News

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

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.


July 15, 2011
News

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

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?


July 13, 2011
News

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

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!]


July 11, 2011
In Real Life

Glitchers Brought In To Test Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer

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.


March 19, 2011
Uncategorized

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

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.


March 10, 2011
In Real Life

Are You There God? It’s-a Me, Mario

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.


January 20, 2011
Xbox

Xbox Update Stealth Kills Call Of Duty Pirates

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.


January 7, 2011
In Real Life

The Snow Cliché, And Other Modern Combat Eye-Rollers

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.


November 25, 2010
News

Call Of Duty Boxed Copies Will Never Have Subscriptions

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.


September 7, 2010
News

Call Of Duty And Hollywood Go Way Back

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.