Prototype is one of the last non-licensed, non-Call of Duty franchises left in Activision’s arsenal. While the Guitar Heroes, True Crimes and Blurs have gone by the wayside, Prototype is still here. For now, at least. The first Prototype hit during the summer of 2009 and managed to sell over 2...

Tribes was a fairly popular series of Sci-Fi first-person shooters on the PC in the late 1990′s and early 2000′s. It is most notable for implementing jet-packs with the ability to “ski” quickly across open terrain. Though it may be hard to believe, skiing was actually a bug in the...

“And the best selling game of 2011 goes to…” If history is any indicator of the future, it would be a safe bet that Activision’s cash cow, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, will be among the highest selling releases of the year, if not of all time.  Though the franchise has been...

New York will never be the same again after what happened to Alex Mercer. A virus spread through the city, warping and twisting it while mutating its populace. In the first Prototype you played Alex Mercer as he tried to find out what happened to him, even as his body mutated to give you the weapons and...

If you have ever wanted to shape your own hero in the X-Men universe, this is your opportunity. Coming this fall, X-Men Destiny is set after the death of Professor Xavier and will allow you to shape a new mutant as they come to terms with their new found power. There are three brand new mutants to choose...

Developer Harmonix, creators of the Rock Band series of games, as well as the recently released Kinect launch title Dance Central has been sold for the paltry sum of 50 USD. While cheaper then the cost of a current generation game, the buyer, investment group Columbus Nova will also assume all of...

I think that at this point it goes without saying that the music gaming industry is in a free fall.  Even the brand that jumpstarted the genre on consoles, Guitar Hero, has seen stagnant sales with their most recent installment in the series.  How bad are things, you ask?  Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock...

You’d think that James Bond, what with being an international super-spy and all, would be the subject of more stealth-based games. But most of his past forays into interactive entertainment have erred more towards the “shooter” end of the spectrum. No longer, though, as Activision-owned...

It’s a sad day for game developers today, as Activision’s UK-based studio, Bizarre Creations, is rumored to have been completely shut down this afternoon. Studio sources told Develop that the team, who developed the Project Gotham Racing series along with Geometry Wars, Blur and the recent Blood...

Did you have fun playing games this weekend? Go on a wicked Black Ops bender that you’re just now recovering from? If so, then you likely missed the biggest gaming news of the weekend. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Lego Star Wars 3 Coming February 15 – This time they’re...