In July, gamers learned that you can’t make the largest video game software publisher in the world without breaking a few eggs. Namely, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena, Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend, the four high-profile titles which, for whatever reason, Activision Blizzard decided not to retain after their [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 11, 2008
Their decision to drop Brutal Legend notwithstanding, we love Activision Blizzard here at GameCyte. We love Guitar Hero. We love Diablo. But most of all, we love Activision Blizzard because they consistently fail to ensure that the ESRB doesn’t leak their information. Today, as you can see immediately above, the ESRB has rated Ghostbusters for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
As you can no doubt see immediately above, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board has today rated World in Conflict: Complete for Windows PC. This is notable for two reasons: 1.) We’ve never heard of a WIC game with the subtitle “Complete,” and unless you’re privy to a host of information we’d kill for (and/or frequent European [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 1, 2008
Apparently, when Activision Publishing said they were “realigning staff” at High Moon Studios and Radical Entertainment, they didn’t necessarily mean it as a euphemism. In Activision’s Q1 conference call yesterday afternoon, Publishing CEO Mike Griffith announced that both Radical and High Moon will be added to the company’s development studio line-up: In terms of studios, our [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Brutal Legend and Ghostbusters may have evaded the Activision Blizzard chopping block, but amnesiac secret agent Jason Bourne hasn’t been as lucky. Only two days after AB declared their intentions to “realign staffing” at Bourne Conspiracy developer High Moon Studios, intellectual property originator Ludlum Entertainment announced today that it has reacquired the exclusive rights to create [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 19, 2008
With all of the departures from both E3 and the ESA, it’s time someone stood proudly in front of the media and declared support for the organization. The man to do that? Jeff Brown, EA’s VP of corporate communications. He doesn’t stop at declaring his company’s support for the ESA and for E3. Oh, no. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 16, 2008
In this week’s episode, Jesse covers the Video Game Ratings Enforcement Act, Wii Fit’s unabashed honesty, DRM issues with Mass Effect on the PC and E3’s growing lack of exhibitors.
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
Coming on the heels of an announcement that Activision will not be in attendance at E3 and that Activision and Vivendi Games are leaving the ESA, there is news that Foundation 9 and NCsoft will not be attending the annual entertainment expo. The industry show has been in turmoil ever since the decision was made [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
Okay, technically they’re absent with leave. Vivendi and Activision, two major publishers (on the verge of becoming one massive publisher), have “discontinued their membership” with the Entertainment Software Association, and will not be participating in this year’s E3 show. Kotaku, breaking the story this morning, received confirmation and a quote from ESA Vice President Rich [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 17, 2008
We don’t usually include Ghostbusters Fans on our list of daily websites to track, but starting today that just might change. BB Gadgets pointed us to a massive cache of restored Ecto-1 pictures, and now the fansite claims to have the game’s release date.
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