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Fallout 3, the post apocalyptic role playing experience from Bethesda, has recently been re-released in a Game of the Year edition, which contains all the patches and expansions the title has received from the developer. Now, the videogame has another award to its name, this one coming from Future Publishing, to just... |
2 November 2009
03:50 GMT |
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Game Developer Research has announced that Nintendo has topped the chart of publishers that it outs annually, hanging on to number 1 for the third year in a row. The Japanese company is followed by Electronic Arts and by Activision Blizzard.The top 20 that Game Developer Research offers is based on a variety of metri... |
8 October 2009
03:59 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard is big. And, more importantly in this tough economic times, it is turning to profit just as the video-game business is hardly hit by the economic downturn, with the NPD numbers for August showing a 16% decline when compared to 2008. The one man who seems to be directly responsible for this is Bobb... |
17 September 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard is the biggest publisher of video games in the industry, as it wholly owns hugely popular franchises and titles like Call of Duty, Guitar Hero or World of Warcraft, which rake in money by the truckload every time a new iteration or expansion is released to the general public. During a recent conf... |
10 August 2009
16:41 GMT |
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There are plenty of games set to appear this fall season, with headliners like Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2 or Assassin's Creed 2. But one big sequel that won't make its estimated release date is Blizzard's StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first chapter in the StarCraft II trilogy. What was specul... |
6 August 2009
03:48 GMT |
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Activision was one of the biggest companies in the video game industry, and when it merged with Blizzard it was certain that its rule would be a strict and severe one. But even though a lot of analysts marked the fact that it would make a reasonable amount of profit, the recent earnings report painted a very profitab... |
14 May 2009
02:29 GMT |
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Activision is seriously considering licensing its most important franchises for use in other mediums, like movies and television. And it seems that the most sought after of its properties are Guitar Hero and Call of Duty, predictably.Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Bobby Kotick, who is the Chief Executive Officer... |
12 May 2009
02:01 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard has announced its financial results for the fiscal quarter that ended on March 31. The company earned around 981 million dollars, with profit being an impressive 189 million. The news comes just as two other publishers, Electronic Arts and THQ, announced losses for the same time frame, which makes... |
8 May 2009
04:28 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard has confirmed that it has ended its agreement with The9 for the operation of World of Warcraft in China. The MMO will now be operated in the country by another company, namely NetEase. The contract is rumored to be for a duration of three years and Activision Blizzard has not officially disclosed ... |
21 April 2009
16:21 GMT |
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There's a worldwide recession going on and its impact seems to reach almost every branch of the industry, including the gaming one, which has seen several big corporations announce the fact that they will resort to important layoffs in order to still make a profit. But one company doesn't even worry about ... |
21 April 2009
02:24 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard has announced that it has left the PC Gaming Alliance, which is devoted to protecting the interests of the developers creating videogames for the platform, with manufacturing company Acer also following suit. Neither of the two companies has said why it has chosen to leave the PCGA, but it might h... |
16 April 2009
15:01 GMT |
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THQ is one of those medium publishers that seem to have been hit the hardest by the wave of the worldwide economic crisis, which swept over the videogaming industry. At one point in its existence, THQ was said to be just a little smaller than Activision but now, after the merger with Blizzard, there's a big gap ... |
9 March 2009
01:04 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard, the biggest third-party videogame publisher in the world, has really had a full day. The company presented its financial results, showing conflicting data to investors by posting an increase in revenue coupled with a loss of 72 million dollars, and it also detailed plans related to the release of... |
12 February 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard presented a very mixed earning report to share holders and the press. On the one hand, the publisher created revenue of 2.3 billion dollars in the period between October and December, which is better than analysts expected. On the other hand, the company posted a loss, for the same period, of... |
12 February 2009
03:51 GMT |
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Guitar Hero: World Tour promised to bring a new type of music experience to the big number of fans this series has. It was the first title in the innovative franchise that let you play the vocals and the drums, much like its archrival, Rock Band, and featured a whole new song creation tool that gave you the chance to... |
19 November 2008
09:01 GMT |
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Speaking at the BMO Capital Markets Interactive Entertainment Conference, Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, has told the audience that Wii Fit can be called an “evergreen” game as it had maintained its sales numbers over the period since launch. This is the result of a change in the ... |
17 November 2008
15:21 GMT |
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Ubisoft is sending word that it has acquired Massive Entertainment, a development studio based in Malmo, Sweden, which is best known for the Ground Control series and for last year's blockbuster real time strategy title World in Conflict. The studio currently employs around 120 people and Ubisoft has announced t... |
11 November 2008
13:01 GMT |
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What happens when two big publishers have videogames which target the same demographic, depicting pretty much the same race and with similar visual means? Well, the two go to court. THQ, the publisher of Baja: Edge of Control, has filed a law suit with the Central District of California against Activision Blizzard, ... |
