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TheStockAdvisors.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
My goal is to eventually build this position until it represents 20% of my personal portfolio. Here are 10 reasons for making Activision Blizzard a core holding.Activision released the highly anticipated game Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2 and racked up $310 million in sales from the U.S. and United Kingdom over a 24 hour period. With Christmas right around the corner, the final sales numbers for...
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DV Hardware (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Kotaku writes Activision has reportedly created a third Call of Duty development team. The site speculates this third team may be focused on the creation of a MMO take on the series: One possibility could give current Call of Duty developers Treyarch and Infinity Ward more time to produce entries in the core series, offering them a three year development cycle instead of the two year turnaround time...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A blockbuster movie may be one thing, but one new release from the world of video games is setting an all-time sales record for ANY entertainment release... period. Here's more on how millions are answering the Call of Duty.
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Gamers Daily News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
CoD? Pitfall? Mech Warrior? Stampede?
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TheSixthAxis (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Call of Duty developers to become a threesome?
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VideoGamer.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Who is it and what game is it working on?
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Eurogamer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Takes load off Treyarch, Infinity Ward. Activision has dedicated a third developer to the record-breaking Call of Duty series and lessened the strain on Treyarch and Infinity Ward, according to a report. The Los Angeles Times offers no further detail to back up its claim, but does talk of a possible Call of Duty MMO - a game Activision boss Bobby Kotick has teased in the past. Or this mysterious third...
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Planet Xbox 360 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
With the news that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 pulling in $550 million in first week sales the LA Times let slip a small tidbit of information regarding the future of the franchise, a third studio has been dedicated to it's development.
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AterSlash (Free subscription) | yesterday
After claims that console versions Modern Warfare 2 had been recalled in Russia due to complaints from politicians and the gaming public over the infamous airport slaughter scene, it turns out the stories were completely untrue. Activision never released a console version of the game in Russia.” Instead, they simply edited the notorious scene out of the PC version.
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Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
thief21 writes "After claims that console versions Modern Warfare 2 had been recalled in Russia due to complaints from politicians and the gaming public over the infamous airport slaughter scene, it turns out the stories were completely untrue. Activision never released a console version of the game in Russia." Instead, they simply edited the notorious scene out of the PC version. They did...
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GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | yesterday
1.7 million people in the UK bought Modern Warfare 2 last week, a figure almost lost in the controversy which has surrounded this game for months. Amid the raised voices over the controversial airport level, it's almost possible to forget that a few months ago, it wasn't the content of Modern Warfare 2 that concerned us all - it was the price. In the end, the higher price point which fermented so...
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Kotaku Australia (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
We’re still waiting on our own copy of Tony Hawk Ride for a Kotaku review, but the Giant Bomb crew bravely ventured out of doors to secure a copy, offering their trademark Quick Look at Activision’s new peripheral-based skateboarding game. (more…)
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Don't Lose Your Day Job (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Just when we thought the Call of Duty bandwagon rolled had rolled its last wheel, word arrives that Activision now has a third development team working on the franchise. Clark Kent says: Be on the look-out for a Holiday DLYDJ giveaway in the works soon! VIA VGR: The blockbusting franchise currently has two developers working on it. Infinity [...]
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the new first-person shooter published by Activision, has reportedly helped boost profits for the most popular video game retailer in the US. According to the Associated Press, sales rose to $1.83 billion in the most recent quarter at GameStop. That's a ...
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Argie-Bargie (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Shared 7 links. Arsenal players swap football kit for fancy dress for charity GOSH video: It’s all fur a great cause! A Robbery in Paris Slaughterhouse Five CL – 79 of 82 counties declared disaster Dubious goal ends Irish World Cup dream Activision: Modern Warfare 2 earned $550 million in first five days [...]
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wowgold | 16/11/2009
A licensing covenant between the parent business of seventy wow power leveling living of comics from Marvel or the Fantastic Four - to launch some sport online massively multiplayer diversion. The Californian publisher Gazillion Entertainment devices to make inroads into online playoffs massively multiplayer (MMO). The group has certain to find a different partner for its online games. "The Avengers,"...
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buzz99 | 12/11/2009
Modern Warfare 2 (packaged as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2) is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Officially announced on February 11, 2009, the game is due for worldwide release on November 10, 2009. It is the sixth installment of the Call of Duty series, and the direct sequel to Call
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