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Hey Japan - No LEGO Games For You! [Rumors]

Hey Japan - No LEGO Games For You! [Rumors]

Activision are pulling Lego Batman, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, and Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures in Japan, according to Famitsu.
All three games will shortly be removed from store shelves or simply not shipped. Batman and Indy were set for release in the territory on December 18th... Read more

CoD: World At War PC Mod Tools Launched [Call Of Duty: World At War]

CoD: World At War PC Mod Tools Launched [Call Of Duty: World At War]

Attention, players of the PC version of Activision's Call of Duty: World at War. Developer Treyarch has let loose the Mod Tools for the game, so you may now start creating new levels for my amusement. The 1.1GB file is now available at FileShack along with several other fine file downloading establishment... Read more

Yes, Bike Hero Was Viral Marketing [Guitar Hero World Tour]

Yes, Bike Hero Was Viral Marketing [Guitar Hero World Tour]

Did you detect that stench of viral marketing wafting from that "Bike Hero" YouTube clip? Your nose doesn't lie; the clip purported to be made by "madflux" and the "Brierwood Vandals" is really the work of production team Droga 5, MTV Multiplayer reports. Activision's chief creative officer Brad Jakeman... Read more

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Nov 19 Thanksgiving Weekend Is GHWT Live Weekend [Guitar Hero World Tour]

Thanksgiving Weekend Is GHWT Live Weekend [Guitar Hero World Tour]

Guitar Hero World Tour is getting the Xbox Live Weekend treatment come November 27th, snagging the coveted Thanksgiving spot on Microsoft's service. They're planning on making good use of the four-day...

Nov 12 GameStop Hosts Massive CoD: World At War Tournament [Call Of Duty: World At War]

GameStop Hosts Massive CoD: World At War Tournament [Call Of Duty: World At War]

Much like they did previously for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, video game retailer GameStop is getting ready to launch a nationwide tournament for Activision's latest war game, Call of Duty: World at War...

Nov 7 Activision Donating Guitar Hero III To US Troops [Guitar Hero Iii]

Activision Donating Guitar Hero III To US Troops [Guitar Hero Iii]

What's the best way to counteract constant accusations that you're the most greedy, soulless and creatively bankrupt publisher in gaming today? That's right, you announce a massive charity deal! Activision...

Nov 6 Activision Eyes Subscription Fees For Guitar Hero World Tour User-Created Songs [Bobby Kotick]

Activision Eyes Subscription Fees For Guitar Hero World Tour User-Created Songs [Bobby Kotick]

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, noted during today's quarterly earnings conference call that the publisher may begin charging for user-generated songs uploaded through Guitar Hero World Tour...

Nov 3 Why The Beatles Are With MTV, And Not Activision [Guitar Hero]

Why The Beatles Are With MTV, And Not Activision [Guitar Hero]

Activision boss Bobby "What, Me Worry?" Kotick has a well-established routine for dealing with record labels. When it comes to Guitar Hero, they take their small cut of the profits, they get their song...

Nov 22 Bike Hero On Expert Is Viral Marketing-Free [Clips]

Nov 20 Lich King Sells 2.8M in 24 Hours [World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King]

Nov 15 Heidi Klum Guitar Hero Ad Makes Bill O'Reilly Grumpy [Video Game Bashing]

Nov 14 Grace Kim: Guitar Hero World Tour is a "Ripoff" [Ruh Roh]

Nov 9 Where Was the Editor on this One? [Tasteless]

Nov 6 Activision Seeing "Strong Interest" In Instrument Upgrades [Guitar Hero]

Nov 5 Becoming Bond Quantum of Solace Trailer [Activision]

Oct 27 Good Heavens, You Got Zombies In My Call Of Duty [Call Of Duty: World At War]

Oct 21 Black Widow Enters The Web Of Shadows [Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows]

Oct 20 Guitar Hero World Tour Trailer Shows Tool Themed Level [Activision]

Nov 25 2009 IGF Reminds Entrants Of Student Showcase, IGF Mobile Deadlines

2009 IGF Reminds Entrants Of Student Showcase, IGF Mobile Deadlines

[Just a final reminder for the IGF student and mobile competitions for 2009, which are finishing up this weekend and Monday respectively - good luck to all the entrants, both competitions have had some...

