Speculation about the website Findmakarov.com has been rampant since it first appeared on the internet last week. It initially seemed that it was clearly a teaser for the next Modern Warfare game, but when Activision dismissed the countdown as a hoax it became all together more complicated. Were Activision just dismissing the rumours to maintain the suspense for the announcement or was it an... more.

Activision has stated that the Modern Warfare 3 teaser website that we reported on yesterday is a fake. An Activision spokesman issued the following statement "There seems to be a great deal of speculation about the next Call of Duty project. Let me be clear that we are not revealing yet. Anything indicating otherwise is a hoax.” Fans shouldn’t be too disappointed though I am pretty sure... more.

Activision has announced that they have no future plans for their long running Guitar Hero franchise. This news is not unexpected as the music genre has been in decline for a while now and it is no secret that the recent Guitar Hero games been poorly received both critically and commercially. Guitar Hero was not the only series to get the axe as Activision has also cancelled their upcoming o... more.

Activision has just dropped the official Call of Duty: Black Ops box art into our inbox. Check out the dual wielding shadowy figure below. ... more.

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick didn’t see a choice in the early March firing of the two IW heads. “We felt we had no choice but to terminate the Infinity Ward executives,” said Kotick. “There was no gray area, as talented as they might have been.” “There was nothing that would have allowed us to retain them, we did this to protect the company’s assets and the interest of our shar... more.

Bungie has just announced that it has entered into a ten-year publishing agreement with Activision, which will receive exclusive, worldwide rights to publish all games based on Bungie's "next big action game universe." The agreement specifies that Bungie will remain an independent company and will retain all rights to its intellectual property. Bungie president Harold Ryan notes that the two c... more.

38 current and former Modern Warfare 2 developers have  filed a lawsuit , seeking up to half a billion dollars in unpaid royalties and bonuses. The suit claims that  "Activision has withheld most of the money to force many of my people to stay, some against their will, so that they would finish the delivery of Modern Warfare 3. “; a decision they label “calculated, purposeful and ... more.

As fired Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella left the studio early last month, they, along with the other dozen or so people — have also left behind their Modern Warfare 2 bonuses, Activision media manager Dan Amrich says. “Vince and Jason had very large bonuses; those bonuses are being redistributed to everybody else, to the people who did not allegedly attempt to steal comp... more.

Chief Operating and Financial Officer Thomas Tippl spoke with the LA Times this week, saying that the development house "still has nearly 100 people, they've built a deep bench, and the change of guard will provide an opportunity for some of the rising stars to put their own stamp on the Call of Duty franchise." "We treat our developers extremely well," Tippl stated. He also said that Activis... more.

Activision is counter-suing ex Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella. A month after the fired men filed their lawsuit for wrongful dismissal, unpaid royalties and the right to control “Modern Warfare-branded games”, the publishing giant has struck back with a counter-suit. According to Activision, “West and Zampella morphed from valued, responsible executives into insubor... more.