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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 smashes industry records
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
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The latest in a parade of hits, Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold an estimated $550 million in the first five days of its release, bringing the entire The Call of Duty series $3 billion in sales between its six titles. Modern Warfare...
Tags: Modern Warfare, Activision Blizzard Inc, San Francisco, Activision, Multiplayer online games, Call of Duty series, First-person shooters, Windows games, Call of Duty, Robert Kotick, PlayStation 3 games, Modern Warfare 2, Business Finance, Video game developers, Upcoming video games
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 22 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...
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Activision Blizzard’s video game sales exceed estimates despite recession fears
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Activision Blizzard, the largest independent maker of video games, announced that it had better-than-expected quarterly earnings for the third quarter. That’s a bit of a surprise since recession fears have dogged the company, as well as rumors that some...
Tags: Activision Blizzard Inc., activision posts, modern warfare
No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Rock band No Doubt has filed a real-world lawsuit over its virtual role in the just-released Band Hero edition of the Guitar Hero video game series, claiming that the game has “transformed No Doubt band members into a virtual karaoke circus act,” singing...
Tags: band hero, band members, Activision Blizzard Inc, video game, Activision Publishing Inc., game maker, doubt sues, allows players, virtual band
Game makers ready to rock
Santa Monica :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection this fall. The season gets a late-summer start Tuesday, with the release of Guitar Hero 5, a...
Activision expects repeat of holiday season
Shanghai :: China | 4 months ago
Credibility The video game maker, while reporting second-quarter results and giving its forecast for the year, says the top titles will draw retailers and buyers, while lesser-known games will be shunned. August 6, 2009 To predict what will happen in the video game...
Tags: Activision Blizzard Inc., Blizzardvision, starcraft ii, Blizzard Entertainment
Cisco reports plunge in sales and profit
August :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Cisco Systems, the San Jose maker of computer networking equipment, took another financial stumble Wednesday, reporting a big drop in sales and even steeper plunge in profit for its fourth quarter and fiscal year. The company said its sales for the quarter,...
Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Q4, Activision Blizzard Inc., News Corp., John Chambers, positive signs
Sony CEO dismisses price cut chatter on PlayStation
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Stringer, arriving at the Allen & Co conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Tuesday, described recent comments about PlayStation's price by Robert Kotick, the CEO of video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc, as standard business tactics. "He likes to...
Tags: Sony, Activision Blizzard Inc
Activision Blizzard beats earnings and revenue expectations
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Those are the video game brands that are driving Activision Blizzard’s revenues and earnings. Today, the company said it beat expectations for both in its first quarter ended March 31...This means that the game industry as a whole isn’t suffering from...
Tags: Activision Activision Blizzard, Activision Blizzard Inc., Guitar Hero, Band Hero, hero controller, wall street, quarter ended, profit surges
Activision shares rise on earnings preview
Shanghai :: China | 7 months ago
Credibility The stock has risen about 20% since the first of the year. In a statement before the opening bell, the company said net revenue and earnings for the March quarter are tracking ahead of its prior expectations...The company cited strong retail sales for...
Tags: World of Warcraft, Activision Blizzard Inc, Guitar Hero, Blizzard Entertainment, Mainland China
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