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  • Counter-Strike: Source now available for Mac (!)

    Counter-Strike: Source now available for Mac (!)

    Just a heads-up to let you Mac users out there that Counter-Strike: Source, "the number one online action game in the world," is now available on Steam for Mac.

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  • Daily Crunch: Facility Edition

    Daily Crunch: Facility Edition

    The CHOBI CAM WP is a cute, waterproof, and (very) small camera Infectious presents community-designed iPad skins that you’ll actually like Nintendo and Activision bring back Goldeneye~! Belkin Conserve let’s you know if you left the refrigerator running, tells you to go catch it Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword announced along with vastly improved Wii interaction

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  • Nintendo and Activision bring back Goldeneye~!

    Nintendo and Activision bring back Goldeneye~!

    Part of me is stoked that GoldenEye is coming back. But then the graphics look like they are ran off of the original N64 graphic engine. So yeah, it's the classic argument between gameplay and eye candy although I could have swore that it was 2010 and that discussion was somewhat moot.

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  • Farmville and Guitar Hero announced for iPhone

    Farmville and Guitar Hero announced for iPhone

    Digg this!
    You knew it was bound to happen sooner or later -- Farmville is heading for the iPhone. But that's not all, Activision was also on hand at WWDC to announce an iPhone version of Guitar Hero, which packs classic rock from the likes of Queen and The Rolling Stones, and is available in the App Store today for $2.99. Check out a shot of it after the break, and look for Farmville to be available by the end of June -- or don't, it's up to you.


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  • World of Warcraft Auction House heads to iPhone; Blizzcon tickets on sale next month

    World of Warcraft Auction House heads to iPhone; Blizzcon tickets on sale next month

    You can now monitor your World of Warcraft auctions using your iPhone (or iPod touch). A new version of Blizzard's Armory App now gives users the ability to tap into the game's Auction House, wherein gamers can keep tabs on their sales of copper stacks and see how much Spellweave is going for.

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  • Whew! Infinity Ward will create another Call of Duty game

    Whew! Infinity Ward will create another Call of Duty game

    Infinity Ward will, indeed, create another Call of Duty game. Activision confirmed this during the company's first-quarter conference call. I guess we can all sleep easy tonight.

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  • Medal of Honor coming at you on October 15

    Medal of Honor coming at you on October 15

    We now have a release date for the new Medal of Honor (the one with the big beards): October 15, 2010. That's Teachers' Day in Brazil!

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  • Call of Duty: Black Ops accidentally (?) announced: The most intense shooter since that other one

    Call of Duty: Black Ops accidentally (?) announced: The most intense shooter since that other one

    The next Call of Duty game will not be about saving Infinity Ward employees from Activision. I'm a little disappointed.

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  • Bungie signs 10-year deal with Activision (cue explosion sounds)

    Bungie signs 10-year deal with Activision (cue explosion sounds)

    Infinity Ward? What's that? Activision just snagged Bungie, of Halo fame, to a ten-year deal. Silver lining: the Sun will run out of hydrogen in about 5 billion years.

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  • Infinity Ward employees sue Activision for up to $500 million over withheld bonuses

    Infinity Ward employees sue Activision for up to $500 million over withheld bonuses

    Why haven't we applied the "gate" suffix to this Infinity Ward-Activision story yet? "Infinity Gate" has a certain ring to it, sorta sounds the name of a private military company. Anyway, how would you feel if you worked for a company and you made a product. It was a successfully product, like, you made the company $1 billion in just a few months. As per your contract, you're due a certain amount of money (royalties) for your troubles. The thing is, the company says, "Hey, you know that money we owe you? We won't give it to you until you finish another product. If you leave us you forfeit all claims to that money we owe you." Not cool, no, but that's what the Infinity Ward Employee Group now claims.

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  • Is 3 Call of Duty games in less than 2 years overkill? If not, it’s awfully close.

    Is 3 Call of Duty games in less than 2 years overkill? If not, it’s awfully close.

    Simply amazing. Just totally, out-of-this-world amazing. Activision is said to be working on no less than three new Call of Duty games, to be released before 2012. That's three games in less than two years. You'd think that Activision learned its lesson with Guitar Hero. Remember when Guitar Hero was white-hot in 2007? The game was everywhere! Now? Is there anybody left on the planet who has any interest in the game, or the genre as a whole?

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  • Activision has a laugh, wants to ‘broaden’ Call of Duty franchise. Because $1 billion is too tiny.

    Activision has a laugh, wants to ‘broaden’ Call of Duty franchise. Because $1 billion is too tiny.

    If Activision were a pro-wrestler, it would be the greatest heel of all time. Better than Ted DiBiase, better than Hollywood Hogan—it would even be better than Anderson Silva and his fantastic manager, Ed Soares. (Not that UFC is pro-wrestling, but some of the same dynamics are at work there.) The amount of heat this company generates over the most insignificant, throwaway comments—it's simply unreal. Nuclear, if you will. Take this latest remark: "We haven’t yet announced the content of [Sledgehammer, a new developer it swallowed]'s game, but it's going to be an innovative take that will further broaden the audience for Call of Duty." Yes, because a game that makes you one billion dollars isn't "broad" enough.

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  • A video preview MW2’s upcoming map pack leaks out way early

    A video preview MW2’s upcoming map pack leaks out way early

    There's a new Modern Warfare 2 map pack coming this Spring, kids. The map pack, possible dubbed Stimulus Package, comes with five maps, with two of them being classic COD4 maps. Curious what they're going to look like? You better hurry up and click through for the video preview hosted be Vimeo. Activision already pulled the YouTube version.

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  • Infinity Ward vs. Activision: Whose side are you on?

    Infinity Ward vs. Activision: Whose side are you on?

    I’m sorry, but I’m absolutely loving this Infinity Ward-Activision brouhaha. Here you have one of the most respected developers out there at odds with a publisher that must seriously have no idea what it’s doing. If Activision thinks it can slap the Call of Duty name on any ol’ game, made by any ol’ developer, [...]

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  • Call of Duty cash cow will be milked completely dry

    Call of Duty cash cow will be milked completely dry

    Let's go back to the year 2005. That autumn, RedOctane released a game called Guitar Hero. It was pretty successful, so it spawned a sequel, Guitar Hero II. That came out on the fall of 2006. One year later, Rock Band first popped up. Then, in the span of around two years, video game publishers lost their minds, and published approximaely 800 music rhythm games. Now you have a situation where not even The Beatles can make Rock Band big again. The lesson: don't saturate the market with same-y games too suddenly. With that in mind, laugh: Activision has created a “dedicated [Call of Duty] business unit that will bring together its various new brand initiatives with focused, dedicated resources around the world.” “Brand initiatives,” folks. Get ready for, like, 900 new Call of Duty games in the next few years!

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