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Entries Tagged as 'Activision'

Almost Three Million Lose Life To Lich King

November 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Wrath of the Lich King is the fastest selling game of all time beating the old champion: Burning Crusade. Believe it or not, Blizzard is saying 2.8-million people picked up the expansion to World of Warcraft and are currently sitting at home forgetting to eat their dinner in the first 24-hours of launch.
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Tags: Activision · Blizzard · world of warcraft

Rhythm Gaming Saturation Point?

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Rhythm Gaming is all the rage, or is it? Turns out Guitar Hero: World Tour didn’t meet or exceed the figures they hit with Guitar Hero III. Where GH3 brought in $115 million in the first week, GHWT brought in $67 million in the same time frame.
Why?
There are plenty of factors that could cut down [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Activision · Casual Games · Editorial · Nintendo · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360 · playstation 3 · rock band

Smart Business Choices During Economic Downturns

November 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Many game studios are being dropped following a bit of an economic downturn in the United States and globally. Activision has to deal with being agile enough to survive the economic times like anyone else and has dropped a few games that had great potential.
Gamers continue to ask the question, “why?” when some of their [...]

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Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Editorial · Industry News · electronic arts

TD Gaming Podcast 94: Chicken and Subscription Fee

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

 
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Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsLots of great news in this weeks gaming podcast thanks to the holiday season approaching. We also take a retro style flashback to Space Invaders and talk about our attendance at the popcap launch party for Bejeweled Twist and a very light preview of our [...]

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Tags: Activision · Casual Games · Episode · Podcast · Show Notes · popcap

Game Publishers Hate Risk

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Join the forum discussion on this post – (3) PostsIt’s clear publishers like Electronic Arts hate to take risks on video games. They’re not alone in their opinion, look how many sequels we’ve got for the holidays compared to new creative titles like Little Big Planet, or how publishers push out sequels to hot [...]

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Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Editorial · electronic arts

Call of Duty: World at War Beta – Coming Soon

October 13th, 2008 · No Comments

I don’t know anyone that can’t pass up a good beta, Call of Duty: World at War is no exception to the rule, especially for those gamers that pre-ordered the title already. It’s a great opportunity when you’re able to buy a game ahead of time because you’re a fan and get into the beta [...]

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Tags: Activision · FPS · Press Release · Xbox 360

Guitar Hero World Tour Day One DLC

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsHow can Guitar Hero compete with Rock Band given Rock Band’s got early drumming and vocal adopters? By promising awesome content and enforcing that fact that they too, have downloadable content (DLC). Not only do they have DLC, but they’ll have DLC on launch day.
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Tags: Accessories · Activision · DLC · Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero World Tour Bundle Mayhem

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

You’re looking to pickup a copy of Guitar Hero World Tour, but you’re currently unsure which bundle does what and how much each will cost. That has now been made clear and gamers can go about their holiday shopping business later this month (Oct. 26th) to pickup the bundle of their choosing.

USD $190 for the [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Activision · Guitar Hero · Industry News · Wii · Xbox 360 · playstation 3

Activision’s Dance Hero?

September 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsKonami’s working on Rock Revolution in a battle of the band… games, against Rock Band and the Guitar Hero franchise. Activision, now, may be attacking Konami’s current dancing title Dance Dance Revolution with a new dancing franchise known as Dance Hero.
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Tags: Activision · Rumors

Guitar Hero: Hendrix

September 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

As if the week of rumors hasn’t ended, Slash all but confirmed Hendrix as one of Activision Blizzard’s next big hit Guitar Hero games in Rolling Stone Magazine says GameSpot. During the interview with Slash he explained that even “Hendrix will have one” speaking to a stand alone Guitar Hero title.
While Slash isn’t exactly Activision [...]

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Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Guitar Hero · Rumors