Categories Posted inin Business Activision Blizzard beats Wall Street’s expectations for Q2 2015 Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 4, 2015 3 min Activision Blizzard reported earnings that blew past the expectations of Wall Street analysts during its slow summer quarter. The earnings for the fiscal second... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’s multiplayer beta hits Xbox One, PC a week later than PS4 Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 22, 2015 1 min This is the first Treyarch Call of Duty game to get a beta since 2008's World At War. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Black Ops III reveals its noir-themed zombie mode Posted byby Mike Minotti July 9, 2015 1 min It isn't a Treyarch Call of Duty without zombies. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business PlayStation 4’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III beta test begins Aug. 19 Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2015 1 min Sony's co-marketing deal has led to an exclusive testing phase that will start in mid-August. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: 22 industry leaders sound off on gaming Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 3, 2015 20 min Here are the best quotes from the movers and shakers of the game business. Continue Reading 20 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Supremacy map pack finally hits PlayStation and PC Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 2, 2015 2 min The third map pack delivers location such as London and Moscow. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Dying Light studio responds to Destiny, Red Bull partnership with a beverage promo of its own Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 24, 2015 1 min Activision and Red Bull are bringing us the latest in gaming-beverage synergy. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Hands-on with Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s new specialists: Prophet and Nomad Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 21, 2015 3 min We got some hands-on multiplayer for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision chief on Call of Duty’s PlayStation 4 deal, Guitar Hero’s revival, and Skylanders’ vehicles Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 19, 2015 12 min Eric Hirshberg, chief executive of Activision Publishing, believes that creatives should aspire to the highest leadership positions. Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA CEO Andrew Wilson dishes on ‘players first,’ Star Wars: Battlefront, and a new Mass Effect Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 17, 2015 10 min Here's what we pried out of EA's new boss after the company announced some big and financially important games. Continue Reading 10 min