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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, after receiving a bombastic gameplay video and some relatively official details yesterday, now has a concrete release date from Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, its developers, and Activision, its publisher.
Modern Warfare 3 was rumored for quite some time, and even saw some majo... |
25 May 2011
04:35 GMT |
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An internal memo from the leaders of video game publisher Activision Blizzard reveals that the company changed its plans about the official reveal of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 when the big leak from Infiniti Ward happened.
Activision was apparently already preparing to officially reveal the first-person shoot... |
23 May 2011
04:57 GMT |
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A huge cache of information on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which is being developed inside publisher Activision Blizzard by studio Infinity Ward, has been made public and, while most players seem to be interested in the single-player campaign, it seems that the multiplayer will offer significantly more content th... |
16 May 2011
18:41 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has been very tight lipped about the Call of Duty title it plans to launch during the fall of this year, but it's media strategy has been undone by a massive leak of information about the game apparently coming from more than one man inside developer Infinity Ward.
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16 May 2011
05:39 GMT |
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A series of leaks about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 began appearing last week but only now has a huge cache of information about the game, which is under the development of a team at Infinity Ward, been made public.The leak includes almost all of the story details so be warned that the rest of the article incl... |
16 May 2011
04:54 GMT |
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Activision's next Call of Duty game might actually be Modern Warfare 3, as one of the game's voice actors, Craig Fairbrass, who played Gaz and Ghost in the first two games, confirmed working with the studio on its next project.
Activision has been silent about its next Call of Duty game, preferring to fo... |
4 May 2011
04:45 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be officially revealed to the world in April, at least according to a new report that cites inside sources.
A huge part of Call of Duty fans are eagerly awaiting any sort of news about the next title in the first-person shooter franchise, but, up until now, we've had to dea... |
30 March 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Swedish studio DICE, the company behind the upcoming Battlefield 3, has revealed that its competitors, including Infinity Ward, the creator of the hugely popular Call of Duty series, are getting lazy and aren't modifying their tools.
Battlefield 3 is powered by an all-new graphics engine, called Frostbite 2, ... |
15 March 2011
04:40 GMT |
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The new security patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the PlayStation 3 has just been released by Infinity Ward through the PlayStation Network online service.
The recent hacking scandals on the PlayStation 3 have put a serious dent in the security of many games, especially their online modes, including Cal... |
8 March 2011
04:15 GMT |
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Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling said on his Twitter account that creating a new engine for the next game in the Call of Duty series, presumably Modern Warfare 3, would be "counter productive."
Activision's Call of Duty series is currently one of the most profitable franchises in the gaming in... |
4 March 2011
17:21 GMT |
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What we know
Well there's precious little information actually available about the next Call of Duty game, with the usual tactics of publisher Activision being to hold the new game under heavy wraps as the downloadable content for the current one is being delivered, with a big reveal probably coming at some p... |
25 February 2011
09:11 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is set to receive a brand new patch that will address security issues on all platforms, not just on the PlayStation 3 as was reported up until now.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has seen some new exploits and security issues appear recently, mostly on the PlayStation 3, as the Sony ... |
16 February 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops, the biggest entertainment release of last year in terms of sales and profit, was largely inspired by its predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, according to a designer from Treyarch.
Call of Duty: Black Ops racked up a huge amount of money since its launch back in November, and has j... |
8 February 2011
04:40 GMT |
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Infinity Ward, the company behind the massively successful Call of Duty franchise and the more recent Modern Warfare 2 title, has pledged once more that it is doing everything it can in order to eliminate hackers from the online matches on the PlayStation 3 edition.
Modern Warfare 1 and 2 have been affected quite ... |
26 January 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Recent e-mail messages that have been introduced by publisher Activision in their lawsuit against Vince Zampella and Jason West suggest that, despite initial claims, the two had been talking with Electronic Arts for quite some time before they were ousted from Infinity Ward and they set up their own development studi... |
24 January 2011
09:54 GMT |
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A brand new report about the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 title has just appeared, saying that the game is going to launch this year, and is being worked upon by Infinity Ward, as well as Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software.
Activision's Call of Duty franchise is currently the biggest games serie... |
21 January 2011
18:01 GMT |
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A set of new e-mail based messages that have been added to the on-ongoing law suit between ex Infinity Ward leaders Vince Zampella and Jason West and their former parent company Activision suggest that executives from Electronic Arts tried to get them to delay the release of the first map pack for Call of Duty: Moder... |
21 January 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Information from a THQ executive is suggesting that, soon after leaving Infinity Ward and very publicly breaking it off with Activision, Vince Zampella and Jason West were interested in doing a publishing deal with THQ, with discussions breaking down when neither of the two companies were ready to back down over the ... |
17 January 2011
15:01 GMT |
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It's been a pretty hectic week for Call of Duty fans, as we found out some interesting rumors about where the hugely popular first person shooter franchise will be heading and what studios will work on it.
