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GameStop Secures Exclusive Skylanders Giants DLC the Hard Way

GameStop loves its retailer-exclusive downloadable content, but Skylanders Giants DLC all comes by way of toys. What’s the world’s largest dedicated video game retailer to do? Exclusive toys, of course! GameStop is now taking preorders for the Golden Dragonfire Cannon Battle Pack. a special package that contains the series 2 version of the Skylander Chop…

World of WarCraft Movie Gets a New Writer, Not so Dead After All

It was only two weeks ago that the World of Warcraft movie, fresh off its big-time director leaving the project, looked set to join the scrapheap of failed video game adaptations Today? It sounds like there’s some serious push behind the movie, because not only has a new writer been announced, but Activision boss Bobby…

World of Warcraft Loses 1 Million Subscribers, Falls Below 10 Million

1 million less people are playing World of Warcraft than last reported. The latest estimate of subscribers claimed by Activision Blizzard cites a number of 9.1 million—from financial results released today—down from the 10.2 million reported this past May. This marks the first time that WoW‘s subscriber base has dipped below 10 million since January…

The Xbox 360 demo for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is now live in North America. The PlayStation 3 version drops tomorrow.

Fall of Cybertron Abuses a Great Moment in Transformers History to Push Retailer-Exclusive Preorder DLC

This is not a moment you screw with, Activision. This is scripture. This is the ultimate chapter in the Book of Optimus. This is not — I cannot stress this enough — not an advertisement for GameStop exclusive preorder downloadable content. Now I’ve talked to folks at Activision and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron developer High…

Arise, Hideous Prime, and Light Our Darkest Multiplayer Hour

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron‘s online multiplayer mode allows players to create their own bastardized versions of classic characters, from a guy that looks vaguely like Warpath to a puke green and brass Optimus Prime. Customization, Starscream? This is bad comedy. Despite earning Evan’s approval during his recent hands-on at Comic-Con 2012, Fall of Cybertron‘s standard…

Behind The Scenes With Black Ops II

In the latest video from Activision, Black Ops II‘s creative team, including lead writer David Goyer and composer Trent Reznor chat about how very excited they are to be working on the game, which they see to be as much an “event” as a summer blockbuster.

Failure in Tony Hawk HD Looks Better Than Ever

What do you remember most about the original Tony Hawk skateboarding games? The rush of putting together an epic thread of tricks? The exhilaration of notching ever-higher scores? Yeah, those were all great. You’ll get those in the Tony Hawk HD remake that hits Xbox Live today. But the pain… the pain was always the…

Suck It Wolverine, Here’s the Deadpool Game’s Announcement Trailer

Let’s see: Voices in his head? Crude humor? Breaking the fourth wall? Swearing? High Moon and Activision are sending a very strong message that the Deadpool video game, just announced at San Diego Comic-Con, has everything a fan of the character will want. Really, though, is that Nolan North voicing Deadpool? No launch date was…

Is a Deadpool Game Being Announced Today? My Common Sense is Tingling …

I mean, look, that’s a clock, it’s gonna hit zero at 6 p.m. EDT. The URL is “deadpoolgame.com,” and the background is the titular antihero from the Marvel universe. High Moon Studios, which has handled three Transformers games for Activision, is listed along with the publisher, and Marvel. There’s a Deadpool game coming out sometime…

Report: Vivendi Is Having A Hard Time Selling Activision

Latest gossip in the “Vivendi might be selling Activision” rumors that’ve been floating around comes courtesy Bloomberg, which reports today that Vivendi’s search is off to a slow start. Previous rumors had pegged Microsoft, Tencent, and Nexon as potential buyers.

Fine, I’ll Buy Your Damn Transformers Prime Game

But only because Arcee looks halfway decent in the screens for the game, coming to 3DS, DS and Wii this October. I know I gave you guys shit earlier, but you have found my weakness. I’m in the middle of reading through IDW’s excellent run of Transformers comic books, which might account for my soft…

Say Hi to Black Ops 2’s Bad Guy in This New Trailer

You already know that the antagonists in the next Call of Duty will be turning America’s robot drone army against us. And Los Angeles gets blown the hell up. But who’s got the cojones and brains to even to do such a thing? Watch the trailer and find out.

Pitfall Returns to Find Treasure on Your iPhone

You spent hours playing Pitfall on an Intellivision or an Atari 2600 back in the day, imprinting your impressionable brain with a fear of crocodiles that not even delicious Choco-diles snacks can’t conquer. Also you love gold. A lot. You want more Pitfall. It’s coming…to the phone you carry in your pocket everyday. Per MCVUK,…

The Walking Dead First-Person Shooter Begets a Most Gruesome Comic-Con Exclusive

There was no doubt in my mind that the first-person shooter based on AMC’s The Walking Dead television series would generate some truly horrific swag. I just didn’t think it would show up so soon. Activision gives fans four earfuls at San Diego Comic-Con this week. A necklace of ears was not on my Comic-Con…

Is Paul McCartney Writing Music for Halo‘s Original Studio?

Back in January, Paul McCartney—yes, the former Beatle—said he was working on music for an unnamed video game. It now appears that video game is being made by Bungie, the original studio behind the Halo franchise. McCartney today Tweeted that image above (and posted it to his Facebook page) with the caption: “I’m really excited…

Activision’s Making a Walking Dead First-Person Shooter

Telltale Games appears to have a hit on their hands with an adventure-game take on The Walking Dead. But Activision wants to go in a different, more combat-oriented direction with the just-revealed Walking Dead first-person shooter. Developed by Terminal Reality, The Walking Dead FPS will focus on controversial white supremacist brothers Daryl and Merle Dixon…

Frito-Lay’s Handling the Skylanders Freebie Like It’s 1980 or Something

Thirty-two years ago, Dad came home with what could only be described as the Holy Grail of my childhood—Boba Fett. Dad was the kind of guy who once called Kenner, under the auspices of a local newspaperman, to ask if they were making a Yoda action figure and when it would arrive. In secret, he…

The Amazing Spider-Man: The Kotaku Review

There probably hasn’t ever been a superhero who hasn’t gone through the cycle of losing his/her powers, getting them back and becoming more powerful than ever. It’s been the same for video game series devoted to costumed crimefighters. With Rocksteady Studios’ Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, Batman’s currently enjoying the best titles ever made in…

The Amazing Spider-Man Marketing Team Has it So Easy

I bet the folks that do public relations and marketing for innovative and thoughtful games like From Dust and Journey spend days and days brainstorming inventive ways to communicate complex ideas in ways that appeal to the consumer. Meanwhile The Amazing Spider-Man UK marketing team nipped off early after putting in an order for footy…