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'Guitar Hero' founder excited about future
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 10 hours ago
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Video-games sales are down 13 percent through October, and analysts are suggesting music-rhythm games have run their course, but "Guitar Hero" founder Kai Huang is looking on the bright side. Huang and his brother, Charles, launched the $1 billion franchise...
Tags: Guitar Hero, Kai Huang, Seattle, Activision, Kurt Cobain, Technology Internet, DJ Hero, Rhythm game, Entertainment Culture
Launch of video game on Hollywood scale
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility On a cloudy Friday afternoon in west Los Angeles nearly two weeks ago, about 50 people were waiting to buy a video game that wasnt supposed to go on sale for four days. Do you have it yet? asked an eager customer to an employee of the store. The object...
Tags: Los Angeles, Video game developers, First-person shooters, Call of Duty, Activision, Infinity Ward, Windows games, Call of Duty series, Multiplayer online games, PlayStation 3 games, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, video gaming, Rock Band series, Music video games, in video gaming, Entertainment Culture
IT WORLD : Bang, bang, buck, buck
Hua Hin :: Thailand | 3 days ago
Credibility One of the most popular video games in recent years has been the first-person shooter "Call Of Duty - Modern Warfare". Multiple combat missions and scenarios can be played out across northern Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, with the player...
Tags: Thailand, Hua Hin, Windows games, Activision, Call of Duty, Mod, Politics, First-person shooters, Video game developers, Multiplayer online games, War Conflict
Modern Warfare 2 grosses $550 million in first five days
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility 4.7 million copies sold in the first 24 hours alone, and an earning report that topped $310 million. And that was only counting the Modern Warfare 2 blitz in North America and the UK...According to Activision, Modern Warfare 2 grossed $550 million since...
Tags: Modern Warfare, United Kingdom, London, Multiplayer online games, PlayStation 3 games, Robert Kotick, Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty, Windows games, Call of Duty series, First-person shooters, Activision, Grand Theft Auto, Video game developers
Chilean startup focuses on games for social good
Santiago :: Chile | 5 days ago
Credibility The latest game company to raise a round of funding reflects the global reach of the industry...The company hasn’t announced its games, but its co-founders say they’re working on “meaningful games” that “help you feel better as a human being.” The first...
Tags: Chile, Wanako, Atakama Labs, Esteban Sosnik, la carcova, Carcova, Vivendi Universal, Santiago, Artificial Mind and Movement, Empresas Copec, Activision, 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures, Santiago Chile, Video game developers, Wanako Studios, ACE Team
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Blockbuster films translate into some tepid video games The video-game store looks more like a multiplex during the summer months, with just about every blockbuster action movie getting an interactive tie-in. More than half of the films on last week's...
Tags: Modern Warfare, Mario, Activision Blizzard Inc, theft auto, grand theft, entertainment industry, industry records, Los Angeles, Video game developers, First-person shooters, Activision, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty, Business Finance, Windows games, Call of Duty series, Multiplayer online games, Robert Kotick, Technology Internet, Blockbuster Inc., Entertainment Culture, Infinity Ward, Lego, Sonic the Hedgehog, in video gaming, PlayStation 3 games, Xbox 360, video gaming, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Rock Band series, Music video games
CRTC blasts both sides in TV dispute
Toronto :: Canada | 7 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 9:12PM EST C anada's big television networks and the cable industry have fought a bitter war against each other in recent months, but both sides are now facing an unexpected attack from the head of Canada's broadcast...
Tags: Canada, Vancouver, Bangla, upcoming winter, Ukrainian, include mandarin, broadcast regulator, aboriginal language, sports commentary, play analysis, Toronto, CTVglobemedia, CTV Television Network, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Rogers Communications, A, Technology Internet, S&P/TSX 60 Index, S&P/TSX Composite Index, Television in Canada, Entertainment Culture, Business Finance, Ivan Fecan, V, Department of Canadian Heritage, Fee-for-carriage, Flashpoint, Windows games, Video game developers, Call of Duty, Activision, Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty series, Multiplayer online games, First-person shooters
Tony Hawk's latest game adds skateboard trick
Encinitas :: CA :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Tony Hawk, the former professional skateboarder and the name behind a billion-dollar video game franchise, hasn't had a runaway hit in a while. But on Tuesday, 41-year-old Hawk will come out with a new game, Tony Hawk Ride, that includes a new trick to...
Tags: tony hawk, Encinitas, Activision, Rock music, Tony Hawk: Ride, Neversoft, Tony Hawk's Project 8, Technology Internet, PlayStation 3 games, Video game developers, Guitar Hero
Canada's space clown got 23 times more world attention than Afghan mission: study
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 9 days ago
Credibility Guy Laliberte - got at least 23 times more world media attention this year than this country's mission in Afghanistan. At least that's according to a calculation done by a media research group hired by Laliberte, the Cirque du soleil founder who recently...
Tags: Canadian Press Canada, space clown, cirque du, Afghanistan, Guy Laliberte, Cirque, du soleil, soleil founder, Kabul, Guy Lalibertￃﾩ, O, Cirque du Soleil, Circuses, French Quebecers, Activision, Angelou, Video game developers, CNN, Lou Dobbs, Kￃﾀ, Space tourism, Montreal
Can November Save the Gamers?
Alexandria :: VA :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility The upside to these numbers is that we're talking about incremental growth. The installed base of all three platforms grows with every passing month. This makes the year-over-year declines that much more problematic, though hope rings eternal in November.
Tags: Alexandria, Windows games, First-person shooters, NASDAQ, Activision, Ubisoft, Video game developers, Call of Duty series, Multiplayer online games, Business Finance
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