Posts Tagged ‘activison’
Band Hero trailer hits the web
Didn’t know that Activision was gearing up release a game entitled Band Hero? Yeah well, I wish I didn’t either.
Anyways, Activision has recently released a trailer for none other than Band Hero. But wait, didn’t they add full band support to Guitar Hero: World Tour? Yes, but it’s Activision we’re talking about here.
Anyways, the trailer doesn’t show much other than what we’d except (band play) but it does show us a few songs that will be included in the game.
Trailer and known song list after the break. More »
Activison Expressing Concerns Over PS3 Sales Momentum
I’m going to start this post of with a disclaimer: neither myself nor anyone associated with this website have any stake in Sony’s success/failure. I own every current gen console and handheld and play them all regularly. That being said, let’s get on to the news. While advances in technology often lower the price of operating in certain media, the video games industry is often on a upward slope.
Some are estimating that the next generation games will cost up to $60 million to develop and one publisher is already expresing concerns over current generation costs. Activision boss Bobby Kotick is suggesting that unless there’s a price cut for the PS3 the company might have to reconsider supporting the console: “I’m getting concerned about Sony; the PlayStation 3 is losing a bit of momentum and they don’t make it easy for me to support the platform.”
He suggests that if the price for the console doesn’t drop the attach rates will diminish, following that line of thought with: “if we are being realistic, we might have to stop supporting Sony. When we look at 2010 and 2011, we might want to consider if we support the console – and the PSP [portable] too.”
Considering the as-yet untapped potential of the console and Sony’s insistence that their strategy is long term, things could still be turned around, but if enough publishers and developers shift their efforts elsewhere the console could founder before it has the chance to take off, though I doubt this is actually going to happen. This could very well be nothing more than posturing to achieve some greater concessions from Sony in their business arrangements.
Guitar Hero Smash Hits Boxart
Earlier today, we reported that the new Guitar Hero title was renamed to Guitar Hero Smash Hits. Now, we have some official boxart straight from the distributor. In case you want to imagine how it looks for a specific system, use your imagination.
Smash Hits will be hitting stores this June for the Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, and PS2.
via Evil Avatar
Activison Looking For “Bullshotter”
I’m not sure if the term was actually coined by the fabled Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade, but the word “Bullshot”, describing a screenshot that’s been doctored to make the game look better than the actual finished product will be, is a good one. Quite often it’s a huge disappointment to see early shots of a game that look amazing, only to find the actual in-game graphics buggy, slow moving and generally lackluster.
This nefarious technique was always considered one of those ‘poorly-kept-secrets’ of the video game industry. Everyone knew about it, but the developers were polite enough to keep it under wraps. At least until now. Activision has put a posting on Gamasutra advertising an opening for an “Art Services Screenshot Associate”. Many of the duties underlined are legitimate but they also say the ideal candidate will need to ‘perform advanced retouching of screenshots’.