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Duo from COD: Ghosts team join new studio from Gears of War creator
Read More »Former Panama dictator Noriega suing Activision over Call of Duty likeness
Manuel Noriega, a former military dictator of Pananama, is taking Activision to court. Hot on the heel of Lindsay Lohan’s decision to sue Rockstar over the alleged use of her likeness in Grand Theft Auto V, Noriega accuses Call of Duty: Black Ops II of the "blatant misuse, unlawful exploitation …
Read More »Call of Duty devs open Reload Studios
Former Infinity Ward employees working on virtual reality first-person shooter
Read More »Neversoft closes doors, sets fire to logo
Guitar Hero dev merging with Infinity Ward, team given knives as leaving presents
Read More »VIDEO: New performance capture tech in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Sledgehammer also using two skeletons to animate character and exoskeleton separately
Read More »VIDEO: First look at Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s gameplay
Activision has released a new trailer for the latest Call of Duty title, Advanced Warfare. The video gave fans a first look at the title’s gameplay, featuring a group of US Marines dropped into Seoul, South Korea as a part of the ‘Induction’ mission. This footage was shown at last …
Read More »XBOX: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare DLC to hit Xbox One first
Xbox One owners will once again get their hands on DLC content for Call of Duty before any other platform. Phil Spencer made the announcement on stage at Microsoft’s E3 presentation, which will see the long standing deal between the firm and Activision continue. The first ever gameplay demo for …
Read More »THE BIG GAME: Sledgehammer’s dramatic revamp of Call of Duty
In the first of our weekly in-depth pieces on an upcoming blockbuster, we speak to Sledgehammer to discover why Advanced Warfare is the most exciting Call of Duty in years. A giant space ship is seen floating above an unknown planet. In the background, a woman eerily sings the children’s …
Read More »Sledgehamer would like to return to cancelled third person Call of Duty: Vietnam
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer has revealed that it worked on the cancelled third person Call of Duty titles for up to eight months. Indeed, so impressed was Activision with the Vietnam-themed 10-15 slice of the game that the team created that it offered the studio to jump …
Read More »Record digital sales for Activision as Call of Duty: Ghosts numbers are withheld
Activision has reported a slight decline in year-on-year net revenue for the quarter ending March 31st. Total net revenue for the period reaches $1,111m, down from $1,324m the year before. Of this, product sales fell from $990m to $769m although subscription, licensing and other revenues climbed from $334m to $342m. …
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