Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare

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Norwegian Retailers Pull Warcraft, Call Of Duty Titles In Light Of Shooting

10:30AM July 30, 2011 | Owen Good

One week after 77 died in two attacks carried out by a militant extremist in Norway, two retailers have temporarily pulled copies of World of Warcraft and several Call of Duty games from shelves, citing their ties to the accused killer’s manifesto. More »

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Call Of Duty Elite Trailer Is Like A Simile Wrapped In A Metaphor

11:30AM July 15, 2011 | Owen Good

Call of Duty Elite beta began a “staged launch” today and to kick it off, Activision unloaded this two minute trailer that spends one minute cracking jokes and another minute answering questions except for the biggie: How much is this damn thing going to cost? More »

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Modern Warfare Actor Won’t Go To Court For Assault Charge

5:00PM July 13, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Earlier, British TV star Billy Murray, who voices Captain Price in Modern Warfare, was charged with assaulting his wife and 27-year-old daughter. Charges were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service, reports the Mirror, ceasing any further actions. [Mirror - Thanks Tom!]

In Real Life

Glitchers Brought In To Test Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer

8:00AM July 11, 2011 | Owen Good

A group of Call of Duty glitchers has been called back to Infinity Ward to help the studio test and shore up the game’s multiplayer, according to the gang’s leader. More »

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Judge: $US400m Activision Vs Electronic Arts Lawsuit Is A Go

12:19AM March 19, 2011 | Brian Crecente

A California judge ruled this week that Activision Blizzard Inc has enough evidence to proceed with their $US400 million lawsuit against Electronic Arts over the loss of developers Jason West and Vince Zampella. More »

In Real Life

Are You There God? It’s-a Me, Mario

6:30AM March 10, 2011 | Joshua Wise

Few video games deal with the touchy subject of religion seriously. When they do, they often deal with the more fantastical outlying bits of different faith systems, like last year’s Dante’s Inferno, or the upcoming El Shaddai: Rise of the Metatron. Rarely do we see games that hunker down and deal with real questions of faith and the questions that surround faith. More »

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Xbox Update Stealth Kills Call Of Duty Pirates

5:30PM January 20, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Seems like that innocent little Xbox 360 update yesterday wasn’t just to restore the option to boot the console straight to a disc. It also contained secret pirate-fighting juice. More »

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The Snow Cliché, And Other Modern Combat Eye-Rollers

6:00AM January 7, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

One of several clichés of modern military first-person shooters lamented by the jokers at Cracked. Oversimplifying? Sure. But you try telling these screenshots apart. The full graphic is at Cracked.com.

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Call Of Duty Boxed Copies Will Never Have Subscriptions

10:00AM November 25, 2010 | Brian Crecente

The Call of Duty experience you have now, the one that includes Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops and future Call of Duty boxed games, will never include a subscription fee, Activision tells Kotaku. More »

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Call Of Duty And Hollywood Go Way Back

11:00PM September 7, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Call of Duty is no stranger to Hollywood. While a couple of big-time movie stars are going to do voice work in the upcoming Black Ops, this is far from a first for the series. More »