The Modern Warfare Fight: Your Guide To Activision Vs Infinity Ward

The ongoing legal tussle between Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward and publishing giant Activision is full of intrigue, accusations, lawsuits and, more recently, an exodus of key staffers from the studio behind the game.


June 17, 2008
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Interview: D3P’s Takenaka Talks Coraline Game, Universal Pictures Agreement

D3Publisher announced an aggressive push into kid-friendly games this morning with two announcements: First, the publisher has entered into an agreement with Universal Pictures to release video games based on the upcoming animated film Coraline, an adaptation of the gothic fairytale novella by Neil Gaiman. The Coraline game will be coming to consoles and handheld systems in 2009.

Second, D3P will release a DS title based on Aardman Animation’s Shaun the Sheep TV series on February 6, 2009. When Kotaku visited D3P’s press event last week in New York City, we got to take a look at the Shaun the Sheep game, and we also recently spoke to D3P of America’s executive vice president Yoji Takenaka about the agreement and the new titles.


March 25, 2008
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Digg Bitch Slaps Kid For 360 Ransom

The Internet’s got Jesse McPherson’s back.

On March 12 McPherson returned from SXSW to discover that his home had been broken into and that the burglar had made off with his Xbox 360, an old Powerbook and a television.

Familiar with the competence of the Philadelphia police, McPherson decided to hunt for the items himself and soon found that the burglar had tried to sell his laptop at a local pawn shop, which has images of the guy from their camera. He tries to give the info to police, but never hears back.

Fast forward to Friday when McPherson’s workmates present him with a replacement Xbox 360. He goes home, hooks it up and discovers a voice message on his 360 from some guy saying he has his 360 and wants cash to give it back. Better still the idiot uses his current account to leave the message.

McPherson calls police again and is hung up on… so he turns things over to the Internet and business is handled.