Due to the better-than-expected performance of its titles at retail, Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) announced today that its March quarter net revenues and earnings per diluted share are tracking ahead of the company’s prior outlook. On February 11, 2009, the company provided an outlook for the March quarter of $860 million in GAAP net revenues [...]

GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), announced today it will host events on Saturday, March 28, 2009, at approximately 400 of its U.S. stores in celebration of the midnight launch for Guitar Hero: Metallica. Likewise, more than 2,600 stores on Sunday, March 29, will open early at 9 a.m. to begin their celebration of the video game release. [...]

Guitar Hero® World Tour Mobile keeps on rocking with expanded availability of the best-selling mobile phone game for handsets now running on the Android open-source software platform. The game from Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the world’s leading developer of connected games and applications, and Activision Publishing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is available on all major U.S. mobile [...]

Are you ready to be a star? To appear alongside some of the most famous bands in rock ‘n’ roll history? Your dream of rock immortality may only be an upload away. GameStop (NYSE:GME), the world’s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today announced the GameStop Avatar Contest in search of the newest character [...]

The World’s best selling gadget magazine Stuff, are once again bringing the UK’s premier home cinema, gadget and technology show to London. Yes that’s right, put the dates in your diary for Stuff Live 2008, in association with What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision, from 31st October – 2nd November 2008.
But this year the organizers [...]

For those about to rock…Peak salutes you!
Boston, MA– July 16th, 2008 – Peak Products, a gaming peripheral company dedicated to providing the best in instrument quality gaming controllers, announces Starpex, the first-ever full-size, wood, PS2™ / PS3™ Guitar controller with the look and feel of an actual guitar. Starpex boasts an instrument-quality, high-gloss lacquered [...]

Pro Plus launches new online game that will find out if rhythm IS a dancer
Pro Plus has launched a new festival-themed flash game Festival Pro – http://www.dont-miss-out.co.uk – that allows you to use the rhythm skills you learned playing Guitar Hero. Competitors need speedy fingers to hit the arrows in time and make the festival [...]

May Promotion Aimed at Music-, Game-Savvy Consumers
To promote its new Full Throttle Frozen Blast Slurpee® drink this May, 7-Eleven, Inc. has partnered with Coca-Cola, Activision, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in a marketing and public relations blitz designed to reach music-loving, videogame-playing, techno-savvy, 18- to 34-year-old males.
Online and radio contests, grassroots events and traveling [...]

Experience High Definition Video Communication; Hear How Activision Uses LifeSize to Develop New Games
Interop Las Vegas 2008
Booth #1651
LifeSize Communications, the global leader in high definition video communications, will showcase products and customers next week at Interop in Las Vegas.
“We are delighted and honored to have Thomas Fenady of Activision (NASDAQ:ATVI), one of our [...]

MultiMedia Intelligence (http://www.MultiMediaIntelligence.com) reports today that shipments of Internet-Protocol (IP)-enabled consumer electronics reached 64 Million units in 2007. This represented nearly 73% growth. However, the market continues to be dominated by internet-enabled video game consoles.
While many of these game console IP interfaces remain unconnected, the enormous developing installed base represents a “Trojan Horse” with [...]