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Poor sales of Bizarre's racer Blur and Raven Software's shooter Singularity between April and June were offset by the continued gargantuan success of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, publisher Activision Blizzard has said.
Activision Blizzard increased profit during the second quarter of 2010 despite a drop in net revenues.
Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. slid in premarket trading Friday after the video game publisher reported second-quarter revenue and a third-quarter outlook below Wall Street's expectations.
Activision reported Q2 EPS of 6c and revenue of $683 million. Analysts were expecting EPS of 5c and revenue of $719.8 million.
Activision Blizzard Inc set a forecast for the current quarter that was below Wall Street's targets, raising fears about its just-released title "StarCraft II" and sending shares down 6 percent in after-hours trading.
Activision and Bizarre Creations unveiled their latest Bond game at an event in London recently.
Facial animation firm Image Metrics is announcing today that it has acquired FacePro to make lip-synching services for video games and movies more affordable.
Starting Wednesday, 4th August, all qualifying PlayStation3 users who download the Blur demo, available now via PlayStation Network, have the chance to win a BMW 125i series car, Activision Publishing announced.
It's rare that playing a video game will actually bring you closer to performing those in-game activities in the real world.
It's rare that playing a video game will actually bring you closer to performing those in-game activities in the real world.
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