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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Offers Double XP Until May 29

The development team at developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision have announced that those who are playing the multiplayer game modes for their first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will get double experience points until May 29.The extra experience can be earned regardless of the whether gamers...

24 May 2012
02:29 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PlayStation 3 Bundle Arrives on May 25

Video game publisher Activision and hardware developer Sony have announced that they are partnering up in order to launch a Limited Edition PlayStation 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 bundle on May 25.The package will include 320 GB hard drive PlayStation 3 home console and a copy of Modern Warfare 3 for the price o...

10 May 2012
08:05 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #2 Drops with Face Off Mode on May 22

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is due to get the Content Pack #2 downloadable content package on May 22, with new maps, new Spec Ops missions and an all new multiplayer mode that will be called Face Off. The content will initially only be delivered on the Xbox 360 home gaming console from Microsoft and neither devel...

10 May 2012
05:53 GMT

Analysts: Black Ops II Will Not Break Previous Call of Duty Records

With Call of Duty: Black Ops II now officially announced by publisher Activision Blizzard, analysts have estimated whether the game has the sales potential to match, in 2012, the records set by Modern Warfare 3 and the first Black Ops during previous years. Jesse Divnich, an analyst watching the video game industry ...

7 May 2012
07:08 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #1 Out Now on PS3, Double XP Weekend Available

Activision has just released the Content Collection #1 DLC pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the PlayStation 3 platform, bringing an array of new maps and missions to owners of the platform, alongside a special Double XP weekend that starts today. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has impressed tens of million...

20 April 2012
09:31 GMT

Analyst: Call of Duty Has Shortening Tail, Drags Industry Down

An analyst watching the video game industry for PiperJaffray believes that the decline in overall sales for the most recent installment of the Call of Duty series is another reason for the recent slide that the video game market has seen in the United States.Michael Olson says that Modern Warfare 3, the Call of Duty ...

12 April 2012
18:41 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: April 1

It’s no prank or joke, we have a Quick Look ready to go for Defenders of Ardania, a tower defense game with a twist from Paradox Interactive, and a Preview for Confrontation, a more tactical and fantasy-themed take on the concept pioneered by Dawn of War II. We also deliver more Gamer Diaries linked to Mass E...

1 April 2012
04:31 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #1 Now Available on Xbox 360

Activision has finally released the long awaited Content Collection #1 DLC pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the Xbox 360, meaning any fan of the series without a Call of Duty Elite premium subscription can get their hands on new maps and missions. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 came out last year and, sinc...

20 March 2012
09:31 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 on PS3 Gets DLC Today, Overwatch Map Out on March 29

Activision has finally deployed the first batch of DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the PlayStation 3 console, in the form of the Liberation and Piazza maps, while confirming that the Overwatch level is out on March 29 for the platform.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 amazed tens of millions of players with it...

29 February 2012
05:28 GMT

Infinity Ward and Treyarch Collaborate to Make Call of Duty Series Better

Despite the appearance of a strong rivalry, the developers working for Treyarch and Infinity Ward, the two studios best known for their work on the Call of Duty series, are keen to work together in order to make the entire franchise better in the long term. Robert Bowling, who is the creative director working at Inf...

24 February 2012
17:31 GMT

New Modern Warfare 3 Video Showcases Overwatch, the Upcoming DLC Map

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the Xbox 360 is getting ready to see the release of a brand new downloadable map, in the form of Overwatch, available only to premium Call of Duty Elite subscribers. In order to get people interested in the new level, Activision has now deployed a fresh video that promotes it with t...

16 February 2012
19:11 GMT

‘Call of Duty ELITE’ for Android Now Available for Download

Activision has just unleashed the ‘Call of Duty ELITE’ game in the Android Market. The application is trying to bring some of the addictive gameplay of the PC and console versions on the Android platform.   ‘Call of Duty ELITE’ is a freemium game that offers gamers an enhanced multiplayer...

