Designers of the original GoldenEye not being too thrilled about Activision’s upcoming remake/retcon? Say it isn’t so. Martin Hollis, former Rare designer responsible for the Nintendo 64 classic, sat down with Official Nintendo Magazine and had some not to cheerful words for November’s modern-day remake. “I imagine it is a business decision isn’t it? This [...]

Activision have been subject to the dreaded leak monster this week, with a new, potentially great racing title getting its guts spilled. the BBFC outed Blood Drive today, a new Mature racing/car combat product… with zombies. “It’s the entertainment sport for a twisted new age: contestants in weaponized cars battle the undead and each other [...]

With over half of the studio (including most of the leads) having defected, and legal battles still raging between the parties, Activision has said this week that they are confident Infinity Ward will be reborn, and as great as it ever was. Activision executive VP David Stohl, spoke with Develop today, saying “We’re supporting Infinity [...]

True Crime: Hong Kong has been hit with a fairly large, last-minute delay today. No doubt totally unrelated, but it’s amusing that this occurred just a day after the game became the center of another alleged Activision fiasco. Originally prepped for a November release, Activision pushed the open-world undercover cop drama into TBD 2011, citing [...]

Activision as a company isn’t in the best light with gamers these days, and a pair of new reports making the rounds this week certainly aren’t likely to help their cause in redeeming the company’s image, in the wake of the on-going Infinity Ward scandal. Gamasutra broke a story today, claiming to have spoken with [...]

Despite internet outrage at some of their prices, DLC map packs for the Call of Duty franchise have proven to be quite a lucrative business. Shortly after the release of each one over the past two years, Activision would issue a statement saying that an absurd number of downloads had occurred in a week’s time. [...]

The fact that Bizarre Creations is making the next top-tier, current-generation (and non-movie-related) entry of Activision’s James Bond franchise shouldn’t come as a surprise, if you’ve been playing along for the past year or so, but at least it’s apparently official now. You have been keeping up, haven’t you? No? For shame. Moneypenny is displeased. [...]

Double Fine boss and creator of Psychonauts and Brutal Legend, Tim Schafer isn’t a guy I’d really expect to have nice things to say about Activision. I mean, his rock and roll action game was dumped by the publisher in 2008, left in limbo for a while, and finally picked up by EA, at which [...]

Activision Publishing finally has a new boss.  After CEO Mike Griffith resigned back in April just after the Infinity Ward/Activision kerfuffle broke out, the publishing arm went without someone officially heading it up until today, when Eric Hirshberg, formerly of marketing firm Deutsch LA and creator of Sony PlayStation’s Kevin Butler spokesman, was tapped for [...]