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Activision Guitar Hero Studio Developing AAA FPS

NowGamer: Activision studio and until recently Guitar Hero developer Neversoft is hiring for a AAA first-person shooter...

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jidery5437d ago

Great, another one.

"AAA" doesn't mean anything any more.

thekiddfran5437d ago

haha hilarious!!FPS the most oversaturated genre this generation!

mastiffchild5437d ago

I wouldn't WANT to be an Activision studio making a FPS AT ALL right now-outside of COD, naturally. What did they do to support, and IMO it was a very good game, Singularity? NOTHING.

Hence I fail to see why we get another "AAA" shooter IP from an Acti owned studio-if it isn't COD it won't get marketed and we'll just see another Bizarre situation if Neversoft aren't lucky. Bizarre had their Bond game thrust upon them when their blood was all in racers and where are they now?

Don't like it and fail to see the point. Unless Acti think we'll swallow COD every six months I guess, otherwise the future for N'soft might be COD mappacks, or the Bizarre route.

jimmins5437d ago

Bizarre's a good analogy. Now neversoft's making something completely different it will struggle to compete with studios that have been doing that stuff for years

skyward5437d ago

Please don't be Call of Duty related.... actually, I don't care anymore

fastrez5437d ago

Another GUN title perhaps?

TimmyShire5437d ago

NeverSoft haven't done anything decent since Tony Hawks started going downhill.

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL38d ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor38d ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS38d ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan89d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex89d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos89d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle4088d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor88d ago (Edited 88d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
Happy thanksgiving to all the N4G members
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MDTunkown88d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio88d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger88d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac88d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac88d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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Xbox May Update: Retro Classics Come to Xbox Game Pass, PC Gaming Updates, and More

A variety of new updates are available this month across the gaming platforms. Coming today, Retro Classics games are available to play for Xbox Game Pass members. Players who stream on the Xbox app on PC now have an additional streaming option with GeForce Now. Game Bar introduces quick settings, visual updates for Widgets in Compact Mode, and coming soon, Microsoft Edge Game Assist, an in-game browser that brings an immersive game-centric experience to Edge. And Xbox gift cards can now be redeemed for any amount via Xbox Rewards.

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darthv72277d ago

While i appreciate the gesture.... all of these retro classics have been made available everywhere else. I am hoping to see some other Activision properties make their way out of the shackles of the 5th, 6th and 7th gen. Licensing be damned... bring back the Transformers Cybertron games.

P_Bomb277d ago

Love the Cybertron games! TF games have been shit lately. Would love to see that era revisited. I even did the multiplayer!

MrBaskerville276d ago

Is the retro classics for all consoles?

Obscure_Observer277d ago

Metaphor on Gamepass just announced! O.o

Seriously, this is the best generation of Xbox ever!!!

We can´t catch a freaking break from awesome games arriving all the time!!!

Deathdeliverer277d ago

It’s a HELL of a game. If you like JRPGs in the family of Persona, you will be in heaven… that is until you hear the various battle music…. then you’ll be somewhere BEYOND heaven!

babadivad276d ago

Just finished Clair Obscur. This should be fun.