First off, let's do a quick recap, just in case you missed some of the big news.
Wedbush Securit... |
8 January 2011
10:01 GMT |
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The next Call of Duty game from series creator Infinity Ward is set to be a prequel, as new rumors say that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will tell the story of Ghost.
While the source of the rumor may not be all that trustworthy, this new report does make some sense.
According to ThisIsXbox, Call of Duty: Mod... |
6 January 2011
04:40 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard is aiming to extend its lawsuit against Jason West and Vince Zampella, the ex-leaders of developer Infinity Ward, in order to include rival publisher Electronic Arts, which is now working with the pair's new company, Respawn Entertainment.
The new complaint names both the Chief E... |
22 December 2010
06:35 GMT |
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Infinity Ward, the studio behind the massively popular Call of Duty series, is still "one of the most talented developers in the world," at least according to the Chief Executive Office of Activision's publishing division, Eric Hirshberg.
Talking with IndustryGamers, Hirshberg once again tackled the issue of ... |
16 December 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Treyarch boss Mark Lamia talked about his studio's latest game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, during the Spike TV Video Game Awards, and revealed that, judging by the reaction so far, gamers were extremely happy with the game, despite many glitches and lag problems.Lamia has unveiled to Joystiq that, as of right now,... |
14 December 2010
04:10 GMT |
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Vivendi, the company controlling Activision, has said that the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops, the new first person shooter developed by Treyarch, shows that the studio is able to create complex gaming experiences which can compete with the best products coming out of the studio Infinity Ward.Jean-Bernard Lev... |
23 November 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Bobby Kotick, the Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard, has stated that the current view of developer Treyarch as the second string team when it came to Call of Duty video games is unfair, given the amount of work they have put into the multiplayer element in Modern Warfare 2 and the current success of rece... |
15 November 2010
06:29 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard head honcho Bobby Kotick has just revealed that his company's Infinity Ward studio is still quite capable, even after its founders, Jason West and Vince Zampella, and some of its staff left the developer this spring.As hardcore fans will no doubt remember, West and Zampella, the founders of I... |
15 November 2010
03:29 GMT |
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Michael Pachter, who is an analyst working with Wedbush Morgan, has said that the Call of Duty branded video game that publisher Activision Blizzard is preparing to put out in the second half of 2011 might struggle to sell 13 million copies, significantly less than the projected sales for this year's Call of Dut... |
10 November 2010
16:31 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that it plans to launch a new Call of Duty video game at some point during the second half of 2011, with the announcement coming after the company has announced better than expected revenue and profits for the third fiscal quarter of this year.Eric Hirshberg, who is the Chi... |
8 November 2010
05:29 GMT |
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Bobby Kotick, the boss of Activision Blizzard, has shared some more light on the whole Infinity Ward controversy, which prompted studio founders Jason West and Vince Zampella to leave and start their own studio, Respawn, for Activision rival EA.The Activision boss revealed that he felt betrayed when he saw what West ... |
29 September 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Activision boss Bobby Kotick has once again went on the offensive against rivals, this time focusing his sights on his company's biggest challenger, EA, and revealed that it has suffered in terms of game quality and that talented developers are becoming increasingly weary of the corporation.Kotick attributes Act... |
28 September 2010
03:22 GMT |
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David DeMartini, who is the leader of the EA Partners division, has stated that Respawn Entertainment, the company founded by ex Infinity Ward leaders Vince Zampella and Jason West, needs time in order to organize and decide on their next project before they can talk about it publicly to the media and their fans.DeMa... |
10 September 2010
03:13 GMT |
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A recent interview revealed that Respawn Entertainment's first game was further away than it was previously thought. David DeMartini, the head of EA Partners, has declared that the studio was at its inception and that no real project was set in stone at that time. Speaking to Eurogamer at Gamescom 2010, David De... |
19 August 2010
14:51 GMT |
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It seems that are more than 5,000 people who are interested in working for either Infinity Ward or Sledgehammer Games in relation to the Call of Duty franchise. The figure is used by Activision to show that it can still attract top talent for its studios even in the aftermath of the scandal that has seen founders Vin... |
11 August 2010
04:13 GMT |
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In a recent interview, Dave Stohl, the head of the Activision's Worldwide Studios division, has expressed his company's wish not to interfere in Infinity Wards' rebuild process because of its very peculiar corporate culture. He also said that the studio would be back to its original form eventually. S... |
11 August 2010
04:02 GMT |
