PlayStation Home for PS3 finally arriving in beta form
Sony Computer Entertainment is finally set to launch its Home online virtual environment.
This service is designed for the company’s Playstation 3 gaming console.
It would be available to all PS3 owners from tomorrow.
This service would enable PS3 owners to have their own avatars who can [...]
Microsoft to supply in-game advertising to Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard is collaborating with software giant Microsoft.
Microsoft would now be providing in-game advertising solutions to Activision Blizzard.
This service would be provided by Microsoft’s subsidiary Massive.
The deal is applicable to as many as 18 gaming titles provided by Activision Blizzard in addition [...]
Rock Band might get Beatles music
Market sources are saying that MTV Networks’ Rock Band videogame series has gained rights to the Beatles songs.
This could be a major victory for the company as they compete with Activision.
The news could become official as soon as today as MTV is likely to come out with an announcement.
Aerosmith, Metallica, [...]
Activision to drop some games from Vivendi
Videogame developers Activision has announced that they are now dropping some gaming titles they gained from Vivendi.
They are only retaining the games which they say are a “strong fit with its long-term strategy”.
The company confirmed that they would be retaining titles including Crash Bandicoot, Spyro The Dragon and [...]
Leading Global Publisher Takes the World’s Finest Duo from Comic Book Pages to Mobile Phones
Comic-Con International 2008
Today at the 2008 Comic-Con International, Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq:GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, unveiled SUPERMAN/BATMAN, a new game coming to mobile phones around the world this winter. SUPERMAN/BATMAN, developed and published by Glu through its [...]
Activision gets permission to merge with Blizzard
Videogame Company Activision has announced that they have now received permission from their shareholders to merge with the Vivendi’s video gaming division.
The new company would be named Activision Blizzard.
Activision said that as many as 92 percent of votes were in favor of this deal.
They now expect to close the [...]
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith launched
Videogame Company Activision has launched their latest title Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
The game is targeted at the fans of Aerosmith band.
Activision launched the game at the Hard Rock restaurant in Times Square where the band was present to showcase the title.
This game comes loaded with 30 hits from the band including smash [...]
Expanding Its Theater of Operations to the Pacific, Latest Title in Hit Franchise Poised to Re-Define the WWII Experience
Leave your packs and bring extra ammo, Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) and Treyarch, announced today that they will be taking Call of Duty players deep into the South Pacific and European theaters this fall for Call [...]
Call of Duty: World at War Trailer released
RocketXL has released the trailer for the Call of Duty®: World at War videogame from Activision.
Check it out here.
Guitar Hero: Metallica coming out early next year
Market sources are reporting that Activision would be launching their gaming title Guitar Hero: Metallica early next year.
Activision has already announced another similar gaming title named Guitar Hero: Aerosmith which they said was the first of the many series based entirely on a band.
Activision is said to have [...]