18 January 2012
21:01 GMT

Analyst: December 2011 Will Be Growth Month, Xbox 360 and Modern Warfare 3 Are Main Causes

The NPD Group, the company that tracks retail sales of video games and hardware for the United States market, is set to launch its official figures for December In the coming days and at least one prominent analyst believes that the industry will grow by about 2 percent when compared to the same period of 2010 while ...

10 January 2012
16:31 GMT

FIFA 12 Is 2012’s First Number One in the United Kingdom

FIFA 12, the very polished and sometime incredibly funny football simulation from the EA Sports division of Electronic Arts, has managed to become the first number one of the United Kingdom video game chart for the year, while the rest of the top ten has remained very similar to that of last week.FIFA 12 keeps the to...

10 January 2012
08:21 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC Will Deliver Experiments, Quality

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 might have been the biggest entertainment launch of 2011 but the executives at Activision are not interested in resting on their laurels and will try to use downloadable content to expand the attractiveness of the series.Eric Hirshberg, who is the Chief Executive Officer at Activision P...

5 January 2012
16:31 GMT

UK Defense Ministry Looking to MW3 and Battlefield 3 to Replace Virtual Training Module

The Ministry of Defense in the United Kingdom is looking for solutions when it comes to the virtual training models for their soldiers, because gamers in the Army have become so accustomed to the graphics of Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 that they can no longer engage with the Bohemia Interactive made Virtual Ba...

30 December 2011
04:20 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Tops Nordica Game Chart for New Year’s Eve

For the week which puts an end to 2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision Blizzard has managed to top the Nordic game chart that is compiled by Media Control-GfK.The rest of the top ten is being made up of: FIFA 12, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, Skylande...

27 December 2011
14:11 GMT

Weekend Reading: Gaming Free Christmas Time

Last year I was pretty sure that, given a little bit of time and enough energy, I could definitely turn my extended family interested in the joys of modern gaming, social, lightweight and on the move, between eating copious amounts of pork and drinking some of the best wine this country has to offer.My relatives were...

24 December 2011
07:11 GMT

Respawn Entertainment Releases Blurry Teaser Image for New Project

The developers at Respawn Entertainment, the company created by the original creators of the Modern Warfare series, has released a second rather blurry image that is designed to act as a teaser for their new video game project.The image, which you can see attached to this article, doesn’t tell us anything concr...

21 December 2011
04:17 GMT

Skyrim Is Christmas Number One in the United Kingdom

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is set to be the number one video game in the United Kingdom in time for Christmas, according to the data for sales compiled by Media Create for the week that ended on December 17.The Bethesda made game has managed to keep the number one position that it earned last week, when it surged ov...

20 December 2011
10:40 GMT

The Best User-Created Modern Warfare 3 Custom Modes Will Be Made Public

Infinity Ward’s creative strategist, Robert Bowling, has confirmed that the studio has hand picked some of the most popular user-created game modes in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer and will make them available, albeit with some modifications and enhancements, to all players of the first per...

16 December 2011
22:31 GMT

Redbox Says Modern Warfare 3 Is Most Rented Game of 2011

Movie and video game rental service Redbox has revealed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from Infinity Ward and Activision was the most rented video game of the year. Here is the full top 10 video game rental games for 2011 according to Redbox:1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for the Xbox 3602. Just Dance 3 on th...

16 December 2011
14:31 GMT

NPD Software: Modern Warfare 3 Beats Skyrim to the Top for November

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the first person shooter from developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision Blizzard, has managed to take the number one position in the video game chart published by the NPD Group for the month of November 2011 in the United States.The game is judged to have sold a little over 9 mi...

12 December 2011
07:41 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Avatar Revenue Goes to Call of Duty Endowment

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that all the revenue generated from sale of avatar items on the Xbox Live service linked to Modern Warfare 3 before December 16 will be donated to the Call of Duty Endowment.Players who like the first person shooter game from Infinity Ward can contribute to chari...

5 December 2011
09:34 GMT

Itagaki Attacks Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3

Tomonobu Itagaki, who is the main developer working on Devil’s Third at Valhalla Games, says that the game’s focus on realism when it comes to military hardware will make it stand out from the shooter crowd.The developer told Gamasutra that realism is missing in games like Modern Warfare 3, stating, &ldqu...

