Posts Tagged ‘Activision’
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Industry leading MMO lost 100,000 active users in most recent quarter – 700,000 less than previous period.
Activation Blizzard reported a net loss of 100,000 World of Warcraft subscribers for the three months ending December 31st, according to financial documents filed by the company.
An aggressive marketing campaign featuring Chuck Norris during the quarterly period may have acquired enough new subscribers to negate further losses to its established user base.
Three months prior to the fourth calendar quarter, Activision Blizzard revealed that the longstanding MMO had lost 800,000 subscribers – seven per cent of its total user base at the time. That followed another exodus of about 300,000 customers in the first six months of 2011.
But Blizzard appears to have decelerated the reduction, ending the quarter with 10.2 million subscribers after seven years of business. (more…)
Tags: Activision, blizzard, mmo, wow
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Upcoming action title Prototype 2 will be the first Activision title to include an Online Pass type system.
The publisher has taken a different approach to the traditional Online Pass method by only offering free codes in a limited number of copies.
It all takes the guise of Radnet – a content portal that gives fans 55 free pieces of additional content spread across the seven weeks following the game’s release in April. (more…)
Tags: Activision, online pass, Prototype 2, Radical Entertainment, Radnet
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
Blockbuster beats Avatar to become fastest entertainment product to reach the milestone.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has smashed through the $1 billion barrier just 16 days after release, Activision has revealed.
The feat makes it the fastest entertainment property ever to reach the milestone, beating the blockbuster movie Avatar’s 17 day record. (more…)
Tags: Activision, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3, MW3, PC, ps3, Xbox
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
The biggest entertainment launch of all time.
That’s no mean feat. As has just been revealed by Activision, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 sold 6.5m copies in the UK and US alone in its first 24 hours on the market.
That means it sold 75 copies sold a second throughout its first day on retail shelves.
Factor in the limited hours of most retailers and that actually works out to around 200 copies per second. (more…)
Tags: Activision, COD, Inifinity Ward, MW3, PC, ps3, Xbox
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Last October Marvel and Activision announced a brand new X-Men title that would be free from a movie tie-in. It has taken 11 months, but we finally have a launch trailer.
A new breed of mutant heroes will invade game consoles this autumn in X-Men: Destiny. The all-new original video game casts players as new mutant recruits in a rich, branching storyline that features a deep element of choice and gives players ultimate control of their destiny.
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Tags: Activision, DS, Marvel, ps3, Wii, X BOX 360, x-men, x-men: destiny
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Legendary James Bond adventure returns on PS3 and Xbox with new gameplay modes, increased multiplayer options and full Playstation Move compatibility.
The world’s most famous secret agent is back! Activision Publishing, Inc. today declassified the existence of GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, which will make its grand debut on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 for the first time ever.
Built on a brand new engine that delivers striking visuals, blistering fast gameplay and the ability to play using the PlayStation Move with Sharp Shooter peripheral, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded is the complete James Bond experience shooter-fans have been waiting for and will launch in stores later this fall. (more…)
Tags: 007, Activision, Eurocom, Goldeneye, James Bond, PS Move, ps3, Xbox
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Sony gamers will finally be able to get their hands on the second COD Black Ops DLC on June 10th.
Call of Duty: Black Ops’ Escalation map pack will be released for PlayStation 3 on June 10th.
The DLC features four new multiplayer maps and the Zombies mode’s new Call of the Dead expansion, which stars George A. Romero, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund and more.
Black Ops’ developer Treyarch will mark the launch of Escalation on PS3 with another double XP weekend, according to Eurogamer. It will run from Friday, June 10th to Sunday, June 12th.
Escalation is already available for Xbox 360 and PC.
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Tags: Activision, black ops, Call of Duty, Escalation, Treyarch
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Monday, June 6th, 2011
The new adventure game allows players to bring their toys to life across multiple platforms.
Activision have revealed today that Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure, will be an entertainment breakthrough for the video game and toy industries.
It will deliver the first-ever cross-platform gameplay experience across all three consoles, 3DS, a variety of mobile devices, PC and the web.
Using the game’s Portal of Power, players will bring their Skylanders interaction figures to life inside the game on any platform. During console and handheld gameplay, each Skylander remembers skill advancements and level-ups through the on-board memory, allowing players to take their leveled-up Skylanders to play on any of the other platforms.
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Tags: 3DS, Activision, multi-platform, PC, PlayStation 3, Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, xbox360
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Activision are now taking sign-ups for this summer’s Call of Duty Elite beta.
You can do this ahead of the subscription service’s full rollout on November 8 alongside Modern Warfare 3.
Officially announced this afternoon, Call of Duty Elite will chronicle a player’s gameplay history in a career record, keeping track of every kill, every game and match progress.
Activision says that “many key features of Call of Duty Elite will be available to Call of Duty players free of charge,” although others will require a paid subscription.
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Tags: Activision, Call of Duty, COD, Elite, ps3, steam, Xbox
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, tons of information leaked and trailers released.
So, Modern Warfare 3 then…there’s been a fair bit of hype around the latest Call of Duty title, but all I can think is that Activision’s strategy to (presumably) make as much money as possible from the franchise by releasing a new game every year is going to eventually kill the series, much like the recent demise of Guitar Hero (or at least it’s hiatus).
By pushing for a new release every year, this really makes me wonder whether the quality of gameplay will be compromised. We all know Modern Warfare 2 was filled with glitches/hacked accounts and whatever other nonsense you can think of. So will we see better security and support with the latest title?
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Tags: Activision, Call of Duty, Infinity Ward, Modern Warfare 3
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Industry leading MMO lost 100,000 active users in most recent quarter – 700,000 less than previous period.
