Activision chairman and CEO Jean-Bernard Levy has said the firm has put any concerns it had after the Infinity Ward departures in the past thanks to the grand success of Black Ops.Speaking at the Morgan Stanley TMT Conference this morning, Levy said he believes the company can replicate this success with Call of Duty titles every year, reports IGN.“The Treyarch studio, which made this year’s game, has done better than what the Infinity Ward studio could achieve a year ago,” said Levy. “We have reconstructed Infinity Ward. We have been very happy with the way we have been able to reconstruct it.“We also have a third studio which was created about a year-and-a-half ago called Sledgehammer, which is working on Call of Duty properties. We believe this set up of studios working on Call of Duty has demonstrated it can do very well.”Black Ops broke the re
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
As much as i love iw work they can never be the same without the veterans that left.
I'm Curious to see how Respawn's first game for EA turns out. Furthermore, MW2 was a disappointment for me, felt like it needed at least another 6 months of Dev. time. At this point Activision could sell Sh1t in a box, as long as it says COD on the cover. There gonna sell a few million copies. Though like Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk, its just a matter of time till...
Argh. Just thinking of them rehashing the same shit every year gives me a migraine. At this point I have thoroughly lost interest in COD. Very low on my list of potential purchases.
Still pretty angry with how Activision basically stole the creator's franchise and made them seem like the enemy. Bit the hand you fed from. But nobodies going to notice the lack of new engine and the same one from 3 years ago made by IW, are they?
You'll probably find that it'll be told in the future that the reason that both heads were escorted out is because they were being asked for the name to be milked by a mix up of developers in such a way and they wanted to hold onto the name.
"“The Treyarch studio, which made this year’s game, has done better than what the Infinity Ward studio could achieve a year ago,” said Levy."
Nope.