With The Amazing Spider-Man set to hit Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in a matter of weeks, Activision will be introducing the best of both worlds when it comes to the web slinger’s gaming adventures.  On the one hand, the development team at Beenox is handling the game, and you already know about the work they did on Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time.  On the other, they’re going with the open level design that worked so well in previous Spider-Man games before that.  You can’t lose.

A little while back, you might have read an article on Gamerlive.tv called "Modern Warfare 3 On Wii: Is it Still Relevant?".  (You can read it at this link if you haven't seen it yet.)  We had to ask the question because most "hardcore" gamers tend to stick to their Xbox 360 and PS3 guns, leaving us wondering if the Wii version was important anymore.  We gave it the benefit of the doubt, but Activision sent us a copy to check out anyway, out of sheer curiosity.  And while you won't mistake it for one of the "higher-up" versions on the market, Treyarch is to be commended for not only remedying mistakes from previous Modern Warfare mistakes, but delivering on the goods in both single and multiplayer.

Activision and Treyarch will be releasing Rezurrection, the all-Zombies content pack for Call of Duty®: Black Ops on the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network on August 23rd and we've got the latest screenshots and preview trailer to show all the zombie goodness off. Rezurrection hurls players into orbit with Moon, the climax of the Call of Duty Zombies saga and the first in the series to drop zombie-slaying into low-G lunar battlegrounds. With new outrageous weapons, high-tech gear, and a bloodthirsty undead menace, Moon is the most challenging and thrilling Zombies adventure yet, Activision claims. Check out the new trailer and screenshots after the break.

Call of Duty Elite beta is live. The pre-release of this new digital community platform, built expressly for the 30-million strong Call of Duty fanbase, begins its staged launch today on Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE utilizing Call of Duty: Black Ops.  The beta will be activated in phases for feature testing, with limited invitations rolling out in the coming weeks.

With the future of video games looking more and more like it’s in the cloud, traditional retailers like Gamestop are expanding into the digital realm with games. The world’s largest retailer of video games is offering gamers Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation DLC as an exclusive pre-order at U.S. GameStop locations. Annihilation is the third downloadable content release for Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops, the most successful video game franchise in the world.

Today, Activision announced the release date for their new map pack, titled Annihilation, hitting retail and virtual shelves on June 28. The maps include Hangar 18, Silo, Drive-In and Hazard--in addition to the new zombies level Shangri-La. We have the trailer and screenshots for you--including interviews with Treyarch below.

 Have you ever wanted to keep stats for your performances in shooters but were limited to just a few stats that the game keeps? Did you ever want to join clans and organize on something other than your console? Call of Duty Elite is a brand new subscription service that's being introduced to the series, allowing for deep stat tracking as well as serving as a platform for you to organize with friends and compare yourself to the rest of the world. While the trailer that was released promises something new and innovative, it really is something we've already seen before.

 It's official. FPS fans can expect Modern Warfare 3 to come out on November 8 this year. After the teaser trailer dropped, everyone started scouring the internet to find whatever details they can about the game. People have good reason to. The last two Modern Warfare titles have been really solid games, providing an explosive single-player campaign along with an addictive multiplayer component. After the success of the first game, this formula propelled Modern Warfare 2 to over $1 billion in sales worldwide in not even two months. That record was broken by Call of Duty: Black Ops by reaching the same milestone in less than one month. Though Infinity Ward returns to make the third game, it's not the same Infinity Ward that we know from the previous title. That has me raising the big question - will Modern Warfare 3 be as good as its predecessors?

Electronic Arts is preparing for war. This fall, the game publisher will engage in battle with arch rival Activision Publishing as two of the leading game franchises go head-to-head. Speaking during the Ad Ade conference keynote, EA CEO John Riccitiello launched the opening salvo in this fall’s big video game confrontation between EA’s Battlefield 3 and Activision’s next Call of Duty game. Check out the new Battlefield 3 game in action in the video below.

LOS ANGELES, California – The International 3D Society awarded Activision and Treyarch’s with the Creative Arts Lumiere Award for “Outstanding Achievement in 3D Gaming” for its cross-platform 3D shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops. The International 3D Society assembled a group of judges from mainstream media and core gaming outlets which included The Hollywood Reporter, Spike TV, Associated Press, IGN and AOL to vote on the best 3D game of 2010.

Now James Cameron’s AVATAR and Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops have something in common in the entertainment landscape besides 3D. Activision has ruled the game sales charts for two years running with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and now Call of Duty: Black Ops. Treyarch’s new shooter has now surpassed $1 billion in worldwide sales. Treyarch’s Mark Lamia talks about Black Ops in this exclusive video interview.

A controversial television ad, called “People Play Real Life Duty,” advertising Activision’s new Call of Duty Black Ops videogame from Treyarch, is receiving a polarizing reaction from male and female viewers. According to the creative lifecycle management company Ace Metrix, the ad, featuring a montage of real people engaged in simulated video game gunfire, registered a 277 point difference between male and female viewers. Male viewers, age 16-20, gave the ad an Ace Score of 770 (out of total of 950) and female viewers, age 36-49, scored the ad 518. With an overall Ace Score of 644, the ad scored almost 70 points above the videogame category norm of 576. The ad also features a cameo of pro basketball star Kobe Bryant and “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones as its soundtrack.