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  • Sports, music games exempt from ratings in latest UK bill

    Draft of Digital Economy measure proposes exceptions for games situated in athletics, rhythm, religion genres.

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    • Posted Nov 23, 2009 11:50 am PT

  • Activision CEO reaps $20.2 million in three-day stock sale

    Modern Warfare 2 launch window sees Bobby Kotick exercise nearly 2 million stock options for $1.99 million--which he immediately sells for $22.2 million.

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    • Posted Nov 12, 2009 3:13 pm PT

  • Activision Blizzard posts $15 million profit, revenue up $23 million

    World's top publisher turns small profit on $703 million in sales; $4.05 billion 2009 outlook maintained despite concerns about holiday consumer spending.

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    • Posted Nov 5, 2009 2:08 pm PT

  • DJ Hero fails to scratch UK charts

    Activision's latest rhythm game strikes discordant retail note as Football Manager 2010 jumps in at number one.

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    • Posted Nov 2, 2009 4:06 am PT

  • DJ Hero preorders augur weak sales - Analyst

    [UPDATE] Cowen and Company's Doug Creutz cuts sales projections for Activision's latest rhythm game by 61 percent, citing online demand that is "well below" expectations.

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    • Posted Oct 26, 2009 12:03 pm PT

  • Gaming set to grow through August 2010 - Analyst

    Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter predicts that after potentially disappointing October results, "double-digit gains will be the norm" until the back half of next year.

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    • Posted Oct 20, 2009 3:37 pm PT

  • Band Hero full setlist revealed

    Activision takes the lid off of family-friendly rhythm game's console, DS Lite soundtracks; 61 tracks importable to Guitar Hero 5.

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    • Posted Oct 19, 2009 5:47 pm PT

  • Beatles: Rock Band outsells Guitar Hero 5 in Sept.

    MTV Games' Fab Four tribute shifts 595,000 units in opening month, nearly 100,000 more than Activision's flagship contender; Abbey Road DLC out this week.

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    • Posted Oct 19, 2009 5:06 pm PT

  • September sales spike could be short-lived - Analyst

    Pacific Crest Securities' Evan Wilson says October will likely see a return to shrinking revenues, projects Guitar Hero 5 outsold Beatles: Rock Band in debut month.

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    • Posted Oct 13, 2009 3:22 pm PT

  • Beatles: Rock Band outsold Guitar Hero 5 - Analysts

    Wedbush Morgan projections have Fab Four game outselling Activision's latest nearly 2:1 in debut month; EEDAR says both titles exceeded expectations.

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    • Posted Oct 8, 2009 11:24 am PT

  • Software sales rebound in September, PS3 may top hardware - Analysts

    Wedbush Morgan's Pachter, EEDAR's Divnich project double-digit game growth last month, say Sony has most to gain from price cut.

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    • Posted Oct 8, 2009 11:17 am PT

  • Guitar Hero: Van Halen runnin' with the mailman

    Early purchase incentives for Guitar Hero 5 customers begin arriving in customers' mailboxes; rhythm game hits retail December 22.

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    • Posted Oct 6, 2009 4:48 pm PT

  • Guitar Hero 5 beating Beatles: Rock Band 4-to-1, claims Activision

    Activision exec tells Financial Times its rhythm game is outselling its competitor fourfold in US, 9-to-1 in "other markets."

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    • Posted Sep 17, 2009 2:01 pm PT

  • Bon Jovi weighs in on Cobain-Guitar Hero flap

    While Guitar Hero 5 allows players to make Kurt Cobain rock out to any song on the game's 85-track setlist, the favored juxtaposition in press coverage since the game's launch has been the notion of the late grunge legend pantomiming Bon Jovi's hair metal hit, "You Give Love a Bad Name." With...

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    • Posted Sep 17, 2009 10:58 am PT

  • Activision games to bypass consoles

    CEO reveals plans for "untethered Guitar Hero," Facebook integration, emotionally resonant animation, and taking "all the fun out of making video games."

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    • Posted Sep 14, 2009 4:09 pm PT

  • Activision, Nirvana address Guitar Hero 5 controversy

    Publisher stands by Kurt Cobain's inclusion as Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic join Courtney Love in decrying rhythm game's use of late frontman's likeness.

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    • Posted Sep 11, 2009 12:07 pm PT

  • Courtney Love to sue over Guitar Hero 5

    Anyone who has picked up the latest Guitar Hero 5 may have noticed Kurt Cobain's likeness making an appearance, along with two Nirvana songs "Lithium" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit." However a post by blogger Everett True highlighted that the Cobain avatar can be used to play any number of songs...

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    • Posted Sep 10, 2009 6:29 am PT

  • Shippin' Out Aug. 30-Sept. 5: Guitar Hero 5, Champions Online

    Activision's latest rhythm game rocks out with Cryptic's new superhero MMOG, C&C Commander's Challenge, Section 8, two PSP fighters, and Gears 2 GOTY Edition.

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    • Posted Aug 31, 2009 11:33 am PT

  • Kurt Cobain's likeness in Guitar Hero 5

    Late Nirvana frontman to appear alongside "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Lithium" in Activision's upcoming rhythm game.

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    • Posted Aug 28, 2009 9:44 am PT

  • Analysts mixed following sickly July sales

    EEDAR's Jesse Divnich and NPD's Anita Frazier weigh in on 29% monthly decline--and whether the industry can pull out of its slump before year's end.

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    • Posted Aug 13, 2009 4:35 pm PT
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