Posts tagged Activision 
EA product manager Kevin Flynn defects, joins Call of Duty team
Kevin Flynn, who's worked for the last two years as a senior product manager for EA's UK arm, has left to join Activision's UK side as a senior brand manager on Call of Duty. Flynn's previous efforts for EA include launching Battlefield 3 and its subsequent Premium DLC campaigns in the region. ...
PSA: Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC out today on PS3, PC
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's multiplayer offerings grow stronger -- and undead-er -- with today's release of the Uprising DLC map pack for the PlayStation 3 and PC platforms. The pack is priced at $14.99. Uprising adds the Magma, Encore, Vertigo, and Studio multiplayer maps, the latter of which ...
Celebrate Diablo 3's birthday with Magic Find and EXP boosts
One year ago, The Diablo 3 servers went public. In celebration of the Lord of Terror's re-birthday, Blizzard is granting Diablo 3 players some special in-game boosts. From now until May 21, all dungeon-crawlers will receive an extra 25 percent bonus to both Magic Find and EXP. In addition, this ...
Get Black Ops 2 for $40, Trials Evolution for $15 on Steam this weekend
Steam's deals for this weekend are action-packed, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is 33 percent off ($40.19), while the Deluxe Edition also on sale for $53.59 until May 13. Early birds can play the game for free until 1pm Pacific on Sunday. Trials Evolution is also part of the weekend sale, as the ...
World of Warcraft subscribers drop by 1.3 million in three months
World of Warcraft's subscriber base is down to 8.3 million as of March 31, representing a 14 percent drop in the past three months. In the previous-quarter financials, Activision-Blizzard said the MMO had 9.6 million subscribers, but 1.3 million have since said so long to Azeroth. "Though the ...
Diablo 3 patch 1.08 has gold duplication bug, Blizzard working on fix
Blizzard rolled out patch 1.08 to Diablo 3's American servers yesterday and, along with it, a very substantial bug. The patch increased the stack size for in-game gold in the auction house from 1 million to 10 million, effectively making gold ten times cheaper. Players then discovered a serious ...
Sledgehammer Games 'heads down' on next thing, not working on Ghosts
Sledgehammer Games is already working on its next game, the studio has revealed in a tweet congratulating Infinity Ward on its Call of Duty: Ghosts announcement. You'll remember the two worked together on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. "Our team is heads down on our next project, but best ...
Call of Duty: Ghosts announced; next-gen powered by new engine
Confirming rumors, Activision has revealed the next game in its billion-dollar shooter franchise, titled Call of Duty: Ghosts. The military-based FPS will arrive on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 5, and on "next-generation platforms" on an unspecified date. No Wii U version was ...
Report: Spanish retailer lists Call of Duty: Ghosts for Wii U and PC
While both UK retailer Tesco and Target pegged an as-yet-unheard-of entry in the Call of Duty series for November 5 on Xbox 360 and PS3, a listing for the same game recently popped up on Spanish retailer Xtralife. In this case, Xtralife's listing includes PC and Wii U versions of Call of Duty: ...
Activision's Kotick is now among the highest-paid CEOs in the US [Update]
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is now among the highest-paid CEOs in the United States, Bloomberg reported. According to a document filed to the SEC, Activision increased Kotick's compensation to $64.9 million in 2012. The majority of Kotick's earnings came from stock awards valued at $55.9 million. ...
