British 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 »
Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies available for iPhone, iPod Touch
The title of the game may have more colons than I would have liked but it matters very little in the long run. The fact is that Vivendi Games Mobile and Activision has brought the beloved zombie slaying mini-game from Call of Duty: World at War to the iPhone and… Continue Reading »
Modern Warfare 2 not banned in Russia
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has done exceedingly well despite some bouts with controversy. That controversy probably helped boost its sales to higher levels than originally projected. A game such as this doesn’t sell 4 million copies without drawing some fire from unhappy organizations or countries It was reported… Continue Reading »
Game Trends: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 spells doom for XBLA titles
If you sign into your Xbox Live account and take a look at your Friends list, chances are at least half of your friends are playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This shouldn’t be surprising as Activision said MW2 sold 4.7 million copies in its first day of release… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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