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Guitar Hero not dead, series is on “hiatus”
04/12/2011, A few months ago, Activision said that it was killing off the Guitar Hero franchise because of a decrease in interest for music rhythm games. In a new interview with Gamesindustry.biz, Activision developer relations VP Dan Winters said that the series [...]
Apple rumored to have hired ex Nintendo and Activision PR staff
04/11/2011, It looks like Apple is really going full steam ahead with plans to dominate the mobile gaming market. As if letting developers sell high-quality games at budget prices on the App Store wasn’t enough to undercut the competition, Apple might [...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops is the best selling game of all time in the US
03/15/2011, If you need any more proof about controversy makes things sell, just take a look at the sales figures for Activision’s hit selling game, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Highly-controversial game, Black Ops (due to the depiction of terrorists and [...]
Activision to release Dance Hero
03/08/2011, If you thought you’ve seen the last of the “Hero” games from Activision, well you were wrong. After announcing that Guitar Hero and DJ Hero were officially discontinued, it looks like they’re not done with the Hero franchise. The folks [...]
Activision axes Guitar Hero and True Crime
02/09/2011, It’s time to add two more casualties to the extinct games list from Activision. The Guitar Hero franchise and True Crime reboot has been officially given the boot and will never see the light of day. A large number of [...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops breaks $1 billion sales mark
12/21/2010, Video games look set to break new ground in terms of revenue, what with Call of Duty: Black Ops from Activision breaking the $1 billion sales mark in just a month since its launch. In fact, more than half that [...]
Activision Top Shot Elite controller goes through the paces at the FCC
10/13/2010, The Top Shot Elite controller from Activision has gone through its paces at the FCC, where it looks as though consumers will have yet another gun controller to choose from in the near future. The Top Shot will rely on [...]
Activision Wants to Sell You Deleted Scenes from Your Video Games
09/16/2010, Just like in movies, not all scenes in a video game may make in the final product that you play on your computer or from your home entertainment console, and just like DVDs those deleted scenes from video games may [...]
Activision announces Prestige Edition for Call of Duty: Black Ops
08/13/2010, Call of Duty: Black Ops from Activision will soon arrive in a Prestige Edition for the Xbox 360, where it will include a working radio controlled car alongside a camera which offers TFT color video and audio to its operator. [...]
Activision Hesitant To Support The Kinect Or Move
06/23/2010, With many folks looking forward to motion-controlled gaming via Microsoft’s Kinect or Sony’s PlayStation Move, you’d think that game developers would be scrambling to get motion-sensing games out of the door. But it turns out that Activision Blizzard is quite [...]
Tony Hawk Ride priced by Activision
08/06/2009, Activision has finally laid rest to rumors concerning the pricing of Tony Hawk Ride, at least for folks living in the UK. The title will come equipped with a board, where it will retail for £99.99 come this November 20th. [...]
Band Hero DS Attachment
07/24/2009, Who would’ve thought that something like the Nintendo DS could actually handle social games like Guitar Hero and now, Band Hero? Activision’s title will make its way to the DS platform pretty soon, and it comes with 4-player ad-hoc for [...]
