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As you can see here, Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy - the guys that spawned Harmonix's Guitar Hero and Rock - have made the Time 100, coming in at 70. ... Read more..Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Music, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Speaking in this Seeking Alpha interview, Activision boss Bobby Kotick has pointed out that the merger between the Guitar Hero publisher and Vivendi gives access to the Universal Music catalogue, ... Read more..Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, EA, Music, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich enjoys games. They help him connect with his kids. "It's fucking way cool," he said in this Rolling Stone interview. "Our kids love playing Guitar Hero ... Read more..Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Speaking in the May issue of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine, Activision boss Bobby Kotick has admitted that Guitar Hero is likely to go down the Rock Band path of including ... Read more..Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Xbox boss Shane Kim's gaming habits are laid bare in this GameDaily interview, and no surprises for guessing what he likes to play with his kids. "Honestly speaking, my gameplay is ... Read more..Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Activision's offering you the chance to get into the next edition of Guitar Hero. How do you do it? It's very simple: make a video recording of yourself imbuing anything from ... Read more..Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, EA, Legalities, Rhythm action, Trade | No Comments »
Guitar Hero developer Harmonix has responded to Gibson's move to sue EA over Rock Band last night, by saying, in a nutshell, that it's not going to be taking the ... Read more..Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, EA, Legalities, Rhythm action | No Comments »
This is going to be awesome. Not content with getting extremely legal on Harmonix's behind over alleged patent infringement over Guitar Hero, guitar-maker Gibson is now suing EA over Rock ... Read more..Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Rhythm action, Wii | No Comments »
Here. Shaped like a Fender Telecaster, this rather swanky looking accessory for the Wii version of Guitar Hero has just turned up the shops across the pond. Priced at only ... Read more..Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Legalities, Rhythm action | No Comments »
So that's what happened. According to a statement issued by Activision today, Gibson allegedly only decided to sue the Guitar Hero-maker for patent infringement after is became clear that the ... Read more..Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Martin Bandier - CEO at Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the holder of the John Lennon-Paul McCartney music copyrights - has said that he's interested in releasing a Beatles-specific version of Guitar ... Read more..Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Rhythm action, Trade | 6 Comments »
This could get nasty. Guitar-maker Gibson is claiming that Guitar Hero violates one of its patents. Gibson, in a letter sent to Activision in January, is claiming that the game ... Read more..Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, Rhythm action | No Comments »
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in Dana Point, California, yesterday, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick threw a tiger-sized cat among the pigeons when he mentioned the possibility of a ... Read more..Saturday, February 16th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Development, Rhythm action | 1 Comment »
According to this, Activision has applied to reserve the trademark "DJ Hero". This refers to "computer game software and related instruction manual sold together as a unit; interactive video game ... Read more..Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Trade | No Comments »
So says this. Citigroup analyst Brent Thill has now rated Activision as a “buy” with a price target of $36, representing an upside of roughly 35 percent, despite the stock ... Read more..Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Financials, Rhythm action | No Comments »
In an investor call which followed the release of record third quarter financials, Activision confirmed it is to release another two Guitar Hero games in its first financial quarter - ... Read more..
