Something is amiss at the Infinity Ward offices in Encino, California. A few short hours ago plain clothed security personnel, described as bouncers, paid an unannounced visit outside the Infinity Ward offices. When questioned, these individuals refused to reveal their identity and why there were there.
Posts Tagged ‘Activision Blizzard’
Plain Clothed “Security” Storms Infinity Ward HQ [UPDATE]
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Activision Blizzard Talks Financal Results, IP Success
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Activision has just released its calendar Year 2009 financial results, which confirms its releasing new titles for Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, True Crime and the SpiderMan series, all by the end of 2010.
Modern Warfare 2 Crowned Christmas King
Monday, December 21st, 2009Modern Warfare 2 is the biggest entertainment launch in history. Triumphing the charts for countless weeks, while defeating strong competition amongst the likes of Assassin’s Creed 2 and FIFA 10. It continues to do so as Modern Warfare 2 claims Christmas’s # 1 spot.
Call of Duty Publisher’s Next Task? Helping Veterans
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009That’s right, Activision (more specifically, Activision Blizzard), publisher of the behemoth Call of Duty series games, is about to help real-life veterans in a very real, monetized way.
Activision Eyeing EA’s Sports Dominance
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009EA has long dominated the sports genre by securing multi-billion dollar deals with national sports leagues, but another large publisher is considering giving them some much needed competition. Michael Griffith, CEO of Activision Blizzard was asked in a recent interview whether his company would ever look into entering the Sports genre, and this is what [...]
Modern Warfare 2 Suffering from Lack of Brand Awareness
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009The dropping of the Call of Duty title from Modern Warfare 2 may have looked like a good idea at first, but it now seems this wasn’t as great as first thought.
Activision Complains About Lack of Price Cuts
Monday, June 8th, 2009Not even Nintendo was immune from Activision Blizzard’s criticisms. Chief Executive Bobby Kotick, who runs the massive videogame publisher, had strong words for all three console manufacturers, citing the economic downturn as a significant problem that should have been attacked immediately.
Band Moments and More Coming to Guitar Hero 5
Monday, May 18th, 2009Some new changes to the Guitar Hero franchise have been announced for the series’ fifth installment.
Guitar Hero 5 Bringing Ultimate Setups to Your Living Room
Saturday, May 16th, 2009Guitar Hero, much like [shal]Rock Band[/shal] now, allows up to four band mates to play together. The standard setup includes a singer, guitarist, bassist, and drummer. But there was no real way to have two drummers, three bassists, or four singers. [shal]Neversoft[/shal], however, is determined to change all that with [shal]Guitar Hero 5[/shal].
Activision: “Blur To Do For Racing what Call of Duty did for Shooters”
Sunday, May 10th, 2009After completing the company’s revenue report yesterday, Activision Blizzard’s CEO Michael Griffith was able to talk about his company’s new racing title, and why he expects it to be so successful.
Tony Hawk Kickflips into E3
Friday, May 8th, 2009Since the release of EA’s revolutionary skateboarding title, appropriately named Skate, Tony Hawk has had an extended hiatus. The simple, yet intuitive, control scheme caused many skateboarding fans to flock to EA’s offering, and caused Activision to rethink how Tony Hawk games are made.
Guitar Hero Rescues Activision Blizzard
Friday, May 8th, 2009Activision Blizzard posted amazingly positive earnings today for its first fiscal year, and its success can be directly tied to several major franchises in its lineup.
Activision Officially Announces Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Thursday, May 7th, 2009[shal]Activision Blizzard[/shal] has officially announced [shal]Guitar Hero[/shal]: Van Halen, and have even given some hints as to what we can expect in terms of content.
Call of Duty 7’s Vietnam Setting Too Close to Home?
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009As you may know, we’ve discovered new information on Treyarch’s next game, Call of Duty 7. Activision Blizzard has released a COD game every year since 2005, so Treyarch would be next in line after the release of Modern Warfare 2. The insider discussed the music selected for this game:
Bethesda Decides to Get Wet
Saturday, April 25th, 2009The last we heard of Wet being published was when Activision was planning to release it. But since Activision and Blizzard decided to merge, the game has been leftin limbo without an official publisher.
