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Activision Bosses Dump $60 Million In Activision Stock
Activision CEO Robert “What, Me Worry?” Kotick, and Activision co-chairman of the board Brian Kelly, last week sold off around $60 million in Activision stocks. Of that 60, Kelly sold $42 million worth, while Kotick “only” made $17 million from ditching some of his stocks. Stocks in the company he, and Kelly, run. Now, there…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2009 -
Tony Hawk: Ride Is Not Cheap
Tony Hawk: Ride is coming with an enormous plastic skateboard peripheral. If you were worried that would make it cost a bit more, you should know that it might make it cost a lot more. The game is now available for preorder on GameStop’s website, and while none of this information is 100% confirmed (including…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009 -
Take A Look At A DJ Hero Controller In The Wild
For those who haven’t seen the latest issue of Game Informer, in which the DJ Hero controller was finally revealed in all its glory, here’s a shot of Morgan Webb Amanda McKay cradling one. Uncomfortably. Because we’d already seen half the thing previously – and because, based on the latest issue of GI, we described…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009 -
New Modern Warfare 2 Teaser Is A Big Tease
Yup. It’s another drip-fed PR stunt, but hey, it’s a few brief seconds of Modern Warfare 2 footage we’re talking about here. Some people are cool with that. Even if it is cynically bolted onto the existing trailer. NOTE: Embed code doesn’t seem to be working, so in the meantime, you can watch the trailer…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2009 -
Blur’s Shocking Teaser Trailer
Following up yesterday’s screens from Bizarre Creation’s new weapon-based racer comes this teaser trailer, which demonstrates that good looks only get you so far in Blur. Teaser trailer? More like taser trailer. While the screenshots did an admirable job of showing off the game’s graphics, I believe this teaser trailer captures the game’s essence. This…
By Mike Fahey Published May 21, 2009 -
Activision PR Completely Cocks Up Tony Hawk: Ride Exclusivity
This morning, Frank PR – the company handling the game’s PR in the UK – announced boldly that Tony Hawk: Ride would be a 360 exclusive in the UK. Which, uh, is not true. A few hours later, Frank PR sent out a second announcement, which read: Further to the erroneous information which was distributed…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2009 -
Blur Screens Come Into Focus
Bizarre Creations‘ Blur is “completely focused on making racing ‘fun’ again,” according to its creators. You know the details, but do you know what Blur looks like? Well, it looks like this. For those of us without pockets deep enough to afford a subscription to Edge magazine, Activision has released first screens of the weaponized…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 20, 2009 -
Tony Hawk: Ride Is A 360 Exclusive (In Britain)
More platform exclusivity shenanigans! It’s just been announced that Tony Hawk: Ride – yes, the new one with the wacky controller – will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 in the UK. No idea how much this has cost Microsoft, or whether it’s a proper exclusive (as opposed to a timed exclusive), but we do…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 20, 2009 -
DJ Hero Controller, Gameplay Fully Revealed
Just as we speculated, those early shots of the DJ Hero controller weren’t showing the whole thing. That was being saved for, what else, an article in Game Informer magazine. In addition to the turntable, there will be a second, clip-on component, which includes a cross-fader, effects dial, “Euphoria” button (ie star power) and the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 19, 2009 -
Bizarre Creations Aims To Bring Fun Back To Racing
The team behind Project Gotham Racing hopes “make racing fun again” with Blur, a racer that features photo-realistic car and the ability to blast competitors out of the way with bursts of energy, Bizarre Creations said today. “We did our homework and saw a huge opportunity to move beyond traditional racers and create a game…
By Brian Crecente Published May 19, 2009 -
So, How Does The Tony Hawk Controller Work?
You’ve heard the announcement, you’ve seen what the controller looks like, you’ve already formed half-informed opinions on the whole thing, but do you know just how the new Tony Hawk peripheral actually works? Josh Tsui, president of Robomodo (the developers behind the game), told Crecente in his latest “Well Played” column that “Playing on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2009 -
Guitar Hero 5 Brings New Look, New Features, And New Bands
Determined to deliver more than just another band game sequel, Neversoft gives Guitar Hero 5 a brand new look, innovative new features, and introduces more than 25 new artists to the rhythm game genre. More than 25 new artists means that we’ll find at least 26 songs we’ve never played before included on the disc…
By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2009 -
Invasion of the Plastic Peripherals
The unbridled success of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Wii are spurring game developers to look at new ways to control games. This year developers unveiled games that have players using a faux turntable to pretend to be a DJ and another that has them ride a plastic skateboard in a new Tony Hawk…
By Brian Crecente Published May 18, 2009 -
United Front Games Partners With Activision for New Action Title
Vancouver-based game developer United Front Games has partnered with Activision on an action-based game set in Hong Kong, the developer announced this week. United Front Games was formed in 2007 by former employees of Electronic Arts, Radical Entertainment, Black Box Games, Rockstar, Action Pants, Propaganda Games and Next Level Games. “Over the past two decades…
By Brian Crecente Published May 16, 2009 -
New Tony Hawk Peripheral “Responds Like A Real Skateboard”
Whether you think the new Tony Hawk skateboard controller is a disaster-in-waiting or a stroke of mould-injected genius, you’ll want to know how it works. And Tony Hawk himself has offered some clues. “The board controller is a marvel of new technology”, he says in full-blown PR mode, before continuing. “[It] responds like a real…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2009 -
Guitar Hero 5: Four of Anything
Guitar Hero 5 will let up to four players rock out on the same instrument at the same time. That’s four guitarists or four microphones and yes, even four drummers. The game will also let you mix and match willy nilly what instruments you want to play as a group, so you can set up…
By Brian Crecente Published May 15, 2009 -
Fox And LaBeouf Return For Transformers Game Sequel
Activision has confirmed that the all-star cast of the original Transformers Movie game and Shia LaBeouf will be once again lending their voices to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The cast from the original game makes the transition to the sequel intact, which means that the original voice of Megatron, Frank Welker, will again be…
By Mike Fahey Published May 15, 2009 -
New Tony Hawk Game Has A Freakin’ Skateboard Peripheral
As was rumoured, it’s been officially revealed that the next Tony Hawk game from Activision – called Tony Hawk: Ride – will be shipping with a giant, hulking skateboard peripheral. This is either the smartest, or stupidest, thing Activision have ever done. The announcement was made on the latest episode of GameTrailers TV. There’s a…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2009