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Publishers have been putting a lot of time and effort into finding new ways to sell microtransactions to gamers. Some games have managed to get it right, while others have fallen flat and drawn criticism for it. Activision has become the latest example of this, as the publisher recently patented …

With Destiny 2 taking consoles by storm and soon to release on PC, developers have set their sights ahead towards the first expansion pack. Keen on not making the same mistakes as it did with the first game, Bungie has taken to Twitter to get fan feedback on exactly what …

Call of Duty games have a tendency to remake popular maps for its subsequent games, here’s looking at you, Nuketown. This time, Sledgehammer Games is looking back to the very first Call of Duty, remaking the French map Carentan for modern audiences. Carentan first appeared in 2003’s Call of Duty …

Earlier this week, Destiny 2 managed to surpass 1.2 million concurrent players on console alone, reaching 1.3 million as of developer Bungie’s blog update last night. Publisher Activision has continued to share the good news about Destiny 2’s success by revealing the console launch press release. “With franchise pre-order records …

In a controversial decision, Activision chose to release its remaster of the acclaimed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in an exclusive highly-priced bundle alongside last year’s Infinite Warfare. It was less of an if and more of a when we would see the title break off into a standalone release, …

Activision has been taking an apologetic approach to its Call of Duty fans this year, admitting that Infinite Warfare didn’t resonate well. Now in an interview this week, Actvision's CEO, Eric Hirshberg has elaborated further, explaining that the company planned to get away from the futuristic theme eventually but admitted …

Back at the start of 2014, Activision mysteriously began removing its Deadpool game from digital stores like Steam less than a year after its initial release. Now, history appears to be repeating itself, though this time licensing issues appear to be affecting a different game as the Teenage Mutant Ninja …

It might be a little early to call victory for EA in this latest generation of high-production-value, AAA shooters, but in terms of trailer popularity, DICE's Battlefield 1 seems to have drawn a lot more positive attention than Activision's Infinite Warfare. While the latter was a stand out for its …

As much as Call of Duty is one of the most enduring franchises of the past decade, it does also command quite an emotional reaction from its supporters. When the recent Infinite Warfare trailer dropped, fans of the series took it upon themselves to downvote it en masse, but publisher …

If you were hoping to skip this year's Call of Duty entirely and just pick up the new Modern Warfare remaster instead, then you might be out of luck as Activision has announced that the Call of Duty 4 remaster will only be available as part of the legacy bundle …

If you're one of those people who consider the Call of Duty games to be all about the multiplayer and couldn't care less about the single player campaign, Activision has now made a pack just for you. The Multiplayer Starter Pack for Black Ops III gives you access to multiplayer …

Major League Gaming, one of the longest standing pro-Esports organisations, is now owned almost entirely by Activison, after the board of directors agreed to sell the publishing giant most of the company's assets for $46 million. This has annoyed some share-holders, as the move was approved – legally – without …

We recently heard that EA had set up its own eSports division internally to break into the pro gaming scene and get more involved with tournaments. Now, it looks like Activision is doing a similar thing, as the publisher has apparently bought Major League Gaming for $46 million. Activision has …

Activision Blizzard is a rich company, clearly; it bought its way out of being owned by Vivendi back in 2013 for just shy of six billion dollars and now once again its dropped a similar figure on another developer/publisher, King. Known for its addiction peddling gameplay in titles like Candy …

Ubisoft recently received a $161 million investment from a company known as Vivendi, which is known for aggressively pursuing companies within the entertainment sector. As it turns out, Ubisoft's CEO isn't too happy about the cash infusion, according to an internal memo circulating over at the publisher's offices. The internal …

The rhythm guitar game wars are back guys! Remember? Way back in, well the '00s, when it was Rock Band versus Guitar Hero, Harmonix versus Nerversoft and DLC versus DLC, as both franchises tried to see just how much they could get us to pay for songs we already owned …

Most people play Call of Duty for the multiplayer these days, but there are some people out there that still enjoy the campaigns, particularly in the Black Ops series. Unfortunately, if you are still playing on a last generation console, you won't be getting that campaign if you buy Call …

Last year it was revealed that Marty O'Donnell, the soundtrack composer for the Halo series and later on, Destiny at Bungie, had filed a lawsuit against the studio. Now, after some time going through the legal process, Marty has won his case, receiving a fairly substantial payout. In addition to …

Some time last year, Activision's Deadpool game vanished from digital stores without a trace. At the time, neither the publisher or Marvel commented on what was going on but clearly it was some form of licensing issue. Then a few months ago, Deadpool reappeared on Steam and was once again available …

Blizzard has, for many years, enjoyed a steady income from World of Warcraft, with its millions of monthly subscribers netting it tens of millions of dollars a month since it was released back in the mid ‘oos. However with subscriber numbers dwindling to their lowest since the game's early days, …

Call of Duty has a history of including out of the box items in its collectors editions. In the past we have seen Modern Warfare 2 launch with night vision goggles, Call of Duty: Ghosts launch with a 1080p ‘tactical camera' and Black Ops 2's collector's edition included a flyable …

This year, Treyarch returns to the Call of Duty series with Black Ops 3 and it looks like some may get to try out the new multiplayer a little early as a beta test is scheduled to take place in August. Today Treyarch announced that on the 19th of August …

If any of you have been following or even playing Destiny since its launch last year, then you know that Sony has an extensive deal with Bungie and Activision to bring exclusive content to the PlayStation platform. Fortunately for everyone else, this content is timed exclusive so Xbox players will …

It seems that the new expansion magic is wearing off for some World of Warcraft players as Blizzard's MMO has lost three million subscribers in the last quarter, Activision Blizzard confirmed during its quarterly earnings report. World of Warcraft closed 2014 with ten million subscribers, now after the 31st of …

Just a few weeks after the announcement of Rock Band's return on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, it has been announced that the Guitar Hero franchise will also be making a comeback for the new generation of consoles. Work on the game started two years ago and the end …

Destiny's long-awaited second expansion, House of Wolves, finally has a release date along with an official prologue cinematic trailer. Bungie has also confirmed the list of content set to appear in the game's second expansion, which follows on from The Dark Below, that launched all of the way back in …

Ah Rhythm games. If the second half of the '00s gave us anything in gaming, it was you. For a few short years, gamers everywhere were click clacking away on noisy plastic guitars, improving their finger dexterity to the benefit of no one but their gamer score and their respective partners. …

In its quarterly earnings report, Activision Blizzard has announced that Destiny has more than 16 million registered users and was the largest new video game franchise launch in history. It also goes on to talk about how successful Hearthstone has been and new as of yet “Unannounced Initiatives”. It seem as though 2015 could be a …

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Destiny have managed to top seller charts, becoming the two best selling games of 2014 according to Activision. Based on retail sales data of console games alone from January to November, Activision claims that the latest Call of Duty sold better than any other …

Project Vaulderie, a fan remake of Vampire: The Masquerade, has been shut down by CCP Games, the developers behind Eve Online. According to the group behind the fan development project, they were served with a Cease and Desist letter, essentially shutting down development of the remake. The aim of Project …