Nov 23 Cliff Huxtable Announces New Grand Theft Auto SKU? [Flith Flarn Flarn Filth Flarn]

Cliff Huxtable Announces New Grand Theft Auto SKU? [Flith Flarn Flarn Filth Flarn]

[sarcasm] Speaking in Greenwood, Miss., noted games industry insider Bill Cosby announced a new version of Grand Theft Auto IV. This one apparently costs $250 and has some extras, and not a key to Liberty...

Nov 23 'To Do: Finish Any Game' [Game Design]

'To Do: Finish Any Game' [Game Design]

Tom Endo has a nice essay up over the Escapist on the issue of finishing games (or not finishing games, as the case may be). "What other medium," he queries, "allows us to be so blithely indifferent to...

Nov 22 [Updated] Gold Lancer Removed; Consider Lootathon Over [Great Banjo Lootathon]

[Updated] Gold Lancer Removed; Consider Lootathon Over [Great Banjo Lootathon]

OK, gang. I think the fun is over. Many of you pointed out that the Golden Lancer for Gears of War 2 is now either 99999 points or won't download. I tried to cue it up again and got the can't-download...

Nov 22 [Updated] Gold Lancer Removed, Revoked; Consider Lootathon Over [Great Banjo Lootathon]

[Updated] Gold Lancer Removed, Revoked; Consider Lootathon Over [Great Banjo Lootathon]

OK, gang. I think the fun is over. Many of you pointed out that the Golden Lancer for Gears of War 2 is now either 99999 points or won't download. I tried to cue it up again and got the can't-download...

Nov 22 [Updated] Free Golden Lancer Joins Early Banjo, CoD:WaW Extras in XBL Lootathon [Banjo Kazooie]

[Updated] Free Golden Lancer Joins Early Banjo, CoD:WaW Extras in XBL Lootathon [Banjo Kazooie]

This is big enough to warrant an update I think. Reader Shawn B. found, in the great Xbox Live Loot Bonanza, that you can in fact get your gold plated Gears of War 2 Lancer, for free, off XBL via the web...

Nov 22 CFP/Scholarship Application: Foundations of Digital Games '09 [Call For Papers]

CFP/Scholarship Application: Foundations of Digital Games '09 [Call For Papers]

I spoke to Professor Jim Whitehead of UC Santa Cruz yesterday, and at the end of our conversation he brought up the 2009 Foundations of Digital Games conference. FDG will run from 26 - 30 April, 2009...

Nov 22 [Updated] Banjo-Kazooie Early, CoD:WaW Extras on XBL via the Web [Banjo Kazooie]

[Updated] Banjo-Kazooie Early, CoD:WaW Extras on XBL via the Web [Banjo Kazooie]

Alert reader Chris J. just sent this in. Banjo-Kazooie (the original) officially hits Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, but it's been available for early download for those who preordered Banjo-Kazooie: Nut...

Nov 22 [Updated] Banjo-Kazooie Early, CoD:WaW Extras, Left 4 Dead Demo Resurrected on XBL via Web [Banjo Kazooie]

[Updated] Banjo-Kazooie Early, CoD:WaW Extras, Left 4 Dead Demo Resurrected on XBL via Web [Banjo Kazooie]

Alert reader Chris J. just sent this in. Banjo-Kazooie (the original) officially hits Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, but it's been available for early download for those who preordered Banjo-Kazooie: Nut...

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Nov 23 [Sponsored]

Nov 22 MIGS Keynote: A Broken Business Model [Industry]

Nov 22 Weekend Destructainment: The real Bike Hero

Nov 22 On the LOC Preserving Virtual Worlds Project [History Is Fun!]

Nov 22 Disjunctive Play and Otherness: Between [Game Design]

Nov 22 Editorial Calls for Aggressive Obama Intervention in Growing Games Industry [Updated] [Bad Idea Jeans]

Nov 22 Editorial Calls for Aggressive, Obama-Led Regulation of Used Game Sales []

Nov 22 Holiday Game Shopping

Nov 22 Giant Online Revenue Falls, Still Rockin' the Chinese Market [Only In China]

Nov 22 [Sponsored]

Nov 22 Suck at Guitar Hero? Buy this Robot [Cheater]

Nov 22 First look at the twisted insides of Arkham Asylum

Nov 22 Freeware App Pick: theRelativity (Jun Fujiki)