5 December 2011
04:19 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Fends Off Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Challenge

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the first person shooter from developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision Blizzard, has managed to keep the number one position in the United Kingdom video game chart for yet another week, this time managing to do better than new release Assassin’s Creed: Revelations.Modern ...

29 November 2011
07:51 GMT

British Labor MP Offers Motion on Terror Attacks in Modern Warfare 3

Keith Vaz, who is a Labor Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, has put forward an Early Day Motion expressing concern at the terrorist attacks that takes place in Modern Warfare 3 in the London underground.Here is his statement: “That this House is deeply concerned about the recently released video game ...

24 November 2011
13:41 GMT

Call of Duty Elite Reaches 1 Million Subscriptions in Six Days

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that the 1 million membership mark for the premium part of its Call of Duty Elite service has been reached in just six days after the November 8 launch, which coincided with that of Modern Warfare 3.Activision says that the big interest in Elite is one of the rea...

23 November 2011
05:15 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Beats Battlefield 3 Playtime on Xbox 360 by 40%

Raptr, the social gaming service that tracks player behavior and playtime, has announced that on the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft, the platform that is widely seen as the most first person shooter oriented of the current generation, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has beat Battlefield 3 in terms of playtime by...

21 November 2011
05:25 GMT

Weekend Reading: The Call of Duty Versus Battlefield Rivalry Is Not a Good Thing

The biggest first person shooters of the fall are now out and gamers can now pick up both Battlefield 3, from Swedish studio DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, from Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven with publishing handled by Activision, and measure the quality for thems...

19 November 2011
07:11 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Made $775 Million (574M Euros) in Five Days

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's launch was quite successful, as we learned from Activision 24 hours after its release that more than 6.5 million copies were sold, but now, after the figures from the first 5 days of availability have been crunched, it seems that the game made over $775 Million (574 million Euros...

18 November 2011
18:11 GMT

EndWeekGame: November 18

Andrei Dumitrescu: I plan to try and reduce my sleep time for the weekend to just 4 hours a night, with a 30 minutes power nap during the afternoon just after the main meal of the day, in order to be able to spent more time with what is fast becoming my game of the year, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.I have already pla...

18 November 2011
16:41 GMT

Activision Adds Founder Benefits to Call of Duty Elite Service

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that it has added the Founder benefits to the Call of Duty Elite multiplayer service and that all those who are eligible for them should log into the official site in order to claim them.The company says that those who have Founder status should have a green skul...

16 November 2011
07:03 GMT

CoD: Modern Warfare 3 Sells 6.5 Million Units in Its First Day, Sets New Record

Activision has gathered the data from the launch of its Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 first person shooter and, for the third year running, has confirmed that it's set a new world record for the "biggest entertainment launch ever," managing to make more than $400 million in its first day, with more than 6.5 mil...

14 November 2011
20:01 GMT

EndWeekGame: November 11

Andrei Dumitrescu: I plan to sleep about 8 hours for the days of Saturday and Sunday taken together (I really cannot drop my 10 hours Friday night sleep routine) because I want to get as much out of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim this weekend.I always loved the idea of a three dimensional, full freedom role playing game...

11 November 2011
16:31 GMT

Analysts: Batman, Assassin's Creed and Skyrim Battle for 2011 Third Place

Despite the strong line-up of fall releases, which includes such titles as the new Batman, the coming Skyrim and the already releases Super Mario 3D Land, Battlefield 3, Gears of War 3 and Battlefield 3, analysts are not yet ready to say that by the end of 2011 the holiday season would have been better than the simil...

10 November 2011
17:31 GMT

Sledgehammer Felt Pressure While Working on Modern Warfare 3

Sledgehammer Games saw the opportunity to work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as a perfect way to deliver their best work, even if this meant working under a lot of pressure. Michael Condrey, who is the co-founder and the chief operations officer at Sledgehammer Games, stated, “I’d be dishonest if I s...

