Activision confirms addons for COD & Guitar Hero
Yesterday, champagne corks were undoubtedly popping over at Activision’s offices as the company released record-breaking financial results and declared fiscal 2008 to be its best year ever. In an earnings conference call after the release was distributed, Activision Publishing CEO Mark Griffiths laid out the slate of new games that gamers can expect in the company’s fiscal year 2009 (starting April 1, 2008). He said, “There will be a full slate driven by our strongest brands.” New titles will be coming in the Guitar Hero and Call of Duty franchises, along with additional downloadable content for the current titles Guitar Hero III and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Plenty of movie tie-ins are also on the way, including Activision’s first James Bond game, to tie in with the upcoming movie The Quantum of Solace. Kung Fu Panda, a new animated movie featuring voice acting from Angelina Jolie and Jack Black, will also be getting the video game treatment, with games across six platforms being simultaneously released alongside the movie. Games for Madagascar 2 and Monsters vs Aliens are also in the lineup.
Although there was no word on whether the next Call of Duty would be once again set in the modern day or taking the game back to its roots, Activision did confirm that a new sequel in the franchise was coming, and that it would also be coming to the PlayStation 2 and the Wii this time round. Fiscal 2009 will also see the company’s “largest Nintendo slate ever,” although details were kept under wraps. Two new Guitar Hero games were confirmed for the period between April 1 and June 30, 2008, although the company was cagey about discussing details. Griffiths said the games would be, “across a broadening platform base, new headline rock bands, new hardware innovations, and deeper international growth.” Activision stated that work was under way on the next Tony Hawk skateboarding game, including research and testing, and that the company would be “re-engineering the franchise…there will be a new direction for the brand.” Two new superhero games are in the works: a new Spider-Man title and a sequel for Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
Source: Gamespot
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cool. i hope the cod4 stuff is nice. getting a little boring now online
X2 on call of duty stuff. they need maps badly for that game, something to spice things up.
Yea, more cod4 stuff. nice
“record-breaking financial results ”
Now I don’t feel so bad about downloading stuff.
then again, i never really felt bad in the first place
lmao dump ^^
Activision?? That name sounds familiar…WAIT….
Activision made THE SIMPSONS WRESTLING for playstation.
Pawned as the worst game ever.
Downloadable content for C.O.D. 4! Nice!
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i know there is new maps due for cod4 on ps3 n 360 downloadable in spring 08 sometime, could be user maps from a competition IW company are doing seeing as they brought the mod tools out.
I really hope they give more addons and songs to download for Guitar Hero 3 for pc, I haven’t had anything new to play! Game is sweet though!
@armstrong14
Get frets on fire
or you can even download custom song packs for guitar hero 3 on pc on mininova ect.
Re-engineering Tony Hawks. Again. Humph. Never got any better than Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 on the PS1 IMHO…..
I think it has been stated that the next COD, COD5 will be back in WW2 again. In the pacific.
so does this mean that the pc version of guitar hero is getting new things cause this game is getting g4yer by the second.. and i didnt think it could get any worse
“re-engineering the franchise…there will be a new direction for the brand.”
I see Activision’s feeling the heat from EA’s far superior effort, Skate. In my opinion, too little, too late–the THPS series may have helped pioneer the skateboarding genre in gaming, but it jumped the shark a long time ago.
Guitar Hero is for homos who can’t play the guitar. true story.
@nuzz
Yes COD5 is going to be WWII in the Pacific and even worse Activision is giving the duties to someone else not Infinity Ward.
COD4 is one of the best shooters ever. Why mess with a good thing Activison?
@18
COD 5 is being developed by “Treyarch” (cod:uo, cod:bro. cod3…)
and at the same time IW is working on the sequel for cod4:mw – COD6
I just hope they don’t do a “Battlefield 2142″ on us and go set it in the future.
Wow. That Activision picture reminds me of the splash screen they used in Hyperblade.
downloadable better not mean a few silly updates COD multiplayer needs new maps badly also it would be nice if they tweaked the old ones aswell.
Yaaaaaaaay new Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Hopefully they keep Deadpool in.
There is not going to be DLC for Guitar Hero PC. It’s just too easy to share the DLC so no one will pay. What’s the point of Activision having it if they cant make money?
WE NEED NEW VERSION OF BATTLEZONE!!!
USA vs SOVIETS FTW!!!!!!!
COD rocks
WTF!! Messing up COD again with all them old guns. WWII is bs, I don’t care if I can kill zee Germans, if I’m playing COD I want some decent guns or I’ll just play something else, it’s not exactly the only shooter out there.
@fourth
I own Guitar Hero 3 for PC, and well I’m just looking for downloadable content. I honestly don’t have the desire to play FoF, even if it is pretty neat… I feel that the Secret of Monkey Island has better graphics (no offense, I LOVE MI!), and honestly I don’t feel I need to get another game, but yeah they may never get downloadable content for PC since it is too easy for people like us to get our paws on it
I just can’t wait for gaming companies to need serial numbers and internet connections for EVERY upgrade or add-on
(sarcasm intended)