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Only 3 Percent of Modern Warfare 2's Buyers Were PC Gamers

13 days have passed since Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 was launched, and the game keeps making the headlines. Prior to its official launch, the title faced some serious controversy regarding its PC version. Infinity Ward, the game's developer, announced that it planned to remove the dedicated servers from it, a...

23 November 2009
03:56 GMT

Modern Warfare Could Become a Movie Title

After what Modern Warfare managed to do in just five days, generate $550, that is, it's no wonder that Activision gathered all its people, put them in a room and told them to think of absolutely anything and then add “Modern Warfare” to its name. It seems like one of the things to expand the franchis...

20 November 2009
07:24 GMT

You Could Have Fought Zombies and Aliens in Modern Warfare 2

When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was still doing push-ups and washing latrines with its toothbrush back in boot camp, the COs of the game had some very different ideas for the first-class private. While the young soldier was beefing up to become the greatest entertainment release in history, the developers had a c...

20 November 2009
03:37 GMT

Activision Assigns a Third Studio to the Call of Duty Franchise

Call of Duty and the latest installment in the series, Modern Warfare 2, have been plastered on the headlines of pretty much everything that was news for the past couple of days. With a five-day total sale of $550 million, the game is officially the biggest selling thing in entertainment, across all areas and domains...

19 November 2009
03:48 GMT

A First Look at Modern Warfare 2

As soon as I started Modern Warfare 2, I couldn't shake this familiar feeling I was having, that I was there before, that I did that somewhere else, a Matrix-like deja-vu. The game starts with the same test run of your abilities to set your difficulty level that the original Modern Warfare did, with the small ad...

18 November 2009
14:31 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Gets Dedicated Server Workaround

Many believed and even more feared that Modern Warfare 2 would change the way we looked at video games and the people involved with them forever. Well, the game did just that, but in at least one way that no one could have ever anticipated. After releasing cheats for the game before it was even officially launched, t...

17 November 2009
07:06 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Got Banned in Russia

If you've ventured through the single-player campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, then you've already gotten a taste of what the developers think of Russia and its residents. As any good American that has lived through the Cold War or been raised on movies inspired by that period, the writers behind ...

17 November 2009
04:30 GMT

Gamers Are Demanding to Pay for Additional Online Content

It seems like the BMO Capital Markets forum had a vital piece of information that was initially overlooked. Activision is seriously considering releasing more game features at additional costs. Activision's CFO, Tom Tippl, said that, unlike what we might think, this was what the players demanded and it was not e...

16 November 2009
04:04 GMT

EndWeekGame: 13 November

Florian Totu: Wow. This is a bit of an odd moment for me. I've got nothing. Nothing new at least. I wasn't really over with Borderlands when I plunged into Dragon Age: Origins, but I was into the second Playthrough. Now, it's well over a week since I started fiddling with the intricate and treacherous ...

13 November 2009
16:31 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Cheats Are Already Available

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hasn't even been picked up from the shelves properly, and some of Infinity Ward's new ideas for the game's multiplayer have already been torn to pieces. One of the things that IW used as an argument when it removed the dedicated servers and force-pushed IWNet into the gam...

12 November 2009
07:12 GMT

A New Medal of Honor Could Arrive by the End of 2010

The Second World War has been the Holy Grail of first-person shooters for some time now. It might have started well before it, but a big series that has stuck to its guns and has remained strictly in this time period is Medal of Honor. Before Call of Duty and its infinite regeneration came into play, Medal of Honor w...

10 November 2009
16:31 GMT

GameStop Broke the Release Date of Modern Warfare 2

The fact that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 copies were out on the street before the official November 10 release date is neither a surprise, nor is it news. Just yesterday, we saw the title being pirated and redistributed, with one game snatcher even arrested for the crime. But, to see that Modern Warfare 2 is bein...

10 November 2009
05:59 GMT

18-Year-Old Modern Warfare 2 Pirate Was Arrested

There are a lot of games that end up on the market well before their official release dates and there's nothing the publishers and developers can do at this point but accept the fact and deal with the losses. Well, Activision will have none of that and has decided to take a hands-on approach on the smuggling bus...

