Category Archives: Activision Blizzard

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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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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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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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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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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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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Activision has updated its Call of Duty:Ghosts teaser site with the words “The Ghosts are Real” splashed across the artwork.

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A GameStop promotional poster has all by confirmed that Call of Duty: Ghosts will be released on November 5.

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Treyarch has released title updates for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2′s PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. The studio not only aims to iron out lingering problems in the popular shooter’s multiplayer arena, it also adds a brand new game mode for a limited time.

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In case there was any doubt that Call of Duty: Ghosts is a real thing, the franchise’s website has updated with a teaser image which is not so much mysterious as affirming.

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If you’ve already made up your mind to pick up Diablo 3 when it makes its console debut later this year, you can score bonus items by slapping a pre-order down.

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Pull up a stump, old chum, and let’s chew over the latest batch of entirely believable Call of Duty rumours, which could be confirmed, denied, or forgotten about in just a few more days.

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Activision-Blizzard CEO and president Bobby Kotick, increased his compensation “almost eightfold” to the tune of a whopping $64.9 million last year, according to an SEC filing broken down by Bloomberg.

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Two new characters have been announced for Deadpool. They’re Mister Sinister and Psylocke. The High Moon Studios developed title is slate for release on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 June 25. Shots with small character bios are below.

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Black Ops 2: Uprising will be made available on PC and PS3 next month. Already available on Xbox 360, the pack includes Mob of the Dead along with the maps Magma, Encore, Vertigo, and Studio. You can download come May 16 for $14.99 if you are not an Elite member.

The first round of tickets for BlizzCon are now available for purchase on the BlizzCon site. Tickets for the two day event held in Anaheim, California which starts November 8 are $175.

For those not ready to purchase tickets yet, another round of tickets go on sale on April 27 at 10am, courtesy of Shack News. The event will feature the 2013 StarCraft 2 eSports World Championship Series Global Finals, so fans better get in quick.

Blizzard will also announce pricing for Virtual Tickets of its live-streaming coverage down the track. Furthermore, tickets to the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner go on sale May 1.

Call of Duty:Ghosts box art has appeared through Tesco and the placeholder states it will be released in December. We say placeholder, because traditionally, CoD games are released in November. Since the listing appeared, a Target pre-order advert has appeared with a release date set for November 5 – which is more plausible.

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Call of Duty publisher Activision has revealed that its shooter teams are currently researching ways to transfer the mayhem and bombast of their full-scale shooter experiences to tablets and mobile. It’s very much of-interest to the publisher, says Activision’s Jon Estanislao.

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Major League Gaming’s Spring Season for Black Ops 2 is underway, and will culminate the MLG Spring Championship from June 28-30 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim. Time to get your passes to attend as a competitor or a spectator.

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World of Warcraft Patch 5.3 is now available on the Public Test Realms, and the update comes with a new Battleground and Arena, new Scenarios some Heroic, new Brawler’s Guild Bosses, assorted bug fixes, and lots more. The patch notes can be found through Battle.net, and as is always the case, things may change before the final release, so keep that in mind.