Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock gets a boost from MegaDave

Posted by Kyle Gaddo On September - 1 - 2010

I can certainly say one thing about Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock—they picked some great artists to feature in the game.

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine wrote an exclusive track, titled “Sudden Death,” for the game to be featured as the final battle between the Demigod of Rock and The Beast.

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Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock’s full track list comes around

Posted by Kyle Gaddo On August - 20 - 2010

Seems like Activision have cut loose the full force of upcoming rhythm game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, and I have to admit, even I’m a little impressed by it. Anthrax, Megadeth, Muse, Rush and more after the cut!

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Queensrÿche, Neil Young, etc. announced for Warriors of Rock

Posted by Kyle Gaddo On August - 13 - 2010

Activision has let loose some more tracks for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and includes some pretty rockin’ tunes if I may say so myself.

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Activision won’t mess with Infinity Ward’s culture

Posted by Kyle Gaddo On August - 10 - 2010

Activision WWS boss Dave Stohl said he’s “100 percent confident” that Infinity Ward will rise to the occasion and “come back to what it was,” but the publisher doesn’t want to “tamper with” the studio’s culture.

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Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock gets a UK release date

Posted by Kyle Gaddo On August - 6 - 2010

Activision has unveiled a UK release date for the latest installment of Guitar Hero, Warriors of Rock. You’ll see it in the UK on September 24th, and as we already know, there’s a US release date of September 28th.

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DJ Hero 2 confirms Lady Gaga, Daft Punk, Tiesto and more

Posted by Kyle Gaddo On July - 15 - 2010

Entertainment Weekly just unloaded the full roster of artists making their appearance in Activision’s upcoming sequel, DJ Hero 2.

On the list, the likes of Eminem, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Daft Punk, Tiesto, Justice and more.

EW has the complete list here.

DJ Hero 2 drops this fall for 360, Wii and PS3.

[UPDATE] Goldeneye 007 Confirmed for Wii!

Posted by Joe Pomerening On June - 15 - 2010

[UPDATE] This game is happening. It was officially confirmed by Nintendo during their E3 press conference.

We’ve just gotten word that the first-person shooter that changed everything we know about FPS is about to get a full remake for the Wii.

It appears that the remake is currently being developed by Activsion. Aside from new graphics and modern FPS gameplay, it looks like this may be more of a retelling of the original Goldeneye than a genuine remake. It looks like there may even be some co-op campaign mode.

The game seems to feature a James Bond based on Daniel Craig, as opposed to Pierce Brosnan. We’ve found a trailer which shows some of the gameplay. Right away, you’ll recognize some classic areas and scenes, but you can immediately tell that they’ve gone under a huge revamp.

As somebody who played Goldeneye religiously and can still remember the path to go through every single level, I am incredibly excited about this news.

Until this game comes out, also keep in mind that there is a Half-Life 2 mod called Goldeneye: Source, which runs on the Source engine. This is also a full remake of the multiplayer mode of Goldeneye, and is a near-perfect recreation of the gameplay we’re used to from the N64.

It’s also suggested that we’ll get a DS port of this, as well, however there have not been any official confirmations on any of this yet. Keep in mind, though, that Nintendo will be speaking at E3 later today, so we’re sure to find out what’s up with this title!

E3 2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops release date confirmed

Posted by Jens Erik Vaaler On June - 14 - 2010

Call of Duty: Black Ops announced, releasing November 9th

Call of Duty: Black Ops is now confirmed for 11/09/10  by Microsoft’s Don Mattrick during Microsoft’s E3 press conference. The game looks incredible, running on what appears to be a modified Modern Warfare engine.

Microsoft and Acitivision have made an exclusive multi year agreement. All COD Map Pakc and Add-ons will launch first on Xbox going forward 3 years. PS3 and PC owners will have to wait for the map packs. Strange how Microsoft is ignoring the PC when it was technically the platform they started with before the Xbox took off.

Rumour: Will a GoldenEye remake release in November?

Posted by Jens Erik Vaaler On June - 7 - 2010

The N64 movie tie-in GoldenEye not only proved that video games based on films don’t always suck (though they mostly do), but also that first person shooters could work on consoles (though many of them don’t).

Since then fans of the original title have been clamouring for a remake or Virtual Console release, but numerous licensing problems have held it back. Yet now rumours stating the contrary have surfaced on the web.

