Activision poised to score with new guitar game
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Activision Inc  is set to  launch "Guitar Hero 3" amid expectations that the latest  installment of its music-themed franchise will be a platinum  hit for the second-biggest U.S. video game publisher.
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Video gamers, finally  emerging from the pixilated haze brought on by last year's  bumper crop of best-selling titles, are now turning their  attention to upcoming releases.
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Activision Inc. said  on Thursday it had sold more than 300,000 downloadable song  packs for its hit &quot;Guitar Hero II&quot; music game, giving it  confidence it will not have to lower prices despite outrage at  the cost among some game fans.
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Guitar Hero II gives budding rock gods another chance to ascend to musical nirvana.
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Game makers need to spend time to make sure that music adds to the playing experience.
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Harmonix's new game, the aptly named Rock Band, will be released for Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 by year's end. The company had a surprise success with its previous franchise, Guitar Hero, but Rock Band -- along with its four peripherals -- will retail for $200, four times as much as a typical game.
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There's only one thing better than riding a halfpipe ramp in "Tony Hawk's Underground 2" - doing it in real life. Since I'm pretty sure that's never going to happen, I'll keep on defying gravity in this new game from Activision.
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The Club, due out next week for the Xbox 360 and PS3, is a straight-up shooter game.
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A new video game to be released on Monday allows players to simulate the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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The success of the video game Rock Band  is drumming up revenue for the music industry.\
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U.S. regulators have begun a formal  probe into stock option practices at Activision Inc. ,  the No. 2 U.S. video game publisher, according to a company  filing.
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Music, always big in Grand Theft Auto titles, will be front and centre in the upcoming Rockstar Games title Grant Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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The success of Nintendo's   Wii video game console and franchises like Activision's   "Guitar Hero" have prompted companies to explore new  ways to allow players to control their games.
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U.S. regulators have begun a formal probe into stock option practices at Activision Inc. , the No. 2 U.S. video game publisher, according to a company filing.
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Game addicts meet a potentially addictive new game. Will profit ensue?
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How many more gadgets do we need to help us pretend to play guitar? At least one, apparently.
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Activision expects revenue in its current quarter to be $350 million, about 25 percent higher than the average forecast of Wall Street analysts.