Call of Duty

By Justin McElroy Though you might think they'd welcome a break from shoot-'em-ups, members of the military are known to be a rich breeding ground for hardcore gamers. Now, just in time for Independence Day, they have their very own space in which to catch each other in the friendliest of fire: The Military O...

By Griffin McElroy Listen up, musical theater majors! Your time of reckoning approaches. Sure, your friends can easily best you at Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4 -- but in a short while, a title which will finally allow you to invoke your unique skill set will hit store shelves. We speak, of course, of Grease. The movie. Th...

By Randy Nelson Wait -- "Activision?" We've heard of an "Activision Blizzard;" are they the same company? We're only half convinced.Survey says: Without 'Call of Duty,' Modern Warfare 2 is less recognizable brand originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for u...

By James Ransom-Wiley Madden Guy #1: Modern War Hero? Hey, bro, this the new Call of Duty? Madden Guy #2: Yeah, broheim. Definitely. Madden Guy #1: Sweeeeeet! New Madden ain't out yet -- I'm all over this. Madden Guy #2: True. I'm not gonna lie, it sounds like you can play with your Guitar Hero guitar.

By Richard Mitchell Speaking to MCV, Activision CEO Mike Griffith was feeling pretty confident about his company's position in the game industry this year. "This is the best competitive position we've ever had," said Griffith, adding, "Our titles are strong, and competitive titles are a little sparser th...

By Xav de Matos Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford wants Bungie and Infinity Ward to leave behind the Halo and Call of Duty/Modern Warfare brands and create something new. While he prefaced his comments by showering both devs with celestial praise, Pitchford said he is eagerly anticipating new intellectual...

By Ben Gilbert Even better, footage emerged on YouTube as well (seen after the break), showcasing the screen in action, though playing Halo 3 as opposed to Gears of War 2. Other shots drop presumably Mr. Fatone (pronounce that as you will) playing Call of Duty 2 and, erm, showing everyone his Gamercard, pa...

By JC Fletcher Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is starting to believe that there isn't enough incentive to release games on the PlayStation 3 or PSP. Proving how confident he is that fanboys don't have his email address, he told The Times, "I'm getting concerned about Sony; the PlayStation 3 is losing a bit o...

By Randy Nelson Activision already has great expectations for Modern Warfare 2, but outselling all previous Call of Duty titles is just the beginning. The publisher has hired marketing firm TWBA/Chiat/Day and given it marching orders to deliver the "biggest entertainment launch of all time."

By David Hinkle Activision has announced that Call of Duty: World at War's second DLC offering has deployed over one million downloads in its first weekend of battle, selling as much in two days as the first DLC pack sold in a week. The one million figure spans both PSN and Xbox Live from June 11 to June 14, and...

By Alexander Sliwinski With rumors pointing to a Call of Duty subscription service under consideration at Activision Blizzard, developer Infinity Ward hopes to remove itself from the idea as much as possible. The company's community manager, Robert Bowling, noted on the developer's forum, "This rumor has a...

By Alexander Sliwinski Speaking with GI.biz, Jones explains that Realtime Worlds was all set to do a sequel before Crackdown's release. When the company didn't receive the go-ahead from Microsoft, it moved on to create APB. Jones wishes that Microsoft had chosen one of its shuttered internal studios to make the g...

By Ben Gilbert Way back in March of ought eight, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick wondered aloud during a conference, "[What] would be the natural evolution of a property like Call of Duty into a massively multiplayer environment -- how do you monetize that?" And it seems as though the company is working on t...

By Justin McElroy Yeah, we're still work-shopping the name. Anyway, Activision sent a bunch over for the 360, and we thought we'd pass them along to you, our trusted friends. So here's the deal: We've got seven codes, and we've hidden them in other Call of Duty-related posts from the past (just to make things i...

 CA Uncharted 2 uses "Boosters," which are exactly the same as the Perks in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and World at War. Although there weren't many available in the beta, and they didn't seem to affect gameplay, we suspect this will change in the retail ...

