Joining a list of artists including No Doubt and Courtney Love, Guns ‘N Roses frontman Axl Rose is suing Activision for a total sum of $20 million, in response to the in-game appearance of former GNR guitarist Slash in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. According to court documents obtained by Reuters, Rose claims that […]
Despite long-standing rumors that Activision is looking to monetize on the multiplayer-aspect of the immensely popular Call of Duty series, CEO of Activision Publishing Eric Hirshberg has stated that even though the company is seeing an increasing shift towards long-standing online relationships between consumers and publishers, the company will “never, ever charge for the [Call […]
The fallout between Brutal Legend‘s development studio Double Fine and its original Activision sparked months of off and on comments between studio heads, not to mention a legal battle for publishing rights between the two biggest names in the industry. A voice unexpectedly absent from the fray was the normally verbose Activision CEO Bobby Kotick. […]
The industry’s biggest publisher has a lot on its plate for next year. Surprising no one, Activision announced via third-quarter earnings call that the next game in the massive blockbuster Call of Duty franchise will release in 2011. No word whether it will be Modern Warfare 3 or even which studio between Infinity Ward or […]