Microsoft Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 limited edition announced

Microsoft Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 limited edition announced
Microsoft has announced another limited edition of their Xbox 360 gaming console.
The company has now introduced Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2. It has been priced at USD 399.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is from the stables of Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft said that this special edition [...]

Starcraft 2 to feature DRM. Would require a Battle.net account.

Starcraft 2 to feature DRM. Would require a Battle.net account.
Blizzard has been one of the few popular videogame developers who have avoided implementing DRM to prevent piracy.
The company instead focuses on preventing games with pirated versions to connect to their online servers.
They are now going to change that stance and are now likely to [...]

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty delayed till next year

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty delayed till next year
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty launch has been pushed to next year.
It was originally scheduled to arrive sometime before the end of 2009.
Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the game is now delayed.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to the popular real-time-strategy game set in [...]

Howard Stringer: Playstation 3 Price Cut Unlikely

Howard Stringer: Playstation 3 Price Cut Unlikely
Sony CEO Howard Stringer has once again hinted that there are no price cuts planned for their Playstation 3 gaming console.
He said in a statement that the company would lose money on the console if they cut the price.
He was referring to the recent statement by Robert [...]

StarCraft II would not feature LAN game play

StarCraft II would not feature LAN game play
Blizzard has announced that they are removing LAN game play support from their upcoming videogame title StarCraft II.
StarCraft II is a real time strategy game designed for the Windows platform.
The company said that they decided to remove the LAN support from this game to combat [...]

Activision Blizzard might just give up Playstation 3 development

Activision Blizzard might just give up Playstation 3 development
Activision Blizzard has hinted that they are considering stopping any further development of games for the Sony Playstation 3 gaming platform.
Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said in a statement that they might stop making new games for the PS3 due to high development costs and poor [...]

Activision confirms DJ Hero

Activision confirms DJ Hero
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has confirmed that they are soon going to launch a new videogame title DJ Hero.
Bobby Kotick spoke about the game at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. There were some reports about the existence of this game but this is apparently the first official statement [...]

Microsoft Massive to supply in-game advertising to Activision Blizzard

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 [...]

World of Warcraft has more than 11 million subscribers

World of Warcraft has more than 11 million subscribers
World of Warcraft has become a little country of its own. The game now has more than 11 million subscribers.
This number is in fact more than the population of some states in the United States.
Blizzard Entertainment is likely to gain more customers as they are preparing to [...]

Activision gets permission to merge with Blizzard

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 [...]

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