By Justin McElroy After its stellar E3 demonstration, it's had for us to find room in our heart that's not being occupied by Modern Warfare 2. But those of your with bigger hearts than ours (yeah, that's most of you) will be able to welcome a second chunk of DLC for Call of Duty: World at War into your home tomorro...

By Justin McElroy According to the most recent data, Call of Duty 4 has sold nearly 3 hojillion units since its 2007 release, and Activision says that a fifth of Call of Duty: World at War players were new to the franchise. By its math, that means Modern Warfare 2 is poised to become the biggest-selling Call of D...

 CA for my appointment -- and I'm paraphrasing here -- "it turns your Xbox 360 into a Wii." There's definitely a market there. I'm sure there are plenty of young fathers out there that would love to turn their Call of Duty box into a Wii for the kids, ...

By Griffin McElroy With the release of the recent full-length trailer for Modern Warfare 2, the gaming populous' attention has been turned away from the original Modern Warfare (considering the game's getting a follow-up, we think its Modern-ness could be disputed by this point, but we digress). However...

By Ben Gilbert A full two minutes of gameplay, ready to satiate even the most jaded and impatient of gamers (ya know, us). Growley-voiced Eastern Europeans speaking of revenge? Check! Varied environments featuring new types of gameplay? Check check! A freakin' exploding castle! You better believe i...

By Richard Mitchell So now we have not one, not two, but three posts discussing the imminent Modern Warfare 2 trailer. This time, Activision has announced that the first full gameplay trailer for Infinity Ward's follow-up to Call of Duty 4 will premiere this Sunday (May 24) during the NBA Eastern Conference F...

By Ben Gilbert So what if it's eight minutes of, well, less than high quality video? It's eight minutes of next month's Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2! Alright, alright, it's not the entire map pack, but it does feature the Russian trainyard themed, "Corrosion," as well as "Sub Pens," a map based in a...

By Randy Nelson Valve's Steam store continues its trend of weekend deals steals, offering the PC version of Call of Duty: World at War for half-price from today until the final minutes of Sunday, May 17. Regularly priced for download at $49.99, the game -- which includes the recently released Map Pack 1 -- i...

By Randy Nelson What do you do after selling one million Call of Duty: World at War map packs during their first week of availability? You make more. And, lo, Activision and developer Treyarch are doing just that, prepping a second salvo of DLC for a June release.

By David Hinkle Newsflash: Developers and publishers want you to buy their games. Doubly so if they plan to release their wares during the year-end holidays, as is the case with Modern Warfare 2. In fact, Activision brand manager Simon Wells told MCV that the company hopes Modern Warfare 2 will be the "bigg...

By Griffin McElroy Somewhat confirming that the PEGI rating wasn't just a cruel joke being played by sinister European masterminds, the ESRB has updated its rating for the PC version of Call of Duty to include Xbox 360 and PS3 tags. We've contacted Activision for further details -- we'll let you know whether...

By David Hinkle Hugh Spencer is an awesome dad. Not only is he active in his son Evan's life, but he's a pretty funny guy. When Evan told him he wanted to play Call of Duty: World at War, Hugh eyed the T-rating for the game and worried that the content might not be suitable for his son. So he thought of a compromise.

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business Despite all the talk of recessions and global economic crises (crisises?), the video game industry once again seems unfazed. According to the NPD Group, North Ame...

By Ludwig Kietzmann And depending on how much you enjoyed Treyarch's first-person war-em-up, you might feel the same way. Speaking to MTV Multiplayer, Call of Duty: World at War executive Daniel Suarez teased the game's upcoming DLC, which is to be formally announced in 2009. Activision hopes to improve on t...

By Ludwig Kietzmann Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 What we say now: "An essential 'tunnel of fun' shooter with a rewarding multiplayer component. If you find yourself disappointed by this year's Call of Duty: World at War, it's probably this game's...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, Features, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Note: No, the starred letters in this image don't rearrange to spell out Braid. We don't know what you're talking about. Nothing to see here, move along.

