All peripherals must go! Got some extra space in your living room? You may want to head over to your local Toys R Us because a number of Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Tony Hawk bundles are now only $9.99 across all platforms. Even though all three series may be on hold, at $10, these bundles wont last long.
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As one of gaming's biggest money bags publishers, killer of studios and rampant peddler of endless sequels, Activision is regarded as being the industry villain, with CEO Bobby Kotick currently ranking somewhere between Emperor Palpatine and Rupert Murdoch in the popularity stakes. Gamers love to rag on Activision. And normally with some justification. But look here - Activision is doing something good. It is giving money to independent game developers. Not for drowning kittens or other despicable schemes, but to help them make good independent games.
Activision is on a killing streak with franchises today. Along with cancelling Guitar Hero and True Crime, word has it that the company is shelving Tony Hawk's skateboarding games as well.
The University of Calgary made kids play video games for a couple years, with some very positive results.
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If you haven’t picked up a copy of Tony Hawk: Shred yet, you’re not alone. The latest entry in the Tony Hawk series is struggling at retail, selling only 3,000 copies during its first week of sale. According to Cowan and Company analyst Doug Creutz, Shred was a “virtual no-show.” The low sales suggest that the eleventh official Tony Hawk game may be the last…
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Proving that he’s an eternal optimist, Tony Hawk is excited for the sequel to Tony Hawk: Ride, Tony Hawk: Shred. In an interview with the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine, Hawk answered some questions about Ride's shortcomings: "The one thing we needed to improve was software integration and we have immensely. I think when people see the improvements they'll be very impressed." Given Ride’s average Metacritic score of 44, “The one thing we needed to improve ” might be the understatement of the year.
Ex: Amazon's Gold Box is filled with deals on games and accessories for the Nintendo Wii today. While most of the deals seem to cater to the casual dance and fitness gamers, there is one game that the kids will enjoy and one fantasy RPG that's a great buy for fans of the genre.
Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard bundle retails for $120. A huge investment for a game that didn't score very well with the critics. Well for one day only, you can get the Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard bundle for $29.99! Welcome back to Recession Proof Gaming!
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"In the PR world, this is considered 'going rogue,' but I'm too excited to contain it. This is real & dropping soon." tweeted one Tony Hawk today, either kicking off his game's hype machine or shitting all over it. Just to prove he wasn't talking out of school, he posted this picture along with it
Activision Blizzard's Q3 financials revealed quite a few nuggets of information on their performance over the 2009 holiday period and also brought news of new releases coming scheduled for 2010. We know you probably don't want to sit through the whole call, so we've oulined all the key points worth noting along with the slides if you want to get stuck into how much money they made.
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