Guitar Hero DS Track Listing April 30th, 2008 Nate Aguilera

Activision has revealed a list of tracks that will be included in Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS. The list so far comprises of 15 songs, with another ten more still to be revealed.

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Guitar Hero Widget Mini-Game April 30th, 2008 Nate Aguilera

Activision has released a widget mini-game version of their popular Guitar Hero III. Using your keyboard, you can rock out to three songs: “Cult of Personality” by Living Colour, “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper, and “Metal Heavy Lady” by Lions.

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Vivendi And Activision Merge December 2nd, 2007 Nate Aguilera

Activision, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) and Vivendi (Euronext Paris: VIV) today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to combine Vivendi Games, Vivendi’s interactive entertainment business — which includes Blizzard Entertainment’s® World of Warcraft®, the world’s #1 multi-player online role-playing game franchise — with Activision, creating the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher. The new company, Activision Blizzard, is expected to have approximately $3.8 billion in pro forma combined calendar 2007 revenues and the highest operating margins of any major third-party video game publisher. On closing of the transaction, Activision will be renamed Activision Blizzard and will continue to operate as a public company traded on NASDAQ under the ticker ATVI.  

NATE AGUILERA

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Autobots, Let’s Roll Out! June 20th, 2007 Harry Chang

 

With the movie only 2 weeks away, we thought it might be cool to share this bad ass opening cinema to Transformers The Game, with Optimus Prime narrating!

Hit the jump to see it in all of it’s heavenly glory…

*video corrected*

JASON GLICK

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Rock The 80’s First Trailer! June 6th, 2007 Harry Chang

Need we say more?

SCOTT HAMBY

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The next Guitar Heroes… May 23rd, 2007 Harry Chang

After warming their amps in the basement garage to rocking sold out shows at Stonehenge, fans of Activision, Inc.’s wildly popular Guitar Hero franchise will now be able to shred like never before with the next iteration of the game that will be available this fall. The new game will be released on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Wii video game system from Nintendo.

HARRY CHANG

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Name That Tune… May 22nd, 2007 Harry Chang

 Activision, today announced additional songs to be included in the latest installment of the critically acclaimed Guitar Hero™ franchise — Guitar Hero™ Encore: Rocks the 80s™, available this summer exclusively for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. The tour will continue with 30 awesome new songs from the classic era, allowing Guitar Hero fans to further experience the ultimate rock star fantasy. Additional tracks include:

HARRY CHANG

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Rock The 80’s Says Activision! May 10th, 2007 Harry Chang

Activision, today announced they will be paying homage to a classic rock era with Guitar Hero^TM: Rocks the 80s^TM, available exclusively on the PlayStation^®2 computer entertainment system. After playing to mass audiences at sold out shows around the world in Guitar Hero II^TM, fans will once again be able to whip out their Gibson-shaped SG guitar controllers and shred to their favorite rock tracks, as the critically acclaimed franchise is scheduled to go on another highly-anticipated world tour this summer.

HARRY CHANG

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Autobots Or Decepticons? May 8th, 2007 Harry Chang

So while the rest of the country waits for Michael Bay’s version of Transformers hit the silver screen. Activision will be partaking in all the profits from the licensed game. So far, the game does look pretty cool, might be worth checking out. Meantime, Activision shares with us this new trailer. Have at you!

HARRY CHANG

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Call Of Duty 4 Trailer April 28th, 2007 Harry Chang

This was played during the NFL Draft on ESPN, if you missed it or wanna see it again, here’s your chance. Talk a big change of pace for Call of Duty…

HARRY CHANG

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Call Of Duty 4 VS. NFL Draft April 26th, 2007 Harry Chang

So what’s more important? The NFL Draft on ESPN Sunday or Latest Scoop on Call of Duty 4? Either way, we’ll bring you the info on 1PM EST, on that day. And if you realize there’s more NFL info than Call of Duty 4, or vice versa, then you’ll know the latter was just too boring…

HARRY CHANG

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