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Trial Date Set in Infinity Ward Suit
A California judge today set a trial date of May 23 for the lawsuit involving Activision and Infinity Ward founders Vince Zampella and Jason West. A hearing in Los Angeles today scheduled both the trial and also another hearing for Aug. 5 to determine whether a third lawsuit, filed by employees of Infinity Ward against…
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Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock, Act One
Activision’s compiled a nifty clip showing off some previous revealed music from the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, so let’s let the bodies hit the floor, get our money for nothing, and pour some sugar on this rock montage. It’s official: I am no longer excited by videos for the band games. It used…
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Reviews
Singularity Review: Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey
Activision and Raven Software release a first-person shooter with a time-traveling twist. Is this Sierra’s intriguing yet disappointing TimeShift all over again? Of course not! TimeShift had a time-shifting suit. In Singularity you have a time-manipulating device that slips onto your arm, so the rest of your body can breathe. You’ll stumble across this device…
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Reviews
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures Review: Robots In Disgrace
Remember that really great Transformers: War for Cybertron game we reviewed last week? This isn’t it. This is Transformers: Cybertron Adventures, and it is not the Wii version of War for Cybertron. While the story may cover similar ground and contain many of the same characters, Next Level Games’ Cybertron Adventures trades the third-person shooting…
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First Transformers: War For Cybertron DLC Contains All Three Preorder Characters
Folks who spent up to $100 for War for Cybertron preorder codes on eBay are going to kick themselves, as a listing on the Xbox website for the game’s first map pack indicates that all three preorder characters are included. This is why we don’t buy preorder codes on eBay Released just last week and…
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20 Amazingly Detailed Call Of Duty: Black Ops Screens
Can you spot the dragonfly in this picture? Treyarch and Activision have released 20 new Call of Duty: Black Ops screens brimming with nice little touches, from snow-speckled facial hair to insects thriving in the jungle heat, but something’s missing. As detailed as these new screens are, they still manage to highlight some of the…
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Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC Makes A Comeback
After disappearing from Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network months after its release, the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 downloadable content returns, making Magneto, Black Panther, Carnage, Psylocke, and Cable available for purchase once more, but only for a limited time. A limited time only deal is what the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 downloadable content was…
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GameStop Has Your Guitar Hero Axe
Every bundle of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock that ships this fall will come with Activision’s new removable wing guitar controller, but only by preordering at GameStop will you score the axe of power. While Rock Band 3 is giving you a semi-real guitar controller, Guitar Hero gives you wings, a tactic that’s worked well…
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You Won’t Go It Alone in Singularity
Not sure what Singularity is all about? This trailer for its multiplayer – now there’s an irony – should clue you in. For starters, it’s got projectile-vomiting, time-traveling zombies, a real one-up of that conventional foe. That bug that possesses you and makes you shoot your teammates looks like a barrel of fun. Looks like…
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Fans At Last Will Find The Silver Lining
When last heard from, those behind a long-in-development, fan-made King’s Quest sequel were on the verge of an agreement with Activision allowing them to finally complete their project. This afternoon, that news came. The Silver Lining will finally be completed. Phoenix Online, the collection of fan-developers who’d been working on The Silver Lining for upwards…
By Owen Good
