No Doubt Sues Activision Over ‘Circus Act’ Appearance In Band Hero
First, Courtney Love threatens to “sue the s–t” out of *Activision* for putting Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5, and now rock-ska band No Doub…
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First, Courtney Love threatens to “sue the s–t” out of *Activision* for putting Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5, and now rock-ska band No Doub…
The Beatles: Rock Band may have trumped Guitar Hero 5 in terms of both unit sales and actual revenue, but less consumer interest in both fra…
While rival gaming companies like EA and *THQ* were laying off thousands of staff earlier this year, Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) kept chugging a…
Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has two sequels to its Dead Space survival thriller in the works, and now there’s a feature film coming down th…
Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) apparently has aspirations well beyond the video-game world for its hit franchise Guitar Hero. CEO Bobby Kotick told…
Rebounding from posting a $72 million loss in Q4, *Activision Blizzard* turned in strong Q1 numbers. Net revenues came in at $981 million –…
A California judge has just upped the stakes in the trade secrets and IP battle between *Activision* and Scratch: The Ultimate DJ creators G…
A pair of indie gaming companies may have tossed a wrench into Activision’s plans to piggyback on the success of its Guitar Hero franchise w…
Former *Yahoo* COO Dan Rosensweig’s name has come up in the running for a number of high-profile Web positions in recent months: including Y…
Being a debt-free company that’s sitting on $3 billion in cash has its perks. One of them is the capacity to gobble up competitors that have…
Robust sales of blockbuster titles like Guitar Hero World Tour and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King weren’t enough to keep Activisi…
Codemasters and Nottingham-based online multiplayer specialist Monumental Games have between them bought UK games developer Swordfish Studio…
This is becoming a core music industry argument: Music labels want to get paid when people use or listen to their music. Other parties think…
Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) CEO Bobby Kotick on social gaming: “It is bringing new users into the gaming market…you are seeing a lot of traffi…
The European Commission has cleared the $18.9 billion merger of Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) and Vivendi’s (EPA: VIV) games unit on several anti-…
The spat between guitar maker Gibson, and Guitar Hero maker Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) escalated this week, as Gibson filed suit against severa…
Vivendi (EPA: VIV) SA and Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) announced plans for a merger valued at $18.9 billion that would bring together Guitar Hero…