Last week saw the worldwide release of Call of Duty: Black Ops, and we already know that its first day sales were off the charts. On Friday, Megarom held its own event to celebrate the release of Black Ops by inviting a whole bunch of us out to a range to learn how to handle some of the real guns …
Last year when Modern Warfare 2 broke all records by selling a mind-blowing 4.7 million copies worth $310,000,000 US Dollars we all thought that the record would stay unbeaten for quite a long time. Well, it didn’t. According to Activisions day 1 sales estimates, Call of Duty: Black Ops opened on its first day with a ludicrous 5.6 Million units …
This post is a double-whammy of controversy as there are two separate stories dealing with people who are unhappy with Activision and their “doubly perverse†military shooter. What would a Call of Duty release be without a healthy dose of hysteria? In Cuba, a state-owned website is accusing Treyarch’s game of being perverse. In Canada, a Vietnam War veteran is …
Some of you using UK or US Xbox live accounts were horrified to discover that even though south Africa is now an officially recognised region, there still appears to be region locking of sorts. this has become especially apparent for purchasers of the Call of Duty : Black Ops Hardened and Prestige editions, which feature a token to download extra …
And that’s not because it’s called “Hardened Edition” or because we’re being totally sexist or anything. It’s because Activision is being totally sexist, or totally stupid; take your pick. Although many would argue that those two adjectives are not mutually exclusive. You would have thought that a game release as MASSIVE as Black Ops’ would have been orchestrated down to …
The latest in the insanely popular Call of Duty series, Black Ops – which releases tomorrow – is quite probably the most anticipated game of the year. Some people are just so damned eager to shoot some virtual guns that they took up real arms – and stole the game. Two men, armed with semi-automatic held up a GameStop in …
Tomorrow, the biggest multiplatform game of 2010 launches globally. The game – which packages a single player campaign based on the covert Studies and Observation Group’s endeavours during the Cold War and Vietnam conflict together with a pretty damned extensive multiplayer component – is set to be the year’s biggest entertainment launch. If you’re eating nothing but ramen saving …
I logged into my inbox this morning and saw a little message from Gameservers.com, which had a subject line of “GameServers.com – South Africa has Call of Duty Black Opsâ€. Cast your minds back and you’ll remember we mentioned the exclusivity deal between Activision and Gameservers.com, which means all dedicated servers for COD: Black Ops need to be rented through …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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