Smash Hits Hands-On IGN

Activision has issued a new patch for Call of Duty: World at War, bringing to v1.4 this first person shooter sequel developed by Treyarch Invention. The most notable additions to this patch are the four new maps (Nightfire, Station, Knee Deep and ...

By Earnest Cavalli In 2007, the Quebec government finalized a deal with the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, to increase the number of video games available in French in Quebec. New Quebec law turns Lara Croft into francophone [The Star, via Gamasutra]

Call of Duty World at War Patch 1.3 Activision and Treyarch have released a new patch for Call of Duty World at War, patch 1.3. This is an incremental patch which requires you to have Patch 1.2 installed prior to installing Patch 1.3. It includes a number of minor bug fixes and ...

Activision and Treyarch released today a new update for Call of Duty: World at War, which in addition to bug fixes and improvements also includes a free map. The full description and laundry-list of fixes or updates is right after the jump. 4 Vote(s)

Activision has announced that the Bob Seger Track Pack for Guitar Hero World Tour is now available today for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. The Bob Seger Track Pack includes the following tracks from the iconic singer: "Old Time Rock and Roll", "Her Strut", ...

By Andrew Plotkin This week's topic of "hey, look at that" among IF fans is Legends of Zork -- a browser-based "casual MMO" being developed by Jolt. (Licensed from Activision, of course. For those of you who missed the 90s, Activision owns all the old Infocom titles; it was Activision who published the three Z...

By rss@youtube.com (blackmoney00) Glitch Author: blackmoney00 Keywords: Call of Duty Castle World at War Map Glitch Online Play Station XBox 360 Wii Treyarch Activision Added: January 2, 2009

By Patrick Klepek Activision [5 Games] Call of Duty: World at War — 85 (PS3), 85 (360), 83 (Wii), 84 (PC) Enemy Territory: Quake Wars — 84 (PC only) Guitar Hero: World Tour — 85 (PS3), 85 (360), 84 (Wii) Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 — 90 (36) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King — 91 (PC)

By The Huffington Post News Editors Sales of video game software grew 11 percent to $1.31 billion. Besides "Gears of War 2," which sold 1.6 million copies, "Call of Duty: World at War" by Activision Blizzard Inc. and Nintendo's "Wii Play" and "Wii Fit" also did well. Electronic Arts had just one title, the zombie horror game "Left...

By Steve Kohlbecker Activision hit the video game lottery when it released Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It was an updated version of its award winning WWII series with new weapons, a revamped multiplayer, a thrilling campaign, and great visuals. The game was an instant masterpiece and cemented the franchi...

Guitar Hero World Tour Do you have a product that you would like featured on dBTechno? If so, drop us a line at vicb@dbtechno.com Guitar Hero World Tour PS3 Review Developer: Neversoft Publisher: Activision Players: 1-4 (8 Online) Guitar Hero World Tour is the answer to the release of Rock...

By rss@youtube.com (framesgames) Call of Duty: World at War Activision, Treyarch Ps3, Xbox 360, PC Story 6.5 Shallow characters detract from the reality that war is hell. Graphics 9.5 Top to bottom, one of the best looking games this generation. Sound 9.5 The voice acting and effects do the series justice, but the soundtrack is...

By Owen Good Which Drums Are Louder: Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero World Tour Activision Eyes Subscription Fees For Guitar Hero World Tour User-Created Songs MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Review: A Festival of Mayhem The Ballad of "Robert Jones": Arcade Tickets Were His Currency

A few bits of news that may be of interest to anyone who likes getting their music-game fix with drums:...Xbox 360 users can now download a Guitar Hero World Tour update that will allow ION Drum Rocker owners to use the drum kit with the game.So, that's a plus. However, there's been a slight snag in...

By Owen Good Hope everyone's had a good chance to fan themselves and hose off following Thursday's introduction to Grace Kim, the former Activision PR rep turned Guitar Hero Rock Band vixen in this month's Playboy. Remember a while back, the survey that asked if anybody's played video games in the nud...

By Mike Fahey Guitar Hero World Tour is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. The Wii™ version is being developed by Vicarious Visions. The PlayStation®2 computer entertai...

By Owen Good Blizzard: Execution Over Innovation What Activision Can And Can't Change About Blizzard Nintendo DS Software Sales Up, Nintendo Wii Software Sales Up (Up, Up, Up!) Activision Blizzard May Dump Massive, Swordfish Studios Ghostbusters: The Video Game Hands-On

By Ross Miller It's too hard to find stuff on XBLA, says Microsoft God of War track hits PS3 Guitar Hero III today Five new Guitar Hero III track packs in June, Motörhead up first Nielsen: Wii usage is second to Xbox 360 Activision, System 3 take the Ferrari Challenge

Activision and Blizzard merger, Feral Announces The Movies: Stunts and Effects and Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Mac set for release early next year according to amazon, NWN2 pre-orders now available from MGS, GH3 gone Gold, to be released on mac 10th December...

Activision expressly prohibits the use of this Guitar Hero controller with any other game." An update to the PlayStation 3 version of Harmonix's Rock Band will arrive later today, granting compatibility with the wireless Les Paul controller bundled in the PS3 version of Guitar Hero III...

By Brian Ashcraft Activision honcho Robert Kotick is not a nerd. He has a totally cool nickname, "Bobby." And cool guys have a nickname like that. His company puts out cool games like Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero. Bobby recently told a room full of press:

By Brian Crecente Hot on the heels of a price reduction for all Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft is now giving holiday buyers even more value by including two great games with every Xbox 360 console and Xbox 360 Elite, a retail savings of $90 for consumers. The acclaimed "Forza Motorsport 2" (Microsoft Game Stud...

By James Activision sent me Spider-Man 3 on all the current-gen consoles, so I decided to give each of them a spin. If you are a fan of the "Spider-Man" series, it's likely you've already seen the third movie. If you haven't, go do it. It's the same quality as the other two movies. The game lets you, not surp...

By Sukhdeep Robert Kotick, Chairman and CEO, commented, “Fiscal 2007 net revenues are expected to be the highest in Activision’s history. Our results were driven by our proven properties Call of Duty(R) 3, Marvel(TM): Ultimate Alliance(TM) and Tony Hawk’s Project 8(TM); our successful integrat...

By efEditor If you've played any of the excellent Call of Duty games, you're aware of how rich in gameplay, graphics, and knowledge they are. And that kind of triple-play of infotainment is meant for the big screen and big computation of consoles and PCs, right? Well, Activision wants to prove that kin...

By tips@gamertagradio.com Last night was a mission to record this episode.. But we are back with 3 big interviews! Nano came to talk about MLG Orlando that will take place this weekend in FL. Hope his team can make it to the finals (good luck). Today we finish our coverage from Microsoft Games Unwrapped event. Activision ga...

By tips@gamertagradio.com Pinksage topic of the week: XNA Game Studio Express - now you can create your own games for the Xbox 360. What are our thoughts about it. Also interviews with Lucas Arts about Lego StarWars 2 & Activision giving us more details about their new game Tony Hawk Project 8. Only on GTR!! Enjoy!

By support@gamespot.com We gab some more about Xbox 360 launch games, the seedy details of the Activision/Spark lawsuits, and why teenagers just don't like games anymore.