SANTA MONICA, CA – MAY 12, 2008 – Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today “Pitfall: The Big Adventure” for Wii™ is in development at Edge of Reality and will swing onto shelves this Fall. With more than 10 million Pitfall titles sold to date, Pitfall: The Big Adventure will introduce the franchise to a new generation of gamers while bringing a fresh Pitfall experience to long time fans.

“Pitfall is one of the most legendary franchises in the history of videogames, so we look forward to releasing a new version exclusively for Wii,” said Dave Oxford, Activision Publishing. “What could be more fun than using the Wii Remote™ to swing on a vine over blood thirsty crocodiles as retro-cool Pitfall Harry?!”

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Infendo reader, Brysson found a surprise on his doorstep today, a free Guitar Hero faceplate. It appears Activision is giving out free faceplates to customers that had their disks replaced due to the mono sound issue. It’s been a while since we’ve seen some good’ol customer service from a company besides Nintendo. Lets just hope they have enough to pass around.

Thanks, Brysson!

It seems Activision actually worked overtime on the Wii “mono-drama,” shipping replacement Guitar Hero 3 Wii disks a bit earlier than expected. Infendo reader John G. sends a tip from the bayou this evening:

“My new Guitar Hero 3 disk came in today, a little more than a week after I sent it in. Sounds great on my 5.1 system. Props to Activision for a fast turn around.”

He sent photographic evidence to support his claim. Thanks, John!

As first reported by Blake on Infendo in his Nov. 7 review of Guitar Hero 3, Activision shipped the Wii version of the popular rhythm game without stereo sound. Though the game played “like a headliner,” Blake pointed out it sounded “like an opening act.”

One month later, Activision addressed the issue in a statement released to IGN. Although the publisher announced it would offer free replacement disks to consumers beginning in “early 2008,” no explanation was given for its inexplicably “mono-riffic” error.

According to NPD data, the Wii version of Guitar Hero 3 was the third best-selling game in North America in January, behind Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360) and Wii Play (Wii) respectively, moving an additional 240,000 copies. Activision has sold 1.8 million copies of Guitar Hero 3 for Wii worldwide since it released in Q4 2007.

I just wanted to let everyone know that Activision issued another update to the Guitar Hero 3 mono problem today.

Remember, if you want a new disc, you’re going to be without GH3 for a week or two.

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