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Activision releases a first round of screenshots from the new X-Men game, entitled X-Men: Destiny. Check 'em out: click to view full gallery click to view full gallery X-Men: Destiny "casts players as new mutant recruits in a rich...

Guitar Hero was the next big thing, and then suddenly nobody gave a shit, and the entire product line was shelved. It probably didn't help that the guitarists who wrote the songs featured on Guitar Hero could not play their own work on Easy, but pressing buttons in time to a screen isn't music...

Activision and Marvel announced Spider-Man: Edge of Time and have simply described it as Spider-Man facing one of his greatest challenges ever - saving Spider-Man. Oh blimey! That sounds rather serious. Anyways, Beenox are developing the game and you can expect in stores this fall...

Some people (Electronic Arts and Activision) are both suggesting that NPD retail data may be borked because it fails to take into account sales made through digital distribution. Here's a neat quote summing up EA's position on the matter: "Using NPD data for video game sales is like measuring music sales and ignoring something called iTunes...

During a panel session at the Game Developers Conference 2011 Bungie lead network engineer David Aldridge officially confirmed that the well-known developer is indeed working on a "massively multiplayer action game," which coincides with all those rumors (yep, everyone's been whispering about this for quite a while actually)...

There's been some talk that top exec vultures at Activision are circling above Grand Theft Auto owner Take-Two. "There are very strong rumors amongst people at a very senior level within the global business," a senior games executive said to MCV...

Activision Blizzard officially added a new target in its lawsuit against two former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella; namely, EA. Activision has put a price tag on its claim for the first time, seeking $400 million. By the way, the ex-Infinity Ward dudes now lead a dev...

Activision announced that the sales of their recently released shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops, surpassed the $1 billion mark. Those are worldwide sales since the game's launch in November. The first-person shooter generated over $650 million worldwide in the first five days...

Hey, guys, check it out. It's the trailer for the recently uncovered X-Men game, X-Men: Destiny (360/PS3): VIDEO: XMen_Destinyvga.flv

Tony Hawk: Shred sold a hilariously low number of units the week it was released, only 3,000 units. This is possibly because it comes with a peripheral skateboard and the last game (Tony Hawk: Ride) also had that same feature and a whole lot of technical problems too...

Call of duty: Black Ops breaks even more records, Activision announced today. The publisher proudly claims that it has achieved an all-new 5-day global sell-through record of more than $650 million, surpassing the company's earlier 5-day worldwide record of $550 million, which was made by (you guessed it) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2...

It's time for the weekly UK sales chart. And it would appear, CoD: Black Ops comes out as number one in that region. Check it out: 1. CoD: Black Ops - Activision 2. FIFA 11 - EA 3. Just Dance 2 - Ubisoft 4. Kinect Sports - Microsoft 5...

Call of Duty: Black Ops earned an estimated $360 million during its launch day in North America and the UK, as officially confirmed by publisher Activision. They've, therefore, declared the November 9 launch as the new "biggest entertainment launch ever...

Activision Publishing announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops (developed by Treyarch) is now available at retail stores worldwide. The game "takes players around the globe, behind enemy lines, in the deepest and most intense Call of Duty experience ever...

Activision and developer Eutechnyx today announced their plans to launch a new NASCAR game during February 2011. They're simply calling it NASCAR The Game 2011 and right now they're working on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii versions. "With a fresh infusion of real world detail and blistering racing action...