Activision Inc. held its investor conference call on Friday, during which it announced its intentions to launch Call of Duty 5 before the end of this fiscal year, which ends in March of 2009. On top of that, COD 5 will be on almost every platform except the PSP, namely the Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3… Read
Harmonix, MTV Games and Electronic Arts have announced on Thursday that the Rock Band instrument peripherals will start shipping to U.S. retail stores beginning on February 12th. Some would argue that it would have been a smart move to get them into the stores with the games in the first place but then worries of… Read
Rockstar's Manhunt 2 had faced a four to three vote by the BBFC to ban the title from being sold in the U.K. Basically the board denied the game a rating. While at the same time in the U.S., the ESRB hit Manhunt 2 with the deadly "AO" or Adults Only rating. This was later change to an "M" rating after sever changes… Read
MTV Networks said that its new video game Rock Game is flying off the shelves of retail outlets in its first week of sales. A spokesperson of MTV said that they are seeing a lot of action with the downloads at rockband.com as well. Rock Band… Read
The publisher of Guitar Hero, Activision is facing a lawsuit over and imitation Romantics hit song found on one of the Guitar Hero games. The Detroit band, the Romantics are suing Activision claiming that the company infringed on the group's rights by featuring a sound-alike recording of the Romantics hit, What… Read
What do you get when you combine the developing power of Harmonix, the music power of MTV Networks, and the distribution power of Electronic Arts? You get a game that totally Rocks and it hits the store shelves today. That's right, Rock Band, the long awaited rock music game featuring a lead/bass guitar, drums and… Read