Category Archives: Activision Blizzard

Thu, May 23, 2013 | 18:21 BST

Destiny live-action CG trailer discusses the law of the jungle

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Destiny has a live-action, CG trailer available and you can watch it below.

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Thu, May 23, 2013 | 08:45 BST

Deadpool preorder information

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Deadpool has today revealed the bonuses that will accompany his game when preordered, featuring Marvel vouchers, posters and wallpaper.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 21:23 BST

Call of Duty: Ghosts next-gen engine shown in side by side comparison video

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Infinity Ward has released a video showing the tech differences between Call of Duty: Ghosts and Modern Warfare 3.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 04:27 BST

Ghost in the machine! Features of CoD:Ghosts

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Adding to the big announcements, information for Call of Duty’s next-gen installment in the franchise has started to emerge today. Following leaks of the name and a teaser trailer in the past weeks, Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Ghosts is developed on a new engine which will add features such as exponential polygons and mocapped dogs.
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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 22:45 BST

Call of Duty: Ghosts Xbox One gameplay shown, all DLC is timed exclusive

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Call of Duty: Ghosts has been shown for Xbox One at Microsoft’s reveal event. See both the official behind-the-scenes trailer, and the new reveal trailer here.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 05:54 BST

PSN offering new game+DLC “Ultimate Edition” bundles at steep discount this week

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The PlayStation Store has these “Ultimate Edition” bundles that give you a base game and all its DLC for a discounted price. This week, they’re putting out ten new Ultimate Editions, and they’re making them even cheaper than they normally would. Plus subscribers get a better discount, as usual. Full list inside.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 02:01 BST

Dyack Responds to Kotaku expose on X-Men Destiny

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Last October, Kotaku published a feature titled “What went wrong with Silicon Knights’ X-Men Destiny?” You can read that piece here. Former studio head Dennis Dyack, now at Precursor Games today posted he response to it in a YouTube video.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 10:09 BST

Call of Duty: Ghosts footage surfaces, shows guns, characters & locales

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Call of Duty: Ghosts developer Infinity Ward has given its shooter the Vine treatment in a short clip showing off some early footage. The game will be shown at Microsoft’s Xbox 720 reveal tomorrow night.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 17:52 BST

StarCraft 2: MLG WCS America Season 1 Finals and Group Stage 2 broadcast schedule announced

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MLG’s StarCraft 2 WCS America Season 1 will culminate with the Regional Finals June 1 and June 2, and those at home will be able to watch the New York event live starting at 1pm Eastern online through Twitch.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 16:27 BST

Black Ops 2 is hosting a double XP weapon progression weekend starting today

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Black Ops 2 players can earn double xp on weapon progression this weekend. The event starts today at 6pm GMT/10am PDT and runs through Monday until 6pm GMT/10am PDT on Monday. This corresponds with Uprising being available for PC and PS3. Go shoot something.

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:27 BST

Battlefield senior product manager jumps ship for Call of Duty team

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Battlefield’s UK senior product manager Kevin Flynn has taken up a new role as senior brand manager for the Call of Duty franchise. Yeah it’s a slow news day, bear with us peeps.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 21:43 BST

MLG Spring Season Black Ops 2 second qualifying bracket semifinals, finals air tonight

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Major League Gaming’s Spring Season for Black Ops 2 is now in the second qualifying bracket with semifinals and finals airing tonight at 7pm ET. The winning team tonight will advance to the MLG Spring Championship from June 28-30 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, where hundreds of teams will compete for $50,000 in prizes and a first place prize of $20,000. Competitor, VIP and spectator passes for Black Ops 2 are available now, and fans can purchase a spectator pass online for $35 to attend the entire weekend, or upgrade to a VIP pass. More information on the event can be found through a previous post, and through the MLG link above.

Thu, May 16, 2013 | 18:27 BST

Black Ops 2: Uprising is now available on PS3

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Black Ops 2: Uprising is now available on PS3 in Europe. The content contains the maps Vertigo, Magma, Encore, and Studio along with the Mob of the Dead campaign. Hit up the trailer below for a refresher. Uprising will run you £11.59/€14.49 if you’re not a Season Pass holder.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 17:19 BST

Diablo 3 video diary takes a look at developing the controls for PS3 and PS4

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Blizzard has a released at look into the development of Diablo 3 for PS3 and PS4, via new video diary on the PS Blog.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 16:32 BST

Activision’s market share hit 19.5% in 2012, Call of Duty top franchise last seven years

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As part of its slide presentation to investors during its financial results yesterday, Ubisoft revealed its current market share among boxed game compared to competitors Activision, Take-Two and Microsoft. It seems that during FY2012, Activision had the highest share with 19.5% of the boxed market cornered.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 01:09 BST

Diablo 3 anniversary celebrated with magic find, XP boosts

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Log in for a few hours with Diablo 3 this week and you’ll be rewarded with increased XP gain and magic find, in celebration of the RPG’s first birthday.

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Wed, May 15, 2013 | 08:39 BST

Call of Duty devs assembling focus group to ‘shape future’ of the series

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Call of Duty: Elite members have been invited to register their application to become part of a focus group that will, “help improve and shape the future of Call of Duty.”

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 21:29 BST

Vivendi once again looking to sell some of its 60% stake in Activision-Blizzard – report

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Vivendi is looking to sell some of its stake in Activision-Blizzard in order to refocus on its media holdings, according to a WSJ report.

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Mon, May 13, 2013 | 00:13 BST

Diablo 3 exploit proceeds to go to charity

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Blizzard has identified 415 Diablo 3 players who took advantage of last week’s gold multiplying exploit, and will be diverting their profits directly to a good cause.

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Sat, May 11, 2013 | 17:30 BST

Diablo 3 Auction Houses back online after gold exploit fix

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Diablo 3 Auction Houses are back online, after the services were taken offline due to a gold exploit in patch 1.0.8 was discovered earlier this week,Blizzard has announced. Maintenance has concluded, and both the gold and real-money Auction Houses are now live and gold trades have been reactivated. Go nuts.