Categories Posted inin Business Dead Space ideas came from game-design team’s ‘horror competition’ Posted byby Jason Wilson April 29, 2020 2 min At one point during Issac Clark’s adventure on the USG Ishimura, a giant tentacle grabs him. As the player, you launch a desperate assault... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Glen Schofield: How to build a new triple-A game studio in the midst of a pandemic Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 2, 2020 13 min I had a nice conversation with Glen Schofield, the former co-head of Sledgehammer Games and now founder of Striking Distance Studios. I asked him if... Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Call of Duty veteran Michael Condrey starts new 2K game studio in Silicon Valley Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 4, 2019 3 min Michael Condrey, a veteran of games like Call of Duty and Dead Space, is starting a new studio for Take-Two Interactive’s 2K division in... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: WWII — Sledgehammer’s 3-year journey to bring Call of Duty back Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 3, 2017 12 min Michael Condrey, studio head and cofounder of Sledgehammer Games, has just completed a three-year march to take Call of Duty back to the Second... Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Business Hearthstone, Call of Duty lead Activision to $611M in digital revenues last quarter Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 4, 2015 2 min Activision made more than 80 percent of its Q2 revenue from digital. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Reckoning DLC debuts tomorrow Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 3, 2015 1 min Reckoning, the final downloadable content (DLC) pack for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, debuts tomorrow on Xbox Live for the Xbox One and Xbox... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Digital game revenues reaches $1.02B in June; Call of Duty tops earnings chart Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 16, 2015 2 min Console, PC, and mobile continue to experience huge growth when it comes to digital sales. Continue Reading 2 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 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s next DLC pack Supremacy hits Xbox Live on June 2 Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 26, 2015 3 min New map pack revives the old fan favorite Highrise from Modern Warfare 2. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision’s digital revenues set a new company record in the first quarter Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 6, 2015 2 min Games like Hearthstone, Call of Duty, and World of Warcraft pushed Activision's digital revenue to a record high. Continue Reading 2 min