9 November 2009
07:10 GMT

Activision Confirms New Call of Duty Videogame

Activision, as the publisher, and Infinity Ward, as the developer, are getting ready to release Modern Warfare 2 on November 10 for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the PC, and the title is expected to be one of the biggest successes for the company and one of the largest launches in videogaming history. But what ...

6 November 2009
17:51 GMT

Activision Blizzard Posts Profit, Announces New Games

In a somewhat surprising move, Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest publishers on the market, has announced that it has made a profit for the fiscal quarter that ended on September 30. Beating expectations, the company saw 15 million dollars in profit as revenue was hovering around 700 million dollars. Analysts ha...

6 November 2009
15:11 GMT

Infinity Ward Might Work on New IP

Infinity Ward has become a development studio associated with the Call of Duty brand and the Modern Warfare series. Their collaboration with Activision goes back a lot and players are already talking about Modern Warfare 2 and its 2011 release date. But it seems that the developers themselves might actually be intere...

5 November 2009
18:01 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Preorders Are a Record-Breaker

GameStop has managed to break one of its records with the help of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. What was previously the biggest recorded number of preorders for a single title has been shattered by Infinity Ward's first-person shooter. The game, promising to outdo the first Modern Warfare, generated a huge amo...

4 November 2009
09:31 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Will Feature Third-Person Shootouts

A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 clip started flying around the net just the other day, which was shot from a third-person perspective. Nobody really knew what to make of it. It could have been a special feature of the game, a cleverly disguised multiplayer spectacle, a new play mode or just a fake. Well, things got ...

27 October 2009
04:09 GMT

Killzone 3 Might Arrive in 2010

Killzone 2 was not the hit that Sony hoped it to be. It sold pretty well, but not enough for a big-budget PS3 exclusive. Some players complained about the lack of a cooperative mode, about the rather clunky controls and about the stereotypical plot advancement. It was a solid shooter, but it really did not manage to ...

26 October 2009
17:01 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Might Lose Dedicated Servers on the PC

The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 is about to adopt a huge change for the multiplayer mode. Dedicated servers are about to become obsolete, as developer Infinity Ward plans to implement the new IWNet, a new feature that will give them "a lot more control and structure" for the PC version of the game. "This is the fi...

20 October 2009
02:32 GMT

Activision Initially Not Interested in Modern Warfare

Modern Warfare is already an established brand in itself. Infinity Ward and Activision are set to deliver the second videogame bearing the name on November 10 this year and players will no doubt line up to pick it up. The original title managed to move no less than 14 million units since it was released and it is sti...

8 October 2009
05:41 GMT

Call of Duty Movie Not too Far Away

It seems that Activision Blizzard has filed for a trademark set to protect the Call of Duty name when it comes to its use in “Pre-recorded movies featuring comedy, drama, action, adventure, music, theatrical performances and/or animation.” The filing was made on September 21 and it appears that it is at l...

6 October 2009
05:20 GMT

Map Pack 3 Coming This Week for World at War

Activision has confirmed that it plans to release a new patch, called 1.6, and a fresh Map Pack for Call of Duty: World at War, eager to rekindle interest in the Treyarch-created shooter just as the Infinity Ward-made Modern Warfare 2 is approaching its release date. Unfortunately, the company did not see fit to name...

14 September 2009
07:49 GMT

Mad Catz Brings Many Modern Warfare 2 Peripherals to All Platforms

As you all know, this fall we will see many high-end titles appear for a variety of platforms all around the world. Among them, one of the most highly anticipated will be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. Set to arrive on November 10, its publisher will employ a h...

27 August 2009
11:01 GMT

Activision Boss Says People Prefer Sequels to New Games

The gaming industry is huge, filled with big companies that are making impressive amounts of money even in this troubled economy. One of the largest is Activision, which owns big money-making franchises like Call of Duty or Guitar Hero, which appear every year in new installments, for better or for worse. It is this...

