Monthly Archives: February 2010
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 10:17 GMT
Kitase hints at possibility of 3D FFXIII
Speaking in an interview with the official PlayStation community, Yoshinori Kitase has hinted at the possibilty of Final Fantasy XIII being released in 3D.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, RPG, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: ffxiii, final fantasy XIII, Yoshinori Kitase
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 09:07 GMT
Only 30% of new WoW players continue after level 10, says Blizzard
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime said last night that only 30 percent of new World of Warcraft players continuing to play after reaching level 10, with 70 percent dropping out.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, MMO, PC
Tags: Mike Morhaime, world of warcraft, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 08:53 GMT
Rebellion “proud” of AvP violence
Rebellion told us that Aliens vs Predator’s violence is something the studio’s “proud of,” but that a high level of gore was “essential” for the reboot.
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 09:08 GMT
Activison’s full-year financials – all the news in one place
They rocked. They rolled. Thomas Tippl turned up in his leather pants. The Activision Blizzard super-squad kicked the shit of out its full-year conference call with some words and some numbers. It was electric. We wrote some stuff, processed some images, kicked back. You had to be there, man. But, just in case you weren’t, hit the link.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Financials, Hot
Tags: actibliz full-year financials 2009
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 07:45 GMT
This year’s CoD “not planned on repeating the same level of success as” MW2, says Acti
Activision CEO Mike Griffith said in the company’s year-end financial call last night that this year’s version of Call of Duty wont do as well as Modern Warfare 2 did in November of last year. Shocker.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Shooter
Tags: call of duty, treyarch
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 08:22 GMT
True Crime to benefit from GTA stayaway this year
True Crime’s reboot is looking “especially strong,” Activision Blizzard CEO Mike Griffith said in the company’s full-year earnings call last night, and will be rewarded by a lack of competition in the genre later this year.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Hot, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: actibliz full-year financials 2009, Mike Griffith, true crime, United Front
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 07:22 GMT
New Hawk Ride game will “unlock the full potential of the board”
Despite Robomodo’s initial Tony Hawk Ride title getting roundly savage by critics towards the end of 2009, company CEO Mike Griffith believes the next game in the series, due later this year, will succeed in achieving the concept’s vision.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PS3, Sports, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: actibliz full-year financials 2009, Mike Griffith, robomodo, tony hawk ride
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 12:06 GMT
Resonance of Fate dated for March 26 in Europe
Japanese RPG Resonance of Fate will launch in Europe on March 26 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 06:59 GMT
Global console install base to rise 47 million units in 2010, says Kotick
Activision Blizzard predicted last night that worldwide console sales this year will amount to around 47 million units, with the majority of growth coming from handheld systems.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, DS, DSi, DSiLL/XL, Financials, Hot, PS3, PSP, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: actibliz full-year financials 2009, Bobby Kotick
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 03:31 GMT
Nintendo pulls plug on WiiWare demo “experiment,” now “deciding next steps”
Now you see them. Now you don’t. Like an expert magician, Nintendo waved its wand and – poof – WiiWare’s game demo service disappeared.
It’s a neat trick, yeah. But will the bite-sized freebies be reappearing any time soon?
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 02:54 GMT
Rumor: inFamous 2 dropping in 2010
What’s that in the sky? Is it a bird? A plane?
Nope. It’s inFamous 2”s release date, which – to our knowledge – is up in the air. But a recent issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine may have narrowed it down a bit.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: inFamous 2, rumor, Sony, sucker punch
Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | 19:37 GMT
EA to Green Day: Rock Band: The show must go on
Rock Band’s future with EA may be on borrowed time at this point – especially with EA’s recent announcement that, for now, it’s narrowing its focus to internally developed titles – but that hasn’t stopped the publishing giant from hitting the road one last time with Green Day: Rock Band.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Electronic Arts, Green Day: Rock Band, harmonix
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 | 22:35 GMT
Morhaime confirms the unthinkable: WoW’s stopped growing
Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime just said that World of Warcraft’s subs base is static at 11.5 million users, at the same level it’s been since late 2008. Yep: that means it’s not going up.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Financials, Hot, MMO, PC
Tags: actibliz full-year financials 2009, Mike Morhaime, world of warcraft
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 | 22:53 GMT
StarCraft II closed Beta to begin “later this month”
StarCraft II’s closed Beta will begin this month, Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime just confirmed.
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Posted in: Hot, PC
Tags: actibliz full-year financials 2009, Mike Morhaime, starcraft II
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 | 23:11 GMT
Acti Bliz slashes music SKUs, 60 million Guitar Hero songs downloaded
Activision Blizzard revealed during its full-year investor call tonight that it plans to release only two music games this year.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Music, PS3, Retail, Rhythm action, Xbox 360
Tags: actibliz full-year financials 2009, dj hero 2, guitar hero
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 | 22:53 GMT
Blur getting multiplayer beta for March
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot
Tags: actibliz full-year financials 2009, bizarre, blur
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 | 06:49 GMT
Acti Blizz 2009 revenue up 43%, Q4 revenue sees slight drop
Activision Blizzard has just posted $1.56 billion revenue for Q4 2009, down slightly from the $1.6 billion the corresponding previous period.
Full-year revenue standing at $4.28 billion, up from $3 billion in the year previous.
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Posted in: Hot
Tags: actibliz full-year financials 2009
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 | 23:04 GMT
Acti-Blizz confirms new Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk by end of calendar 2010
Activision’s just confirmed its releasing new titles for Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk and Spiderman series’s by the end of 2010.
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up