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According to a report by US-based financial analyst Baird Equity Research, two upcoming titles – Grand Theft Auto V and the next Call of Duty – will account for almost a quarter of all video game sales in the coming fiscal year.

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Activision’s released the first trailer for Transformer: Fall of Cyberton during the Video Games Awards 2011 and it reveals the “beginning of the end”, as the autobots are shown fighting for survival in the last moments of their homeworld – Cyberton. The trailer’s all CG and features no gameplay footage. The High Moon studios developed title will be releasing in 2012 for PS3, and Xbox 360. You can watch the trailer after the break.

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Activision has released a new trailer for Prototype 2, and it shows the game’s protagonist fighting off enemies in order to reach his ultimate goal – finding and destroying Alex Mercer. The trailer’s pretty fun to watch and shows off some of the character’s powers, which includes a chain attack which reminds us of a certain Greek mythological anti-hero. It also shows off a sequence where two huge mutated dogs come to the player’s aid, and attack enemies on command. The game is due out next year for PS3, PC, and Xbox 360. You can watch the trailer below.

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Activision Blizzard announced today that they will be producing a video game to tie-in with the movie release of Men in Black 3. More »

The Call of Duty Elite beta is now live on PlayStation 3, Activision’s just confirmed.

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Hate to break it to ya, folks – but Infinity Ward has confirmed that there will be no shiny Prestige Edition of Modern Warfare 3 when it launches later this year.

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The sequel to the original hit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fan film, Find Makarov, debuted at Activision’s Call of Duty XP event this weekend, and now you can watch it online.
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Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg hasn’t taken too kindly to EA’s recent spate of public “midslinging” at the company over Modern Warfare 3/Battlefield 3 showdown.

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There’s not a whole lot of meat to this story, but it’s a juicy tidbit nonetheless. Infinity Ward has stated that killstreaks will be reimagined in Modern Warfare 3.
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Activision may be planning more forays into the GoldenEye series: internet detective Superannuation has unearthed evidence that the publisher has registered domains pointing to a game called “GoldenEye Reloaded.”

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The pre-E3 triple A madness has begun, but don’t let that stop you from catching up on the smaller news stories. News or no news: there is no try.

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Following Kotaku’s story reveal on Modern Warfare 3 last night, Infinity Ward’s released three teaser trailers confirming the game’s existence.

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Bungie has filed a new software trademark titled, “Crimson.” The goods listed under the filing include game software that is “downloadable from a global computer network” and software “for use on mobile and celluar phones.”

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The third game in the True Crime series was planned to hit Hong Kong, focussing on Detective Wei Shen who was assigned to infiltrate the Triad. Unfortunately, the game was axed before it could be released, but this new leaked script gives a hint of just what we missed out on.

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Treyarch’s holding a Double XP weekend across all systems to mark the release of the latest Black Ops map pack, Escalation.

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Without a doubt, Activision’s the publisher that everybody loves to hate. But is the unending torrent of bile justified? After all the recent lay-offs and cancellations, you could be forgiven for thinking so. Activision community manager Dan Amrich, however, thinks gamers haven’t quite given the “evil empire” its fair shake.

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The folks behind Comic Book convention WonderCon have confirmed that the next Spider-Man game will make an appearance at the show via their official website.

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The vocal minority’s opinions only mean so much, but when it’s calling you “the evil empire,” it might be time to set the record straight. Such was the aim of a recent PAX East panel, during which Activision-owned studios Vicarious Visions, Raven Software, and High Moon stormed the stage with some sunshine and butterflies to balance out the publisher’s heaping helping of doom and gloom.

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Treyarch’s released a new title update for the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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Update: An Activision rep, unsurprisingly, replied to us with a quick, no frills “Activision doesn’t comment on industry rumor and speculation.” As always, we’ll fall back on an old cliche: that’s not a “no.”

Original Story: “Saw it coming.”

Said the man who got blindsided by a speeding train.

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