The great US patent shakeup
How will changes to US patent law affect the videogame industry? Patent lawyers Greg Boyd and Andrew Keisner explain.
1How will changes to US patent law affect the videogame industry? Patent lawyers Greg Boyd and Andrew Keisner explain.
1Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the best-selling game of last year in the UK. The 2011 chart released by UKIE contains few surprises, with Activision's shooter beating FIFA 12 to top spot, ahead of Battlefield 3 and Zumba Fitness. This is the third successive year that a Call Of Duty game has outsold the competition in the UK. More >
2The delayed Call Of Duty: Elite app has finally been released for iPhone, Activision has announced. The stat-tracking, social service launched alongside Modern Warfare 3 on November 8, but after it buckled under the weight of demand Activision delayed both the PC and iPhone launches. More >
Activision's Call Of Duty series occupies the top three slots in Microsoft's chart of last year's most played games on Xbox Live. Black Ops was the most played game of the year, ahead of Modern Warfare 3, which is in second spot despite only launching on November 8. Modern Warfare 2, released in 2009, is in third. More >
Modern Warfare 3, Portal 2 and Dark Souls vie for our best online experience award.
2Our look back on a year in which EA aggressively expanded into digital while Activision went all-in on Call Of Duty.
Will Townsend, producer of Activision's turntablism game DJ Hero, has died in a car crash. Gamasutra reports that Townsend, 33, died on Monday night in Los Angeles. He began his career in the game industry ten years ago as a tester for EA, working up through the ranks to assistant producer before moving to Activision More >
1Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 brought in a billion dollars for publisher Activision in its first 16 days on shelves, the publisher has announced. Just as it did when proclaiming Modern Warfare 3 the most successful entertainment launch of all time - saying lifetime sales of the Call Of Duty series had eclipsed The Lord Of The Rings and Star Wars series' box-office takings - Activision draws parallels with Hollywood. James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar took 17 days to gross a billion dollars. More >
Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD has been announced for release on "digital platforms" in the first half of next year. The game, revealed by Tony Hawk himself on the red carpet before last night's Spike VGAs, contains levels from the first two games in the series remastered in HD. Hawk said that the School and Downhill levels would be included, and the below teaser trailer reveals that Warehouse, the original game's opening stage, also features. More >
1The Amazing Spider-Man will tie in with the release of the eponymous film series reboot next July and return the web-slinger to a free to roam New York City. More >
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is number one in the Nordic chart, which collates sales data from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. More >
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has questioned whether BioWare's upcoming Star Wars MMOG The Old Republic will make any money for publisher EA. More >
5Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the UK all-formats number one for a third successive week. Sales of Activision's shooter fell 41 per cent week on week, but retains top spot ahead of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, sales of which dropped 61 per cent. Modern Warfare 3 succeeds where predecessor Black Ops failed: this time last year it was denied the number one spot for a third week in a row by Gran Turismo 5. More >
Call Of Duty: Elite, the stat-tracking service that launched alongside Modern Warfare 3 on November 8, amassed a million paid members in just six days, Activision has announced. In a press release, the publisher claims that more than four million have signed up for the service, which is available for free with a premium version, costing £34.99 per year, offering extra features and video content. More >
3Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has held on to the number one spot in the UK all-formats software chart, despite the challenge of an avalanche of new releases. Sales of the Activision shooter fell by a massive 87 per cent from its launch week, but it still sold enough to retain top spot. Five games made their debuts in the top ten, the highest of which being Assassin's Creed: Revelations in second, with THQ's open-world crime caper Saints Row: The Third in fourth. More >
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has broken more records, with Activision claiming it grossed $775 million worldwide in the first five days following its launch on November 8. More >
1Activision has insisted it "misspoke" in a tweet yesterday that gave the impression Call Of Duty: Elite may never launch on PC. The tweet, from the official Call Of Duty: Elite account, read: "We cannot guarantee if or when a version will be available for PC." In a statement passed to VG247, the company said: "We misspoke. The goal has always been to provide a PC offering for Elite." More >
The Call Of Duty: Elite development team has admitted that the stat-tracking service may never launch on PC. Activision delayed the launch of Elite for PC shortly before it was due to launch alongside Modern Warfare 3 last Tuesday, saying extra work was required because "the PC is an insecure platform." In a tweet, the Elite team has now revealed that PC users may never be able to access it. More >
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the new number one in the UK all-formats software chart. The latest entry in Activision's shooter series was on Friday named the biggest-ever entertainment launch, shipping 6.5 million units in the US and UK in its first 24 hours on shelves. More >
Activision has declared Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 the most successful entertainment launch of all time. The Infinity Ward-developed shooter, released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on Tuesday, shipped 6.5 million units and grossed $400 million in the US and UK alone in its first 24 hours on shelves, the publisher said. More >
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