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The two ex-leaders of Infinity Ward and leading creators of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare concepts have said that one of the most important lessons they have learned is that any intellectual property that will be created by their new Resapwn venture will be owned by them and not the publishers.
Speaking to IGN ... |
5 September 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Respawn Entertainment, the video game developer that was created by former Infinity Ward leaders Jason West and Vince Zampella, has posted new information on its website showing that no less than 40 of its current staff have been engaged in the creation of hit title Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
At the moment, R... |
4 July 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Microsoft warns Xbox LIVE users about phishing messages that resemble official notifications and might appear when playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.The so-called Service Alert was posted on the Xbox LIVE Status page under the "Matchmaking" category. It reads:"Users may experience difficulties with the following... |
28 April 2011
08:48 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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Russia Today, one of the media companies serving the Russian market, has aired a report which links the blockbuster first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from Infinity Ward and Activision with the terrorist attack that has struck the Domodedovo Airport, leaving at least 35 dead and many more severely in... |
26 January 2011
06:19 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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Jason West and Vince Zampella, the co-founders of Infinity Ward who were ousted from the company in early 2010 and have since founded Respawn Entertainment, have stated that the lawsuit they are contesting with publisher Activision has drained their financial resources and is limiting the progress they are able to ma... |
6 January 2011
05:08 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is now out, leading to more than 1 million players enjoying it at the same time on Xbox Live for the Microsoft home console soon after launch and probably leading to Activision preparing extensive press releases about the huge sales numbers posted in the first week.And already fans and comment... |
13 November 2010
12:51 GMT |
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Publisher Activision has announced that their newly released Call of Duty: Black Ops has managed to top the records set by its predecessor, Modern Warfare 2, for launch day sales, managing to move no less than 5.6 million units in North America and in the United Kingdom and generating 310 million dollars in sales, in... |
12 November 2010
04:48 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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An analysis from multiplayer oriented service Raptr shows that the launch of Medal of Honor, the first person shooter from Danger Close, DICE and Electronic Arts, failed to make an impact on the time spent by gamers on the most popular titles for multiplayer, like Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2.The s... |
27 October 2010
04:22 GMT |
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Medal of Honor is the new first person shooter from developers Danger Close and DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, taking the player to the battlefields of Afghanistan and putting him in the dessert combat boots of a variety of characters that engage the Taliban after the events of September 11, 2001.Apparently ever... |
19 October 2010
18:31 GMT |
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Respawn Entertainment, the video game developer created by Vince Zampella and Jason West after they left Infinity Ward and their relation with publisher Activision Blizzard, has put out job adds for art and audio lead designers, confirming in the process that their first video games was set to arrive on the PlayStati... |
27 September 2010
14:51 GMT |
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Analysts that are watching the evolution of the video game industry have questioned Microsoft's assertions that the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive Halo: Reach from Bungie and Microsoft will manage to sell better than Call of Duty: Black Ops from Treyarch and Activision.Jesse Divnich, who is an analyst working with ... |
20 September 2010
05:51 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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I felt cheated by Modern Warfare 2, the biggest video game of 2009, because it failed to deliver a single player experience that was at least as polished as the multiplyer element.I really wanted an option to just pick up the single player element of that game, probably for about 20 or 30 dollars, and play it to its ... |
4 September 2010
09:51 GMT |
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Activision, as the publisher, has said that it plans for Call of Duty: Black Ops, the first person shooter developed by Treyarch and set during the Cold War, to surpass last year's Modern Warfare 2 in terms of sales by the end of the year, with the marketing push for the game one of the main ways to accomplish t... |
3 September 2010
05:34 GMT |
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Black Ops has not seen yet the controversy that Modern Warfare 2 experienced before launch with the infamous No Russian level or, more recently, that Medal of Honor has because of misguided politicians. Treyarch has stated, however, that it will not shy away from the brutality of war if it has any bearing with the st... |
26 August 2010
11:21 GMT |
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The all-formats sales data for last week has been released by the ELSPA. Quite an unexpected turn of events in the UK charts, as Toy Story 3 has conquered the first place of the chart, while last week's leader, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, has gone down no less than four places, despite the worldwid... |
9 August 2010
06:32 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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The ELSPA has released the charts detailing the all-formats sales data from last week in the United Kingdom. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty entered on the first place, not much of a surprise given the huge day one purchases that were recently reported. Toy Story 3 managed to fall just one spot to number two, with Buz... |
2 August 2010
14:51 GMT |
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A recent ban wave left many PC Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in dismay, as they maintained that they had done nothing wrong to deserve such a punishment from the Valve Anti-Cheat system. These cases were so widespread that a group was formed on Steam to protest against Valve's policy to never reverse a ban, sta... |
27 July 2010
03:33 GMT |
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Activision's and Treyarch's big bed for the holiday launch season is Call of Duty: Black Ops, the shooter that will parse the various secret operations performed by the United States and its allies during the Cold War. The game is set to arrive on November 9 on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from... |
13 July 2010
13:31 GMT |
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UK has a new number one game, according to the all formats chart data released by the ELSPA that describes what title sold best in the last week. Crackdown 2 is the new leader of the pack in the United Kingdom. The latest Xbox 360 exclusive has had a really successful launch, despite the tepid reviews that crit... |
12 July 2010
