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Although sadly it isn’t the acclaimed Telltale Games’ point-and-click adventure. Instead it is first-person shooter The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, the TV series adaptation from Activision. The publisher has announced the game will be available on March 29th in the UK and Europe, according to Eurogamer. In addition to Xbox …
Read More »Microsoft brings in EA Origin UK boss Roger Walkden
Former EA and Activision man to take on role of chief of staff across European studios
Read More »Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC confirmed as Xbox 360 timed-exclusive
Activision has officially confirmed the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops II DLC pack Revolution, announcing it will arrive later this month on Xbox 360. Originally outed last week by leaked promotional materials, the add-on will carry the new zombie mode ‘Turned,’ five new maps, and the new Peacekeeper SMG …
Read More »James Bond missing in action on Steam
Three 007 games have been removed from Valve’s leading downloads store, as well as Activision’s own digital portal. Steam users were the first to notice that 007 Legends, 007 Blood Stone and Quantum of Solace are now missing from the service, according to VG247. It was later found that they …
Read More »Revealed: The UK’s Top 20 bestselling games of 2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops II was 2012’s biggest selling game of the year at UK retail. The latest report from GfK Chart-Track reveals that the shooter pipped FIFA 13 to the No.1 spot. The two blockbusters are streaks ahead of the rest of the charts. Assassin’s Creed III made …
Read More »UK boss Peter Hepworth leaves Activision
Activision’s UK and Ireland MD Peter Hepworth has left the Call of Duty publisher, MCV can reveal. Hepworth joined the company in 2005 and he replaced Andrew Brown as UK MD in August 2011. But he has decided to leave the firm to pursue new opportunities. Brown will now take …
Read More »VIDEO: First gameplay footage of Activision’s Walking Dead game
Activision has released the first gameplay footage of its own take on The Walking Dead. Developed by Terminal Reality (Star Wars Kinect, Def Jam Rapstar, Ghostbusters, Bloodrayne), the game offers a different take on the IP that has already enjoyed video game success at the hands of Telltale and its …
Read More »Rumour: Black Ops II ‘Revolution’ DLC hits later this month
A leaked promo image for new Call of Duty: Black Ops II add-on content has surfaced. An image posted on Reddit reveals the game’s apparent ‘Revolution’ DLC, which is supposed to arrive on January 29th. Five locations are featured: Mirage, Downhill, Hydro, Grind, and Die Rise – with what would …
Read More »Black Ops II is the UK’s Christmas No.1 game
Call of Duty Black Ops II is the UK’s video games Christmas No.1, giving Activision a run of six consecutive weeks at the top. Sales of the game were fractionally up by one per cent in the busy pre-Christmas trading week (ending Dec 22nd for this listing). It’s the first …
Read More »Call of Duty suffers 14 per cent sales decline in first month in US
Month one sales for Call of Duty: Black Ops II were down 14 per cent on the 2011 November sales of Modern Warfare 3, a report has claimed. Gamasutra reckons that the game shifted 4.5m on Xbox 360 and 2.9m on PS3. Sales of the Wii U and PlayStation Vita …
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