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Activision: Sony’s Move and Microsoft’s Kinect Are Too Expensive

, Jun 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

While listening to the executives at the major video game companies is fun (and revealing), it's also insightful to look at the world's major video game publishers, too. They're just as intrinsically wound to the market as the manufacturers of those consoles, too, considering that without the games, there wouldn't be much need for the consoles. And while E3 is over, we're still wading in some of the news from that major conference. Or, more accurately, some of the news due to its announcements. Read The Full Story

Bungie Buddies Up With Activision for 10-Year Deal

, Apr 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Even more out of left-field than HP buying Palm, Activision and Bungie come out of nowhere and announce that the two companies have just agreed to a multiple-year, worldwide exclusive agreement. Before you jump the gun, though, that doesn't mean that Halo Reach will be coming to more consoles than Microsoft's Xbox 360, but it does mean that their future titles will be doing just that. Read The Full Story

DJ Hero controller now sold separately

, Dec 2nd 2009 Discuss [0]

Having hitherto only been available as part of a game bundle, Activision have now made the DJ Hero controller available as a standalone peripheral.  Priced at $69.99 and available for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, the controller has a rotating deck platter, an effects dial, crossfader and three dual-color stream buttons. Read The Full Story

Tony Hawk: RIDE controller getting new Activision game

, Nov 18th 2009 Discuss [0]

The Tony Hawk: RIDE controller may be clever, but it sure is expensive; happily those who couldn't help themselves will soon have more gaming options to use it.  During an interview with Develop, Robomodo CEO David Michicich revealed that "We're doing a game with Activision and we're not allowed to talk about it right now".  Although it's unclear what the game itself might be, the nature of the controller does suggest some sort of snowboarding, skating or similar title. Read The Full Story

Activision and Everyone Tied to Kurt Cobain At Odds Over Guitar Hero 5 Representation

, Sep 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

With the announcement of Guitar Hero 5, nothing was bigger than the fact that Kurt Cobain, the former lead singer of Nirvana, had been licensed as a likeness within the game. We haven't really gone into depth on this at all, even as the story broke repeatedly over the last week or so. It seemed to be just a flare up from Courtney Love, Cobain's widow, as she defended herself against the myriad of complaints she had received from fans of Cobain and the band, most of which had been focused on her Twitter feed. Read The Full Story

DJ Hero controller gets FCC teardown, flaunts manual

, Aug 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Poorly framed, low-quality photo?  Non-descript but brightly colored background?  It can only mean one thing: the FCC's team of crack photographers have been at it again, and in this case it's the DJ Hero controller that has born the brunt of their traditional teardown. Read The Full Story

Guitar Hero 5 for Wii debuts full SD streaming & loading

, Aug 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

Guitar Hero 5 is set to be the first Wii game to offer full loading from SD card, with Activision promising SDHC streaming for the upcoming music title.  IGN sat down with the team to discuss the change, which will see over 800 songs together with audio quality, note data, album art, and any mo-cap triggers or song-specific displays fitting on a 32GB SD card. Read The Full Story

Band Hero DS “Drum Grip” for Nintendo DS revealed

, Jul 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Activision have been showing off their latest peripheral, and this time they've set their sights on your pocket.  Set to be included with every purchase of Band Hero DS, the upcoming musical game for Nintendo's clamshell console, the Band Hero DS Drum Grip is a rubberized silicon sleeve that fits over the DS Lite. Read The Full Story

Guitar Hero 5 official drum kit revealed

, Jul 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

Hot on the heels of Logitech's Guitar Hero drum kit, unveiled yesterday, come the first images of the official redesigned Guitar Hero 5 set.  No details are accompanying the two images, but Activision have released a new video showing gameplay in the upcoming title. Guitar Hero 5 gameplay video after the cut Read The Full Story

Sony CEO calls Activision threats “a lot of noise”

, Jul 8th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has struck back at Activision chief Bobby Kotick, claiming his calls to cut PS3 prices are "a lot of noise" and that there's no "logic" in discounting the console.  Speaking to Reuters, Stringer suggested that "I (would) lose money on every PlayStation I make - how's that for logic." Read The Full Story

Activision CEO threatens to drop Sony PS3 and PSP

, Jun 19th 2009 Discuss [0]

Game developer Activision have set their sights on bringing Sony down a peg or two, threatening to cease development for the PS3 and PSP consoles if the company does not reduce royalty fees.  CEO Bobby Kotick has accused Sony of "losing a bit of momentum" and complained that the company does not "make it easy for me to support the [PlayStation 3] platform".  Kotick is now asking for a PS3 hardware price-cut. Read The Full Story

Tony Hawk Ride skateboard controller gets detailed

, Jun 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

If your interest has been piqued about the upcoming Tony Hawk Ride game from Activision, you'll be pleased to learn that the company has released a few additional details about the game and it's very unique controller. Read The Full Story
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