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Neversoft, the Activision developement studio known for introducing Tony Hawk to video games and carrying the Guitar Hero torch, updated its website to reflect its new role supporting the Call of Duty franchise. Fingers crossed for skateboarding guitarist zombies. [Gamespot] More »

Activision, the "that's no moon" of publishers, has created a strategic relationship with mobile platform and analytic company Flurry Inc. to publish indie titles. Actually, it's to "identify and assist third-party developers in the development, publishing, distribution and promotion of independent titles on iOS and Android platforms."

The interesting part here is the games will be published under the Activision Mobile Publishing brand, but indie developers retain the rights to their intellectual property.

"Activision and Flurry are uniquely qualified to provide mobile developers with funding, resources and unmatched marketing expertise, while also allowing them to retain their intellectual property," said Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg. "We are confident this relationship and our new platform will yield significant results and are excited to launch it."

It'll be interesting to see what type of indies this relationship nets. For anyone interested in hopping into this pool, we stress: have a good attorney.

Looking to spend (or earn) some real-world cash in Diablo 3? Now you can, because the real-money auction house is now live. As the completely unambiguous title suggests, the real-money auction house allows players to sell their in-game items for real cash, which can be converted to Battle.net Balance credit or transferred to PayPal.

As we reported earlier this week, all players wishing to use the real-money auction house will need an authenticator attached to their Battle.net account. You can learn more about the auction house on Battle.net right here.

#familyguy When the barns are done being raised and the butter churned, there's nothing the Amish love doing more than settling down in front of their carved wooden televisions and acting out scenes from the latest video games. In Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse the joke's on them, and boy will they be irate. More »

#activision According to a report on BLoomberg, media giant Vivendi - which owns Activision Blizzard - is going to meet soon to decide whether to offload the publishing powerhouse. More »

Activision's CEO Eric Hirshberg stops by the All Access Live set to discuss the publisher's newest games.