Tagged: Activision Blizzard & News
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Activision Blizzard profit up 53pc News
04.08.2011 Strong demand for digital material, such ad downloads for Call of Duty games, helped push video game publisher Activision Blizzard's second-quarter net income up 53pc. -
Financial results this week News
01.08.2011 Companies scheduled to release their financial results the week of 1-5 August.Categories: Financial Results, Financial -
Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai coming this fall News
31.07.2011 Any video game fans hankering to battle it out with deadly Arctic creatures can do so in Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai, coming this fall to the Xbox 360, the PlayStation... -
Financial results this week News
09.05.2011 Companies scheduled to release their financial results the week of 9-13 May.Categories: Financial Results, Financial -
Guitar Hero career ends on a bum note News
10.02.2011 Responding to the decline of the music game genre, the gaming company Activision Blizzard has decided to pull the plug on the Guitar Hero franchise. The news came amid one of...Categories: Multimedia, Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Financial Results, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Financial results this week News
07.02.2011 Companies scheduled to release their financial results the week of 7-11 February.Categories: Financial Results, Financial Services -
COD: Black Ops hits $1bn sales News
22.12.2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops has made $1bn in global sales, just six weeks after its launch. -
Black Ops dethrones Gran Turismo in sales chart News
06.12.2010 After flirting with pole position for a mere week, Gran Turismo 5 (GT5) has been pipped at the finish line by its main rival - Call of Duty: Black Ops - for top spot in the UK... -
Axl Rose files $20m lawsuit over Guitar Hero III Slash inclusion News
24.11.2010 Guns N’ Roses lead Axl Rose is suing Activision Blizzard for $20m, saying the conditions for using 'Welcome to the Jungle' in Guitar Hero III were violated by including... -
Patches available for Call of Duty: Black Ops News
19.11.2010 The multi-million selling Call of Duty: Black Ops has new patches available for download on the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Xbox 360. -
Kill the president - Black Ops kill Castro mission under fire News
12.11.2010 A Cuban government-run website has said that Call of Duty: Black Ops simulates 'sociopathic attitudes' in American youth in reaction to a part of the game that send gamers in... -
COD: Black Ops grosses US$360m in first-day sales News
11.11.2010 Games company Activision Blizzard has announced initial sales of the eagerly awaited Call of Duty: Black Ops have reached around 5.6 million copies already. -
Call of Duty: Black Ops tipped to be a US$1bn best-seller News
09.11.2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops, which launched at midnight last night, is being tipped to become the biggest video game of the year and could reap revenues of more than US$1bn, judging... -
Financial results this week News
02.08.2010 Companies scheduled to release their financial results the week of 2-6 August.Categories: Financial Results, FinancialTags: Earnings, Profits, BMW, Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, Deutsche Telekom, Tesco, Viacom, -
4,500 new jobs created by IDA-backed firms despite recession News
22.12.2009 In a world where foreign direct investment is down 30pc globally, Ireland’s development agency IDA succeeded in attracting 125 investments to the country – including €500m worth...Categories: Business -
Ireland is bucking global FDI trends, IDA’s chief exec says News
04.12.2009 Worldwide foreign direct investment is down 30pc, but Ireland is punching above its weight and is capturing significant employee-intensive R&D investments, IDA Ireland chief...Tags: IBM, SAP, Intel, Facebook, Nanotechnology, McAfee, Business Objects, Boston Scientific, Activision Blizzard, -
Activision’s Call of Duty franchise rings up US$3 billion in sales News
29.11.2009 The first-person shooter classic franchise Call of Duty – spurred on by the success of its latest game Modern Warfare 2, which brought in US$550 million in its first week – has...Tags: Activision Blizzard, -
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 grosses US$550 million in first five days News
18.11.2009 Activision Blizzard has confirmed that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to shatter theatrical box office and video-game sales records after its first...Categories: New MediaTags: Xbox LIVE, Activision Blizzard