Activision Blizzard announced today it’s hired Eric Hirshberg as the new Chief Executive Officer for Activision’s Publishing Department. He’ll report to Activision Blizzard COO Thomas Tippl, the right-hand man of Dark and Evil overlord Robert Kotick. Why is this notable? Eric Hirshberg, running marketing firm Deutsch LA, created the persona of Fake VP of everything awesome Kevin butler for Sony. …
Sydney, AUSTRALIA. 7th July 2010 – Winter is upon us and the best way to escape from the chilly weather, storms, rain and morning frost is to stay indoors and practice those guitar solos, drum fills and vocal ranges in the 12 new additions to the Guitar Hero® music library. Compatible with both Activision Publishing, Inc.‘s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero® …
Vilified Activision CEO Bobby Kotick took the stand at this year’s D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit, an annual gathering of videogame executives, where they (I assume) talk about their yachts in the Bahamas. Famous for alienating himself from gamers, developers and gaming journalists for saying things like wanting to “take all the fun out of making video games,†and …
Activision have, during their latest financial investor call, announced that we’ll only be seeing one game in the Guitar Hero Franchise – one of just two music rhythm games from the publishing giant this year. The other? Previously announced sequel to Activision’s highest grossing new IP, DJ Hero. Last Updated: February 11, 2010
Activision have faith that the DJ Hero franchise still has enough whiki wah’s in it to make some serious dough. DJ Hero was met with less that spectacular sales when it released at the end of last year despite the fact that the game is actually pretty damn fun to play. It someone just didn’t appeal to the masses in …
When Guitar Hero launched, it did so exclusively on the PS2. This wasn’t because of any exclusivity agreements because Sony saw the franchise as a portent of the onset of the rhythm gaming craze. No. Apparently Mad Catz had been commissioned to make the Xbox version, but as a result of the pending law suit between Harmonix and Konami (who …
I’ll admit it – I’m a bit of a grinch. I have about as much Christmas spirit and yuletide cheer as your average jar of orange marmalade. I’ve also pretty much had my fill of guitar Hero and rhythm games in general, but this made me smile – for a few minutes until I realised what a colossal waste of …
The demo for Guitar Hero: Van Halen is now available to download on Xbox Live. The demo includes four songs overall, “Eruption” and “Panama” from Van Halen and then Dope Nose (Weezer) and “The End of Heartache” (Killswitch Engage). I don’t want to rip the game, seeing as I have not even played it yet but I really feel like …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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