Tag archive: Activision

A little update on the status of Diablo III; as expected, a quarter one release is not going to be happening. In fact, don't expect any game releases from Blizzard in the first quarter of this year. The good news is that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says the new year is looking to be a good one for the company, and for consumers as well. “Our extraordinary employees around the world are focused on making 2012 another great year for our… Read More

For fans of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the arrival of new maps is cause to celebrate. So go ahead, take a moment. Ok, you done now? Good. Beginning today, the Call of Duty content season kicks off with the release of two new maps for Modern Warfare 3: Piazza and Liberation. Both maps will be available for play in standard multiplayer as well as in the Spec Ops survival mode, and both maps are currently available exclusively for Xbox 360… Read More

It’s pretty safe to say we are all eagerly awaiting the official announcement and release date of Blizzard’s upcoming sure-to-be-mega-hit, Diablo 3. But according to PC Gamer, it looks like the folks over at Blizzard had to wait for an announcement themselves as one of the more seemingly controversial aspects of the upcoming sequel, its real money in-game auction house, was a stumbling block in Blizzard’s quest to get South Korea’s ratings… Read More

Call of Duty fans have been wondering since November how exactly Activision will make good on its promises of regular downloadable content drops for Call of Duty Elite's Premium members. We learned last month that the first download release would be coming on January 24; a freshly e-mail press release reveals some new details about that content release and those that will follow it. January 24 is the official kickoff date for the Modern… Read More

Although the holiday season is a shaping up to be a good one here in the States (if the Black Friday sales are any indication), there are servicemen and women all over the world that will be away from their loved ones while they are off serving. This contest is for you. We talked to Activision the other day and told them we wanted to do something for the American military men and women stationed both here and abroad, as well as the veterans that… Read More

Even after becoming the biggest entertainment launch in history, Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has recorded a headshot against another staggering entertainment record that once caused jaws to drop. In just the first 16 days following its November 8 release, Modern Warfare 3 has sold enough copies to propel it past the $1 billion dollar mark, making it the fastest entertainment property to reach that milestone. There is of… Read More

If you have played any of Treyarch’s Call of Duty games, then you are probably familiar with the zombie game mode. If not, it’s simple: you and up to three of your besties team up to battle waves of enemy zombies. Some zombies are slow, others are nighmare-inducingly fast and will follow you to your grave. The more of the undead you annihilate, the more cash you earn to purchase new weapons and upgrades. The game mode is a fan favorite, and one… Read More

In what is either a decent insight into the one of the year’s biggest licensed properties, or yet another pot shot at a rival, Activision Blizzard CEO, Bobby Kotick, has made headlines again. In an interview with Reuters, when asked his opinion on the upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: the Old Republic, Kotick cast doubts on the financial soundness behind the game: “Lucas is going to be the principal beneficiary of the success of Star… Read More

Now that Elite has hopefully worked out most of the kinks (fingers crossed), we can finally begin to see everything that the premium service has to offer. If you have been following anything at all about the game, then you have probably already heard that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a hit, with over $775 million sold in just five days. But the launch was not without its problems, especially when it came to the Call of Duty Elite service.… Read More

Previous records keep falling by the wayside when it comes to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Activision released details of the five-day sales figures for the recently released best-selling entertainment product in history, and they continue to be the sort of numbers that establish Modern Warfare 3 as one for the ages (or at least until the next Call of Duty is released). According to Activision, Modern Warfare 3 grossed over $775 million… Read More

Call of Duty Elite is off to a very rocky start, no doubt about it. The stat-tracker/social network that was supposed to launch alongside Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 last week was overwhelmed in its opening hours by the influx of new users and quickly crashed. Efforts made in the subsequent days to bring the part-free/part-subscription-based service back online have moved slowly. As of right now, the website is loading up slowly and with… Read More

Saying that the launch of the Call of Duty: Elite service has been less than ideal is like saying that the economy is in a bit of a slump. The opening week for the service has been rough, partly because the things just hasn’t worked. At all. A few lucky users have managed to register their information, but stat tracking is still limited, the founder status promised hasn't reached everyone and outages are common. Thankfully, the problems… Read More

After 31-year-old Loromin Sar was informed that his local Best Buy in Aurora, Colorado ran out of copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, his first thought was to inform store employees that he would be back to blow up the store with some sort of explosive device. He also informed several Best Buy employees that he would return as they got off work in order to shoot them. Sar had preordered the game earlier in the day and was expecting to… Read More

When a major new title is released that features a heavily integrated online mode, you almost expect that something will go wrong as the proverbial gremlins in the machine are captured and killed by red eyed, slightly crazed developers that are under enough pressure to turn coal into diamonds. When Battlefield 3 launched, the online multiplayer faced several hurdles—on Xbox 360 the game was inaccessible for several hours on launch day. These… Read More

Like all industry leaders, the Call of Duty franchise has become a victim of its own success. The people that like the series swear by it, while those that dislike it tend to righteously hate it. The thing with the Call of Duty games is that you can criticize them for the style and dislike the nature of the games, but you can’t really claim that the games are bad or technically flawed. Not that they are perfect, but they are polished. It is fair… Read More