By Joystiq Staff We've gone kind of Fable II crazy at X3F this week. We've got some special Fable II features, including a look at the game's environments as well as its enemies. We also dedicated this week's episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast to the game. Oh, and we're also giving away six copies of the game. You migh...

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By Ross Miller Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Metareviews Over a dozen reviews have popped up online, and it looks like LittleBigPlanet is on track to be the PlayStation 3's best-reviewed first-party title -- despite some well-strung criticisms. In fact, according to Metacritic's data, it's the o...

By Ross Miller Bionic Commando Rearmed swings in next week; launching later on Euro PSN, $5 more on PC Carmack: Xbox 360 Rage 'a little blurry,' 'key scenes' same as PS3 Street Fighter II HD beta gets bandaged See Call of Duty: World at War's co-op gameplay

By Ross Miller British model Gemma Atkinson to suit up for Red Alert 3 Xbox 360 DLC has brought in $240 million Phantasy Star Portable sells like a Monster in Japan Rock Band 2 for Wii won't skimp on features Bungie: Halo can learn from Call of Duty 4 John Madden impersonator in Blitz: The League II

By Ross Miller Fight the Foo with the Rock Band 2 gameplay debut Gears of War 2's 'Day-One' map, multiplayer bots revealed Microsoft confirms: Xbox 360 60GB for $349, 20GB now at $299 SKU too? Xbox 360 Elite for $400 at Amazon New Call of Duty 4 playlists being tested this weekend

By Christopher Grant Lastly, where's Call of Duty 4? Infinity Ward's superb shooter has been a staple of the NPD charts since its release in November and now, for the first time, it didn't make the top ten. Makes sense: after selling over ten million copies, people have to stop buying it some day. Nevertheless, we...

By Justin McElroy Niko Bellic apparently isn't stopping with conquering with Liberty City, he's now extended his dominion as Grand Theft Auto IV took the top slot on the weekly Xbox Live activity charts, dethroning longtime king Call of Duty 4. The rest of the top five was rounded out by Halo 3, Guitar Hero II...

By Ross Miller New Xbox 360 update doesn't do anything 9 million answer Call of Duty 4, DLC breaks records Miyamoto begins Wii Fit media blitz Euphoria-based Backbreaker gameplay video is intriguing Condemned 2 demo hits Xbox Live Xbox 360 power supply cited in Little Rock fire

By Ross Miller Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm coming to PlayStation 3 Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack hits PS3 April 24 UT3 on Xbox 360 adds five 'exclusive' maps How the ESRB handles downloadable content Microsoft UK rolling out Halo 3-sized campaign for GTA IV

By Ross Miller Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 Although we already referenced it in a post from yesterday, we couldn't help but once more show off Geek Pulp's dirty little secret: Metal Gear Selleck: Guns of the Private Eye: Tactical Moustache Action. Must. Buy. Now. Check out the highlights for today:

By Ross Miller Reminder: Xbox Live scheduled for maintenance Xbox 360 nearing two million sold in UK Steam adding Assassin's Creed, over 40 other titles from Ubisoft Call of Duty 4 map pack delayed a week, now hitting XBL April 10 Guitar Hero III squeezes out version for BlackBerry

By Ross Miller Sierra and Radical Entertainment remove multiplayer from Prototype Former Xbox Europe exec foresees the extinction of consoles Cave shooters denied XBLA release by Microsoft Frontline footage from Call of Duty 4's new Broadcast map

By Ross Miller Ubisoft reneges on Haze release date Sony: PSP has 10-year life cycle Microsoft lawyer says Master Chief in Unreal is 'great' Madden turns 20 on Aug. 12, 'Collector's Edition' announced Call of Duty 4 map pack comes to PSN late April

By Ross Miller Call of Duty 4 DLC in the works for PC Wonder Boy, Fantasy Zone coming to North American VC Ubisoft shares boosted by 'Tom Clancy' purchase Darwinia rated by ESRB for Xbox 360 Alleged GTA IV multiplayer screens show dudes, guns, vehicles ... explosions

By Richard Mitchell You see that Xbox? That's a custom Mass Effect Xbox 360 Elite. There are six of them on the planet and we got one. Of course, we could have been greedy and kept it, but no. That's not how we roll. We're giving it away. Sure, there are other things going on this week -- you can peruse them below -- but we kn...

