Activision Focus On Their Three Big Franchises
Activision have just announced their financial results for the first quarter of 2014, and things are looking decidedly rosy for the gaming mega-publisher. The company has exceeded its goals and acquired a GAAP revenue of $1.1 billion in over the last few months.
But more interestingly for gamers, they also announced a series of dates and figures related to their three biggest franchises; Call of Duty, Destiny and Skylanders. Firstly, Destiny will enter a Beta phase in July, before its full release on September 9th. Activision estimate that pre-orders for the title will break all previous records.
They also went on to state that Skylanders has now become the third-largest video game franchise, from figures taken in 2013. Swap Force was the number one selling title in North America and Europe (including all accessories and toys) for Quarter 1 2014 too. The newest game in the Skylanders series – Trap Team – will be released on October 5th.
Finally, Activision proudly revealed that Call of Duty: Ghosts is the biggest selling game on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One – and was the number one selling games series in North America in 2013. Advanced Warfare – the next release in the series will be released on November 4th.
So it is a big year of releases for the publisher, who is looking to build upon their already-lofty successes, with more blockbuster releases.
Robin Parker
If I'm not playing on a good Adventure Game - still longing for the long-past Golden Age of the genre, when Lucasarts and Sierra ruled supreme - you might find me searching for a local arcade, in the hopes that it still houses titles such as Sunset Riders or WindJammers.
