Call of Duty: Ghosts brings Splinter Cell-style stealth and a drone-like dog (first impression)

The first-person shooter gives you control of a trained German shepherd that operates like a remote-controlled drone, but it's also your companion.

The chips are down: Publishing chief Eric Hirshberg on Activision’s three big bets (interview)

The president of Activision publishing won't take sides in the console war, but he sure is enjoying it.

Activision’s Eric Hirshberg bets that 40M Call of Duty fans will follow him to Xbox One (interview)

The next Call of Duty game will have Kinect voice integration, so says the man at the top of Activision.

With Call of Duty: Ghosts, Activision seeks to continue a video game franchise that defies gravity (preview)

Activision chief says "it may be the best Call of Duty ever." Among the new characters: a bomb-sniffing dog.

Activision Blizzard says Call of Duty: Ghosts will be a huge launch, but stock falls on weak Warcraft numbers

In after-hours trading, Activision Blizzard's stock price fell 5 percent to $14.49 a share. The fall may be due to the drop in World of Warcraft numbers and the comments about the second half.

Activision shakes the e-sports world with $1M prize purse for the Call of Duty Championship

Publisher Activision teams up with Microsoft for the Call of Duty Championship.

GamesBeat 2012 interview vault: Check out our archive of conversations with industry leaders

Here's the full year's worth of interviews with the movers and shakes of gaming.

Call of Duty Elite goes free as Activision charges only for DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops II

You'll still have to buy multiplayer map packs, but Call of Duty Elite services will become a free part of Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Why Activision is making Call of Duty Elite into a free service (interview)

Eric Hirshberg, chief executive of Activision Publishing, answers GamesBeat's questions about the changes to the Call of Duty Elite service.

Activision reacts to fan response to Call of Duty: Black Ops II (video interview)

Call of Duty fans have voiced a lot of concern about the daring leap to the future that Activision is taking with the 2025 time setting for the next version of the series.

When Activision released the official reveal trailer …

With Valentines over, it’s time to move on to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3′s latest map

With Valentines Day over, it’s time to get back to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Activision Blizzard is launching a new map this month dubbed Overwatch, a multi-floor battle that takes place 70 floors up in a skyscraper.

The …