Highlights from Activision's FY08 earnings call
Mega-publisher Activision held its Fiscal Year 2008 earnings call yesterday. While you can listen to it yourself, most of the gaming news came from an 8-minute section in over an hour-long conference call. Here are the highlights from the call:
- Activision enjoyed $2.9 billion in sales last fiscal year
- No Tony Hawk in 2008
- Guitar Hero hits 15 million song downloads
- Nintendo DS, Guitar Hero on Tour bundles coming this June
- A 'significant leap' for Guitar Hero due this holiday for consoles and DS
- Call of Duty 5 in 'new military theater', returns series to PS2 and Wii
- Bizarre Creations's new racing IP due FY09
- New Bond game Quantum of Solace runs on COD4 engine, launching with movie
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