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Call Of Duty: Ghosts Gives You A Dog, Customisable Multiplayer Avatars

You’ll have a dog in the next Call of Duty. You’ll be able to lean. You’ll be able to slide. And in multiplayer you’ll be able to customise your character’s avatar, switching bodies, heads and more.


So, Call Of Duty Just Teased This Thing…

So, Call of Duty just teased this vine, which means we can look forward to a lot more about Ghosts at the next Xbox’s big shindig on Tuesday.


World Of Warcraft Loses A Million Subscribers

Blizzard’s massively multiplayer online game is no longer quite so massive. World of Warcraft is down to eight million subscribers, publisher Activision-Blizzard said in a press release today.


Why Soldiers Wear Call Of Duty-Style Masks

Now that Call of Duty: Ghosts is an official thing — and since the only detail we’re being given is something to do with masks, I think — it’s an interesting time to look back on what the famous and one-time-infamous Call of Duty skull mask even is. You might not remember the event that tried to place infamy on the balaclava that Lieutenant Ghost (ahem, ahem) wears in Call of Duty.


Why Is Everyone Being So Sketchy About The New Call Of Duty On Wii U?

You might have heard today’s big news: the next Call of Duty is called Ghosts, and it’s coming to current-gen and next-generation platforms later this year. To be specific: according to publisher Activision, the game is coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and “next generation platforms”.


The New Call Of Duty Is Coming To Current And Next-Gen Consoles

Activision’s annual blockbuster military shooter returns in November with Call of Duty: Ghosts. In addition to this debut teaser trailer, the game is getting an “exclusive first look” at Microsoft’s event for the next-generation Xbox on May 21.


Call Of Duty: Ghosts Will Be Out This November

Call of Duty: Ghosts — the next game in Activision’s blockbuster FPS series — will be out this November, according to a promo poster seen on IGN. Rumours about the next CoD have been spinning for about a week after the console-branded box art above leaked onto the internet.


The Next-Gen Xbox Is Getting A Hell Of An Exclusive, Sources Say

The long-awaited first game from Respawn Entertainment — the studio helmed by the creators of Call of Duty — will be exclusive to the next-gen Xbox, according to two unrelated sources familiar with the game. One of our sources indicates that there will also be an Xbox 360 version, but no versions for rival PlayStation and Nintendo consoles.


Activision’s Boss Got An 800% Raise, And A Watchdog Doesn’t Like It

Activision has a lot of money. Bobby Kotick has fat stacks, too. The publisher’s CEO saw his compensation jump from $US8.1 million in 2011 to $US64.9 million in 2012, reports Bloomberg. He’s the second-highest paid CEO among publicly traded US companies.


Gaming Secrets: Is Rare Working On A Launch Title For The Next Xbox?

A number of recent job postings on Activision’s career portal seem to give some insight into the next project from subsidiary studio FreeStyle Games, creators of the DJ Hero franchise. The studio is hiring for a designer to create “MIDI note maps for music-based video games”, indicating that their next project will not stray much from their music game expertise.


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