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Destiny 2 Confirmed For 2017 And A Big Release Coming This Year
It made us wonder what the actual plan was at Bungie, but now, it seems we know. Thanks to a fourth quarter results break down released by Activision, it was revealed that the future seems bright It says: Large new expansion in 2016 with full game sequel expected to launch in 2017 You have to assume that large new[...]
Def Leppard Are Debuting Their New Music Video…In Guitar Hero Live
Well, this is interesting. Def Leppard and Activision have announced that the band's new music video for Dangerous will debut in Guitar Hero Live Specifically in GHTV, the game's live music channels that plays lots of band's music videos. You'll obviously be able to play along with the music video too, as is the way with the music[...]
Report Says Bungie Might Sell Ammo For Real Money [Updated]
Activision have told GameInformer that "We're not doing that" Now, if we could just get that new content. When Destiny: The Taken King came out, there was a renewed sense of optimism about the title, it now having a killer new raid and a rejuvenated story Since then we've seen controversial micro-transactions added, and while[...]
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 Take UK Christmas Number One
It's worth noting that Star Wars: Battlefront on PS4 was the best selling single platform game, but Black Ops beat it on combined sales. Here is the top 20: (1) Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Activision) (2) Star Wars: Battlefront (Electronic Arts) (3) FIFA 16 (Electronic Arts) (4) Fallout 4 (Bethesda) (5) Minecraft: Story Mode (Telltale Games) (7) ​Assassin's Creed Syndicate[...]
Instead Of Launching Of New DLC Going Forward, Destiny Will Be Event Based
Speaking to Eurogamer, senior designer Derek Carroll revealed the new model going forward saying: With Taken King, we are moving to a more event-based model–things like Festival of the Lost and Sparrow racing, which is our winter event, and then smaller events such as Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris every weekend. Rather than doing these giant, monolithic DLC[...]
New Transformers: Devastation DLC Released Today
Adam Cook writes for Bleeding Cool… A surprisingly good mid-tier Activision published game, now there's a thing But that's exactly what Platinum Games developed Transformers: Devastation is. Today sees a DLC bundle come to the title, which will get you the following: The Dark Star Saber: a fearsome blade which radiates waves of dark energy with every swing. The[...]
Stephen Colbert And Liam Neeson Act Out The Candy Crush Movie
As we found out last week, Activision aquired King, the creators of Candy Crush, for $5.9 Billion On top of that, it was announced that Activision Blizzard were looking to get into movies and TV more actively too. Colbert naturally married the two, and brought on Liam Neeson to act out a prospective It's a fun[...]
Call of Duty: Blacks Op 3 Has Sold Better Than The Last Two Games In The Franchise
By Adam Cook Activision has announced that Black Ops 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of the year, having made $550 million in the first three days it was on sale. They've not made all the figures available, but apparently the sales are "significantly" bigger than Advanced Warfare and Ghosts – though, of course, both PS4 and[...]
12 Million People Are Still Playing Call Of Duty: Black Ops II
In a recent financial call (via Eurogamer), Activision revealed that the game still enjoys a very healthy 12 million player base last quarter. That is more than most active multiplayer games feature now, and Black Ops II is three years old and isn't on new generation consoles That is pretty mad Seeing how well Black Ops[...]
Activision Buy Candy Crush Developer King For $5.9 Billion
Candy Crush has been a mainstay on a lot of people's mobile devices for years, especially those who don't generally buy games. Well, Activision have gone deep into their pockets to purchase the mobile company for $5.9 Billion In the acquisition, Activision noted that the company has over half a billion in monthly users, bringing in[...]
Guitar Hero Live Review: Rock It Fool!
With the backing of Activision and constant releases of full priced games several times a year, there was something about it that wasn't…well, it wasn't very Rock and Roll Eventually, the corporate angle on the series lead to a huge oversaturation of the genre, that saw a temporary collapse of both franchises. Oh, what a difference[...]