24 August 2009
11:01 GMT

Infinity Ward Talks About Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Open Beta

A multiplayer mode is critical for many games out there because it offers players more reasons to keep playing it and, for those who don't have a lot of money to invest, a great dose of entertainment in the long run, after the single player campaign is finished. But it is a tricky thing for developers, as they ...

21 August 2009
04:19 GMT

Console Modders Will Be Banned by Treyarch in CoD: World at War

Developers aren't very pleased with people who don't respect others in online services, especially in games where a lot of the times players resort to cheating and thus ruin the whole experience for the customers who bought the game and wanted to get a nice and fair experience out of it. As you may know, C...

21 August 2009
03:09 GMT

PC Gamers Also Get CoD: World at War Map Pack 3 DLC via 1.6 Patch

Activision's Call of Duty franchise is one of the biggest series of video games in the world. It has gained critical acclaim thanks to the fourth installment, subtitled Modern Warfare, and with the most recent one, World at War, it solidified its presence in the first person shooter genre. The video game enjoye...

17 August 2009
03:09 GMT

Activision Boss Jokes About Raising Game Prices

Activision is the biggest video game publisher in the world, owning franchises like Call of Duty or Guitar Hero, which generate obscene amounts of money every year thanks to multiple installments and other profit opportunities like peripheral sales or downloadable content. Speaking at a recent press conference, the ...

13 August 2009
02:22 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Confirmed to Get Mad Catz Peripherals

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will most certainly be one of this year's biggest video games to appear on the market. It drove away plenty of other games into 2010, as they feared that everyone would just focus on Activision's shooter, meaning that the big company has a free hand in regard to more marketing...

12 August 2009
15:01 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Will Be Limited in Number

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be, without a doubt, one of the biggest titles to appear this fall, fact admitted even by competitors of large publisher Activision. Being the follow-up to one of the most critically acclaimed titles of 2007, it will certainly be welcomed by gamers with open arms and wallets. The ...

11 August 2009
15:01 GMT

Blur Coming in November, Pre-Orders Detailed

Activision Publishing, through its president, Michael Griffith, has announced that its upcoming racer, Blur, is set to arrive on the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the PC sometime in November.The game, which has been described by Activision as doing for racing what Call of Duty has done for shooters, is also set to ...

10 August 2009
03:52 GMT

50 Cent to Lend Voice for Modern Warfare 2

Activision's Call of Duty franchise is one of the biggest-selling series of all time, garnering the large corporation quite a lot of profit every year one of its iterations appears on the market. One of this year's biggest launches will definitely be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the sequel to the critica...

10 August 2009
03:51 GMT

Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 Now Available for Download

Activision's Call of Duty franchise is one of the biggest series of games currently active on the market. It has made history with the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare installment and confirmed the huge market appeal with the next title, CoD: World at War, which managed to sell over 11 million copies around the wo...

7 August 2009
03:10 GMT

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Heading to Nintendo Wii

Activision's Call of Duty franchise is one of the biggest and most profitable video game series in the world. Already up to five full-fledged installments, the series is gearing up to receive the biggest one yet, in the form of the direct sequel to the award-winning Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. But even thou...

6 August 2009
03:05 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized Reaches the DS This Fall

Activision is currently the biggest video game publisher in the world, owning franchises like the hugely successful Guitar Hero. But one of the biggest money-makers for the large corporation is its Call of Duty series. With the title having registered critical and commercial acclaim thanks to Infinity Ward's Ca...

5 August 2009
02:42 GMT

Call of Duty 4 Hacks Will Be Solved, Infinity Ward Says

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is one of the biggest games to appear in recent years. It has brought critical acclaim to the first person shooter series and has really changed the way development studios look at the single and multiplayer sides of their creations. Given the fact that it is still one of the most play...

4 August 2009
16:41 GMT

Map Pack 3 for CoD: World at War Brings 10 New Achievements

The Call of Duty franchise is one of Activision's biggest money makers, as it effectively guarantees that a game will sell no matter what. The most recent example is the huge success that Call of Duty: World at War experienced, even though many gamers complained that the game was going back to World War II for i...

