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NEW YORK — These days, guns are more popular than guitars, at least when it comes to video games. The company behind "Guitar Hero" said Wednesday that it is pulling the plug on one of the most influential video game titles of the new century. Activision Blizzard Inc., which also produces the...

Reports are coming in that suggest Activision has shut down at least two of its studios this morning: Geometry Wars creator Bizarre Creations and Blast Works developer Budcat. While official word on Bizarre's closure has not yet come, several Twitter posts -- as well as a substantial forums...

Perhaps sensing that a string of lawsuits wasn't terribly good for business, it appears publishers Activision will be dropping playable celebrity characters from the upcoming Guitar Hero 6. After Courtney Love, Jon Bon Jovi and No Doubt spoke out over the use of famous likenesses in the game -...

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3179051 The newly announced publishing deal between Activision and Bungie has significant impact on both companies (and even Microsoft), but one company that hasn't been mentioned much is Sony. After years of Microsoft exclusivity, this deal finally means...

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/29/bungie-enters-10-year-partnership-with-activision/ :-\ God save us all...

The mood at Infinity Ward, the studio behind 2009's biggest game, is terrible and corporate parent Activision is unsure how to fix it, a source close to the development studio tells Kotaku. Infinity Ward, they said, "will continue to crumble." The source is privy to the goings on in...

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178753 The fact that Modern Warfare 2 raked in obscene amounts of money basically made a third entry in the franchise a forgone conclusion, but it turns out Activision Blizzard's counter-lawsuit against fired Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella...

http://kotaku.com/5485295/infinity-ward-founders-suing-activision-over-unpaid-royalties Wow, this is insane.

Activision threatens to leave Sony and to stop supporting Playstation! "PlayStation has tremendous momentum coming out of E3, and we are seeing positive growth with more than 350 titles slated to hit across all our platforms, including many anticipated games from our publishing partners," said...

Link Trevor Drinkwater, president of Genius Products, is quoted as saying, "We believe that Activision and 7 Studios have improperly used confidential information obtained from Genius and 7 Studios to interfere with our efforts to complete the game. In short, we believe that Activision is...

http://kotaku.com/5080486/infinity-ward-guy-calls-activision-guy-super-douche Warning: Some Explicit Language is used, the edited verison of the explicit remark has been quoted here Infinity Ward's Community Manager speaks out about Activision in their promotion of World at War. Hilarity and...

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167658 Hmm. What do you think?

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