Tag archive: Ron Doornink

Get ready to play your favorite Marvel character in a computer superhero role playing game - Activision and the comic book publisher have inked a deal which allow the video game company an extended license to access the Marvel universe. Under the terms of the license, the companies said, Activision will be grated the exclusive rights to develop and publish cross platform "non-persistent" role playing games which use a large ensemble… Read More

Activision president Ron Doornink was speaking at a financial conference in New York, where he stated that he no longer expected price cuts on hardware from Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony before the end of the year. If Activision's prediction is correct, it's likely to upset many players in the industry in the USA, who often rely on regular price cuts to the consoles for their sales projections. Meanwhile in Europe, speculation… Read More

In a presentation at a Credit Suisse First Boston conference in New York, Ron Doornink also said the company no longer expected price cuts on the current generation of hardware from Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd.this year. Doornink said Activision expected the successors to Sony's PlayStation 2, Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube to come in two to two-and-a-half years, anywhere from the fall of… Read More