The company could've snapped up Maxis and Will Wright's Sim-based phenomenon, but decided against it.
Speaking at the Dice Summit 2010 in Vegas, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick offered a compelling history of the company's origins and detailed some of its biggest misses through the years.
"All my life I was the rebel flying the Millennium Falcon and suddenly I wake up and I'm on board the Death Star," joked Kotick, whose inspired keynote took audience members back to his early days when he attempted to acquire Mediagenic, "... which was the name given to Activision after they no longer wanted to be a game company."
"So here I was in 1990 and I was wondering who the fu** would call a company Mediagenic when you have the name Activision?" he said.
Xfire writes "It's not often that a video game franchise becomes successful enough that it gets a spin-off title or two. However, while most spin-offs help expand the base, some spin-off games end up being better than the original."
Zombie Army 4 was incredible, it just inches out Sniper Elite 4 which was also incredible.
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From Star Wars to Game of Thrones, fictional languages have evolved to a higher standard, with their own grammar rules to specific pronunciation. It has become popularised to consult language experts in order to harness a great deal of believability.
Super interesting article. I haven't given a lot of thought to the comparisons of game languages before. Really enjoyed the read.
How could you pass up one of the biggest money making gaming franchises in the world.
Lol. At least they have COD.
Lotta successful businessmen on N4G, I never knew. :)