Activision has announced today that the next instalment in the Call of Duty series will be released on November 9th 2010, and will be known as Call of Duty: Black Ops. The game is currently in development at Treyarch, who has dedicated teams working on the singleplayer, multiplayer and cooperative aspects of the game. No […]
Activision proudly announced today that it has entered into a ten-year agreement with Bungie, the developer of Oni, Myst, Marathon and the Halo-series. Bungie had been an independent studio since 2007, when it separated from Microsoft. Under the current agreement, Activision will have exclusive publishing and distribution rights to all future games that are to be developed by Bungie […]
Bonuses be damned. Infinity Ward has been hemorrhaging staff ever since the controversial firing of Vince Zampella and Jason West, but the consistent flow of resignations has surprised even the most liberal reactions to the legal conflict between developer and publisher. Since last week, 10 more have left Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward, bringing […]
The fallout over the contract and back-pay disputes between Activision and former members of Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward has lead to the latter losing over a dozen key personnel, and a new competitor studio formed at rival producer Electronic Arts. Many in the position of prediction had put two and two together in […]