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Winona Ryder, Depeche Mode Factor in WOW Lawsuit

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:20:00 +0000

World of Warcraft maker Activision Blizzard is the latest target of a lawsuit by serial suer ( or professional plaintiff ) Erik Estavillo. Filed this morning in the Civil Division of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, the civil complaint charges Activision Blizzard with ...

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China to Claim Half of Online Game Market, Report Says

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:34:08 +0000

Videogames are serious business in China.

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News: Diablo 3 Skill Trees... What's going on!?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Last Friday (Nov. 20th) a tweet hit the Diablo 3 Twitter page that has stirred the anxiously awaiting player community. It seems that Blizzard has decided to pull the skill trees out of the game. Whether it will be a permanent change or just a temporary change due to a total revamp of the ...

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Review: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 PC

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:59:00 +0000

All right. It's time to separate the men from the geeks. You may have read a bunch of reviews of how great Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is but we bet that most of them have concentrated on the console versions. After all of the hubbub about no dedicated servers, no mod tools and only 18 ...

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Activision Hints at Call of Duty Online Plans

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:08:33 +0000

November 12, 2009 - The online business models for many of Activision's key franchises could start to change in the near future. During today's BMO Capital Markets Conference, CFO of Activision Blizzard Thomas Tippl was asked if the successful World of Warcraft online business model will ever ...

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Activision CEO reaps $20.2 million in three-day stock sale - News at GameSpot

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:04:55 +0000

Today, Activision basked in the glory that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had the biggest launch in entertainment history . November 10 saw the Infinity Ward-developed shooter sell a staggering 4.7 million copies in the US, UK, and Canada, generating $310 million in just 24 hours. Dollar-wise, ...

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Activision says "Call of Duty" sets launch record

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:07:01 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) Activision Blizzard Inc said it sold 4.7 million copies of "Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2", or $310 million of sales, on its first day, setting a new record for the video game industry . The shooting game went on sale on Tuesday in the most highly anticipated debut of the ...

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Activision Hints at Call of Duty Online Plans

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000

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News: Call of Duty to get paid-for online services

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Friday 13-Nov-2009 8:23 AM "You should expect us to launch additional online monetization models," says Activision Activision says you should "expect" paid-for online models such as those in World of Warcraft to make the transition to other games, including Call of Duty. Speaking during ...

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Man Steals 100 Copies Of Popular Video Game From GameStop

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

MEADVILLE, Pa. -- Police are searching for a man who stole 100 copies of the wildly popular "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II" video game from a western Pennsylvania store. Police said the man entered the GameStop store in Meadville about 7 p.m. Tuesday and told clerks he had a friend waiting ...

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Shock and Awe: Modern Warfare 2 is selling a metric shat ton

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:47:08 +0000

Activision Blizzard certainly doesn’t dillydally. As expected, the publisher and developer is already touting the massive success of Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 . A mere day after launch, the company issued a press release declaring it “the biggest launch ...

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Infinity Ward: Modern Warfare 2 PC already outselling Call of Duty 4

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:50:03 +0000

Even though the market share for the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 is only a small percentage of the total sales for the first person shooter, the sheer number of units sold for the Infinity Ward -developed game in its first days could still be in the six figure range for the PC port. ...

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LFG in Call of Duty?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Well, it's a possibility, at any rate. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , was officially released November 10th with what the LA Times described as a "Hollywood-scale launch". The launch expenses turned out to be money well spent, as the game had generated $550 million in sales as of last ...

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Activision Hints at Call of Duty Online Plans

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:46:30 +0000

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Innovating problems: why DJ Hero flopped

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:23:46 +0000

The NPD Group's sales information for October has been released, and DJ Hero is nowhere to be found on the top ten list. According to Gamespot , the game sold 122,300 copies. That may not sound like a flop, but keep in mind that this number is spread across ...

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Modern Warfare 2 gets promoted at NASCAR race Saturday

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Tomorrow is the last race of the season for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and in the pack trying to win at the Homestead-Miami Speedway will be driver Joey Logano. His number 20 car will be outfitted with a special Modern Warfare 2 - GameStop design that was made specifcially for this race. ...

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Call of Duty, other Activision franchises to get paid-for online services

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000

During yesterday’s BMO Capital Markets Conference, Activision Blizzard CFO Thomas Tippl said gamers should expect additional monetized online services to hit some of their biggest franchises, including Call of Duty . “It’s definitely an aspiration that we see potential ...

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China may ban World of Wacraft

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:07:48 +0000

A one million strong base of Chinese WoW players would soon have to find some another game as China is planning to ban World of Warcraft. Related posts: Sims 3 World Adventures: Checking China World of Warcraft Cataclysm: Debut Trailer World Of Warcraft – Cataclysm

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Hands On: Queen vs. 50 Cent in DJ Hero DLC

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:57:55 +0000

The first batch of downloadable DJ Hero songs mashes 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige and Queen all together — but costs $6. Scrolling text at the bottom of the menu screen will remind you, fairly subtly, that there is new music available. But DJ Hero doesn’t have an in-game store like ...

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Yet another controversy involving Modern Warfare 2?

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:45:00 +0000

Oh boy. Here we go again. First, Infinity Ward manages to make lots of hardcore PC gamers upset by not supporting dedicated servers for the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 . Then a pretty brutal scene from the upcoming FPS (that has a plot point that we won't go into here) is leaked into the ...

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