Call of Duty and Disney Vets start new company Jupiter Moon

Who says guys can’t have a softer side? Industry Vets, Christopher Cherubini and David Chiapperino have created Jupiter Moon Studios. Christopher is from Activision/Infinity Ward as a Lead Artist for Call of Duty and the Modern Warfare series. David comes from Disney having worked on Pirates of the Caribbean and Toontown. They plan on creating their own IP. Jupiter Moon’s first title will be for the iOS. Bunny Popper will be released this December. Bunny Popper was created with accessibility in mind. Basically gameplay can be done with one finger. Don’t let the cute look fool you, these bunnies are evil! The premise of Bunny Popper is, “evil inflatable bunnies from outer space are invading a carrot farm. The carrots need you to stop the hoards of hares from taking them away!” Mom’s don’t have to worry about passing their iPad or iTouch device to their kids to play. Bunny

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A day at Call of Duty XP

One thing Activision has learned from Blizzard is how to put on a great event focused entirely around one game. I attended one afternoon out of the two day Call of Duty XP. The event was in a hanger space that was massive. Even though the space was huge, Activision managed to take up the entire space. As you walk up to the hangar, you see the large Modern Warfare 3 image which is actually the cover for the game. The events outside were pretty amazing. First they had a real life Burger Town to order lunch from. The meals were pretty pricey though for a group of people that paid $150 to attend the con. A burger combination was $12. That didn’t seem to stop hungry gamers because Burger Town had lines the whole time. Also outside was a zip line. The lines were long, but it seemed like

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‘Modern Warfare 3′ multiplayer trailer debuts

That game you’ve been playing for years has a new installment coming out on November 8. You know you’re going to buy it, but just in case you needed some convincing…Activision’s released this Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer to help you make up your mind. Perfect way to get the COD XP weekend off to a start, I suppose.

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‘Modern Warfare 3′ will be on Steam, use Steamworks

Bam! Another shot was just fired in the Battlefield vs. Call of Duty fight. So, people hate the fact that Battlefield 3 isn’t going to be on Steam. Guess which game is? Valve confirmed today that Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be on Steam and use Steamworks. Excited gamers can now also pre-purchase the title before its release on November 8. If you prefer to get a tangible copy of the game, that’s going to use Steam, too, meaning that Modern Warfare 3 gets the auto-updating and Steam Achievements that many Battlefield 3 hopefuls wanted. Like I said, it’s another shot fired. And this is a war between war games that is getting increasingly dirty. Maybe stuff like Steam integration won’t make or break a title, but it sure does make some gamers think a little harder about which game they’ll purchase.

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Square Enix grabs ‘True Crime: Hong Kong’

Well, someone’s impressed with True Crime: Hong Kong, despite Activision cancelling it earlier this year. Who? Square Enix. In fact, they’re so impressed that they’ve picked up the rights to the title, still under development at United Front Games. Square Enix London will manage the project. As of now, they’re not currently sure of a release date or platform availability, but they do know they can’t call the game True Crime — they didn’t buy the rights to the entire IP. “It’s too early to say what the name will be,” said Lee Singleton, general manager of Square Enix London Studios. “I can honestly say I think this is going to be pretty straightforward,” he told Gamasutra about the renaming process. The Square Enix branding team is already working on concepts. United Front is already recruiting more staff in order to complete the game. The title was officially cancelled during

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Activision announces winners of its first Independent Games Competition

Two indie games are worth a quarter of a million bucks to Activision, and they’re the winners of the first round of the inaugural Activision Independent Games Competition. Peter Angstadt’s Dstroyd got the huge $175,000 prize, while the second place $75,000 prize went to Rigonauts: Broadside by Engient. Details about the second phase of the contest are coming soon. “The first round of the competition was very impressive, and we have thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to show our commitment to supporting the creative spirit and innovation of independent developers,” said Dave Stohl, Executive Vice President of Studios at Activision.”We look forward to continuing to reward independent developers for their remarkable efforts, and inspiring them to turn their dreams into reality.” Here are videos of the winning titles.

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Behind the scenes with the newest characters in ‘X-Men Destiny’

Milo Ventimiglia, Scott Porter and Jamie Chung were announced as voice actors in Activision’s X-Men Destiny this week, but what do we really know about their mutant characters? Truth be told, not a lot. These videos fix that. Check out these behind-the-scenes looks at Destiny‘s newest faces. Tags: GameTrailers.com, X-Men Destiny – SDCC 11: Behind the Scenes with Scott Porter, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Tags: GameTrailers.com, X-Men Destiny – SDCC 11: Behind the Scenes with Jamie Chung, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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Activision confirms ‘Prototype 2′ launch date

Activision confirmed their launch date for Prototype 2 yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con: April 24, 2012. Activision’s booth at SDCC (#5445) is also where the very first 15-minute public presentations of the game will take place. “We know our fans have been clamoring to find out when they would be able to get their hands-on Prototype 2, and the whole studio is excited that we can finally reveal the timing,” said Ken Rosman, Studio Head, Radical Entertainment. “We’re also thrilled to be at the point where we can show the game directly to our fans. It’s always rewarding to see those first time reactions to what we’ve been working on for the past couple years, and we can’t wait for them to see some of Sgt. James Heller’s amazing new shape-shifting abilities at San Diego Comic-Con.” During the convention, Activision will also be raffling off a custom leather jacket based

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Activision bringing ‘GoldenEye’ to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall

We’ve already seen a remake of N64′s GoldenEye 007 for Wii, but now an even better version, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, is hitting the PlayStation 3 (with Move support) and Xbox 360 this fall. “We are beyond ecstatic to debut GoldenEye 007: Reloaded to the millions of fans who have been clamoring for it to arrive on Sony and Microsoft home consoles,” said David Oxford, Executive Vice President at Activision Publishing. “And now with full PlayStation Move functionality, 007 fans all around the world can play the game in full HD in more ways than ever before.” In addition to the story campaign most people remember about the game, developer Eurocom is including a new set of “MI6 Ops Missions” that feature specific Assault, Elimination, Stealth and Defense objectives. Multiplayer will include the storied four-player splitscreen as well as full-fledged 16-player online matches that add more characters, maps and weapons than

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Activision reveals vocal talent for two of its Marvel titles

The super heroes in Activision’s two latest Marvel Comics titles, Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny, are getting some super talent behind them. Each game’s got three big names behind it. Spider-Man will feature Val Kilmer as Walker Sloan, V‘s Laura Vandervoort as Mary Jane and Katee Sackhoff (cue squees from Battlestar Galactica fans) as Black Cat. In X-Men Destiny, we’ve got Heroes dreamboat Milo Ventimiglia, Sucker Punch‘s Jamie Chung and Friday Night Lights‘ Scott Porter bringing three new mutants to life: Grant Alexander, Aimi Yoshida and Adrian Luca, in that order. “These amazing casts of talented Hollywood actors help bring the rich storylines of Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny to life,” said Vicharin Vadakan, Director of Marketing, Activision Publishing. “Players this fall will get to control the destiny of their own mutants or save Spider-Man and through this voice talent feel like they are part of

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