Category Archives: Activision Blizzard

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.

Fri, May 10, 2013 | 05:52 BST

Blacks Ops 2 PC multiplayer free this weekend

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Say what else you like about Call of Duty, there’s no denying it’s one of if not the most popular multiplayer formula. if you’ve yet to check out the latest entry, fire up your PC this weekend to partake of Black Ops 2, entirely free.

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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 20:44 BST

Diablo 3 Auction Houses will be unavailable for at least another 24 hours

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Blizzard has said it is still “auditing transactions that were performed on the both the gold and real-money Auction House,” in Diablo 3 following the gold exploit in patch 1.0.8 discovered earlier this week.

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Fri, May 10, 2013 | 02:16 BST

Activision Q1: World of Warcraft subs down 1.3 million

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Activision-Blizzard has posted its Q1 results for fiscal year 2013 and reported net revenues of $ 1.32 billion compared with $1.17 billion for the first quarter of 2012.

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Wed, May 08, 2013 | 14:07 BST

Diablo III in-game economy hits trouble after user exploits

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Diablo III’s in-game auction house has been pulled offline and its in-game economy frozen by Blizzard in order to deal the fallout of a user exploit that allowed players to duplicate money.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 22:54 BST

Diablo 3 patch 1.0.8 now live, adds co-op incentives

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Diablo 3 on Mac and PC has been patched with the usual boatload of tweaks and fixes, but perhaps the most interesting aspect is an XP and gold boost in co-operative multiplayer sessions.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 22:39 BST

Diablo 3 PS3: Blizzard “didn’t want to emulate a PC game”

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Blizzard really seems to have taken the first console port of Diablo 3 seriously, making significant changes to interface and controls, as well as gameplay itself.

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Thu, May 02, 2013 | 21:09 BST

WoW Patch 5.3 contains heroic mode and four new scenarios

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World of Warcraft Patch 5.3 will come with new scenarios and heroic modes, and whether you’re Horde or Alliance, you’ll be able to get in on the action.

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Thu, May 02, 2013 | 10:51 BST

Call of Duty: Ghosts announced for current and “next-gen”

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Call of Duty: Ghosts has been made official by Activision after rumors of the game’s contents first surfaced in March, and the recent teasing by the firm itself.

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