CALL OF DUTY

Neversoft, the developer behind the Tony Hawk series, announced that it will be tied to an upcoming ?Call of Duty? release.

Fans have finally caught their first lengthy look at the new ?Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.? At Microsoft?s 2012 E3 press conference, gameplay footage was unveiled before the massive audience a day ahead of the event?s official start.

Activision and Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella have reached an agreement, according to Game Informer. An attorney told the gaming news publication that a settlement among all parties, which includes Activision, Jason West, Vince Zampella and the Infinity Ward Employee Group, was reached on May 31. No further details have been disclosed.

Fans are gearing up for the next installment in Treyarch and Activision?s military first-person shooter franchise. ?Call of Duty: Black Ops 2? will be released just in time for the holiday season on Nov. 13th and will take place in a futuristic Los Angeles setting.

Activision and Treyarch?s upcoming ?Call of Duty: Black Ops 2? was just announced at the beginning of the month, and information about the game?s multiplayer and zombie mode have already surfaced. Details on the sequel to the 2010 game have been confirmed, including its futuristic Cold War setting taking place in Los Angeles. And now, new information on the ?Black Ops 2? special edition package has begun to leak, according to Stick Skills.

There's been a lot of hype surrounding the next Call of Duty title, which is said to be a follow-up to 2010's widely popular Black Ops. However, recent leak indicates that Treyarch may have something different up its sleeve.

After all the recent leaks and rumors regarding Activision’s next “Call of Duty” release, the publisher finally officially announced the new game’s unveil date. According to the “Call of Duty” website the world reveal will be on Tuesday, May 1st. A countdown timer accompanies the announcement, and the game is to be showcased during the basketball playoffs aired on TNT.

Fans of the Call of Duty franchise have had some surprises this month. First, a leaked image surfaced in a Call of Duty fan forum. Then, on April 18, a retailer forwarded what could possibly be the game's official poster to Kotaku. And now, players have a leaked screenshot to ponder.

The upcoming “Call of Duty” release is shaping up to be a sequel to 2010’s “Black Ops.” A retail source forwarded an image to gaming news source Kotaku, with a date of May 2nd 2012 sprawled across the supposed “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” poster.

The next installment in Activision’s first person shooter franchise, “Call of Duty,” may be revealed in the near future, according to a leak over the weekend. A logo for the game with the date April 28th underneath leads fans to believe that more information on the next “Black Ops” will be unveiled soon.

Recently, Activision announced that a sequel to the popular first-person shooter “Call of Duty: Black Ops” is in the works. And leaks about the upcoming game’s details have already leaked on to the Web, sparking excitement throughout its fan base.

Some fans were let down by the latest release in the “Resident Evil” franchise, “Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. The game was said to have strayed from its trademark zombie horror-survival stigma, and the next addition to the series may take a similar route.

Pity Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) at your own peril. The world's fastest growing video game maker suffers from the sort of unenviable problems most companies pray for. Its 37 percent growth rate over the last three years, with 2011 revenue topping $4.8 billion, earned it No. 185 on IBT 1000, a proprietary list created by the International Business Times of the top 1,000 fastest growing companies in the world.

Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI), the large video game maker, beat analysts' expectations as it retained more World of Warcraft subscribers and had massive retail sales for its Call of Duty title.

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Players can also expect a variety of Spec Ops missions.

Game publisher Activision is on a high as its latest installment of Call of Duty topped $1 billion in worldwide sales in just 16 days since its Nov. 8 release.

Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S. video game publisher by market capitalization, said its game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 crossed $1 billion in sales since its launch on November 8.

Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick told Reuters that stores may face a shortage of its new children's game this holiday season and tried to cast doubt on a rival's upcoming game that analysts say could eat into Activision's user base.

People looking for Activision Blizzard's new children's game Skylanders this holiday season may be out of luck after the game sold better than expected, the video game maker's top executive said on Monday.