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End of An Era: Activision Axes Guitar Hero Series Once and for All

February 9, 2011
End of An Era: Activision Axes Guitar Hero Series Once and for All

Here at Maximum PC, we usually prefer gaming news that’s brought to you by the letters “P” and “C,” but a doozy of an earthshaker dropped today over in Console Land, so here we are. Anyway, remember when Guitar Hero was a national institutio…

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Rumor: Modern Warfare 3 Dev Duties Being Shared by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer, and Raven

January 22, 2011
Rumor: Modern Warfare 3 Dev Duties Being Shared by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer, and Raven

Infinity Ward’s far from out, but it’s certainly down a number of very important people – including former bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella. Under normal circumstances, that’d mean huffing, puffing, and delaying the game out of 2011 while every…

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Review

January 12, 2011
Call of Duty: Black Ops Review

Same guns, different faces
Those of you waiting with bated breath for Activision’s fragile, sequelitis-ridden empire to come crumbling down, know this: It won’t be happening this year. Call of Duty: Black Ops is another solid entry in the publisher…

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Activision Sues EA, Former Infinity Ward Bosses for $400 Million

December 22, 2010
Activision Sues EA, Former Infinity Ward Bosses for $400 Million

Remember that whole kerfuffle between Activision and former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella? Yeah, well, it never ended. Also, it’s done being a “kerfuffle.” When this much money and bad blood is on the table, we’re legally req…

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Halo Developer’s Next Game Coming to PC, Says Slideshow

November 16, 2010
Halo Developer’s Next Game Coming to PC, Says Slideshow

Bungie may be best-known as the brains behind the world-shatteringly popular Halo series, but with Halo: Reach done and dusted, Bungie’s moving on to greener (except not, because Master Chief was about as green as they come) pastures. As for what’s …

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Black Ops Smashes Modern Warfare 2′s Record, Becomes “Biggest Entertainment Launch of All Time”

November 12, 2010
Black Ops Smashes Modern Warfare 2′s Record, Becomes “Biggest Entertainment Launch of All Time”

COD BLOPS may sound like something you should avoid like the plague (you know, because it sounds like some sort of plague), but that didn’t stop one hojillion people from snapping it up on day one. Or, in real numbers: 5.6 million copies – for a t…

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Cuba More Than A Little Peeved at Black Ops’ Castro Assassination Mission

November 10, 2010
Cuba More Than A Little Peeved at Black Ops’ Castro Assassination Mission

Another year, another Call of Duty controversy. This time, though, no Russian – only Cuban.
“What the United States couldn’t accomplish in more than 50 years, they are now trying to do virtually,” said an article posted on state-run website Cubad…

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Rumor: Call of Duty Spin-Off to Be Set in The Future, Feature Space Marines

November 10, 2010
Rumor: Call of Duty Spin-Off to Be Set in The Future, Feature Space Marines

Are you getting sick and tired of the same old Call of Duty formula year-in and year-out? Are you ready to visit new places and violently murder new people? Well then, try this one on for size: space marines. You know, like normal marines, but in th…

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