Any doubts on whether or not the lack of the Infinity Ward label on Call of Duty: Black Ops would translate to less sales were put to rest after the game’s $350 million+ launch day. The next four days didn’t slow the sales too much either, the game going on to make $650 million in […]
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. […]
Once upon a time, not so long ago, cult favorite developer Tim Schafer had some key words for Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, chief among them being “prick.” Schafer has since elaborated on his thoughts of the man, but Kotick himself has finally weighed in on the initial tension. Speaking to Edge (via CVG), the same […]
Harkening back to the days of Nintendon’t and Genesisn’t, the respective heads and representatives of the two biggest publishers in the industry have begun what appears to be a press statement duel. Beginning with some statements from the soundbite-favorite Bobby Kotick of Activision, Electronic Arts has fired back to what it believes to be some […]