If a placeholder on French retailer Micromania is to believed, then Bungie‘s Destiny is supposed to arrive in October 6th. The October 6th date is interesting given the fact that during their conference calls, Acti-Blizz execs cast doubt on the game even making it onto the shelves this year. Apparently encompassing a “unique scenario in a connected world, full of action and adventure,” Bungie’s next opus is thought to be a [...]

Activision is really excited to announce that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has hit the $1 BILLION landmark, breaking yet another sales record. Sixteen days was all it took for Modern Warfare 3 to hit this monetary milestone, even faster than James Cameron‘s Space Pocahontas Space Dances With Wolves Avatar.

Go behind the scenes at Beenox and find out how the story of Spider-Man: Edge of Time was created, with the help of Spider-Man 2099 co-creator Peter David. An interesting twist with new villain Walker Sloan is brought in, where he travels to the past to change the future, and both Spider-Man 2099 Miguel O’Hara and the Amazing Spider-Man Peter Parker must work together to correct these fluctuations in the [...]

And Bobby Kotick‘s nefarious laughter filled the halls of Activision‘s building. Infinity Ward‘s massive finale, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, has absolutely demolished any previous sales record, accumulating over $775 million in its first five days on sale. Modern Warfare 3 generated over half of this amount within its first 24 hours, making just over $400 million in its first day. Basically, this game is a numbers machine, smashing [...]

Nobody can be told what Call of Duty: Elite is – you have to see it for yourself. Well, no, that’s not true – but it certainly will help to hear about Activision’s latest expansion to the Call of Duty franchise from somebody who got to see, play with and fiddle with it – which is why I’m here. Before showing us the full demo of Call of Duty: Modern [...]

Iiiiiinteresting. Gamasutra has dug up job ads listed under "Diablo III", searching for "lead designer, console," "lead programmer, console" and "senior producer, console." Blizzard said at Blizzcon that Diablo III was "suited for consoles". They also recently expanded their HQ.

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, used a financial conference call today to discuss the firing of Jason West and Vincent Zampella, saying he had no choice but to fire them.

Blizzard have just dated their highly anticipated RTS, aiming for a summer release. Starcraft II: The Wings of Liberty will be released to the masses at July 27th. Blizzard is notorious for pushing releases back again and again until it’s completely polished, but they don’t often shy away once they have nailed a date down like this. This is significantly ahead of the of the usual wave of releases that [...]

Blizzard has just released comprehensive details for the raid dungeon that will feature in World of Warcraft’s 3.3 content patch, Icecrown Citadel, which will see adventurers finally take the fight to the Lich King himself! Check out the screenshots and full details below.

I remember quite vividly when Guitar Hero first burst onto the scenes here in the UK. I’d never seen it before, and it was launching here sometime after it had already become hugely popular in the US – so I’d heard all about it on gaming message boards, with the US hardcore raving about the new, revolutionary rhythm game. At first I found it fiendishly difficult, but after some time [...]