Tag: Activision

Destiny composer Marty O’Donnell wins court case against Bungie

Marty O’Donnell, the former composer for Bungie that was perhaps best known for his work on the soundtracks of the pre-343 Industries Halo series, has won his lawsuit against Bungie. The lawsuit was brought about when Marty was fired sometime in April 2014, 5 months before Destiny came out, and had his stock in Bungie taken away. As it was ...

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 Announced

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater is back! A recent feature by Game Informer (published May 5, 2015) includes an exclusive announcement from Activision, Robomodo, and Disruptive Games. The announcement confirms that a new Tony Hawk game is coming very soon: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5. For a while, the Tony Hawk series was unstoppable. With a strong debut ...

Guitar Hero Live: A Brand New Experience

Remember how you felt when you first played Guitar Hero?  You felt like a rockstar, right?  The crowd cheering as you aced every riff, the familiar rock songs, even playing side-by-side with your best friend. It was a wonderful, innovative feeling.  However, the weak spin-offs caused the series to lose it’s charm.  Future games were nothing more ...

Destiny’s ‘House of Wolves’ DLC dated

Bungie sets the date for the second DLC for Destiny as May 19. You can watch the cinematic trailer below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPg3jWn6Nn0 What’s even more interesting is that the ‘House of Wolves’ DLC will not have a Raid activity. Instead, there will be a new mode called ‘The Prison of Elders.’ In a post by Bungie, ‘The ...

Bungie tweaks Destiny multiplayer

Get your guns ready Guardians, because Bungie’s Destiny gets a few changes to its multiplayer. Update 1.1.2 will bring quite a few changes to the sci-fi shooter. This week’s Weekly Update highlights tweaks to the PvP Crucible mode. In the past, Destiny players would have Special ammo loaded into their secondary weapons from the start of each ...

New Call of Duty Confirmed for 2015

Activision on Thursday announced that it will release a new Call of Duty game this fall, and will be produced by developer Treyarch. This is Treyarch’s first Call of Duty game to be developed on Activision’s new three-year, three-studio development schedule. The developer’s most recent game was 2012’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and ...

Amiibo vs Skylanders vs Infinity: A Comparison

Recently we saw the release of Nintendo’s line of interactive toys, the Amiibo. These are not the first “Toys to Life” figures to see release. For a few years now, we have had the Skylanders series, which introduced the concept with Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures. There is also the Disney Infinity series, which entered the genre in ...