The third quarter financial call for Activision just commenced this afternoon, and the big news that came out of it was that their 2010 games will be bigger, including new iterations for the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchises.

Tony Hawk: Ride (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii) is not even released yet, and already, talks of a sequel are already coming out. And it's not like it's from some obscure insider source too. Developer studio Robomodo's president, Josh Tsui, would be that "insider source," and you can't get any more reliable than that.

As E3 draws nearer, we've got more publishers coming out guns blazing with their E3 lineups. Up next is Activision, and well, well, well, look who's packing the big guns for the expo! They've covered a lot of genres with this lineup and I would love to win a hypothetical contest to win everything on this list. Check it out.

Peripherals have made Activision a lot of money recently, and so they're also making one for the next Tony Hawk game. While there hasn't been an official announcement for the game and skateboard combo yet, it seems that GameStop knows something about it.

Let's talk some more about this curious little peripheral for Tony Hawk: RIDE (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii), shall we? Yes, I am referring to the skateboard controller that you will use for the game. This motion-sensing controller allows for "unprecedented freedom and movement," so said Activision's press release. And what's this? You can actually use it for non-Skating games?

And so we have the newest addition to the Tony Hawk gaming franchise, Tony Hawk: Ride, making its way to the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, with a cool-looking skateboard peripheral no less. That should give a new spin to them skateboarding games, right? Check out the debut trailer after the jump.

So we've seen David Archuleta and David Cook have a round of their own Guitar Hero RIsky Business ads. Today, we see none other than model-slash-"actress" Heidi Klum strut her own stuff for Activision's rhythm title. There are actually two versions of Heidi Klum's ad. As Isaac C put it, one is the "day time version" while the other, the director's cut, is the one they air for "after dark" shows. You'll see why in the full article.

What can we expect from the upcoming Tony Hawk game? A skateboard, according to analyst Doug Cruetz. Apparently, the massive success (and the massive price points) of peripheral bundled games like Rock Band (Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii) is likely to be too strong a lure for publisher Activision Blizzard to simply ignore, lending some legitimacy to the rumors already buzzing about a bundled skateboard peripheral.

What happens after a development team gets dissolved? Sometimes they get shuttled off to other projects. Sometimes they get together, come up with a cool name and logo, and go independent. The people behind Robomodo chose the second option, and now they've got a new game coming up for Activision Blizzard. Find out more about the studio after the jump.

In the same vein where you heard unconfirmed details of Call of Duty 5, Guitar Hero 4, the next Tony Hawk title, and Forza 3, we've learned that the Wii might be getting the ultimate party game for pop culture and trivia fans, while a new superhero game is to be announced for the high-powered gaming platforms at present. But what's also interesting is that Microsoft has prepared their own game to rival that of SingStar, the so-claimed pet project of former Sony exec Phil Harrison, who's now pursuing broader market dreams at Infogrames. More at the full story.