According to Go Nintendo and Eurogamer, Activision is working on a GoldenEye remake to be released on the Wii and DS. Pictures of box art and a Wii Zapper like peripheral were sent to Go Nintendo, and a source at Eurogamer claims the title will be revealed at E3.

The new title will, supposedly, include a “modernized version of the classic story” with a new Bond who has the face of Daniel Craig. 4 player split-screen and 8 player online matches are also rumoured. All images can be found after the cut. Obviously these are all rumours. Eurogamer would not reveal their source and Activision had no comment to their inquiries.

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Activision reveals story for next Guitar Hero, seems strangely familiar

Posted by Herman S. Lilleng On May - 30 - 2010

…hey, wait a minute!

The latest issue of Nintendo Power is apparently set to reveal Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, which will go back to more “shredding” rock and roll, after the broad appeal of the latest GH games. The biggest news, however, is about the games’ story mode.

The story will be narrated by Gene Simmons, of Kiss fame. Quoting Kotaku on the synopsis:

“The Beast defeats the demigod of rock and the demigod of rock is entombed in stone and his legendary guitar is banished,” Bright said. “[The guitar] is the source of his power. And so you are going through and assembling an army of warriors to be able to defeat the beast. Along the way, you’ll have to recover the legendary guitar…”

Wow. I, uhm… Wow.

via Mix’n'Mojo

Guitar Hero 6 possibly called “Warriors of Rock”

Posted by Jens Erik Vaaler On May - 25 - 2010
Activision is continuing their Guitar Hero series with this year’s Guitar Hero 6. But the final game might not be simply called “6″.

According to the game’s listing on Amazon, Guitar Hero 6 will receive the subtitle “Warriors of Rock”. The game is set for release on September 21 for PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

The new Guitar Hero game will be going “back to basics”, with a larger focus on rock music. Maybe that’s the reasoning behind the name? That or they wanted to cash in on the fans of Brütal Legend.

Call of Duty: Black Ops confirms Dedicated Servers

Posted by Tony Bradford On May - 14 - 2010

In a move which makes this twitchy, rage-addled multiplayer-shooter happy, Treyarch boss Mark Lamia has confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops will support dedicated servers for it’s multiplayer aspect, saying he thinks they’re “quite excellent”.

This supports a rumor that started spreading around around March in which it was leaked that the new Call of Duty game would support dedicated servers.

When you’re done with putting away your torches and pitchforks, let’s take a look at what’s going on.

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Kotick comments on the Infinity Ward firings

Posted by Herman S. Lilleng On May - 7 - 2010

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.

“The decision to remove the Infinity ward executives was not taken lightly, and was not done to deprive them of their bonuses,” quotes Eurogamer. He goes on to say that he saw no other solution but to fire them: “Once you begin to understand what has occured, there was no grey area. There was no way to retain their services, as talented as they might have been.

Kotick also mentions that he considered West & Zampella friends, and that their behavior was a betrayal of that friendship, and that he is upset about the all the people that have left Infinity Ward so far, but that he still has confidence in the remaining team, and the unannounced project they are working on. (My expert opinion: It will have either “Call”, “Duty” or both in the title.)

According to Cynical Smirk’s updated list, 39 out of 101 employees have left or been fired from Infinity Ward so far, and more are expected.

StarCraft II adds Facebook intergration

Posted by Herman S. Lilleng On May - 6 - 2010

Blizzard announced today that their upgraded multiplayer service, Battle.net, will feature Facebook integration. This feature will be ready when their next big release, StarCraft II, appears this July.

The press release states that the “first step” is to be able to more easily add your friends to the Battle.net friends list, so that you can smack them around with Zealots, but who knows how it will end? Hopefully not like in my illustration.

New Bungie IP may be an action RPG

Posted by Michael O'Connor On May - 3 - 2010

New Bungie title may be an action RPG

So, hey, you heard the news? Bungie currently has a 10 year publishing deal with Activision. Curious what genre their first independent game might be? Well, according to a job listing on its website, it might be an action RPG.

According to the page, the studio is looking for writing leads to put together the storyline of the new game, according to, with a focus on “branching or non-linear narrative experience”.

It’s certainly a surprising direction for the company who has, for the past decade, been known almost entirely for the Halo franchise, but it’s important not to forget that the company was responsible for various different games before Halo even existed.

This will probably end up being a very surprising title.

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