Activision are pleased with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s performance at the 2007 Videogame Awards, where the sterling shooter bagged two awards.

…Epic Dagger in One Hand and M16 in the Other With the merger of two of the biggest and most successful gaming companies in the world, the playing field is about to shift. Activision (think Guitar Hero, Call of Duty 4 and Tony Hawk) and Vivendi (owners of Blizzard, i.e. World of Warcraft) have joined [...]

In a valiant, striking effort to combat the used-games trading practices of such outlets as Gamestop, the newly-united Activision Blizzard (God, I hope that name is tentative) today announced that they will be making new installments in some of their hit franchises such as Guitar Hero and Call of Duty on an annual basis, not [...]

Say hello to Activision Blizzard, the result of a Sunday-morning announcement between Activision and Vivendi Games that they’ve agreed to combine their resources. The new company results in about $3.8 billion of pro forma and the greatest operating margins of any current third party publisher. Stick that in your craw, Electronic Arts!

Gift givers looking for Guitar Hero, Rock Band, or Dance Dance Revolution merchandise this holiday season beware, knock-offs are out there, and while you may not know the difference, the individual receiving the gift likely will.

I said, put another shrimp on the barbie, NOW!!! Soldier of Fortune: Payback, the latest in a series famed and feared for its vicious dismemberment, has been toned down for its Australian release and will be subsequently un-banned.

We here at Ripten are bemused by the talk of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare not being an HD resolution (that is 720p or more), because to our eyes the game is one of the best looking around, and is also an incredibly smooth experience. In a private conversation, we talked with an individual [...]

If you even think of wearing suits like this, WE will sue you Activision’s release of “Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80’s” has spurred a lawsuit from American rock group, The Romantics. Lawsuits are common place these days, however the grounds for the suit against the publisher of the successful video game franchise seems like [...]

Guitar Hero and Halo fans rejoice, the Halo 3 theme will be coming to your Xbox360 as a playable song in Guitar Hero 3. The Xbox 360 exclusive (would be a bit cheeky to let Playstation 3 owners play through the theme) track will be available for download tomorrow. Read the press release after the [...]

A new patch is available for Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty 4. Details regarding this update can be found below… “This patch optimizes the Lean view offset issue, addressing the glitch reported by several community members and documented and sent in directly by community member GaretJax which is commonly referred to as the Left / [...]

With the landmark release of Guitar Hero 3 last month, Activision claimed the second, third and fourth spots in Octobers NPD numbers. Bear in mind that the game wasn’t released until the last week in sales for October.

If you’re interested in becoming a hired gun, here’s a brief history lesson about the Solider of Fortune series that we received from the PR whiz kids over at Sandbox Strategies. Get your learn on after the jump.

We want to thank everyone for their time and hard work. The contest was a huge success and we received tons of great entries. In the end we had a three way tie for first place, so after giving it much thought, we decided that the tie breaker would be quality of submissions as a [...]

In a press release sent out today, Activision announced the release of two new track packs that hit the Xbox Live Market Place this morning. While the release stated that the Playstation Store would be receiving them later this month, we have confirmed that they are in fact available on the Playstation Network right now [...]

No self-respecting Guitar Hero fan should miss South Park’s take on the little plastic controllers of rock. Following in the footsteps of the Emmy-winning World of Warcraft episodes, “Guitar Queer-O” has Stan and Kyle living the rock and roll lifestyle when a talent scout discovers their high score of 100,000 points.