Activision are obviously pretty pleased to announce that Modern Warfare 2 has now surpassed the 1 billion dollar mark when it comes to sales which is no small fete. According to Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision, Last Updated: January 14, 2010
After the phenomenal success of the first Modern Warfare, it was generally suspected that Treyarch, one of the alternating developers of the franchise would take a page from Infinity Ward and give their game a more recent setting. Instead they opted to keep the game bound to world War 2, producing the less-than-fantastic World at War (which, being Call of …
Not content with just having two development houses – Infinity Ward and Treyarch – on call to churn out Call of Duty games, Activision have apparently signed up a third developer for the rapidly-approaching-critical-mass franchise. There’s no word on who the developer may be, although fingers are currently pointing at Sledgehammer Games, a new Activision-owned studio comprised of former Visceral …
I honestly expected Modern Warfare 2 to pick up some flak in some countries with the inclusion of the airport scene but I have to admit that I didn’t see a ban in Russia coming. But apparently the Russian authorities are not impressed with the senseless massacring of civilians by Russian militia and have decided to recall all copies of …
Here’s a nice funny video to brighten up your Monday. Some guys basically took the Omaha Beach section from the Saving Private Ryan film and decided to show us what it would have been like if the whole thing went down on Xbox Live. The whole video is done really well, with gamertags hovering up above all the players and …
Activision don’t get much good publicity at the moment as many people just see them as money grabbing greedy capitalists and this latest story really isn’t going to help them shrug off that image. According to reports coming out of the latest BMO Capital Markets Conference, Activision are planning on introducing new ways to monetise their incredibly popular Call of …
What’s up folks. Thanks to a new app on my iPhone I can bring you some of the Modern Warfare 2 launch action live from the event. We are at The Woods paintball fields in Johannesburg and the first round of journo wars is underway. I’ve uploaded a couple of pics from the event so be sure to check them …
Modern Warfare 2 has a lot to live up to – what with it’s predecessor still riding high on the multiplayer charts 2 years after it was released and its single player still being used as a beacon of what a good FPS title can be. So have Infinity Ward managed to bring their A-game once more and deliver a …
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
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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