Activision Blizzard makes $360M overnight on Call of Duty: Black Ops launch Posted byby GamesBeat November 11, 2010 2 min Activision Blizzard must get tired of setting records all the time. Call of Duty: Black Ops has shattered the previous record for launch-day game... Continue Reading 2 min
Fired Infinity Ward founders and employees accuse Activision of running a police state Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2010 3 min The fired co-founders of Infinity Ward — the creators of the bestselling game of all time, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 — and... Continue Reading 3 min
Lawsuit details: Activision bought Infinity Ward for $5M, went on to generate $3 billion from its games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 4, 2010 3 min Activision got the bargain of the century in 2002 when it paid a total of $5 million to buy Infinity Ward, a cash-strapped game... Continue Reading 3 min
Call it Modern Legal Warfare, as game creators sue the Mother Ship Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 4, 2010 2 min Two co-founders who helped create one of the most successful games in history have sued their former Mother Ship, Activision Blizzard, for firing them.... Continue Reading 2 min
With studio in turmoil, Activision Blizzard forms new Call of Duty division Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 3, 2010 2 min Activision Blizzard formed a new division to run its Call of Duty game franchise following the exit of two studio co-founders who pioneered what... Continue Reading 2 min
Modern Warfare 2 video game surpasses $1B in sales Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 13, 2010 1 min Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hit another milestone as the best-selling video game has passed $1 billion in retail sales since its launch... Continue Reading 1 min