Activision looks for raw talent
Activision will be keeping an eye out for fresh talent at this month's MIDEM international music market for one unknown or up-and-comer to get a track featured in popular scratching-sim DJ Hero.The...
View ArticleModern Warfare II managers sacked
The games industry is all a buzz over the strange doings at the software developers Infinity Ward. The outfit which turned out the highly successful and acclaimed Modern Warfare 2 appears to have seen...
View ArticleGames developers sue Activision
The gaming community was a little spooked yesterday over the suprise firing of Jason West and Vince Zampella, who co-founded Activision’s Infinity Ward studio. The makers of the chronically successful...
View ArticleActivision war goes to defcon 2
It seems that the developers at Infinity have gone revolted against their Activision overlords. Infinity Ward developers are fleeing Activision as if it was the lower decks of the Titanic, and a group...
View ArticleApple, IBM, Adobe, Citrix others sued over software patent
Another day, another patent action. This time Apple, Activision, Adobe, Autodesk, Capcom, Citrix, Corel, Dassault, Delcam, Square Enix, Electronic Arts, Frontrange Solutions, IBM, Intuit, Konami,...
View ArticleNvidia, Xerox, Motorola others get writ over remote access
The same day, and yet another patent action, this time involving another clutch of IT companies being sued over software patents.A case was launched in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division...
View ArticleAussie inventor still gunning for Microsoft
Aussie inventor Ric Richardson, who is battling Microsoft in a patent suit worth hundreds of millions of dollars, said he will widen his fight to include tech giants including Sony and McAfee....
View ArticleBallmer to make a Bizarre buy
Shy and retiring Microsoft CEO Steve "there is a kind of hush" Ballmer is apparently ready to open his bulky wallet and write a cheque for the blighty based game maker Bizarre Creations. Ballmer's...
View ArticleActivision Blizzard adds EA to bitter Infinity Ward lawsuit
Activision Blizzard, the parent company of game studios Activision and Blizzard, has asked a Californian court to add Electronic Arts (EA) to a lawsuit it is taking against the creators of its Call of...
View ArticleSony Ericsson launches Xperia Play - Playstation games
Sony Ericsson has cemented its love for the Playstation, in a partnership which will have gaming geeks falling head over heels. It's announced the Xperia Play at the Mobile World Congress, an Android...
View ArticleActivision Blizzard boss makes put for Myspace
Activision Blizzard's Chief Executive Officer is in final talks to take over the Media Mongol, Rupert "Digger" Murdoch's social notworking site Myspace. According to Reuters, Bobby Kotick claims the...
View ArticleElectronic Arts settles with Activision Blizzard
Two of the biggest computer games publishers have buried the hatchet over a dispute involving the Respawn studio. According to Reuters, the pair have been spitting legal tacks at each other over the...
View ArticleGaming tax breaks bring Activision back to the UK
Activision is setting up a studio in the UK and this one will be working on software for mobile users. It is a return to the UK for Activision which left this green and pleasant land in January 2011....
View ArticleNorth Korea propaganda video shows US city under attack
North Korea is apparently planning to conduct another nuclear test and the hermit kingdom is also stepping up its propaganda offensive against the west, namely the United States. Its latest effort...
View ArticleEA Games CEO falls on his sword
EA's DRM has finished off the somewhat chequered career of Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello. Riccitiello's obsession with DRM appears to have killed off the launch of the flagship SimCity game...
View ArticleTop flack pinched thousands from Activision
A top Activision flack stole nearly 20 grand from the company's Call of Duty kitty to fund an engagement party and pricey clothes, it has been found. Kathryn Kirton's defense said she had got 'carried...
View ArticleWatchdog snarls at Activision
A key watchdog has bitten the rump of the boss of Activision claiming that his fat cat salary is taking the Michael. Activision is doing rather well but its supreme Dalek Bobby Kotick appears to be...
View ArticleEA cuts ties to gun makers
For years there has been a weird relationship between gun makers and the creators of computer games. Strapped with imagination problems, it seems that the game makers have been using mages of real...
View ArticleWorld of Warcraft is dying
The age of World of Warcraft is finally coming to an end. Activision Blizzard's cash cow is bleeding subscribers faster than a decapitated troll with 1.3 million defecting the game in the first quarter...
View ArticleAnalyst warns Wii U going down the pan
An analyst has warned that Nintendo is in deep trouble with its Wii U and that it could not sell if it weren't for the possibility of franchises such as Battlefield, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto....
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