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Activision has launched a demo version of its best selling shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on both the Xbox Live service from Microsoft and on the PlayStation Network from Sony. The demo is free to pick up for all those interested in seeing what the first person shooter from Infinity Ward has to offer and uses... |
5 August 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Many fans were worried for Bungie's fate when the deal between the developer and the infamous publisher Activision was announced. This was happening at time when Activision fired the two heads of Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward. This resulted in many accusations claiming that Activision had used scare tactic a... |
2 August 2010
15:51 GMT |
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It seems that video game publishers can behave like authoritarian regimes, imposing “police state” measures on at least one of the developers with which they collaborate. The publisher is Activison, the company behind Call of Duty and Guitar Hero, and the accusations are coming out of a law suit filled ag... |
12 July 2010
05:31 GMT |
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Activision, as the publisher, and Infinity Ward, as the developer, have announced that the Resurgence Map Pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be arriving on the PlayStation 3 from Sony and on the PC, through Steam, on July 6 in the United States and one full day later on the European markets.The pack, with i... |
14 June 2010
07:45 GMT |
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The heads of Respawn Entertainment have revealed through their Facebook account that they have a big announcement incoming at E3 2010 involving the unknown project that the newly formed studio has just started working on. This comes as a surprise, given the fact that David DeMartini has recently declared that he did ... |
8 June 2010
08:01 GMT |
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The new piece of downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the map pack entitled Resurgence, has been launched on Xbox Live. The pack features five more combat areas for the game's multiplayer component and is priced at 1,200 Microsoft Points, that is, about 15 dollars, like the Stimulus Package b... |
4 June 2010
08:01 GMT |
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It's clear that no Infinity Ward made Call of Duty title will arrive this year and it's very likely that publisher Activision might retire the name Modern Warfare altogether.Now, the burden of carrying the franchise forward has fallen on the shoulders of developer Treyarch, which has largely played second f... |
1 June 2010
05:06 GMT |
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Treyarch's boss, Mark Lamia, has recently given an interview for CVG, where he stated that his company was now developing only Call of Duty games. “Treyarch is a 100 percent Call of Duty studio - and it has been for a long time now, long before any of [the Infinity Ward] events occurred,” Lamia decla... |
31 May 2010
05:46 GMT |
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We don't know what kind of videogame Bungie is planning to create, also set to be published by Activision. We don't know exactly when it will be arriving, although an initial announcement is set to come in 2011. We don't even know whether Bungie is capable of recapturing the magic that led to the creat... |
4 May 2010
14:21 GMT |
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The breakup drama is in full swing. Quite a number of ex Infinity Ward employees have grouped together in order to take Activision to court over the way they were treated when they were still working at the development studio and over financial compensation they are claiming to be still entitled to receive. Meanwhile... |
30 April 2010
03:35 GMT |
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Bungie, the creator of the Halo franchise and the well-known Master Chief character, and Activision Blizzard, the self-described number one online game publisher, have announced they are entering into an agreement for the next 10 years. The latter will be getting the exclusive rights to publish all new Bungie videoga... |
29 April 2010
09:21 GMT |
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Depending on the headcount one takes into consideration, Infinity Ward, the developer of the best seller of 2009 Modern Warfare 2, lost between 28 and 34 employees since its leaders, Vince Zampella and Jason West, were ousted by publisher and intellectual property owner Activision.Some of them have grouped to fire a ... |
29 April 2010
04:39 GMT |
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With Activision already engaged in what is shaping to be a long legal battle with Vince Zampella and Jason West, the ex leaders of developer Infinity Ward, over the issue of unpaid bonuses, abuse of position on the part of the publisher and breach of contract on the part of the two game creators, it seems that the co... |
28 April 2010
16:41 GMT |
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It seems that Respawn Entertainment, the videogame development company created by Vince Zampella and Jason West, is shaping up as a home for all the veteran developers who have been leaving Infinity Ward in the last few weeks. Former Infinity Ward lead designer Todd Alderman opened the ball by taking the same positio... |
23 April 2010
03:34 GMT |
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Infinity Ward continues to lose people, with a lot of the veterans who oversaw the success of Call of Duty and Modern Warfare leaving the company in search of better pastures, which will probably be provided by Respawn Entertainment, the development studio set up by Vince Zampella and Jason West, the original Infinit... |
20 April 2010
03:56 GMT |
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We've heard that the people who left Infinity Ward in the last weeks now have a potential home in Respawn Entertainment, announced as building a development team and having an exclusive publishing deal with Electronic Arts.What we do not know yet and what the people who started the company are not talking about ... |
19 April 2010
16:41 GMT |
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