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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…

Report: Neversoft Merging With Call Of Duty Developer Infinity Ward

The studio that created Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater will soon be no more. According to an internal memo from Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg obtained by Giant Bomb, the 20-year-old studio is merging with Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward, and the Neversoft name is being retired. Neversoft was formed in July 1994 by Joel…

What We Can Learn From The First COD: Advanced Warfare Screens

In the year 2054, a private military corporation (PMC) emerges with the power to rescue humanity from a war devastated by a global attack on its infrastructure. We’ve seen the Spacey trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfighter Warfare. Now let’s see what the first three screens can tell us. Right off the bat, I’ve…

The Saturday Morning Stream: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [All Done]

With its movie inspiration webbing up box office money this weekend and our official review forthcoming, I figured it was a good morning to play around with Spider-Man and his amazing friends. If only there was a Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends game. Iceman and Firestar would be a welcome break from this game’s constantly-quipping…

Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Is Real, Here’s The Debut Trailer

Because Modern Warfare isn’t modern enough any more. The next Call of Duty game is called Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Here’s the game’s first trailer. If you thought the second Black Ops game took some technical liberties, hoo boy. This one is going full-blown science-fiction. Note that the game doesn’t just star the vocal…

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game Is Coming Out on Xbox One, After All

And, what do you know, it’s out today. Twelve days ago, it looked like The Amazing Spider-Man 2 tie-in game was delayed for Microsoft’s newest game console. Activision said that it was “working with Microsoft in an effort to release The Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game on Xbox One.” But, earlier today, Xbox Live’s Larry…

The Origin Of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Starring Bruce Willis

Fresh off developing the Bruce Willis-powered PlayStation game Apocalypse, developer Neversoft used the pre-built Willis model as the first rider in the prototype for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. That’s just one of many fun facts in Did You Know Gaming?‘s look at the king of skateboarding games. While I still maintain the sequel was the…

Meet The New Skylanders: Skylanders Trap Team

The next major installment in Skylanders, Activision’s wildly popular toy-video game mashup, is called Trap Team, the company announced at a special event this afternoon in New York City. It’s being developed by series creator Toys for Bob, and as the name suggests, the new game is going to let you capture bad guys and…

Blizzcon 2014 is officially taking place on Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8, Blizzard just announced in a press release. The convention will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California. Find out more about this year’s festivities and get yourself some tickets here.

Spider-Man Is MIA On Xbox One, And Activision Won’t Say Why

In a couple of weeks, Activision will release The Amazing Spider-Man 2, a game based on the movie. It’ll be out on just about every current-gen platform… except Xbox One. Though Activision originally announced the game for multiple consoles including Xbox One, it’s now gone MIA on the newest Xbox. Activision says it’s delayed indefinitely,…

New Call of Duty DLC Has Snoop Dogg Announce Your Kills

Wait, what? A few things. Why does this exist and why didn’t this already exist? Regardless of the answers to these pressing questions, Call of Duty: Ghosts now officially has the best announcer in all of first-person shooters. The lines weren’t written by Snoop Dogg, but they may as well have been considering how naturally…

Kaos Hijacks Teaser For The Next Big Skylanders Game

Activision is planning to unveil the next big installment in its wildly popular (and lucrative) toy-video game combo Skylanders next week at an event in New York City. In preparation, the series publisher sent out some invitations that show chief antagonist and evil portal master Kaos being his lovable dastardly self. The invitation I got…

Double Bumblebee Is The Best Thing About Rise Of The Dark Spark

I don’t care which universe he’s in, plucky yellow Autobot Bumblebee always rocks. And hey, that’s two voice actors Activision doesn’t have to hire! SPOILER FOR TRANSFORMERS PRIME ANIMATED SERIES FOLLOWS If you don’t love Bumblebee for some reason — maybe you are a communist, which is okay — once you watch the final scene…

Kerrigan has an axe to grind once again in the new trailer for Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard’s upcoming MOBA-style game that it’s not calling a MOBA. But it’s not like she doesn’t have plenty of totally valid reasons to be so pissed off, right? Personally, I’m really interested to see how playing as one…

It’s Looking Bad For Peter Parker In The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game

As if three movie villains weren’t enough, Electro and the Green Goblin are are joined by the ugliest Kingpin ever, bad-hair-lighting Black Cat and… is that Carnage? Yeah, Parker is screwed. Activision tried to sneak a little Carnage into the trailer, but I can smell a Cleetus a mile away. It helps that I was…

Rise Of The Dark Spark Is A Tale Of Three Optimus Primes

We knew Activision’s upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark combined two Transformers continuities. Now it’s three, as the original Optimus Prime arrives to show the other two how it’s done. Maybe that’s not a good thing. Having recently rewatched the entire original Transformers cartoon series, I’ve come to the realization that Optimus Prime was…

Activision Is Almost Finished With Skylanders: Swap Force Toys

The next wave of Skylanders: Swap Force figures hit Toys’R’Us this weekend, leaving hardcore collectors and impressionable youngsters only two more reasons to get out of bed in the morning until the next game is announced. What’s the point of it all? Man, Activision and Toys for Bob really love to drag these things out,…

WoW Level 90 Character Boosts Are Just An Expansion Pack Preorder Away

The physical editions of this fall’s Warlords of Draenor expansion for World of Warcraft will come with a code that’ll allow players to boost a character to level 90. Pre-order a digital edition from Blizzard, and you’ll get the boost right away. The Warlords of Draenor expansion gives players the ability to explore World of…

Call Of Duty: Elite Shuts Down On Friday. It’s Okay To Cry.

Remember back in 2011 when Activision’s ambitious online service dedicated to the Call of Duty franchise and its players was going to be thebest thing ever? It’s shutting down forever on February 28. That’s skull logo has never been more appropriate. Clans and stat-tracking and advanced matchmaking and original comedy programming! All of these were…