Tag Archives: activision

Fri, Aug 03, 2012 | 16:56 BST

Call of Duty Online ‘could launch in other countries’ – Hirschberg

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Call of Duty Online -the free-to-play shooter that draws together maps from Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – is only available in China, but Activision says it could launch it elsewhere.

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Fri, Aug 03, 2012 | 10:19 BST

Call of Duty: Elite 12m players registered, 2.3m pay for it

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Call of Duty: Elite – Activision’s social and competitive hub for the series – has surpassed 12 million registered users. The news came out of the publisher’s annual financial report. You can read the VG247 report on the company’s performance here.

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Thu, Aug 02, 2012 | 14:17 BST

MW3 DLC: Final content drops confirmed, Spec Ops Chaos mode incoming

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Modern Warfare 3 Xbox DLC content drops for August and September have been officially detailed by Infinity Ward. There’s a lot of content incoming folks!

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Thu, Aug 02, 2012 | 12:57 BST

MW3 PS3 weapon patch notes released, Terminal fix ‘incoming’

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has received some a new weapon balancing patch. Infinity Ward has revealed all buffs and nerfs in a forum post, and announced that the DLC map Terminal will be lag-free by launch.

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Wed, Aug 01, 2012 | 10:25 BST

MW3 PS3 Elite DLC for August dated

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 players on PS3 can look forward to a trio of new content this month. Infinity Ward dated and detailed the next content drop over Twitter.

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Mon, Jul 30, 2012 | 18:04 BST

Tony Hawk’s HD dev responds to “vicious” reviews, talks sequel potential

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Tony Hawk’s HD has shifted over 120,000 downloads since it launched July 18, and developer Robomodo feels confident that you want more. The studio has also responded to some of the game’s harshest critics.

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Tue, Jun 12, 2012 | 15:18 BST

Black Ops 2 demoed on Fallon: watch it now

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Activision’s publishing boss Eric Hirshberg showed off a live demo of Black Ops 2 on last night’s Fallon show.

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Tue, Jun 12, 2012 | 14:55 BST

Activision promises to support Wii U in future

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Activision publishing boss Eric Hirshberg has confirmed that the company is going to support Nintendo’s upcoming home console Wii U, but said it’s in no hurry to announce anything.

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Mon, Jan 23, 2012 | 18:01 GMT

Report: GTA V, COD to account for third of all game sales this year

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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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Mon, May 07, 2012 | 02:41 BST

Transformers: Fall of Cyberton VGA trailer shows a fight for survival

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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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Sat, Oct 15, 2011 | 19:45 BST

New Prototype 2 trailer takes you on a hunt for Alex Mercer

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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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Thu, Oct 13, 2011 | 19:44 BST

Activision announces Men in Black movie tie-in game, releases screens

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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 »

Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 01:15 BST

PS3 Call of Duty Elite beta now live – details

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

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Mon, Sep 19, 2011 | 03:21 BST

Infinity Ward says No to Modern Warfare 3 Prestige Edition

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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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Sat, Sep 03, 2011 | 22:54 BST

CoD fan film, Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish now online

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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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Wed, Aug 17, 2011 | 20:34 BST

Activision isn’t too pleased about EA’s public “mudslinging”

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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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Thu, Jun 30, 2011 | 23:46 BST

Modern Warfare 3 revamps killstreaks

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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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Mon, Jun 27, 2011 | 17:11 BST

Activision registers new GoldenEye domains

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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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Fri, Jun 03, 2011 | 09:57 BST

Friday Shorts: Kevin Butler returns, some mental poisoned frog game announced

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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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Sat, May 14, 2011 | 18:24 BST

MW3 teasers take you to New York, London, Berlin, Paris

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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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