Full FeedBritish agency using Xbox Live to increase awareness, recruit potential agents
If you were looking for individuals with fast reaction times, tons of coordination experience the ability to think quickly in random situations look no further than the Xbox Live community. Playing games online with other humans is one of the best places to use your wits to outsmart and outmaneuver… Continue Reading »
Opinion: More studios need to follow Infinity Ward’s lead with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
A couple of days ago I was playing the solo campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and I got to the much discussed “No Russian” mission. (Do yourself a favor and go get a copy of Modern Warfare 2.) The mission puts the player in the shoes of… Continue Reading »
Activision CEO Kotick and Co-Chairman Kelly profit from stock options
It is a good time to be the always-controversial Activision CEO Bobby Kotick. According to Games Industry Biz, Kotick exercised stock options on 1.93 million shares allowing him to buy them for $1.03 and sell them for between $11.43 and 11.54 each. Also making a pretty penny through stock options… Continue Reading »
Opinion: Activision needs to act on broken Modern Warfare 2 street date
What Activision does in the wake of retailers breaking street date on what may be the biggest game launch of all time will surely impact the future of the “street date” concept. We play this little game every time a major release comes out. Somebody, or several somebodies, start selling… Continue Reading »
Activision Blizzard creates CODE, war veteran support organization
Activision Blizzard is creating an organization dedicated to raising awareness on unemployment amongst war veterans. The non-profit foundation, called Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), will focus on raising funds and assisting organizations dedicated to job placement and training for war veterans. Activision Blizzard’s CEO, Robert Kotick, decided to invite veterans… Continue Reading »
Retailers ignore Modern Warfare 2 street date, gamers won’t be punished for early purchase
Street date, schmeet date. It should probably not come as a surprise that some retailers decided to break the November 10, 2009, street date on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The events that transpired afterward are definitely worth noting, though. GameStop contacted COD publisher Activision regarding retailers breaking the… Continue Reading »
Deal Spotting: Walmart offering $20 eGift card with Modern Warfare 2 preorder
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is going to be huge. It will probably be the biggest videogame release of 2009 and may even break a few records in the process. Demand for COD: MW2 is through the roof so retailers are thinking of creative ways to get buyers into… Continue Reading »
Leaked Modern Warfare 2 footage shows gamers can play as a terrorist
Somewhere, Jack Thompson is tittering with peals of glee as the debate about video game violence just jumped to the forefront of the holiday shopping season. Footage from arguably the biggest game release of 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, was leaked earlier this week (October 27, 2009). That… Continue Reading »
Opinion: Casual and multiplayer games could carry people through the recession
It’s no secret that people are cutting back. Unemployment, foreclosure and all sorts of other calamities are befalling families across the US, so it’s no surprise that for many people, entertainment is taking a backseat. Midway and EA are just two of the companies facing some serious losses. Now is… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Black Friday 2009
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Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.
