The next Call of Duty from developer Treyarch will take a detour to the Vietnam War, reports indicate. Although an official unveil isn’t scheduled until tomorrow, VentureBeat is apparently privy to the game’s title, calling it Call of Duty: Vietnam. The shift in setting is hardly surprising. After five years of hammering away at the World War II sub-genre since […]

Pick those jaws up off the floor, folks. Halo creator Bungie has signed into a ten year, exclusive partnership with publishing giant Activision Blizzard. Under the deal, Bungie itself will remain as an independent entity, one that retains ownership to its intellectual properties. Activision, for its part, secures “exclusive, worldwide rights to publish and distribute all future Bungie games based […]

Activision will lift the wraps on Treyarch’s next Call of Duty installment on GTTV this Friday, according to a tweet from host Geoff Keighley. Treyarch, the creative minds behind World at War, are one of three development studios that Activision has delegated to continue development efforts on the franchise. Clearly the ongoing legal drama with Infinity Ward hasn’t put a […]

2K Games sent word today that its second downloadable add-on for BioShock 2, dubbed Rapture Metro Pack, will not hit digital distribution networks this week as originally planned. While no reason was given for the setback, 2K did note that it will have “more details on timing in the very near future.” The Rapture Metro Pack extends the BioShock 2 […]

Bold allegations brought forth by dozens of Infinity Ward employees and ex-employees in a class-action suit paint Modern Warfare publisher Activision as a greedy tyrant, one that purposefully delayed the return of bonuses to prevent employees from quitting.  However, the claims have done little to phase the company. In a publicly-issued statement, Activision called the suit meritless, further noting that […]

Update: Bump up the total count of IW departures to 25. That’s close to one-fourth of the entire studio. We’ve just learned that lead programmer Robert Field, HR vet Kristin Cotterell and designer Charlie Wiederhold have parted ways with the studio, in addition to level designers Kevin Bell and Preston Glenn. The rash of departures at Modern Warfare developer Infinity […]

Activision must be quaking its in boots right about now. The list of departures from Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward grows by another four today. Software engineer Chris Lambert and designer Jason McCord have severed ties with the studio, along with senior designers Chad Grenier and Mohammad Alavi according to a Kotaku report. The latest round of departures closely follows […]

Is it fate? Seven of the 11 employees that parted ways with Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward on a terse note have joined the ranks of Respawn Entertainment, the new venture formed earlier this month by fired IW co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella. As the studio made a call-to-hire immediately following its launch, it’s no surprise to see these […]

As part of an “administrative reorganization” effort, Sega West has put the jobs of 73 staffers on the chopping block. Broken down, that number represents both regional sides of the company’s business, 36 positions in San Francisco and 37 in London.

Update: There was a bit of erroneous information in our previous report. The GPU in newer PS3 units is manufactured on a 40nm process, not 45nm like that of the Cell processor. We regret the mix-up. New PS3 Slim units that sport a 40nm die-shrink of RSX — the PS3’s GPU — are out in the wild. In Japan, at […]

Following in the footsteps of Sony and Microsoft, another major player has pinned a date on its E3 2010 press conference. Ubisoft will dish out the goods on its future lineup at the same venue as last year, the Los Angeles Theater. According to the invite, the presentation will kick off at 5:00 p.m on June 14, the same day […]

Update: Well, that was quick. True to its word, Sony has made firmware 3.30 available. Grab it through Network Update or our download section. PS3 firmware 3.30 is due out “shortly,” Sony announced today. In addition to bringing preliminary stereo 3D support to the table, it features several enhancements that streamline accessibility when browsing through your collection of Trophies. These […]

Prior to the formation of his new startup Valhalla Game Studios, Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki parted ways with Tecmo on a distressing note. In 2008, the former creative officer of Ninja Gaiden became somewhat of a media spectacle in his legal crusade against Tecmo, claiming millions of yen in damages for an alleged breach of contract and defamation. […]

It’s no secret that Bizarre Creations of Project Gotham Racing and Geometry Wars fame is hard at work a Bond racing title. Despite rumors that have been circling around since 2007, little information is known on the title, only that it will not tie-in with any previously released Bond films. Aside from that, not even an official name has been […]

Currently under contract for a three-title exclusive deal with Sony, Eat Sleep Play co-founder David Jaffe has no plans to break away from his stomping grounds. While the studio still remains open to the prospect of going multi-platform, Jaffe has went on record to say that his team is sticking by Sony’s side for the foreseeable future: We have great, […]

Say goodbye to that lovely fresh manual smell with future PS3 and Xbox 360 efforts from Ubisoft. The company today announced that it is going green in an “environmental initiative” to ditch traditional paper manuals, replacing them with an in-game digital equivalent. Look for Shaun White Skateboarding, due out this holiday season, to be the first title to ship without […]

After parting ways following the closure of Sweden-based developer GRIN, the team behind Capcom’s hit swinging platformer Bionic Commando: Rearmed has rebanded to form a new studio called Might and Delight. The studio is hard at work on a yet to be announced title, one that is presumably retro related if their aspirations towards simplicity are any indication: We are […]

Get ready for a change of pace on the PlayStation Store, as weekly updates will make the transition from Thursday to Tuesday beginning early May in North America. Stemming from the latest segment of PlayStation Network’s bi-weekly video program PULSE, this revelation was revealed by host Christina Lee. We’re moving to Tuesdays along with the PlayStation Store weekly update. I’ll […]

You can add Crysis developer Crytek to the growing list of developers backing the implementation of stereo 3D. Speaking in a recent interview with Develop, Crytek’s Engine License lead Carl Jones says the studio is taking the technology “very seriously,” offering insight as to why he thinks 3D is the next big thing: It certainly adds a lot to a […]

NPD figures for March are in and suffice to say, it was an interesting month for both camps. For the second consecutive month, Xbox 360 edged past the PS3, a victory Microsoft might not have had if Final Fantasy XIII never made the multi-platform jump. Cumulatively, Square Enix’s RPG opus sold over 1.3 million copies on both formats. The lion’s […]