Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Call of Duty: Ghosts, Xbox One, Angry Birds in Puzzles & Dragons Posted byby GamesBeat November 8, 2013 4 min This week, the GamesBeat staff takes an in-depth look at the Xbox One’s launch lineup Activision blames Pokémon and Disney for lagging Skylanders Swap... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business All those wonderful toys: Infinity helps boost Disney Interactive revenue by $205M Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 7, 2013 1 min Disney Interactive's revenues are up 107 percent from the prior year. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision blames Xbox One, PS4, Disney, and Pokémon — basically, everything but Obama — for Skylanders’ dipping sales Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 6, 2013 2 min Skylanders: Swap Force is down overall compared to 2012's Skylanders: Giants. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision Blizzard’s CEO believes next-generation console prices will come down faster than ever before Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 6, 2013 2 min Will consumers benefit from lower prices in this hardware cycle? Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business World of Warcraft down another 100,000 subscribers (updated) Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 6, 2013 1 min The MMORPG now has 7.6 million subscribers. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision Blizzard beats earnings expectations as digital revenues grow Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 6, 2013 3 min Activision's near-term prospects depend on how well Call of Duty: Ghosts takes off. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision: Call of Duty: Ghosts is GameStop’s ‘most pre-reserved next-gen title’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 6, 2013 1 min It's a whole new generation, but the same old Call of Duty at the top of the preorder charts Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision boasts it already sold-in $1 billion worth of Call of Duty: Ghosts to retail Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 6, 2013 2 min Last year, Call of Duty: Black Ops II made $1 billion in 16 days at retail. How long will it take Ghosts to do the same? Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Ghosts isn’t as good as last year’s Black Ops II — or Battlefield 4 (review) Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 5, 2013 18 min Call of Duty: Ghosts is an admirable effort, but it couldn't fight off the effects of gravity for an aging franchise. Continue Reading 18 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty players have destroyed $3.4 quadrillion in drones, respawned 267K times the Earth’s population, and play 1,900 combined years daily Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 4, 2013 1 min Call of Duty: Ghosts is about to debut, and Activision wants to remind people of just how popular the franchise is. Continue Reading 1 min