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Square Enix Prepares Modern Warfare 2 Bundle For Japan

By Spencer . November 10, 2009 . 7:18am

Yes, you read that right. Square Enix, best known for games like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, will publish Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in Japan.

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Square Enix Publishing Modern Warfare 2 in Japan

By Ishaan . August 28, 2009 . 9:13am

Square Enix have been taking quite the interest in Western games of late, even outside of their acquisition of Eidos.

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Fitness Company Takes A Bite Out Of The “Hero” Frenzy

By Spencer . June 30, 2009 . 8:42pm

Love or hate it, Guitar Hero is a huge brand. Activision has made it a point to trademark (insert music instrument here) Hero to capitalize on the success of the series. New trademarks popped up for Fitness Hero and Workout Hero, but…

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Dinosaur Hunting With… Activision?

By Spencer . May 19, 2009 . 4:19pm

I’m always curious about games that deal with dinosaurs even if they’re horrible like Dinosaur Hunting. Naturally, Jurassic Hunter piqued my interest.

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Classic Wolfenstein 3D Coming To PS3 And Xbox 360

By Spencer . March 26, 2009 . 10:20am

Wolfenstein 3D is popping up on more platforms than the iPhone. Activision Blizzard has plans to release the game that popularized the FPS genre on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. An ESRB rating leaked the announcement, but provided no other details.
 
It seems unlikely a seventeen year old game will get a retail release [...]

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Activision Making An Arcade Simulator

By Spencer . February 11, 2009 . 9:09am

Remember going to arcades, playing skee-ball, collecting tickets, and redeeming them for shoddy plush toys? Activision does.
 
The mega-publisher is making a whole game based on the premise of a day at the arcade in your living room. An anonymous source leaked this product slide detailing Arcade Zone (thanks!!) which is in development for the [...]

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Is Activision Blizzard bringing motion control to the DS?

By Spencer . August 18, 2008 . 9:58am

Tony Hawk’s Motion is sitting in the OFLC database as a newly rated Nintendo DS game. While this could be a vanilla Tony Hawk experience the “motion” part of the title is interesting. As tipster Raj points out (thanks!!) a few forum members on NeoGAF are speculating it could relate to a Wario Ware Twisted-like [...]

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Cooking Mama meet Science Papa

By Spencer . July 30, 2008 . 11:05am

Cooking Mama may have a rival made by Activision. The publisher recently trademarked Math Papa and Science Papa for use with things like “video game programs; computer game cartridges”. In plain English these may be titles for upcoming games where a fatherly character runs through science training on some system. This reminds me of a [...]

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When did Hot Shots Golf come out for the Xbox 360?

By Spencer . July 7, 2008 . 2:59pm

Oh wait, it isn’t. Housemarque of Super Stardust fame developed Golf: Tee It Up which just happens to share the feel of a lost Hot Shots Golf game. Like the recent PlayStation 3 release you can play online, customize your character, and download new content. Additional course, clothes, and accessories will be available almost [...]

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Guitar Hero DS bundle officially goes on tour in June

By Spencer . June 12, 2008 . 6:23am

This news shouldn’t be a surprise since the box art was revealed a few days earlier. The difference is Toys ‘R Us marked June 29 as the release date, but the Guitar Hero: On Tour Nintendo DS bundle is actually scheduled to ship on the same day as the DS game, June 22. Inside [...]