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Destiny’s House of Wolves expansion will arrive next month, Activision has announced. The game’s second expansion will release May 19th for $20, or alternatively is included in the Destiny Expansion Pass. House of Wolves is said to carry an exclusive Raid, a new Awoken storyline, a new Fallen Strike, new …
Read More »Upcoming Tony Hawk game could be called Tony Hawk 5
A photo posted online by an event caterer appears to name the next Tony Hawk’s game as simply Tony Hawk 5. The picture in question, which was allegedly taken at a behind-closed-doors event for the game, has since been removed from Instagram – but not before it was captured by …
Read More »UPDATE: Call of Duty: Black Ops III launching later this year
Call of Duty developer Treyarch has released a new video teasing an upcoming official reveal for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. At least, all signs point to Black Ops III. The video’s is titled Back in Black” and ends with the Roman numeral for three. Black Ops protagonist Alex …
Read More »Call of Duty sales surpass 175 million
One copy of Call of Duty sold every two seconds on average since series' inception
Read More »Call of Duty franchise has sold 175m copies
The Call of Duty series has sold 175m units, Activision has revealed ahead of this year’s CoD Championship. The publisher has released an inforgraphic (below) that reveals the figure, along with a few gameplay stats. For instance, 100bn multiplayer matches have been played and 300bn grenades have been thrown in …
Read More »Long-time Infinity Ward exec Mark Rubin leaves Call of Duty studio
Modern Warfare lead designer Todd Alderman returns as multiplayer project director
Read More »Destiny and Monument Valley crowned at BAFTAs
The British Academy Games Awards were held last night, with big wins for several UK studios including Ustwo Games, Creative Assembly and Roll7. Ustwo Games were the big winners of the night, picking up two awards for its seminal mobile puzzle game Monument Valley. The title received best British Game …
Read More »Read the remarkable story of Guitar Hero in this week’s issue of MCV
As Guitar Hero prepares to walk on stage once more, we speak to some of the minds behind the blockbuster series. Former Red Octane and Activision execs take us behind the rise and fall of the mega franchise in this week’s issue of MCV. We also speak to From Software …
Read More »75,000 fans sign petition for Modern Warfare 2 remake
A significant number of Call of Duty fans are calling for a remake of Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 for PS4 and Xbox One. VG247 reports on a the growing petition being hosted on Change.org, which currently carries more than 75,000 signatures. The petition is seeking 150,000 total signatures before …
Read More »Guitar Hero is making a return this year, report claims
A new entry in Activision’s Guitar Hero series is in development and will be released this year. Kotaku reports that the game, which will be announced at E3 in June, will assume a more realistic” visual approach than previous entries in the series. More importantly it will again require the …
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