A new trailer reveals the release date.
Activision has confirmed the release date for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. The game hits store shelves on August 28, 2012 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The announcement was made in a new trailer that can be seen here.
The announcement was made over Twitter.
Robert Bowling, Infinity Ward's creative strategist, has resigned from Activision. He made the announcement yesterday over Twitter. "Today, I resign from my position as Creative Strategist of Call of Duty, as a lead of Infinity Ward, and as an employee of Activision," he said.
Guy Longworth of Sony spills the beans in a recent interview.
While the Call of Duty series tends to make its way to all of the available platforms, up until now, nothing has been formally announced for Sony's upcoming handheld system. Though Activision has still yet to make any sort of proper announcement of the game, an interview with Geoff Keighley on GameTrailers.com revealed that a title is indeed in the works. Guy Longworth, Senior Vice President for PlayStation Brand Marketing stated in passing that a Call of Duty title will release for the Vita this fall.
Diablo III release projections and more was discussed this afternoon.
Activision Blizzard had an investor's call earlier today. During their presentations, information about key titles was shown and several noticable announcements were made as well. Chief among them was the projected release window for Diablo III.
What has a bear, a beard, two-legged mechs, and flies? Iron Brigade: Rise of the Martian Bear.
Last year, I praised and criticized Double Fine's Trenched before it received a new name. My verdict? It played and worked well, but didn't offer enough variety and versatility to last as long as a proper tower defense game should. Fortunately, Rise of the Martian Bear provides a lot of content, weapons, and towers that resolve many of the issues the original Iron Brigade faced.
Which breaks the entertainment record set by James Cameron's Avatar in 2009.
As expected, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been a massive success for Activision. Like past installments, the game has grossed in the billions; however, Modern Warfare 3 has managed to reach the mark faster than any other. In just 16 days, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has made $1 billion. This surpasses a record set by James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, which grossed $1 billion in 17 days. This data is according to Charttrack and retail customer information.
The movie tie-in game will show its first trailer at the VGAs.
Activision is publishing a tie-in game for the upcoming movie The Amazing Spider-Man. Both will be released in summer 2012 and the game is being developed by Beenox, the developer behind this year's Edge of Time. It also has an original narrative by Seamus Kevin Fahey. The game will serve as an epilogue to the movie, following events that happened after the movie.
The Ban Hammer taketh away...
Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling announced on Twitter that over 1600 bans have been given out to those who cheat in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The bans were issued to stop "Any attempt to cheat, hack, or glitch" the game.
Man threatens employee after messing up his Modern Warfare 3 pre-order.
In now the second story about Modern Warfare violence, a man in Colorado became very angry after his local Best Buy screwed up his Modern Warfare 3 pre-order. Lomorin Sar, a 31-year-old man, started asking employees what time they were done working so he could shoot them in the parking lot as they left. Then, for good measure, he threatened to blow up the store.
This live action trailer stars Sam Worthington, Jonah Hill and Dwight Howard.
