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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…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 29, 2014 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2014 -
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…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 23, 2014 -
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.
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 22, 2014 -
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,…
By Jason Schreier Published April 17, 2014 -
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…
By Tina Amini Published April 15, 2014 -
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…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 15, 2014 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published April 12, 2014 -
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…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 11, 2014 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2014 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2014 -
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,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 15, 2014 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2014 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2014 -
What Call Of Duty: Ghosts Needed Was Space Cats. Now It Has Them.
When I played through Call of Duty: Ghosts I got the distinct feeling that something was missing, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. That’s because the glory of Space Cats is forever beyond our human reach. We can but download them as one of many character and personalization packs added to the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2014 -
The Power Brokers Behind Some of Gaming’s Top People
PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS AND RUMORS: A new Gauntlet? When Ken Levine made the surprise announcement on Tuesday that Irrational Games was shutting down and only a small group of employees would be retained as he migrated to a new venture, one thing came to mind — the 2008 contract negotiations between Levine and Take-Two.…
Superannuation Published February 19, 2014 -
The Next Transformers Game Crosses Continuity Lines. I’m Scared.
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is not just a sequel to Activision’s lovely War for/Fall of Cybertron games or a Michael Bay-flavored movie tie-in. It’s both, and that scares the spark out of me. Making a good Transformers video game is hard, at least I assume this is the case, because the majority of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2014 -
The dulcet, Brokaw-esque baritone of Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) introduces you to Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, due to arrive sometime this year. In science fiction—whether video game or film—nothing says “mailed-in sequel” like a title with a colon followed by “Rise of the Something–Something.” [IGN] The game will launch on everything: PS4 and…
By Owen Good Published February 16, 2014 -
Activision is shifting Call of Duty development to a three-year cycle; this year belongs to Sledgehammer Games. Activision announced the shift during its 4th quarter 2013 financial call this afternoon, says the extended cycle would allow developers to focus on development and downloadable content creation.
By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2014