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Plus, Elijah Wood visits a fan's Animal Crossing island and is very polite and a baby dressed as Fatman.
Plus, Elijah Wood visits a fan's Animal Crossing island and is very polite and a baby dressed as Fatman.
Court tosses out Guns N' Roses frontman's 2010 lawsuit against Activision, which claimed publisher duped him.
Guns N' Roses frontman claims Activision offered him a dedicated game featuring music from 2008 Chinese Democracy album to resolve Guitar Hero III issues.
Rhythm game minted $830.9 million--but Call of Duty: Black Ops is closing fast with $787.4 million; Wii Fit, Modern Warfare 2, and Rock Band also make top 10.
Analysts disagree on whether Activision could have done things differently to keep rhythm series viable, but expect Tony Hawk to make an eventual return.
Activision confirms that downloadable content pipeline will dry up after this month.
Once-mighty rhythm franchise's latest installment canned; DJ Hero discontinued; United Front's open-world game also given the chop; no new skateboarding game in 2011; Activision's global workforce being culled by 7%.
Guns N' Roses frontman taking publisher to court over virtual Slash, Velvet Revolver songs included in the game.
Activision shake-up continues with closure of studio behind Blast Works, Guitar Hero ports, trimming of California QA team; 88 positions impacted.
Controller pack-in reigns supreme on console as Nintendo releases separate top 10 US sales lists for first, third party games; Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit take silver and bronze.
Original Guitar Hero shop named as the latest casualty in publisher's sweeping cuts; Van Halen developer also shuttered.
Wii Remote pack-in leads list of all-time titles; Guitar Hero III, GTA: San Andreas, Modern Warfare 2, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Call of Duty 4, Madden NFL 07, COD: ...
Draft of Digital Economy measure proposes exceptions for games situated in athletics, rhythm, religion genres.
Nintendo's Wii Remote pack-in and Activision's guitar-based rocker cap NPD's top 10 US bestsellers from Jan. 2000 to Aug. 2009; San Andreas, Call of Duty 4, Wii Fit also make ...
Activision looking to translate its rhythm game, war action series into small- and big-screen properties, claims the Hollywood Reporter; concert tour also a possibility.
Rhythm franchise only third series to top lifetime-sales milestone; COD4 sales hit 13 million; World Tour, Lich King top multiplatform, PC charts for quarter; MMORPG revenues more than $100 million ...
Activision confirms previously rumoured Heroes arriving this autumn, alongside Van Halen; full Greatest Hits/Smash Hits setlist revealed; first shot of turntable controller inside.
With Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero: Metallica already out, and Guitar Hero: Van Halen widely rumored, the search is on for the next big musical act to get its ...
Megapublisher's USPTO filing might be first sign of new competitor for Konami's Karaoke Revolution and Sony's SingStar series.
Source: UK game-info site Eurogamer.What we heard: During a February 11 earnings call, Activision Publishing president and CEO Mike Griffith talked about the year's Guitar Hero titles. Those included Guitar ...
Federal judge denies claim by Guitar maker alleging that instruments for Activision's rhythm franchise violated 1999 patent.
Activision touts 2007 game as first multiplatform console game to rack up nine digits in worldwide retail sales; series boasts 21 million song downloads.
Sci-fi RTS trial due out February 5; Windows 7 beta begins this week; 10 billion hours of "gaming and socializing" clocked on Xbox Live.
Microsoft dubs Bungie's sci-fi FPS as most-played online Xbox 360 game; Castle Crashers crowned Arcade champ.
Legendary designer tells press round table about the theory behind and the practice of the last of the "big four" nontraditional games for Nintendo's console.
Microsoft's most recent round of price cuts for the Xbox 360 yielded results for the gamemaker. Following on from the cross-SKU cuts that saw the Arcade model drop to $199, ...
Metallica's ninth album thrashes onto Activision Blizzard's Legends of Rock this Friday for $18; World Tour confirmed for October.
Nintendo's Mario Kart holds onto the number-one position, while Dr Kawashima's Brain Training marks a record-breaking 80th week in the top 10.
Record company CEO says licensing fees paid to the music industry by game companies are "far too small."
Aptly titled "Virtuoso Pack" includes tracks from longtime G3 festival anchors, former Guns 'n' Roses lead Buckethead.
Variety reports publishing giant has signed "key folks" from Blizzard Entertainment, Infinity Ward, and Neversoft to new long-term deals; announces two-for-one stock split.
Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain's BlizzCon 2005 metal ode to World of Warcraft fishmen available as free download for Activision's rhythm game June 26.
Rockstar's open-world gangster drama on the 360 fends off Mario Kart and newcomer Wii Fit to top software charts as industry hits $1.12 billion in total revenue for May; PS2 ...
Grand Theft Auto and Madden NFL franchises dominate industry-tracking group's top 10 list of all-time domestic sales leaders through April.
Tiki Games' shooter joins free Guitar Hero III version of God of War II theme in Sony's weekly online store update.
Megapublisher snaps up Shawn Fanning's online community for gamers.
Rockstar's latest sells 2.85M, pushing total industry growth in April to 47 percent.
Activision execs tell analysts it's two weeks away from revealing a "significant innovation" for its billion-dollar rhythm franchise; Nintendo bundling handheld with first portable edition.
Guitar Hero III, Call of Duty 4 boost publisher's year-long sales 92 percent; $602.5 million in Q4 revenues nearly doubles prior year's.
Brit trio gets three-song pack on Thursday; more Fall Out Boy and Yeah Yeah Yeahs set for Rock Band.
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