Rather Infrequent Open Thread
The no longer anywhere near nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera.
Tagged: Activision
Rather Infrequent Open Thread (All Gaming News Edition)
I’ll be offline for pretty much all of the weekend, so feel free to read up on this selection of gaming-related news and discuss anything — related to the links, or not — amongst yourselves.
I'll Be Traveling Today
Since I’ll be spending most of today in the air, as it were, there probably won’t be much in the way of other articles posted to the site. Though I’ll try and check comments from time to time, and will have access to email whilst in airports.
Nightly Open Thread
Activision has killed the Guitar Hero franchise. DJ Hero also got canned, but I don’t think anybody cares. Oh, and Activision is sacking about 500 people as well. It seems to me we were...
The EA/Activision scrap is getting a little absurd (updated)
Those of you who follow the doings in the gaming industry may be aware that Activision and the duo that once headed up Infinity Ward (the originators of the Call of Duty franchise) are...
I really get a kick out of this EA/Activision badmouthing…
…so here, for your amusement good Dragons and Dragonettes, is Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello throwing down some fighting words against Vivendi, Activision, and Call of Duty developer Treyarch: “I don’t know that having...
EA getting out of the "games based on movies" business
And remember: the first annual Aiera Thanksgiveaway is still on! That seems to be the official word, right from the mouth of EA Games president Frank Gibeau. Well, okay, he actually had this to...
Free-to-Play: the way of the future for MMOs?
Last month, Turbine announced that their MMORPG, Lord of the Rings Online, was switching from a paid subscription payment model to a microtransaction-based free-to-play model instead. The result? According to Kate Paiz, LotRO’s executive...
EA and Activision execs trade barbs
Apropos of the discussion that took place in this article, you Dragons and Dragonettes might be interested to read about a wee dust-up that took place between EA and Activision executives over the weekend:...
