Newell: Game-Makers Are Best Equipped To Turn Games Into Movies

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Gabe Newell, CEO of Half Life developer, Valve, has claimed that Hollywood directors lack “understanding” of what makes a video game property interesting for fans. Speaking to PC Gamer, Newell revealed that Valve has turned down numerous pitches for film adaptations of the studio’s flagship series, Half Life . “There was a whole bunch of meetings with people from Hollywood. Directors down there …

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News: Acti: Cataclysm out this year

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Blizzard says it’ll be ready when it’s ready. World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm will be out “later this year”, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has confirmed. He was speaking during a webcast reporting the publisher’s Q2 FY 2010 results. Earlier this year Activision said the expansion was on track for release during the second half of the year, but now it’s all proper confirmed. Read …

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News: Confirmed: Cataclysm out this year

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World of Warcraft expansion inbound. World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm will be out “later this year”, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has confirmed. He was speaking during a webcast reporting the publisher’s Q2 FY 2010 results. More to follow… Read more…

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Analyst: A Call of Duty Online game could bring in $100 million a year in China

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Filed under: Biz , FPS , Multiplayer Activision Blizzard execs like its CEO Bobby Kotick have stated on more than one occasion that the publisher would like to take its successful first person shooter franchise Call of Duty and move it into a more persistent online game genre similar to an MMO. Now an analyst is predicting that such a move in China could net the company some big bucks. According …

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Call Of Duty Online In China Could Net Activision $100 Million In First Year

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World of Warcraft has been a veritable gold mine for Blizzard; it’s the gift that just keeps on giving. And as much as Activision denies it , CEO Bobby Kotick would love nothing more than to transform the Call of Duty franchise into a similar subscription business.

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StarCraft II cost more than $100 million to make

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Well, publisher Activision Blizzard had to be spending the millions in profit that World of Warcraft makes each month somehow , didn’t it? In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal , Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said that the manufacturing and development bill for StarCraft II has swollen to more than $100 million dollars.

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Blizzard Loses Real ID: Keeps Chat Forums Anonymous - Unbeatable.com (blog)

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Blizzard Loses Real ID: Keeps Chat Forums AnonymousUnbeatable.com (blog)Mike Morhaime, Blizzard CEO, announced the cancellation of the Real ID forum plans on the World of Warcraft forums. Though some forums will remain anonymous …Blizzard Backs Off: WoW Gamers Will Stay Anonymous iNEWP- Freedom of SpeechBlizzard’s real problem with Real ID and how to solve it NetworkWorld.comInside WoW Cataclysm: part two The Guardian (blog) Internet Evolution  - Kansas City Star  - Arizona Daily Wildcatall 96 news articles »

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