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Starcraft II Beta Will Start This “Summer”

Did you sign up for the Starcraft II beta? Silly question. Of course you did. Well, if you get in, looks like you won’t have long to wait to get your Zerg on! It was announced during Blactivision’s conference call earlier today that the “external beta” – that’s the one where you guys can play…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2009

New Tony Hawk Detailed At E3 2009

Will the king of skateboarding video games make a comeback in 2009? Activision plans on delivering new details on the next Tony Hawk game during E3 2009. We’ve not heard much from the Tony Hawk front since traditional developer Neversoft shifted focus to work on the Guitar Hero franchise for Activision. So far all we…

By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009

Bakugan DS and Wii Screenshots

You may have never heard of Bakugan, but that doesn’t really matter because legions, and legions, and legions of kids have. The game, good, bad, or indifferent, can’t help but do massive sales thanks to that clamoring fan base. Set for release late this fall, here’s a look at th DS and Wii versions of…

By Brian Crecente Published May 7, 2009

Guitar Hero Van Halen Hits Later This Year

Guitar Hero Van Halen will hit stores in the second half of the year, Activision confirmed this week. The game will feature some of Van Halen’s greatest hits as well as music from Queen, Weezer, blink-182, The Offspring, Queens of the Stone Age and “many more.” Is Van Halen going to get the same sort…

By Brian Crecente Published May 7, 2009

DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero Hit This Fall

Sure we we’re pretty much positive that DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero were coming, but now Activision has made it official, official, and they’re coming this fall. Activision says the games will “redefine the company’s popular music gaming platform” and “transform the way consumers enjoy and engage with music.” DJ Hero will…

By Brian Crecente Published May 7, 2009

DJ Hero Peripheral Revealed

A Twitter account by the name of djhero has tonight posted these renders, claiming they are the first shots of the upcoming game’s turntable controller. Now, they might be legitimate! The Twitter account is a few months old, and they look nice enough. Then again, there’s nothing else to confirm these are being the real…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2009

Project Gotham Racing Devs Explain Last Days With “Corporate, Cocky” Microsoft

Bizarre Creations, the development team behind the renowned Project Gotham Racing series, used to make games for Microsoft. Now, they make games for Activision. Why the split? Speaking with Edge, the studio’s creative director Martyn Chudley has told of Bizarre’s final weeks with Microsoft, as development on Project Gotham Racing 4 (which I maintain is…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Box Art Is Truly Next-Gen

How can we tell? It’s not the visual clarity or high-res 3D models on the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen box art. It’s the sparks! Everyone knows that particle effects like that require serious hardware. Unfortunately, my theory is blown when one realizes that the same box art is being used for the PlayStation 2…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 6, 2009

Prototype Pre-Order Promotional Products Pimped

Plan on picking up Prototype? Perhaps you’d prefer to pre-order, as Activision is pimping the pre-order possibilities from three of its partners, each proffering its own collectible pre-purchase products. Activision will be offering up three pre-order product possibilities at GameStop, Game Crazy and Amazon, giving serious fans of Radical Entertainment‘s upcoming open-world, super-powered action game…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 6, 2009

The Guitar Hero: Smash Hits Tracklist Is Like Cold, Morning-After Pizza

Activision have announced the full, final tracklist for the upcoming Guitar Hero re-release, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits. Let us all find out which songs from the previous Guitar Hero game made the cut. The 48 songs have been culled from older, guitar-only Guitar Hero games, which have been reworked to make them playable using all…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2009

World At War Map Pack 1 Sells Two Million

The popularity of Nazi zombies is cemented forever in video game sales history, as Activision announces more than two million downloads of the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1. Released in March, the first map pack for Call of Duty: World at war contained three multiplayer maps players could care less about…

By Mike Fahey Published May 5, 2009

Activision Gets A New Chairman

It’s been announced overnight that Activision Blizzard‘s chairman, who is due to retire later this year, is to be replaced by the Chief Executive of partners Vivendi. The mega-publishers’s current chairman – Rene Penisson – will be stepping down because his “mandate expires this year”. His replacement, Jean-Bernard Levy, has been with Vivendi since 2002,…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2009

Reviews

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Review: A Pretty Good Start

There’s a new Wolverine movie in theaters, which means it’s time for another developer to take a stab at Marvel’s stabbiest super-hero with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Developer Raven Software isn’t altogether unfamiliar with Wolverine, having played about with him in both the X-Men Legends series and Marvel Ultimate Alliance; but this is the first time…

By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2009

Another Pic of Wolverine’s Secret Areas

Friday, Fahey dug up a screenshot of X-Men Origins: Wolverine’s homage to Warcraft. A reader sent us a screengrab of another crossover marvel, one of two mentioned in the game’s achievement list. Obligatory spoiler alert. The first hidden area is understandable – Activision/Blizzard publish both Warcraft and Wolverine. Although it’s not specifically invoked, and Valve…

By Owen Good Published May 3, 2009

Rumor: Call of Duty Moving on to Vietnam?

Citing a confidential source, That VideoGame Blog says Activision is pursuing licenses for Vietnam War-era music, as well as Cuban, Soviet Union and African music. They also infer that Treyarch will be the developer. TVGB says that Noah Heller is involved with this supposed CoD 7; he was the senior producer on World at War,…

By Owen Good Published May 3, 2009

Activision Supports Scottish Weasel Mating

In a bit of marketing that could theoretically bite someone at Activision in the ass, the company is promoting X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the UK by backing giant weasel mating. There are two Logan’s in Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo today, all thanks to the marketing efforts of Activision. The zoo’s only male wolverine, which is a…

By Mike Fahey Published May 1, 2009

Wow, Check Out One Of Wolverine’s Secret Places

In the frozen wastes surrounding the Akali Lake Weapon X facility, Wolverine stumbles upon an artifact of untold power from another world…of Warcraft. I’m placing the main image below in case the spoiler warning tag isn’t enough to keep you from peeking inside. It really is one of the more humorous little cross-title nods I’ve…

By Mike Fahey Published May 1, 2009

Valve Sues Activision Over Sierra Monies

Valve and Activision are doing the legal two-step, with the former suing the latter over royalties from a 2002 lawsuit against Sierra. On April 6th of this year, Valve was awarded a $2,391,932 judgment against Activision as the result of a 2002 lawsuit against Sierra Online. The original lawsuit, which we reported on way back…

By Mike Fahey Published April 30, 2009

World At War Map Pack 2 Introduces Imperial Zombies

Activision and Treyarch bring Japanese Imperial zombie killing to World War II in June, with the release of the second map pack for Call of Duty: World at War. Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 delivers three new multiplayer maps and one new zombie map to Treyarch’s World War II shooter. Fight…

By Mike Fahey Published April 30, 2009

Prince Turned Down Guitar Hero’s Diamonds & Pearls

Activision may be able to throw their fat rolls of cash at bands like Metallica and Aerosmith, but there’s one man who was approached by the company and turned them down: Prince. Yes, the man who is perhaps the greatest living American says in an interview with Tavis Smiley that Activision once approached him over…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2009