Activision fighting fit despite studio spat
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Games company Activision Blizzard reckons it can shrug off the studio revolt by the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 team. Bobby Kotick, the firm's chief executive, was in swaggering mood in announcing the company results last week, claiming that the next instalment of the Call of Duty franchise – Black Ops – would outsell Halo: Reach when the two go head to head in the autumn. The company reported revenue of $714 million, beating...
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