Washington: Activision Blizzard's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" video game racked up more than $400 million in sales on its first day in stores in the United States and the United Kingdom. Activision said in a statement on Friday its biggest holiday title had sold 6.5 million units, which breaks last year's record of 5.6 million units, or $360 million in sales. The version of the game released last...
10:01 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Los Angeles: Behind a pair of nondescript black doors on the second floor of an angular office building along an unremarkable stretch of Ventura Boulevard is the headquarters for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward. It's out of sight from Hollywood in an unsuspectingly sterile place where one might expect to find spreadsheets, not video games. Yet beyond these doors is where one of the gaming industry's most...
08:05 AM, Nov 09, 2011
Santa Monica: Activision Blizzard revealed it has lost almost a million users for its World of Warcraft cash cow, dampening enthusiasm for its blockbuster Call of Duty franchise and wiping 3 per cent off its share price. The largest US video games publisher raised its earnings outlook due to strong demand for its top shooter title, which began selling midnight Tuesday. But Wall Street fretted over the loss of subscriptions...
07:52 AM, Nov 09, 2011
New York: Want to know why video game stocks pop or drop? Check the reviews. For years, investors have turned to video game reviews to help make buy or sell decisions, moving the share prices of some video game companies higher or lower. They consult the website Metacritic, which tracks a large amount of reviews and comes up with an average score, as well as reviews from top video game...
01:18 PM, Sep 17, 2011
New York: An investor group including Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick is in final talks to take a controlling stake in News Corp's social network site Myspace, according to three people familiar with the matter. Kotick's involvement is personal and nothing to do with Activision at this stage, the people said. Kotick was approached by the investor group in recent weeks and has not yet made a full...
08:40 AM, Jun 10, 2011
New York: These days, guns are more popular than guitars, at least when it comes to video games. The company behind "Guitar Hero" said Wednesday that it is pulling the plug on one of the most influential video game titles of the new century. Activision Blizzard Inc., which also produces the "Call of Duty" series, is ending the "Guitar Hero" franchise after a run of more than five years. The...
02:11 PM, Feb 10, 2011
New York: A major snowstorm on the US East Coast kept many shoppers home just after Christmas, casting a pall on the final act of the holiday sales season. The weekend's blizzard conditions, which shut down airports and halted traffic, also weighed on US store chains that sought an extra boost from post-holiday purchases. Analysts said the storm broke the momentum of improved holiday sales and could herald an earlier...
09:40 AM, Dec 28, 2010
Los Angeles: Activision Blizzard Inc., the video game maker behind the smash-hit shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops, on Tuesday added a new target in its lawsuit against two former executives: rival Electronic Arts Inc. Activision also put a price tag on its claim for the first time, seeking $400 million. The amended complaint filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court is the latest salvo in a legal shootout that...
12:43 PM, Dec 22, 2010
Los Angeles: Activision Blizzard Inc has raked in more than $1 billion in worldwide sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest installment of the US game publisher's most successful franchise. That performance built on the previous benchmark of $650 million of sales in the game's first five days, which set a five-day global record for a movie, book or videogame, the company said. "In all of entertainment, only...
11:49 AM, Dec 22, 2010
Tokyo: Microsoft said on Thursday that its new videogame Halo: Reach had racked up $ 200 million in sales on its launch day, boding well for the November debut of the Xbox 360 console maker's new gaming system. Halo: Reach is the latest version of the blockbuster Halo game series and went on sale this week. The franchise has sold more than 34 million copies in the nine years since...
11:57 AM, Sep 16, 2010
Los Angeles: Since fans lined up at midnight nearly three years ago for the release of the last
Halo video game, a recession struck the US economy, Barack Obama took office and
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 became the best-selling shooter game of all time. When the prequel
Halo: Reach debuts September 14, it will land on a very different world.
Halo achieved status as a cultural phenomenon in...
01:21 PM, Sep 11, 2010
Activision Blizzard's move is the latest sign that online anonymity is falling out of favour with many companies. ...
03:23 PM, Jul 08, 2010
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