27 July 2009
16:41 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Might Get Dedicated Controller

The gaming industry is a very big one, meaning that profit needs to be extracted by every means possible, especially in these tough economic times that have had an impact on the purchasing power of the end user. But one title that is definitely on the must-buy lists of many gamers around the world is Call of Duty: M...

24 July 2009
14:31 GMT

Call of Duty: World at War Gets Map Pack 3 from Treyarch

Activision's Call of Duty franchise is nothing short of hugely successful, as even though it flew below the radar for the first few installments, the fourth edition, subtitled Modern Warfare, threw it on the map and made it one of the company's biggest money-making series of all time. Now, as the newest in...

21 July 2009
03:56 GMT

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 to Go Mobile

According to the latest news on the Web, one of the popular games available on the market today, namely the Call of Duty series, is expected to soon become mobile. The Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 should come to a series of mobile platforms, including Windows Mobile, Android and BlackBerry, this fall, as Glu Mobile ...

20 July 2009
05:27 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Gets Back Call of Duty Moniker

A lot of video games will appear this fall for a lot of platforms, but one of the most important is Modern Warfare 2, the sequel to the hugely successful Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Developed by Infinity Ward and set to be published by Activision, the game is eagerly anticipated by a lot of people. But, as it se...

10 July 2009
16:51 GMT

Nintendo Dominates United Kingdom Videogame Charts

The United Kingdom market is a very important one for videogames and Nintendo seems to be dominating it in a big way. Looking at the videogame chart provided by GfK Chart Track, Nintendo takes three of the top spots, while six of the first ten games are released by the Japanese publisher.The GfK Chart Track top ten i...

8 July 2009
02:35 GMT

Downloadable Call of Duty Deluxe for Mac OS X Now Available

Aspyr Media has announced the availability of Call of Duty Deluxe Edition for Intel Macs. The first-person shooter is now available as a download through Aspyr's digital distribution portal (GameAgent.com) and contains the original Call of Duty and its expansion pack, Call of Duty: United Offensive. Licensed by ...

29 June 2009
04:26 GMT

The Removal of Call Of Duty Makes Modern Warfare 2 Less Known

The Call of Duty franchise is one of the biggest series of video games currently owned by Activision. It has seen a lot of success, especially with its latest two titles, CoD 4: Modern Warfare, and CoD: World at War, each managing to sell a lot of units and making the brand even more known across the world.But as gam...

25 June 2009
16:41 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Has the 'Magic' Two-Player Co-Op Mode

Cooperative gameplay modes are certainly extremely popular these days as many people want to progress through a game with their friends or family, either sitting on the same couch or by using the Internet in order to play.The Call of Duty series has really taken the experience to a whole new level with the most recen...

24 June 2009
03:26 GMT

New Details on Call of Duty: World at War PC Patch 1.5 Revealed

Activision's Call of Duty franchise is one of the most critically acclaimed series of shooters. Even though it failed to impress a lot of people with its first titles, when CoD 4: Modern Warfare arrived, the success was mind blowing.Then, CoD: World at War became hugely popular even though it went back to World ...

24 June 2009
02:39 GMT

Call of Duty: World at War Sells Over 11 Million Units

Activision is one of the biggest companies in the gaming industry, which it has shaped through its projects, but it is most famous for its very profitable franchises, like Guitar Hero or World of Warcraft. However, a very successful one is the Call of Duty shooter series, which has seen the latest installment in the ...

17 June 2009
02:38 GMT

Rumor Mill: Call of Duty Might Get Subscription Service for Multiplayer

Activision is already committed to delivering at least one new Call of Duty videogame each year. It's true that one of the series is not called Modern Warfare, but all gamers know where its roots really lie.With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare still selling well and with its follow up World at War getting over 11 m...

16 June 2009
18:11 GMT

Analyst: Modern Warfare 2 Will Be the Best Selling Title of 2009

Mike Hickey, who is an analyst for Janco Partners, has offered quite an interesting prediction, saying that Modern Warfare 2, the Infinity Ward developed and Activision Blizzard published sequel, would become the biggest game release of 2009, selling no less than 11.1 million units from November 10 until the end of t...

15 June 2009
18:01 GMT


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