Activision

Guitar Hero Is No More

Eurogamer is reporting that Activision have laid off staff from Freestyle Games, killing the Guitar Hero franchise in the process. The news comes following a statement from, the company’s publishing head, Eric Hirshberg. Hirshberg claimed the music genre lacked “the same mass appeal” in this modern climate. In addition...

Review :: Call of Duty: Black Ops

For many years now, Treyarch’s Call of Duty games have been known throughout the gaming community as being less than stellar. With Infinity Ward’s restructuring, they could now try and step up to the plate and try to become the franchise’s dominant developer. Have they taken the first step...

More Transformers Confirmed For 2012

In 2012 we all know the world is going to end, but no one prepared us for another atrocity. I kid, I kid. That game isn’t all bad. Anyway, today Activision announced that a sequel to Transformers: War For Cybertron is in the works and will be released in...

GameStop Plans “Surprise Attack”

Call Of Duty: Black Ops is set to be one of the biggest releases of the year and GameStop are offering America’s COD-heads a chance to win big. The retailer has announced the launch of the ‘Surprise Attack’ promotion. The sweepstakes will run until the game is launched on...

Neil Young, RX Bandits & More Announced For Warriors Of Rock

Activision have announced that 11 new bands will make their videogame debuts in, the upcoming, Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock. This September players will be able to rock out to tracks by artists like: Neil Young, RX Bandits and Dillinger Escape Plan, using their plastic axes. These additions add...

Activision Announce 007: Bloodstone

Activision have announced that a new game based on the James Bond license is in the works at Bizarre Creations…starring Joss Stone. That’s right, the Devon-born songstress will be lending her voice to a new Bond-girl and providing an exclusive song for the game’s soundtrack. Alongside her will be...

Here’s Your Black Ops Box Art

Now I know artwork posts are Mr. Gray’s domain, but I’ll get to this one first. Activision have released the official box art for Call Of Duty: Black Ops. The image has been used throughout the promotional campaign for the game, so it’s unsurprising that it’s made the cover....

Shattered Dimensions Looking Impressive

The past few years have been hard for fans of Marvel’s web-slinger. We had to put up with, the disaster that was, the third movie and a whole host of, highly mediocre, videogames. Well it looks like Beenox might be here to save us all from the peril of...

Activision Officially Announce Guitar Hero 6, DJ Hero 2

Activison have announced that Guitar Hero 6 and a sequel to DJ Hero will be released towards the end of 2010. It’s an unsurprising move considering Activision’s love of releasing their key franchises each year. However, Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick admitted that the music game genre will “continue to...

Activision Announce New COD

Last night Activision announced the latest game in the Call Of Duty franchise. Call Of Duty: Black Ops will be developed by Treyarch and is due to be released on November 9th 2010 (a fact you’ve already garnered from the image above). We’ve no details on the game as...