Tag: Activision

Activision at Gamescom 2011

Activision looks to be going for the quality over quantity approach at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany this year.  Visitors do stand a chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to LA for the Call of Duty XP tournament.  Otherwise, you have your Call of Duty and Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 3 and elite – along with Prototype 2 and GoldenEye 007: Reloaded featuring as highlights.

Call of Duty XP 2011 announced

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No, it’s not another game in the series, but a “celebration for the Call of Duty community” set to hit Los Angeles on September the 2nd and 3rd.  The “ultimate fan experience” will include the Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer reveal, Xbox 360 and Activision $1 Million Tournament, live events and more.

All ticket sales will benefit ‘The Call of Duty Endowment’.

Spider-Man: Edge of Time announced

Activision today announced Spider-Man: Edge of Time, where Spider-Man faces one of his greatest challenges ever — saving Spider-Man. Edge of Time is being developed by Activision-owned studio Beenox and challenges the player to take on the roles of both classic Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 to correct a timestream gone awry and prevent a catastrophic future brought on by the early and untimely death of Peter Parker.

Last month of Guitar Hero & DJ Hero DLC

That'll be the end of that then.

Following the earlier reports of the demise of the Guitar Hero franchise and the possible end of the DJ Hero franchise, it is now clear there will be no DJ Hero 3 and there will also be no more new content for either Guitar Hero or DJ Hero after this month’s releases.  Crikey, that’s a conclusive death nail in the music rhythm genre – and it only took around 24 hours to achieve.

Dark days at Activision…

…but at least there’s a PS3 release date of March 3 for the Black Ops DLC – First Strike.

However, I’m sure that doesn’t make the 500 people losing their jobs feel any better.  It must be an even tougher pill to swallow considering Activision’s latest financial results – they certainly aren’t terrible.  And to further rub salt in the wounds, the publishing giant has gone and axed some fan favourites in Guitar Hero, True Crime and possibly Tony Hawk and DJ Hero.