According to EGM’s Quartermann, Bizarre Creation’s new owner Activision may have secured a deal to make a James Bond title. It is rumored that it will contain “a load of driving elements”, hardly surprising as these are the same guys which brought us Project Gotham Racing. With a new Bond movie coming to cinema screens in 2008, be sure to keep your eyes and ears peeled for further updates on this story.
via Kotaku
Activision has finally worked out a solution for the Wii’s mono Guitar Hero III woes. The bad news is that the solution cannot be released via a downloadable patch, but requires remastered discs which will not be available until after the New Year.
Activision are also keen to get downloadable content on the Wii. Red Octane are working hard with Nintendo to work out how to do it with the Wii’s space limitation in mind. Maybe it’s time Nintendo release a hard drive add-on.
via Joystiq
Apologies to anyone who got their hopes up after reading our recent post regarding a patch for Rock Band on the PS3 adding GHIII Les Paul support. As you’re already no doubt aware, it’s not here yet.
According to Destructoid, a “trusted source” has informed them that the reason for the delay is a concerted effort by Activision to prevent the release of the patch, including legal action. I’ll be watching this one closely, as my imported copy of Rock Band arrives on Monday - so stay tuned for more news as it happens.
Over the weekend, Activision and Vivendi announced their plans to merge, creating Activision Blizzard - the world’s largest video game publisher. Vivendi will contribute Vivendi Games (valued at $8.1 billion) and $1.7 billion in cash, for an approximated 52% stake of Activision Blizzard.
2007 is undoubtedly the year of the AAA shooter. In the last few months we’ve had BioShock, Halo 3 and The Orange Box released to universal acclaim. Can Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare break the mould of yet-another-war-game and meet the lofty expectations of gamers spoiled by the brilliance of some recent titles? Read on for the full review.
Last month the OFLC refused classification for Activision’s Soldier of Fortune: Payback, making the distribution of the game illegal in Australia. Activision today announced that a revised version of the game been granted a classification of MA15+ and will be released in early 2008.
List of changes after the jump.
Activision aren’t resting on their laurels now that Guitar Hero III has launched. Instead they have released a Boss Battle Pack that can be downloaded for free right now from the Xbox Live Marketplace. The pack allows you to battle it out against Slash, Tom Morello and Beelzebub outside of the career mode.
The pack weighs in at 72MB, and as yet there are no details on whether it will make its way to the PS3 or Wii version of the game.
Bad news for Wii Guitar Hero III players - you are only getting mono sound. Yes, that’s right - mono sound in a music game. Activision is looking into the problem, but doesn’t know when it’ll be fixed.
via 1Up
It’s not just Activision who are raking in the dough from the sales of Guitar Hero III - record labels of bands featured in the game are reporting definite spikes in sales in the US, coinciding with the games release date. Roadrunner Records is one such label, who have said that sales of DragonForce’s album “Inhuman Rampage” have increased by 126%, with Slipknot sales seeing a similar spike.
via Xbox 360 Fanboy
Activision today announced the first three downloadable track packs for Guitar Hero III - the Velvet Revolver, Foo Fighters and Boss Battle Anthems packs. The Velvet Revolver pack includes master recordings of “Messages,” “She Builds Quick Machines” and “Slither.” The Foo Fighters pack includes “The Pretender,” “This Is a Call” and “All My Life.” Both are currently available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 500 Microsoft points, and will be available on the PlayStation Store later this month.
