News

Modern Warfare Makers Not Giving Up On Squashing Hackers

The situation for Modern Warfare fans on the PS3 was looking grim, but developer Infinity Ward says they’re still focused on getting their security in order. “Nothing is being left unattended,” writes IW creative strategist Robert Bowling.


January 18, 2011
News

Modern Warfare Maker Say It Can’t Fix Rampant Hacking On PS3

That Call of Duty games are routinely exploited by cheaters and hackers, regardless of platform, is nothing new. But players of the PS3 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 say the situation is worse than its ever been.


December 12, 2010
Uncategorized

What’s Modern Warfare Doing In A Special Needs School?

That’s what parents near Sacramento, Calif., want to know and, you know, I do, too.


September 29, 2010
News

Mag, Demon’s Souls And Others Get PS3 Price Cuts

Well, well, well, what do we have here? Some price drops on a few of our favourite PS3 games is what.


June 21, 2010
In Real Life

Call Of Has A LOT Of Helicopters

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s most famous aerial sequence may involve an AC-130 Hercules, but as this clip shows, the real stars of the show are the game’s helicopters. All 147 of them.


June 11, 2010
In Real Life

When The A-Team Meets Call Of Duty

There comes a point in the new A-Team movie when, if you’ve ever played Modern Warfare, you’ll sit back in your chair a little and think “man, I’ve seen this somewhere before”.


April 21, 2010
In Real Life

Watch Australia’s Best Modern Warfare Players Shoot Each Other

Kotaku AU

The final of Dell Australia’s Alienware 2010 Clan Challenge was held over the weekend. Forty of Australia’s best gamers were in Sydney for the event. Here’s how the grand final played out.


April 12, 2010
News

The Real Consequences Of War Fought Virtually

The blowup this week over gun-camera footage showing an Army operation raised comparisons to “video game-like” behavior by the men pulling the triggers. NPR’s “On the Media” looked at this controversy and the relationships among games, tactics and weapons systems.


April 6, 2010
News

US Army Accused Of “Video Game” Killings In Leaked Iraq War Video

Investigative organisation WikiLeaks released classified United States military video today showing the killing of more than a dozen Iraqis, including two Reuters employees, with a spokesperson for the whistle-blower group slamming the soldiers involved for their “video game”-like behaviour.


March 5, 2010