17:01 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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Once upon a time, a first person shooter needed just a solid array of weapons for the player, some health packs scattered around and a host of enemies with some clever moves to in order to succeed in the marketplace. The technical capabilities of consoles and PCs were evolving quite rapidly and better graphics, bigge... |
10 July 2010
08:21 GMT |
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The Resurgence Map Pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been seen by fans of the series as the last bit of content developer Infinity Ward would launch for the franchise for some time. But publisher Activision is saying gamers can expect more from the studio that made the first person shooter the best selling ... |
30 June 2010
16:41 GMT |
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It's hard to convince gamers a particular title is worth their money but one avenue of promotion that publishers like Activision and Electronic Arts are pursuing more and more these days is television advertising, with ads for Dante's Inferno, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ge... |
30 June 2010
01:54 GMT |
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One of the biggest videogame launches of the fall is Call of Duty: Black Ops, the first person shooter created by Treyarch and published by Activision. No one believes it will be as commercially successful as last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 but the two companies are working hard to deliver an experien... |
23 June 2010
19:01 GMT |
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Red Dead Redemption maintained its tight grip of the first place for the fifth time in a row in the United Kingdom all-formats sales charts in the past week. As a matter of fact, nothing has changed in the top three spots of the list, with Super Mario Galaxy 2 staying on the second place and EA Sports' 2010 FIF... |
22 June 2010
02:47 GMT |
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Bobby Kotick, the Chief Executive Officer of Activision, says that one change he would make at publisher Activision instantly, if he could, would be to create a MMO based around the Call of Duty franchise. In an interview, Kotick stated, “I would have Call of Duty be an online subscription service tomorrow. Whe... |
21 June 2010
16:41 GMT |
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The ELSPA has released the all formats sales data for the UK in the last week. Despite previous speculation, Super Mario Galaxy 2 has not hindered Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar San Diego's latest smash hit is still at the top of the charts for the fourth week in a row. Recent data from Take-Two Interactive has r... |
14 June 2010
14:21 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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It seems that the Russian Parliament has had enough of the stereotypical way in which citizens of the great nation are portrayed in videogames and plans to deal with the issues by creating no less than six patriotic videogames. The Ministry of Communication has actually requested about 500 million rubles, which is mo... |
10 June 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Developer DICE and publisher Electronic Arts have announced that, this week, they will be delivering new downloadable content for their first person shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Those who are gaming on the PlayStation 3 and on the Xbox 360 can expect to see the changes introduced to he game appear on Wednesday... |
8 June 2010
05:34 GMT |
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will not enjoy sales better than those of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, according to Electronic Arts' Keith Ramsdale. However, it levels the playing field, giving Electronic Arts the chance to take on Activision and challenge its top spot as a shooter publisher. Battlefield: Bad Comp... |
3 June 2010
04:28 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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Electronic Arts is satisfied with its Ten Dollar Project and will introduce the Online Pass, which will charge used game buyers 10 dollars in order to allow them access to the multiplayer features of EA Sports titles. Ubisoft is watching from the margins and doing something similar. But despite all the heat coming do... |
24 May 2010
02:04 GMT |
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Activision, as the publisher, and Infinity Ward, as the developer, have announced that the second map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is set to arrive on June 3 exclusively on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft. The map pack is called Resurgence and will be made up of five new maps tailored to widen the range of mul... |
14 May 2010
05:22 GMT |
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Square Enix has announced that it will be launching a new label on the Japanese market. It will be called “Extreme Edges” and will house all the mature Western developed titles that the publisher is bringing to Japan and that have been, historically, not well received by players who are accustomed to the ... |
29 April 2010
03:01 GMT |
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It's been a Halo-crazy week in the world of videogames, the developers at Bungie talking quite a bit about the beta stage for Reach and about what players can expect. But before getting to the new selection, we also have a Weekend Reading piece looking forward to the summer and an EndWeekGame article about Chaos... |
25 April 2010
03:11 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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Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest videogame publishers in the world, announced that, thanks to strong performance of the World of Warcraft MMO and of the Modern Warfare franchise, the company expects to make more money in the current fiscal quarter than it initially thought it would. The company expected to hav... |
16 April 2010
04:09 GMT |
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How can one tell that there are not too many huge videogame releases coming? Take a look at the United Kingdom chart and see whether Just Dance from Ubisoft is still on top, fending off the challenge of all other titles. It's unlikely that the situation will change very soon as most publishers are preparing for ... |
15 April 2010
04:22 GMT |
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It's refreshing to see that writers who work in the videogames industry can recognize a bad narrative when they see it. Richard Morgan has been named by Crytek as the Lead Writer working on the upcoming Crysis 2 and it seems that one of his aims is to create a story better than that offered by Call of Duty: Mode... |
13 April 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Publisher Electronic Arts, Vince Zampella and Jason West, two high profile ex Infinity Ward leaders, have announced the creation of a new development studio, called Respawn Entertainment, which will be designing AAA videogames, probably set in the first person shooter genre. At the moment, Respawn is trying to p... |
13 April 2010
04:52 GMT |
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When you launch a videogame that sells as much and as fast as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, a sequel is pretty much assured. And now publisher Activision Blizzard seems to have confirmed that Modern Warfare 3 is in development at Infinity Ward as part of the law suit it brought against Jason West and Vince Zampella... |
12 April 2010
17:51 GMT |
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These days, my gaming time has been all about God of War 3 and about the journey Kratos made to Zeus and the conclusion of the series. We have a review for God of War 3 up and there is also a series of diaries addressing more particular elements of the game that are available. We also have a Weekend Reading feat... |
11 April 2010
06:01 GMT |
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