28 October 2008
01:22 GMT |
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BlizzCon is one of the biggest single developer conferences out there and the huge amount of Blizzard fans made the company host two events in a single year. The first one, the Blizzard World Wide Invitational, was more for the press, with the much awaited announcement of the Diablo III title. But now, the developer,... |
7 October 2008
20:01 GMT |
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These are troubled times, the economical situation in the United States isn't very good. With stock prices falling for almost every company, some analysts said that one of the most sure investments these days are in the large companies in the gaming industry. Names such as Electronic Arts or Activision Bli... |
30 September 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard is finally announcing a clear release date for Call of Duty: World at War. The North American market will get the game on November 11 and while no clear European date has been announced yet, we surely hope it will arrive in Europe at the same time. The game is set to launch for the PlayStation 3, ... |
8 September 2008
05:18 GMT |
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The question of the day in the MMO world is: who can take on World of Warcraft and Blizzard and win? Tabula Rasa tried and the results were less than spectacular. Age of Conan, from Funcon, tried and it did well, but not great. Now EA Mythic is giving it a shot by preparing to release what might be the most awaited n... |
3 September 2008
03:08 GMT |
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A study by the Screen Digest group shows how much two publishers are willing to set their mark on the videogames launched during what's left of 2008.From July to September, which is oddly seen as a pre-Christmas period, Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts will publish more than 75% of all the ... |
27 August 2008
18:12 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association is sending word that it is hiring a new general counsel in the person of Kenneth Doroshow, who is a veteran of the Recording Industry Association of America. At the organization, Kenneth served as the head of the litigation department, which sought to go after all those who infr... |
21 August 2008
02:32 GMT |
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The situation is looking kinda grim for all who love World in Conflict as much as I do. When Activision announced its intention to only retain intellectual properties like Spyro, Ice Age, Crash Bandicoot and Prototype from Vivendi Games, everybody was worried about the fate of Ghostbusters, the videogame re-interpret... |
7 August 2008
14:06 GMT |
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In an investor call that follows the release of the financial results for the first quarter of 2008, Activision Blizzard leading figures mentioned a few facts regarding the future development of their company.Bobby Kotick, the head of Activision, says that he expects the merged Activision Blizzard to sell videogames ... |
4 August 2008
18:06 GMT |
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As was widely expected, the Activision Blizzard bosses have not decided what franchises to keep from Vivendi Universal and which to spin off or cancel altogether. Lovers of Spyro, Ice Age and Crash Bandicoot can breathe a sigh of relief, as these intellectual properties are considered important and will feature promi... |
4 August 2008
02:35 GMT |
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Logitech and Activision Blizzard have announced that they are going to enter into a partnership aimed at creating so called "premium" instruments for the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour. The game will be available sometime this fall for the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2, the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii.It seems... |
1 August 2008
02:47 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard is announcing the future of the Vivendi Games properties that it has acquired as part of the merger process. The new company is expected to keep some of the most successful franchises and to spin off or terminate other intellectual properties.The most interesting assets for Activision Blizzard are... |
29 July 2008
08:04 GMT |
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Activision, back when it was not yet part of Activision Blizzard, announced that it was pulling out of the Entertainment Software Association and that it would not take part in E3. Because the event itself is a big draw for the press and for the gamers, Activision Blizzard has decided to host an "independent" press e... |
17 July 2008
02:53 GMT |
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In a formal statement released yesterday, the board of directors of Take Two formally rejected the new offer for shares that Electronic Arts had put out on Friday. Because the offer is hostile, meaning that it targets individual shareholders rather than negotiate with the board of Take Two, it will continue as planne... |
22 April 2008
02:41 GMT |
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The game industry is clearly in a phase where consolidation is very important. Late last year, we heard that Activision was merging with Blizzard, well, technically with the games division of Vivendi, of which Blizzard is the most important component. Earlier this year we witnessed the launch of an offer by Electroni... |
7 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard has barely been announced (as a newborn company) and already they're confirming titles to be released under its label, although the label itself won't be stamped on any of the games' covers, as Blizzard's President and CEO Mike Morhaime confirmed a while back. What would you sa... |
4 December 2007
08:05 GMT |
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In light of a breaking piece of news this weekend saying that Vivendi has bought a majority stake in Activision, not changing the latter's status much, Blizzard President and CEO Mike Morhaime had a little chat with blokes over at 1UP.com, revealing more details on the most important merger occurring in the vide... |
3 December 2007
06:23 GMT |
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Yes, in what looks to be the merger of the century, Activision and Vivendi (owners of Blizzard Entertainment) have announced their agreement to combine Vivendi Games with the aforementioned company, giving birth to Activision Blizzard, who will continue to operate as a public company.Vivendi will own some 52% owners... |
3 December 2007
03:26 GMT |
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