Tony Hawk Ride to come with its own skateboard peripheral
Videogames are becoming more expensive for the gamers as some of the games are designed to be used along specialized accessories.
Tony Hawk series of videogames is the latest to join this segment.
Activision has confirmed the latest game in this series. It has been named Tony [...]
DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5, and Band Hero announced
Activision Publishing has announced three new musical gaming titles.
These are: DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5, and Band Hero.
All of these titles are going to be released in the coming months.
The company said that they are going to target consumers who are not yet on the Guitar [...]
Gaming themes now available on iGoogle
Google has made available some new themes on their iGoogle personalized home page service.
These new themes are based on popular videogame franchises.
The themes are available for games like:
Animal Crossing
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
Call of Duty: World at War
Donkey Kong
Dungeons & Dragons
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Galaga
World of Warcraft
Mega [...]
Dan Rosensweig would now manage Guitar Hero division
Videogame company Activision has announced the appointment of Dan Rosensweig as the new head of the unit which makes the popular Guitar Hero series of games.
Rosensweig is a former COO of Yahoo.
He has now been named the President and Chief Executive of RedOctane.
Activision [...]
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 [...]
Heidi Klum in a Guitar Hero Commercial
Nintendo announces Wii Music
Japanese videogame console maker Nintendo has announced yet another upcoming title for their Wii gaming console.
The company announced Wii Music which would be their challenger to Guitar Hero series of music oriented titles.
Wii Music should be launched before the end of the year just before the holiday season start.
The company said that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Activision post impressive revenue figures
Videogame publisher Activision gained from impressive sales of their titles like “Guitar Hero III” and “Call of Duty 4″ as they posted impressive revenue figures.
The company posted earnings of $44.2 million in the first three months of the year. This is much better than losses of $14.4 million in the same [...]
