Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

The long-awaited Activision Blizzard epic moved more than 3.5 million copies during its first day of release. All told, the famed publisher has sold more than 6.3 million copies of Diablo 3. "We're definitely thrilled that so many people around the world were excited to pick up their copy of...

Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) was quite happy with itself today, bragging about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as if it were the fastest-growing entertainment property in the history of entertainment. In terms of dollar signs, Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest. It took Avatar, the over-hyped 3D movie...

If you work for Zynga, now is a good time to quit. And if you're a Zynga employee who owns company stock, you might want to get a good lawyer. The Wall Street Journal reports (via CNET) that Zynga execs have been telling its employees that it wants them to return their stock options before the...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is now the fastest-selling game of all time. But investors don't seem to care – why? With average review scores near 90%, investors couldn't be as frustrated with Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) as they were with THQ (NASDAQ: THQI) following the release of Homefront....

Activision's shooter may be the leader, but Electronic Arts has shown that it has what it takes to compete. Yesterday afternoon, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced that Battlefield 3, the long-awaited first-person shooter that aims to put a bullet in Call of Duty's head, has sold five...

Thieves are spreading illegal discs loaded with the PC version of the next Call of Duty. While I have nothing against consumers who are eager to get their hands on a new video game as soon as possible, the reality is that this is wrong. Piracy hurts every industry it touches. It will make games...

Next year could also bring significant EPS growth to Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI). That's according to Eric Handler, a Managing Director-Sector Head/Senior Analyst at MKM Partners, who spoke to CNBC this afternoon. But while Call of Duty is the company's bread-and-butter, the game that's expected to...

After several failed attempts, Electronic Arts may finally have what it takes to beat Activision's leading FPS. Just over one decade ago, EA (NASDAQ: ERTS) was all but the king of first-person shooters. At that time, Steven Spielberg was riding high on the success of Saving Private Ryan, and he...