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Activision & Bungie Deal Is A Second Chance For Both

So, Halo creators Bungie are working with Activision on a new piece of IP. For the next ten years. I hope for everyone’s sake it’s not a first-person shooter! For Bungie’s sake, this is because the team has already released a first-person shooter. Lots of them. In fact, between marathon and Halo it’s all the…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2010

Sony Wants to be More Than Just Friends With Bungie

While Bungie’s new date is Activision, not Sony, it likely means PS3 games coming from the Halo people. As if noticing a hottie had just changed her Facebook status to “single,” Sony turned on the charm Thursday. “The partnership between Bungie and Activision is a big win for gamers worldwide,” read a statement from SCEA.…

By Owen Good Published April 29, 2010

Report: Call of Duty 7 Goin’ To Vietnam

The next Call of Duty game from World At War developer Treyarch is reported to take the popular first-person series to the Vietnam War. While Activision is still a day away from officially revealing the game, VentureBeat writes that Call of Duty: Vietnam will make its debut in this week’s episode of GameTrailers TV. Not…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 29, 2010

Timeless Speculation: Exploring The Games Of Bungie’s Past

What fruit will this new partnership between Bungie and Activision bear? Perhaps the answer to that question lies buried in the Halo developer’s past games. When we think of Bungie, we immediately think Halo, so it makes sense that the knee-jerk reaction to the news that the developer has teamed up with Activision is that…

By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2010

Will Bungie’s Next Big Thing Require a Subscription?

Bungie is a game developer that likes to create new universes and then fully explore them. Games Marathon and Myth both led to three titles, while the Halo universe will deliver six by the time Bungie is finished with it and likely more from Microsoft. Their deal with Activision for a yet-to-be named action game…

By Brian Crecente Published April 29, 2010

Bungie’s Grand Plans For Their First Post-Halo “Action” Game

The game Bungie makes after Halo: Reach will be huge, on multiple platforms — won’t be Marathon-related — and is under Bungie’s control, the studio’s Brian Jarrard told Kotaku today. With Bungie’s future clarified, we learned some new details. Our interview occurred scant hours after Bungie announced that it has signed a 10-year deal with…

By Stephen Totilo Published April 29, 2010

Bungie Delivers (Another) Surprise Morning Package

Imagine my surprise when a FedEx man left a package from Bungie, marked to be delivered first thing this morning, the day their ten-year publishing agreement with Activision was unveiled Slicing through the brown packing tape, I discovered a black Pelican case coiled in bubble wrap. Inside? Popping it open I discovered inside what looked…

By Brian Crecente Published April 29, 2010

Halo Developer Joins Forces With Activision

Bungie, the studio that created the Halo franchise, will be partnering with Activision for an “exclusive, worldwide partnership” the developer revealed this morning. The partnership will encompass one upcoming franchise and will last for the next ten years. Bungie was founded in 1991 and was purchased by software giant Microsoft in 2000, but parted with…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 29, 2010

Buy Singularity, Get Prototype For Free

Raven Software’s oft-delayed sci-fi shooter Singularity will get a little help from last year’s open-world action adventure Prototype. Activision is giving away the latter if you purchase a copy of the Xbox 360 version of Singularity. Whether that’s a good sign for Singularity’s chances for success is up to you, but for anyone planning on…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2010

First Look At Next Call of Duty Happens This Friday

There’s a brand new Call of Duty game coming this year. This Friday, you’ll get your first peek at the follow-up to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, courtesy of GameTrailers TV. While Activision may be embroiled in drama related to its most recent Call of Duty, that won’t stop the company from churning out…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2010

Activision CEO Griffith Resigns From Post

No, it’s not what you think. Robert Kotick, CEO and president of Activision Blizzard, is still head of the world’s biggest third-party publisher. But one of his top men, Mike Griffith – CEO & president of Activision publishing – has resigned. He handed in his notice on April 23, meaning he’s no longer CEO or…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2010

Modern Warfare Developers Seek Half a Billion in Activision Suit UPDATE

A group of nearly 40 past and present Infinity Ward developers have banded together to file suit against the publishers of Modern Warfare 2 for half a billion dollars, alleging breach of contract and unpaid royalties, according to court documents obtained by G4 TV.com. The Infinity Ward Employee Group’s suit, which lists 38 plaintiffs including…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 27, 2010

Jazz Comes Late To The War For Cybertron Preorder Exclusive Party

It seems to me that you’d want to announce all of your retailer preorder exclusive items at the same time, to avoid shutting out one particular store, but here comes Jazz, ready to fight multiplayer battles for Best Buy customers. Activision revealed Shockwave as the GameStop preorder bonus multiplayer character for Transformers: War for Cybertron…

By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2010

Eight More Leave Modern Warfare Developers, Bringing Total To 26

The exodus from Modern Warfare developers Infinity Ward continues at a breakneck pace, with news today that a further eight employees have left the studio in the wake of the “Legal Warfare” showdown. In addition to the five men who left on Friday, we’ve learned that three more – level designer Keith Bell, designer Charlie…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2010

Wu-Tang’s RZA Working On Game With Activision

RZA, one of rap group The Wu-Tang Clan’s more prominent members, has revealed over the weekend that he’s been working with video game publisher Activision on a new game. He doesn’t say what exactly the game is, but since there’s pics of him wearing motion-capture suits, we can assume it’s something he’d appear in as…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2010

Website Registrations Tease GoldenEye, Driver Sequel

It doesn’t mean such games are in development – at most the companies owning these marks have moved to protect them – but new domains for GoldenEye and Driver have been registered by Activision and Ubisoft. Superannuation, of course, discovered both this week. Most recently, the URLs goldeneyegame.com and bloodstonegame.com were registered on Wednesday. Bloodstone…

By Owen Good Published April 24, 2010

Seven Jump Ship To Form Modern Warfare Developer’s New Studio

It was only a matter of time. Having recently established a new studio to get away from former bosses Activision, Modern Warfare creators Vince Zampella and Jason West have wasted no time recruiting seven of their former Infinity Ward colleagues. Those seven are: – Todd Alderman, lead designer on Modern Warfare 2 – Mackey McCandlish,…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2010

Activision Dividing Modern Warfare 2’s Booty

Activision community man (and former games writer) Dan Amrich has taken to Facebook to chat with people about his employer’s recent public relations issues. I don’t think he’s helping things. Attempting to shed light on the legal mess surrounding the fate of bonus payments due to Infinity Ward staffers – especially deposed bosses Vince Zampella…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2010

Danica Patrick Enlightens Us on the Concept of ‘Power-Ups’

Indy’s It-girl Danica Patrick has a role in Activision’s Blur, which I didn’t know before today, and Danica’s giving interviews to highlight the fact gamers now race online “against people in different places,” which she didn’t know before today either. What’s more, “It’s not just cars against cars,” Patrick told USA Today. “It’s cars against…

By Owen Good Published April 21, 2010

Dodge Viper Or Ford Bronco? That Is The Blur Preorder Question

Bizarre Creations’ combat-racer Blur is coming May 25, and your choice of preorder locations determines which ride you’ll get early access to in online multiplayer, because everyone loves retailer-exclusive preorder bonuses, right? Durability is just as important in Blur racing as speed and style, so folks looking to put their money down on a copy…

By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2010