Call of Duty

Capcom takes the “horror” out of survival/horror. Remember the hype and hoopla for a superior Resident Evil sequel? The next game would be scary, the developers reportedly said. The franchise will be taken in a new direction, we were assured. But now that the sixth game in the series has finally...

Which companies could benefit and which could suffer at the success or failure of Zynga's public debut? Later this morning, Zynga will begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ZNGA.” The company's long-awaited IPO was announced at a price between $8.50 and $10, and is now...

Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) was quite happy with itself today, bragging about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as if it were the fastest-growing entertainment property in the history of entertainment. In terms of dollar signs, Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest. It took Avatar, the over-hyped 3D movie...

It may not be able to tell you where to hide a body in a sexy Siri voice, but Google's latest innovation is still pretty freaking cool. Have you ever been in an airport and wondered where you were, or where you should go next? Maybe you wanted to find a particular store in a mall, or wanted to...

The “cost per hour” is so low, video games don't need to be discounted at 50%, says Activision CEO Bobby Kotick. During an interview with CNBC this morning, Kotick was asked about Activision's (NASDAQ: ATVI) plans for the iPad. “We're never the first” with new platforms, Kotick replied. “We're...

If you work for Zynga, now is a good time to quit. And if you're a Zynga employee who owns company stock, you might want to get a good lawyer. The Wall Street Journal reports (via CNET) that Zynga execs have been telling its employees that it wants them to return their stock options before the...

Do they grow on trees? Did they come from another planet? Is there a secret lab in South America that builds them from scratch? No one knows for sure. But after encountering dozens of these creatures myself, I figured it was time to investigate. Let's start by taking a closer look at the four...

Activision's shooter may be the leader, but Electronic Arts has shown that it has what it takes to compete. Yesterday afternoon, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced that Battlefield 3, the long-awaited first-person shooter that aims to put a bullet in Call of Duty's head, has sold five...

Next year could also bring significant EPS growth to Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI). That's according to Eric Handler, a Managing Director-Sector Head/Senior Analyst at MKM Partners, who spoke to CNBC this afternoon. But while Call of Duty is the company's bread-and-butter, the game that's expected to...

Call of Duty: Black Ops gamers should be pleased to hear that late yesterday, Treyarch released an update to the game that adds the Mule Kick perk to all Zombies maps, including the classic levels that were included in the Rezurrection map pack. The perk is added without the need to download a...