Diablo III release projections and more was discussed this afternoon.
Activision Blizzard had an investor's call earlier today. During their presentations, information about key titles was shown and several noticable announcements were made as well. Chief among them was the projected release window for Diablo III.
Scientists find that Call of Duty can actually print money!
On the heels of a record breaking first day, Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has done the expected and shattered the five-day sales record for all entertainment-based media. The game has taken in a staggering $775 million worldwide in that timeframe, destroying the previous record held by last year’s Black Ops that made $650 million in the same span and Modern Warfare 2’s $550 million.
Modern Warfare 3 sells a bajillion copies on day one.
We all knew that the launch of Modern Warfare 3 was going to be big, but I’m sure most wouldn’t have thought that the game would clear over $400 million in its first 24 hours of release. From just two territories.
Is the mega-popular MMO on the downslide?
The World of Warcraft has been that 800 (make that 8,000) pound gorilla in the MMORPG room for seven years now. It has become a worldwide phenomenon, slipping into the mainstream as easily as Pac-Man, Grand Theft Auto, and Call of Duty. The game has a rabid fanbase, was featured in a wildly-popular episode of South Park, and became the inspiration for Felicia Day’s popular web series “The Guild”. WoW boasted over 12 million subscribers for the past few years, but it looks as if the massively successful MMO has finally peaked. This year has seen a noticeable decline in paid subscribers, to the tune of almost 2 million.
Surprise, surprise....
In a move that is sure to surprise absolutely no one, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed that there will be another installment in the Call of Duty franchise making its debut in 2012.
The guitar/band music genre has seen better days. Update: No new GH DLC beyond February.
Earlier this week, Harmonix reported they was undergoing layoffs of 12-15% of their approximately 240-person staff in order to restructure themselves to fit current projects underway. The move follows the sale of Harmonix to Columbus Nova, but there was no word of whether the layoffs were influenced by the music-gaming studio's new owners.
Black Ops beat out Modern Warfare 2 day one sales. Set to surpass Modern Warfare 2's five day sales record.
Many claimed it couldn't be done by a non-Modern Warfare title, but the new Call of Duty: Black Ops has outperformed last years Modern Warfare 2 in day one sales by nearly a million copies. Last year Modern Warfare sold 4.7 million, while yesterday, Black Ops managed to sell an impressive 5.6 million copies. This was an estimated sell through rate of $360 million - a $50 million difference above what Modern Warfare 2 pulled in before.
Thanks to a great new live mixing program, PixlTalk is back in action!
On this momentous day, Nick, Jason R., and Stanton have convened to create the twentieth episode of PixlTalk after an extremely long break. The crew has skipped discussion of what they've been playing in lieu of talk of current news and recently released games.
Sales will rely heavily on word of mouth and in-store demos.
DJ Hero sales are expected to be low according to Kai Huang, president of Red Octane, who spoke at the PLAY Digital Media Conference in Berkeley, Calif.