10 November 2011
02:40 GMT

Activision Blizzard Beats Projections, Bets on Call of Duty and Diablo III

For the second fiscal quarter which ended on September 30 video game publisher Activision Blizzard has managed to beat the expectations of the market by posting sales of 627 million dollars (454 million Euro) which is well above what analysts were expecting to see.Profits were also higher than during the same period ...

9 November 2011
15:01 GMT

Analyst: Modern Warfare 3 Might Sell 19 Million Units

Colin Sebastian, the analyst who watches the video game industry for Baird Equity Research, has suggested that the recently launched Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 first person shooter will sell between 18 and 19 million units before the end of the four quarter of the year.This means that the revenue generated for Ac...

9 November 2011
05:13 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Might Sell 6 Million Copies in 24 Hours

When Call of Duty: Black Ops managed to sell 5 million units during its first 24 hours on sale last year a lot of people were impressed but this year no one is doubting that Modern Warfare 3, from Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, will top that number easily.Arvind Bhatia, who is an analyst working for Sterne Age...

8 November 2011
12:31 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Pre-Orders Reach 9 Million Copies

Atul Bagga, who is an analyst working with Lazard Capital Markets, has said that the pre-order numbers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the first person shooter from developers Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games and publisher Activision, have gone over the 9 million copies mark.This is estimated to be more than ...

8 November 2011
05:12 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Does Not Court Controversy

The developers working on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have not set out to make the game controversial, despite the fact that some players might be shocked by what they play.Bret Robbins, who is the creative director working at Sledgehammer Games, has told Venture Beat, that,...

7 November 2011
09:39 GMT

Rumor Mill: 6,000 Copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Stolen in France

News sources in France are reporting that about 6,000 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the highly anticipated first person shooter from developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision, have been stolen from a truck in France and are now fetching record prices on eBay.TF1 News says that sources close to the ...

7 November 2011
05:49 GMT

Bans Possible for Those Who Play Modern Warfare 3 Early on the Xbox 360

The video game industry might be very careful about how it sells packaged retail copies these days but leaks and broken street dates still happen regularly, especially for the biggest games of the year, a category that certainly includes something like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.But those who have managed to get ...

4 November 2011
10:08 GMT

Modern Warfare 3 Will Be Biggest Game of the Year, Outpace Black Ops

One of the most quoted analysts in the video game industry has said that he expects Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to make 1.1 billion dollars in less than six weeks and to be the biggest selling title of the current year.In a note to investors Michael Pachter, who is an analyst watching the video game industry for W...

4 November 2011
06:10 GMT

PC Version of Call of Duty Elite Is Delayed, No Launch Date Mentioned

The executives at publisher Activision and the developers at Beachhead Studios have announced that the launch of the PC version of the Call of Duty Elite service will be delayed, meaning that players will not get it along the physical copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 next week.Those who plan to play the new f...

4 November 2011
05:21 GMT

Turtle Beach Announces Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Ear Force Headsets

Turtle Beach, a company that has long been on the leading edge when it comes to gaming and sound delivery, has announced that it will be launching an exclusively licensed and limited edition set of headphones linked to the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.The headphones have been created in conjunction with vi...

25 October 2011
10:09 GMT

Infinity Ward Says Modern Warfare 3 Emphasizes PC Experience

Robert Bowling, who is the creative strategist at Infinity Ward and well known for talking to the community about the company's upcoming games, has said that the team has put a lot of emphasis on the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.He says that the developers of the new game combine the best traits ...

24 October 2011
03:15 GMT

Third Person Call of Duty Will Be Canceled

Before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was officially confirmed there were rumors that another project, third person and somewhat different, was set to be launched first by Activision, with Sledgehammer Games handling the development.Now speaking to CVG Glen Schofield, who is the leader of Sledgehammer Games, has said...

20 October 2011
04:24 GMT

Battlefield 3 Versus Modern Warfare 3 Fight Is Good for Gaming

Analysts are yet unsure who will win the first person shooter crown this year but they believe that the fierce competition between Battlefield 3, from DICE and Electronic Arts, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, from Infinity Ward and Activision, is good for the health of the industry.John Taylor, who is an analyst ...

18 October 2011
17:21 GMT


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