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.
Six weeks before the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic, the game has jumped to the top of pre-order charts. Can the new massively multiplayer role playing game take the throne from the currently reigning king, World of Warcraft.
Activision Blizzard’s extremely popular fantasy MMO has lost another 800,000 subscribers as of Sept. 30. The player count is now down to 10.3 million players.
Activision Blizzard revealed it has lost almost a million users for its World of Warcraft cash cow, dampening enthusiasm for its blockbuster Call of Duty franchise and wiping 3 percent off its share price.
The DC comic based MMORPG becomes the latest online game
Amid slipping subscription numbers Blizzard tries a number of methods to attract old World of Warcraft players back into their Popular Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game. But are the new incentives enough to get lapsed playing back into WoW, or does it just cost too much to get back into the game.
Last Friday, Blizzard officially unveiled the Mists of Pandaria, the fourth expansion for its video game juggernaut World of Warcraft. The release of Mists - which could come as early as next year - comes during a crucial time for the franchise, which has lost almost 10 percent of its subscriber base in recent months.
Blizzard's Annual Pass comes with great rewards, but comes at a great price.
Monk Class, the Pandaren race and Pet Battle System are among the new additions of Blizzard's popular MMORPG.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have designed a new procedure to correctly predict the behavior of players in online role-playing games.
LulzSec, an internet hacking group, is known for launching denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against websites. Some of its recent victims include The Escapist, Minecraft, League of Legends, and EVE Online.
New researcher can predict what gamers want when they play online role-playing games.
A look inside at how virtual currency is shaping the online gaming community.
A former inmate at the Jixi labour camp in China has exposed a money making scheme going on within the prison: virtual gold farming.
A computer scientist has adapted a Kinect to control a character in World of Warcraft, but he hopes to see it used in physical therapy also.
Activision Blizzard Inc sold 3.3 million copies of its latest World of Warcraft game in its first day on the market.
Apple has updated the terms of service for their Game Center application to display a gamer's real name along with the nickname while sending invitation to friends, a move that is geared towards decreasing anonymity in gaming.
China's third-largest online game operator NetEase.com said it has suspended new user registration for World of Warcraft in China and will reapply for a license to operate the expansion pack of Activision Blizzard's hit game.
China's recent moves to tighten control of its online and mobile content industries have brought some uncertainty into the market but may not have a major immediate impact on the sector's biggest players.
China's recent moves to tighten control of its online and mobile content industries have brought some uncertainty into the market but may not have a major immediate impact on the sector's biggest players.
China's Culture Ministry has accused the publishing watchdog of abusing its authority by threatening access to the popular online game, World of Warcraft, stoking bureaucratic rivalry over control of the Internet.
A Chinese regulator has ordered top online game firm NetEase.com to stop operating a popular title, the result of an apparent governmental turf war highlighting the risks the sector faces.
