Activision Blizzard, Inc. today announced that during the quarter ended June 30, 2010, life-to-date map packs for the Call of Duty® video game franchise surpassed 20 million units. Call of Duty remains the #1 best-selling first-person action franchise in the U.S. and Europe, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and GfK, and has consistently raised the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 3, 2010
Grant will help assist veterans with job training and employment placement Inspired by the hit video game Call of Duty, the Call of Duty Endowment (CODE) announced today that it will donate $25,000 to Swords to Plowshares, to help fund their employment training programs and career placement services, which provide assistance to recently returning veterans in [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 9, 2010
DECLASSIFIED: Prepare for the follow-up to the biggest video game launch in history: on November 9th Call of Duty(R): Black Ops(TM) will introduce fans to the elite world of Black Ops. Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and award-winning developer Treyarch will take players behind enemy lines in an entirely new chapter in the groundbreaking and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 1, 2010
The first new multiplayer map pack from the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now available worldwide on Xbox LIVE®. Released by Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package adds five adrenaline-pumping multiplayer arenas to the best-selling title ever on the Xbox 360® [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Fans of one of the most-popular online multiplayer video games ever can now get the entire collection of Call of Duty: World at War downloadable maps in one shot with the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Bundle. Available starting today in North America on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
Activision Blizzard, Inc. announced today that the Call of Duty® video game franchise has surpassed $3 billion in retail sales worldwide, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack, GfK and internal Activision estimates. Since its first release, the award-winning Call of Duty franchise has sold in excess of 55 million units worldwide. The latest title in the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 19, 2009
Activision Blizzard, Inc. announced today that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to shatter theatrical box office and video game sales records for five-day worldwide sell through in dollars. The biggest entertainment launch in history set a new worldwide estimated five-day sell-through record of approximately $550 million, according to internal Activision [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Call of Duty fans will have to endure at least three months of torture waiting for the newest addition to their favorite shooting game to hit the stores. This is because it will not be until the 10th of November this year before Infinity Ward, the developer of the Call of Duty series, lets the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 8, 2009
Activision has set its sights for a possible television crossover of the popular music-based video game Guitar Hero. Not only that, brace yourself for a possible animated movie adaptation of the widely popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft and the army-themed shooter game Call of Duty. There are no concrete details [...]
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