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Review: Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox 360)
After finally adding some drummy goodness with Guitar Hero World Tour and then issuing the video game equivalent of a greatest hits album, the newest installment of Activision’s wildly popular Guitar...
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Oh dear: Analyst slashes DJ Hero sales expectations by 50 percent
Interesting note regarding DJ Hero, where “interesting” means “potentially bad news.” One of those fancy analyst types, someone at Cowen and Company, has slashed sales expectations by a little more...
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Outrage? Modern Warfare 2 leaked footage shows terrorist attack at airport...
Look at the AP, trying to stir up controversy where none exists. I'm sure by now you've seen the leaked Modern Warfare 2 footage (the video is down right now) that shows a terrorist situation inside an...
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Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360 leaked all over the Internet (a full week...
As I cleverly remarked in the official CrunchGear chat room, that a video game leaks a few days before its release is par for the course. When the biggest video game of the year leaks a full week...
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No Doubt sues Activision over inappropriate use of their avatars in Guitar Hero
Famous rock band No Doubt has sued Activision over the use of its avatars in the game Guitar Hero 5. No Doubt says that the deal it signed with Activision only permitted the avatars to be used when...
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GameStop given permission to break Modern Warfare 2 street date (Update:...
It's madness, friends! Stores are selling Modern Warfare 2 early, but Activision never said this could happen!
View ArticleThou shalt not look: Activision slaps a Cease & Desist on MW2 aimbot hack
Hope you peeped that youtube video when we told you about it earlier, because Activition has fired off a cease and desist order on the video of the aimbot and wallhack being used. They claim it’s a...
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Activision has sold many copies of Modern Warfare 2
Activision's Modern Warfare 2 racked up $310 million in sales across the U.S. and UK during the first 24 hours of availability. That makes it the biggest video game launch ever. Hooray for war simulators!
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Wherein we discuss: No Russian, the controversial Modern Warfare 2 level (and...
Note: This post contains Modern Warfare 2 spoilers. If you're not cool with reading spoilers, well, then move along, nothing to see here (but you're missing out!).
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Another big day in gaming: Assassin’s Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2 & Tony Hawk...
Today's another big day in gaming, friends. (You'll notice that we're practically a game blog now. I blame the publishers for releasing the biggest games of the year within a few days of each other.)...
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Call of Duty Franchise Nets Over $3 Billion in Sales
With the release of Modern Warfare 2, the Call of Duty franchise has surpassed the $3 billion mark in worldwide sales. Netting over $550 million in its first five days, Modern Warfare 2 smashed all...
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Medal of Honor reboot marks the end of an era
Look at that beard. That beard screams freedom. It also screams “we're in Afghanistan with zero idea of how to win or how to get out.” The beard is the star of Medal of Honor, EA's rebooting (please...
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Activision alludes to DJ Hero 2: Go ahead and pretend to be surprised
There will be a DJ Hero 2. Yes, I realize that saying that—Activision will make a sequel to one of its games—is akin to saying earthquakes are bad, or that candy is delicious, but there you have it....
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Predictable rumor: Activision looking to bring DJ Hero to mobile platforms
The rumor: Activision is looking to bring DJ Hero to mobile devices. You can assume the iPhone would be among the platforms supported. The facts: DJ Hero didn't do too well, but Activision put a hell...
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How many of you would pay a monthly fee to play Call of Duty?
Nobody has confirmed anything, but let's assume someone on Activision Blizzard's payroll is currently creating a massively multi-player Call of Duty game. The company's CEO, Bobby Kotick, recently...
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Call of Duty cash cow will be milked completely dry
Let's go back to the year 2005. That autumn, RedOctane released a game called Guitar Hero. It was pretty successful, so it spawned a sequel, Guitar Hero II. That came out on the fall of 2006. One year...
View ArticleInfinity Ward vs. Activision: Whose side are you on?
I’m sorry, but I’m absolutely loving this Infinity Ward-Activision brouhaha. Here you have one of the most respected developers out there at odds with a publisher that must seriously have no idea what...
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A video preview MW2’s upcoming map pack leaks out way early
There's a new Modern Warfare 2 map pack coming this Spring, kids. The map pack, possible dubbed Stimulus Package, comes with five maps, with two of them being classic COD4 maps. Curious what they're...
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Activision has a laugh, wants to ‘broaden’ Call of Duty franchise. Because $1...
If Activision were a pro-wrestler, it would be the greatest heel of all time. Better than Ted DiBiase, better than Hollywood Hogan—it would even be better than Anderson Silva and his fantastic manager,...
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Is 3 Call of Duty games in less than 2 years overkill? If not, it’s awfully...
Simply amazing. Just totally, out-of-this-world amazing. Activision is said to be working on no less than three new Call of Duty games, to be released before 2012. That's three games in less than two...
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Infinity Ward employees sue Activision for up to $500 million over withheld...
Why haven't we applied the "gate" suffix to this Infinity Ward-Activision story yet? "Infinity Gate" has a certain ring to it, sorta sounds the name of a private military company. Anyway, how would you...
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Bungie signs 10-year deal with Activision (cue explosion sounds)
Infinity Ward? What's that? Activision just snagged Bungie, of Halo fame, to a ten-year deal. Silver lining: the Sun will run out of hydrogen in about 5 billion years.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops accidentally (?) announced: The most intense shooter...
The next Call of Duty game will not be about saving Infinity Ward employees from Activision. I'm a little disappointed.
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Medal of Honor coming at you on October 15
We now have a release date for the new Medal of Honor (the one with the big beards): October 15, 2010. That's Teachers' Day in Brazil!
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Whew! Infinity Ward will create another Call of Duty game
Infinity Ward will, indeed, create another Call of Duty game. Activision confirmed this during the company's first-quarter conference call. I guess we can all sleep easy tonight.
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World of Warcraft Auction House heads to iPhone; Blizzcon tickets on sale...
You can now monitor your World of Warcraft auctions using your iPhone (or iPod touch). A new version of Blizzard's Armory App now gives users the ability to tap into the game's Auction House, wherein...
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Farmville and Guitar Hero announced for iPhone
You knew it was bound to happen sooner or later -- Farmville is heading for the iPhone. But that's not all, Activision was also on hand at WWDC to announce an iPhone version of Guitar Hero, which...
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Nintendo and Activision bring back Goldeneye~!
Part of me is stoked that GoldenEye is coming back. But then the graphics look like they are ran off of the original N64 graphic engine. So yeah, it's the classic argument between gameplay and eye...
View ArticleDaily Crunch: Facility Edition
The CHOBI CAM WP is a cute, waterproof, and (very) small camera Infectious presents community-designed iPad skins that you’ll actually like Nintendo and Activision bring back Goldeneye~! Belkin...
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Counter-Strike: Source now available for Mac (!)
Just a heads-up to let you Mac users out there that Counter-Strike: Source, "the number one online action game in the world," is now available on Steam for Mac.
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