Tag Archives: Activision
Star Wars: The Old Republic Is EA’s Most Expensive Game
Star Wars: The Old Republic is Electronic Arts’ most expensive game put together in their 30-year history. The game features Jedis, Wookies, and Siths that are just like the characters in the popular movie series. It is believed that EA put in between $100 and $300 million into this game, but EA has not spilled any information on costs that are associated with development and licensing.
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Activision Releases Call Of Duty Black Ops Zombie For Apple App Store
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) has released a new Universal App game in the Call of Duty franchise for the Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies has 50 levels and it allows gamers to play solo or join a team of up to four. The game was developed by the Ideaworks Game Studio and and is available for $6.99 from the App Store today. [iTunes link]
Say Goodbye To The Guitar Hero Franchise
Activision has decided to pull the plug on the Guitar Hero game series and brand. In the last few years, the brand has been on the decline. There will also be some job cuts in the DJ Hero division. It is a sad day for music and video game lovers. [Engadget]
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Walker Digital Suing Zynga and Activision Blizzard
Walker Digital is an “invention” company that was founded by Price.com co-founder Jay S. Walker. Previously Walker announced that they are suing Facebook. Now the company is suing Zynga, Activision, and Activision subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment. The patent that Walker owns is called ‘DATABASE DRIVEN ONLINE DISTRIBUTED TOURNAMENT SYSTEM’ (patent #6,425,828). Some of the games in question of the patent are Mafia Wars (Zynga), Wolfenstein (Activision), Call of Duty (Activision Blizzard), and World of Warcraft (Blizzard). [TechCrunch]
Activision Suing EA For $400 Million
Activision has added Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) to a $400 million lawsuit. Activision fired Jason West and Vince Zampella this past March. Activision believes that EA had “intentionally interfere with contracts, engaged in unfair competition and aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duty by the executives.” Apparently EA was talking to West and Zampella through talent agency Creative Artists before the two finished working on Modern Warfare 2.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Passes $1 Billion In Sales
Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops has passed $1 billion in sales. This is faster than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Black Ops sold $650 million in the first 5 days since it released worldwide on November 9th.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Breaks Sales Record With $360 Million In One Day
Activision has announced that they have a new “biggest entertainment launch in history” record through the sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops. Activision estimates that they made $360 million on the opening day of the game sales in the U.K. and North America. About 5.6 million copies of the game were sold on the first day.
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Activision Releases New Call of Duty: Black Ops Trailer [VIDEO]
Activision has released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops during the Sunday Night football game. The trailer claims that this is the “biggest game of 2010″ and I would agree with them considering the track record of the CoD series. Check out the trailer below:
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Activision Releases Call of Duty Black Ops Trailer [VIDEO]
Activision has released the official game trailer for Call of Duty Black Ops. This game looks almost as action-packed as Modern Warfare, but I’ll let you be the judge of that — video is embedded below:
40 Current and Former Infinity Ward Developers Suing Activision For $500 Million
About 40 past and current Infinity Ward developers are suing the company because of breach of contract and unpaid royalties for the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The class action lawsuit seeks $500 million from Activision’s Infinity Ward over unpaid bonuses, profit sharing, punitive damages and future profits from future games including Modern Warfare 3. The payments were withheld to prevent employees from leaving Activision.
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