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Home News Activision Reports Higher Revenues Than Expected, Announces New Call of Duty For 2013

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Activision Reports Higher Revenues Than Expected, Announces New Call of Duty For 2013

Posted on Thursday, February 7 @ 15:04:08 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


Forget the PlayStation 4. Forget the Xbox 720 or even the Steam Box. Wash all that nonsense from your mind because we've got some earth-shattering news to share with you. A new Call of Duty game will be launching in 2013!

Jokes aside, Activision announced today during their Q4 earnings call that a new entry in their predictable FPS franchise will be releasing by the end of the year. In addition, the publisher credited Skylanders, Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Call of Duty for raking in larger net revenues for 2012 than they even expected.

Activision simply cannot be stopped. The Skylanders franchise has amassed over $1 billion in sales worldwide, Diablo III has moved over 12 million copies, and World of Warcraft continues to dominate in the MMO sphere. Let's also not forget that Black Ops II sold a staggering $1 billion within its first fifteen days.

“As we look to 2013, we will continue to invest in our established franchises, as well as several new properties,” Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said.

With Bungie's Destiny on the not so distant horizon, I'm sure the mega-publisher will continue to find success in the years to come.

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Related Games:   Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Diablo III, Skylanders Giants, World of Warcraft
Tags:   Activision, Call of Duty


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  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 3:41 pm
    This news is earth-shattering. Next you're going to tell me a new Madden is releasing this year, too!
    0 3
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 4:16 pm
    BREAKING NEWS! There's a new mario game on the horizon! Also ZELDA!
    1 2
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 3:56 pm
    I honestly hope they stop all that "re-tooling" nonsense this year and actually reinvent the series. All they ever do is rant about it being "new, but familiar". I don't want it to be familiar, because familiar has turned into being the same.

    Black Ops II is one of the best CoD games in terms of mechanics...but it just isn't fun anymore. Would have loved it two years ago.
    0 2
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 4:28 pm
    Yeah, if BlOps II happened in place of BlOps, I probably would have bothered to pick up MW 3.
    0 0
  • cereal13killer
    cereal13killer
    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 4:40 pm
    No, you did the right thing bypassing MW3...
    0 0
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 6:56 pm
    Oh, thank god, because seriously, I've been kept awake at night wondering if I made the right decision.
    0 1
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 4:37 am
    Haha I rented MW3 from Redbox, played 2 online matches and immediately returned it. So bad.
    0 0
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
    As a whole, MW3 is definitely the better package. If IW would balance the game the way Treyarch does, I would not have needed to buy BOII. But I definitely miss Survival/Spec-Ops. Zombies doesn't cut it.
    0 0
  • StudioTan
    StudioTan
    Joined: Jan 2010
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 4:19 pm
    Every one of you will talk Shit, then go buy it. Got you by the balls, don't they? Remember, drugs are bad.
    6 3
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 4:29 pm
    Pfft I haven' t purchased a new Call of Duty since CoD4, A.K.A. the original "Modern Warfare" in 2007. Careful about your forecasting there ;)

    (Though I did get a review copy of Decrapified and was gifted a used copy of MW2 last year.)
    0 6
  • StudioTan
    StudioTan
    Joined: Jan 2010
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 4:47 pm
    You are out of your mind if you think people are not going to clean their plates with this garbage and buy all that dlc.
    3 1
  • StudioTan
    StudioTan
    Joined: Jan 2010
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 4:50 pm
    Neg away, buddy. It doesn't help ya
    4 0
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 9:58 pm
    I don't recall ever saying that people wouldn't buy it.
    You said that *we all* would buy it, and I pointed out that I would not.

    I assume your phrase "neg away, buddy" refers to the thumbs down vote you have.
    I didn't give you that, even though you assume I did. To prove it, here's a thumbs up for you.

    You apparently think that because I will not buy Call of Duty I am also some sort of downvoting denier of reality. I am neither, and I think you are kind of acting like an *******.
    2 8
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 10:29 pm
    Bigtruckseries, is that you?
    0 3
  • reiandcoke
    reiandcoke
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 4:39 pm
    I have bought a couple of them but I wouldn't necessarily say that us people *****ing about them are the same people who buy them. It's definitely the go-to game for your average-joe gamer. Many hardcore gamers shun the series.
    0 1
  • Imnickson
    Imnickson
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 7:05 pm
    Same boat as Heath. But your theory is right. Everyone that's visits GR complains about then purchases COD.
    1 3
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 6:46 pm
    Because it's fun. Black Ops feels outdated to me, and MW3 has a different "flavor" than BOII. They are fun, more fun than most games that cost $60. Am I not allowed to complain about a series then still support it?
    0 1
  • Imnickson
    Imnickson
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Feb 12th, 2013 at 8:04 pm
    My comment was riddled with sarcasm. Yeah I know, difficult to detect over the Internet's.
    0 0
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 4:40 am
    I got mw1,2 blops. Also never got the DLC for blops or MW2. Never got WaW (does that count?), mw3, blops 2 nor will I buy this one, unless it's some groundbreaking chit.

    If it's a MWMMO I'm SO IN.
    0 0
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 4:21 pm
    And huh... Alex... huh... I hate to break it to you but did you know that the whole "Activision-Blizzard" naming doesn't mean that Activision is responsible or benefits from World of Warcraft or Diablo 3. It's just a name merger under the Vivendi corporation so they can simplify production distribution and stocks options. Boot up any recent diablo 3 games it will say a blizzard production. It's only in the EULA part where when vivendi is mentioned that the name "Activision-Blizzard" appears.

    Cause like i pointed out last time someone made this assumption, Vivendi aquired Activision and Blizzard back in 1998. So in that sense, Activision was benefiting from blizzard games since Starcraft 1.
    1 1
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 5:16 pm
    Well, someone has to feed the sheeps after all.
    1 1
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 10:32 pm
    Maybe some people like games you don't, shocker I know... I thought the world revolved around you too.
    1 1
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 11:42 pm
    Seems I have offended you with my comment, please accept my apologies, I expressed with overly blunt words my thoughts on people who would spend $60+ year after year for basically the same game, they have a right to do so and I respect that.

    And yes I own Black Ops, a game which I liked, when I could find online matches that was.
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  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 12:04 am
    And people also hate the game, Chunibrow. If ya got a problem with Bra's comment, there may be something wrong with you here.

    And i bought black ops 2 and i think it's actually one of the best in the franchise. Proud to be a sheep!
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 8:36 am
    People can hate whatever game they want, insulting people because they like something you don't is retarded tho. The "people who like iPhones/CoD/etc. are sheep" comments get old fast.
    1 0
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 10:02 am
    Why, now I'm being accused of things I've never said or done. I've had enough of this troll, moving on!

    Lien: I've also heard good things about BO2, hopefully I'll get to play it this weekend at a friend's house.
    1 0
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 7:17 am
    You said sheeps! That's funny because the plural of sheep is sheep! Unless you're talking about different groups or types of sheep, like black sheep, white sheep, Mexican sheep, what have you.
    1 1
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 9:53 am
    Sorry about that, learning English in a third world country has its drawbacks.
    0 1
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 9:55 am
    In this situation, sheeps is totally legit.
    0 0
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 8:56 pm
    I can't wait for Call of Duty: Money Wasted 4 this November!!!
    1 2
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 10:10 pm
    I don't care how many sequels get released for a game. If they are enjoyable and I have fun playing them, that's all that matters to me. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9? Assassin's Creed 13? You better believe I'll be at the midnight releases.
    0 2
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 4:52 am
    So much hate in these comments.

    Peace and love....Peace and love.
    0 1

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