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Activision reminded us this morning that Bungie’s Destiny is not launching this year, despite retail listings.
By Jason Schreier Published February 18, 2013 -
Major retailers already are taking preorders for Destiny, but if anyone’s showing a release date, it’s a placeholder.
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2013 -
Everything I Know About Bungie’s Next First-Person Shooter, Destiny
The creators of Halo aren’t leaving their face-shooting skills behind. Destiny, Bungie’s first new game since they parted ways with Microsoft, looks and sounds like a first-person shooter—even if they don’t like calling it that. I flew to Seattle this week to get the official reveal of Destiny, or at least what teases Bungie and…
By Tina Amini Published February 17, 2013 -
Bungie Reveals its Destiny in This Documentary
Bungie, the studio behind Halo is today revealing its next saga, Destiny, to be published by Activision. This is the first documentary describing the new sci-fi world the studio is creating. In Destiny, coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, players will be thrust into the role of defending Earth, setting off on adventures on…
By Owen Good Published February 17, 2013 -
Culture
The World, Or At Least What’s Left Of It, Is Yours
Nivanh Chanthara is a French concept artist who works at Beenox, a studio that’s worked on a bunch of games for Activision over the last few years. His latest project is an “unrevealed” AAA project. Before that, though, he did some work in animation, getting his start on the Iron Man: Armored Adventures series. You…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2013 -
Ungrateful Toy Fair-goers Already Hawking Exclusive Skylanders on eBay
Well, this doesn’t look tacky or anything. Skylanders has been giving out exclusive Toy Fair figurines to attendees of the show itself and a couple of preview events last week. Said attendees are not civilians, as Toy Fair is a closed, industry event. But, knowing the demand for these suckers, a bunch have been listed…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2013 -
Activision Is “Somewhat Disappointed” With The Launch Of The Wii U
It seems that Activision, the biggest video game publisher in the world, wasn’t exactly thrilled with the Wii U’s launch. Why? Forget Call of Duty’s performance, it’s the console’s potential for Skylanders that has Bobby Kotick and co. worried. During the company’s latest earnings call, Kotick was asked about the future of the money-printing Skylanders…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2013 -
Zombies Look Really Ugly In The Trailer For The Walking Dead‘s Shooter
This is the first official trailer for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, aka that Walking Dead shooter that has absolutely nothing to do with the Walking Dead games that everyone loves. Survival Instinct is out March 19 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. March 26 for Wii U. What do you think? Any interest?
By Jason Schreier Published February 7, 2013 -
There’s Skylanders: Swap Force Gameplay Footage Here, and It’s Lovely
Activision doesn’t have to sell me on buying Skylanders toys at this point—I literally have a bucket full of them sitting not three feet from me as I type—but the games, entertaining as they are, could use a little work. The kind of work they’ve done with the new engine for Skylanders: Swap Force This…
By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2013 -
They’re Giving Away the Coolest Giant Skylander in New York Next Week
Of all the new figures Toys for Bob introduced in Skylanders Giants, there is one I desire above all others. She’s a ninja. She’s a djinn. She’s Ninjini, and Activision is giving her away free at the Times Square Toys’R’Us on Tuesday, the jerks. Celebrating Toy Fair 2013 and the overwhelming success of the Skylanders…
By Mike Fahey Published February 1, 2013 -
Bungie Panel at GDC Hints That We Will Hear More About Destiny Soon
We can expect to hear something official, and soon, about the game Bungie is building for Activision, rumored to be a sci-fi epic titled Destiny. GameSpot reported today that the studio is scheduled to give a talk about its new game at Game Developers Conference in late March, which would indicate a more formal reveal…
By Owen Good Published January 16, 2013 -
Joe Biden Sat Down With Gaming’s Leaders Today, And One Of Them Brought A Copy of Blastman III
This afternoon, U.S. vice president Joe Biden met with video game representatives to talk about the Sandy Hook shooting. Here’s a picture of the meeting in action. Hopefully it went well. Wondering who’s who? The AP’s caption: Vice President Joe Biden, center, speaks during a meeting with representatives from the video game industry in the…
By Jason Schreier Published January 11, 2013 -
Black Ops II‘s First DLC will be a Timed Xbox 360 Exclusive
Images purportedly of in-store promotional materials suggest that Call of Duty: Black Ops II‘s first map pack extension will be a timed Xbox 360 exclusive arriving on Jan. 29. Five maps are included. “Revolution” sports five maps, one of which—”Die Rise”—appears to be a zombie map. The others are named Hydro, Grind, Downhill and Mirage.…
By Owen Good Published December 30, 2012 -
Reign In Your Rage With the First Angry Birds Trilogy DLC
After talking about Sandy Hook all day, I really just feel like flinging birds at pigs for the rest of the night. Thankfully, the first DLC pack for the Angry Birds Trilogy arrived today, and judging by its title—”Anger Management”—it should be specially tailored to help players reign in their rage. The $5 “Anger Management”…
By Mike Rougeau Published December 22, 2012 -
Please Quit Photoshopping Horns Onto Bobby Kotick. It’s Bad for His Dating Life.
Today’s New York Times profiles Bobby Kotick, the boss of Activision Blizzard and longtime bête noir of many a longtime gamer, many of whom have created unflattering portrayals of him quickly found by Google Image search. Well, he wants you to know this doesn’t help his game. See, he’s divorced and on the prowl. “Think…
By Owen Good Published December 16, 2012 -
1167 People Are Playing Black Ops II Online On Wii U Now
1069 people are playing multiplayer, with 98 people playing Zombies mode on the Wii U version of Black Ops II. More than last week Like we’ve said, comparing the number of people playing the game on a brand new console to those playing on the veteran machines from Microsoft and Sony is unfair. Not to…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2012 -
This Dud is Still a One-Hit Kill in Black Ops II
This could only come from the great laboratory of death known as free-for-all in a multiplayer shooter. Given enough matches, enough combatants and enough button-spamming, you’ll inevitably discover that a bouncing betty to the face is a one-hit kill Call of Duty: Black Ops II—without detonating. YouTube video uploaded by reader Danny
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2012 -
The endless-runningfree iOS version of Pitfall! has been updated with an exciting new Relic Rush mode. Grab it here
By Mike Fahey Published November 27, 2012 -
How Square Enix Screwed Up Black Ops II for Japan
For years now, Square Enix has published the Call of Duty games in Japan. Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada is apparently a big fan of the series—and Western games. His goal is apparently to make Japanese gamers more open to playing foreign titles. That’s admirable. It would be more admirable if the company didn’t keep…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2012
