40°

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...

Read Full Story >>
nowgamer.com
jidery5497d ago

Great, another one.

"AAA" doesn't mean anything any more.

thekiddfran5497d ago

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

mastiffchild5497d 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.

jimmins5497d 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

skyward5497d ago

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

fastrez5497d ago

Another GUN title perhaps?

TimmyShire5497d ago

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

30°

Co-founder claims Activision put "pressure" on Infinity Ward to make game about Iran invading Israel

Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has claimed that Activision once pressured the studio to include an invasion of Israel by Iran.

Read Full Story >>
eurogamer.net
50°

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.

Read Full Story >>
gamesindustry.biz
OpenGL98d ago

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

galgor98d ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS98d ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead97d ago (Edited 97d 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.

160°

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."

Read Full Story >>
windowscentral.com
StoneTitan149d ago

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

:P

franwex149d 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.

Profchaos149d ago

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

bsingle40148d ago

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

148d ago Replies(1)
1Victor148d ago (Edited 148d 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
🥳 🍗 🦃

MDTunkown148d ago

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

dveio148d 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.

blacktiger148d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac148d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac148d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

Show all comments (31)