By Ross Miller Xbox 360 sales up 40% in UK after price cut Sony comments on leaked PSN release list Call of Duty 4 patch now available for PS3 Original Metal Gear Solid coming to PSN in Japan Persona 4 to school Japan in July Watch Mario Kart Wii played with and without Wii Wheel

By Justin McElroy Infinity Ward spokesman Robert Bowling ("fourzerotwo" to the l33t kids) let fans of the game know that PS3 players should be receiving a new feature patch for Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat this week. But according to a few tipsters and ...

By Ross Miller Gamespot gets hands-on with new Call of Duty 4 maps Microsoft 'not in talks' with Sony over Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive Microsoft expects Feb. 360 sales to trail PS3 We Love Golf American release to include online play February NPD: Industry sales hit $1.33B, Xbox 360 still trailing PS3

By Justin McElroy You may remember last week when we told you about the chock-full feature patch that would be hitting Call of Duty 4 sometime in the near future. Well, friends: The future is now. ... At least, it is for Xbox 360 owners. We're assuming PlayStation 3 players will be getting it soon if they haven't alre...

By Justin McElroy Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling gets it. He knows that even though similar levels in a game like Call of Duty 4 are an important part of creating a coherent world, people want something different in a pack of downloadable content. And that's exactly what they'll be getting, with an upcoming p...

By Justin McElroy Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters, GDC The first in the pipeline is a feature patch that's just been sent to Microsoft for Xbox 360 certification and will soon go to the PS3 for certification.

By Justin McElroy Make no mistake, Call of Duty 4 players: Infinity Ward is listening. If you need evidence, you need look no further than the slew of updates and changes that are coming to the game in the coming months, which we talked with IW community ...

By Ross Miller Ubisoft looks to Singapore for latest studio Halo, Battlefield vets form Tyrant Studios Smash Bros. Brawl sales exceed 1 million in Japan GameTap Thursday: Sam & Max cause Tuesday edition Will Wright talks Spore on Wii, delays, procedural music Roogoo to puzzle on XBLA, PC

By Alexander Sliwinski The Call of Duty 4 fans demanded it and this week Zero Punctuation finally reviews one of the best games of 2007. Yahtzee isn't keen on Americans or patriotic "gun wank" games, so it probably speaks to CoD4's amazing design that he actually seemed to care during that scene (watch the review i...

By Ludwig Kietzmann So anyway, Activision has announced that new downloadable multiplayer maps for its smash-success shooter, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, are "on the way" to the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network. Questions regarding release date, price and quantity went unanswered by th...

By Richard Mitchell We're back again with the X3F weekly roundup of news and community happenings. Rather than rehash it all in this paragraph, we suggest you simply scan the neatly organized list below. We're also going to stress that we're giving away a free copy of Call of Duty 4 this week. Is Joystiq doing that...

By Ross Miller New PS2 coming to Japan: same price, same size Red Spiderman 3 PSP for Europe and red PSP for Japan Activision hits Q2 financial high, Guitar Hero fuels sales PC Engine devotees arrested in Japan Microsoft talks Xbox 360 lifespan, fails to see irony

By Kyle Orland Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters While Modern Warfare finally brings the Call of Duty series into the present day, "the story itself ... isn't exactly cutting edge." (2) "The story unfolds from an unapologetic 'us versus them, and they are wrong...

By Blake Snow Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters, BusinessActivision announced today that Call of Duty 2 for the Xbox 360 (average review score of 90%) has sold over a million copies in the US making it the first game to do so on Microsoft's next-gen platform. The World War II first-p...