Analyst: Activision To “Essentially” Close Infinity Ward
In response to the events throughout Infinity Ward, analyst Mike Hickey expects Activision to “essentially” close down the developer. Stated in an investor’s note, Hickey reveals that the development of the next Modern Warfare installment would, most likely, be spread across different studios, not tied to the franchise. “We expect Infinity Ward studio will be [...]
Developer: Fitness Enthusiasts “Benefit More” From Move And Natal
Nintendo’s current success in the market is due to the fitness enthusiasts, people seeking physical “health”. However, though there have been many success stories, Lightning Fish director Simon Prytherch believes that fitness enthusiasts will “benefit more” from the newer motion control devices than Nintendo’s. “The non-games sector will benefit more than any other sector from [...]
Ex-Infinity Ward Bosses Announce EA Deal, Respawn Entertainment
Aside the legal brouhaha, former Infinity Ward bosses, Jason West and Vince Zampella, have made their ambitions for their future evident. That said, this morning, Electronic Arts revealed a deal with the pair to be the sole distributor for their newly formed studio, Respawn Entertainment — based in the same part of Los Angeles as [...]
Legal Confrontation Holding Up Modern Warfare 3′s Development
The legal confrontation between Activision and former Infinity Ward executives, Jason West and Vince Zampella, is hindering the development of the third Modern Warfare installment. According to Activision’s countersuit documents, because of their departure, Activision has had to “commit additional resources” onto the project. The court documents state that, because of they were planning to [...]
Activision Talks New Call of Duty Title, “Extend The Franchise”
They’re currently at the tip of an industry controversy; respectively because of the companies Infinity Ward crisis. However, during this fiasco, Activision revealed that Sledgehammer Games, a newly formed studio led by former Visceral Games executives, will be developing a new Call of Duty title that will “extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre.” Exactly [...]
Head Infinity Ward Devs Fired For “Insubordination”
Though the developer recently released the industry fastest grossing title, Infinity Ward still lost two company heads; even though the company was considered as “intangible”. However, these loses aren’t economically related. According to big brother company Activision, Infinity Ward’s Jason West and Vince Zampella were simultaneously left go due to “breaches of contract”. However, Activision [...]
Activision Regrets Not Finishing Guitar Hero With Harmonix
Harmonix, the original Guitar Hero developers, were trade by Activision in 2006. However, since then, Harmonix have developed the Rock Band series, a series that has produced heavy competition for Activision in the music game genre. Now, almost four years later, Bobby Kotick, Activision CEO, says that letting go of Harmonix was a mistake. “We had always known them as sort [...]
True Crime Invades Hong Kong
Activision plans to reboot its very promising True Crime franchise with a new iteration entitled True Crime. In development over at ModNation Racers developer United Front Games, True Crime follows the story of detective Wei Shen as he infiltrates one of Hong Kong’s most notorious crime syndicates, the Triads. Set in Hong Kong, True Crime [...]
Call of Duty Series Rakes In $3 Billion
When I was growing up, never would I of though that the word billion would be used when talking about video game sales. But, nonetheless, here we are. That said, as much as I hate the management over at Activision, Activision’s Call of Duty series has ranked in a total of $3 Billion in retail [...]
Bowling Talks Modern Warfare 2 DLC, Hints At Spring
When a game sells as much as Modern Warfare 2 there must be millions of people wondering when they’ll be able get there hands on some Modern Warfare 2 downloadable content. Nonetheless, Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has replied to the age old question. “DLC is planned fir the wonderfully vauge timeframe of Spring,” says Bowling [...]
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