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Your PC Must Be This Advanced To Run Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare [UPDATE}

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the first “pure next-gen” entry in the endlessly popular shooter series, but what does that mean for PC gamers? In short: nothing. Nothing whatsoever. UPDATE: Activision says these are the wrong specs. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s specs are the same as Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ on PC. Exactly…

I Don’t Want To Walk To Everything I Can See In A Game

There’s this thing that developers of open world games have been fond of saying a lot lately: If you can see it, you can travel to it. It’s meant to be an awe-inspiring statement about how rich and full the world is, but every time I hear it I roll my eyes. See, not only…

Gamescom Call of Duty Multiplayer Reveal To Be Streamed On Xbox Live

Activision allots the first half of of the hype cycle for each year’s Call of Duty to its solo campaign, but when we arrive at Gamescom in just two weeks, the multiplayer half of the super hypeness for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will begin. And you’ll be able to watch this big event from…

4,638,937 people played the Destiny beta, Activision announced this morning in a press release. That sure is a specific number! Says Activision exec Eric Hirshberg: “This is the biggest beta of this console generation by a wide margin and the largest console beta ever for a new video game IP to date.”

One Of The Last Wii Games Comes With A Free Wii U Upgrade

One of only two games left to be released on Nintendo’s last-gen console, Skylanders: Trap Team for the Wii is hedging its bets, including a download code for the Wii U version of the game in every box. The news comes from a tweet from the game’s official account way back on July 23 (via…

These Aren’t Old Skylanders, They’re Eon’s Elite “Premium” Skylanders

Today Activision announces Skylanders: Eon’s Elite, a series of eight older Skylanders toys that have been repainted, repowered and repackaged as must-have limited-edition collectibles. Really, that’s what they’re doing. These are the toys from Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure — they’ll be eight in all — given a fresh coat of paint. The figures have metallic accents,…

The Skylanders Dark Edition Isn’t A GameStop Exclusive This Year

Last year I gave Activision flack for making its special Dark Edition version of Skylanders: Swap Force a GameStop exclusive. The $99 Skylanders: Trap Team Dark Edition carries no such constraints, so if your children don’t get one it’s merely because you’re some kind of monster. Debuting to the public at this week’s San Diego…

Former Dictator Manuel Noriega Is Suing Over Call of Duty

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is taking Activision to court over his depiction in Call of Duty: Black Ops II Noriega appears in a Black Ops II mission called “Suffer with Me” as both an in-game character and in news clips. Courthouse News Service reports that Noriega, who is currently serving a prison sentence in…

One Bad Transformers Movie, Three Bad Transformers Video Games

There’s just something about a summer blockbuster the gets the blood pumping and the brain craving more, even if it’s just more crap. Well, if it’s more Transformers: Age of Extinction crap you’re looking for, Activision and Mobage have you covered. While Activision’s Rise of the Dark Spark doesn’t share a name with the movie,…

Oh Good, The New Ninja Turtles Movie Is Getting A 3DS Game

I was really hoping there wouldn’t be an official physical video game product based on the upcoming live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, if only to avoid seeing these ugly mugs on store shelves. Coming in August from Activision, the company that’s made a name for itself for releasing average Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video…

The Saturday Morning Stream: Rise Of The Dark Spark (All Are Done)

When is a movie tie-in not a movie tie-in? When Activision and developer Edge of Reality mix movie machines with Cybertronian ones. Let’s see how that worked out for them. Yesterday my colleague Yannick posted a story titled “Leave Michael Bay Alone, Transformers is Awesome.” I have no point to make here, I am just…

​Legend of Korra Game Coming from Makers of Bayonetta

The hit animated series will be getting adapted to video games in a title being developed by Platinum Games. The Legend of Korra will be a third-person action game published by Activision for PC, current and last-generation consoles (except the Wii U), according to IGN. There’ll also be a strategy-centric 3DS game developed by Webfoot.…

What A Call of Duty In Vietnam Could’ve Looked Like

Remember when rumors were swirling about a Call of Duty game set during the Vietnam War? In 2010, when it seemed like Activision was going to Southeast Asia, the publisher delivered the first Black Ops (which featured a handful of missions set in Vietnam) instead. That game was darkly paranoid but now-circulating concept art, spotted…

​Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Barely Looks Like It Happens on Earth

Hoverbikes. Super-jumps. Lots of neon. The next installment in Activision’s blockbuster FPS series is the most future-y one yet. Get ready for a lot of fancy screens and overlays! If not for the presence of recognizable stuff like lamps and doors with knobs, you’d think this game was happening on a far-off planet. It’s not.…

This Year’s E3 Exclusive Skylander Isn’t A Skylander At All

For the past couple of years, Activision has been luring the press to their E3 booth to play the latest Skylanders game with the promise of an exclusive toy variant. For Skylanders: Trap Team they’re getting a special trap pre-loaded with an exclusive villain instead. Skylanders: Trap Team mixes up the toys-meet-games formula by allowing…

Leaked Videos Show What Destiny Looks Like on the PS4 [UPDATE: Gone]

Only a select group of people have been able to get in on the alpha test for Bungie’s next big game. One of those folks streamed Destiny off his PS4 last night. Spotted on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6eV_L…NeoGAF, the two videos show off about 15 minutes of playtime in the sci-fi shooter coming from the makers of Halo.…

Now There’s A Timed Preorder Exclusive Skylanders Toy

This is Gearshift, one of the new Skylanders: Trap Team toys. She’s not due out until 2015, but if fans preorder her at participating retail outlets, they can have her when the game arrives on October 5. It’s an all-new kind of preorder DLC! Since each Skylanders toy unlocks a character in the game itself,…

Aww, look at his little soccer ball head. Celebrating the onset of soccer fever, Activision is releasing special edition Skylanders: Swap Force toy ‘Kickoff’ Countdown (clever) this Sunday, May 18, at ToysRUs locations across the country and online.

Destiny Might Be the Most Expensive Game Ever Made

CEO Bobby Kotick has revealed that Activision is spending $500 million to try and make Destiny a hit. That’s half a billion dollars, which is very likely more money than has ever been spent on a video game before. Dang. Kotick’s remarks—which came in an interview with Reuters—are a big deal, given how tight-lipped big…

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Kotaku Review

Activision has released seven free-roaming Spider-Man games since 2004, each criticized for one particular flaw. Activision has released seven free-roaming Spider-Man games since 2004, each criticized for one particular flaw. Activision has released seven free-roaming Spider-Man games since 2004, each criticized for one particular flaw. What, doing the same thing over and over again isn’t…