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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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