Xbox

Black Ops II Studio Head Knows Fans Want A ‘Better-Looking Game’

Activision puts out a new Call of Duty game every year. It’s been that way for the last half-decade or so. Trouble is, this annualisation give people a wide-open lane to complain about recycled engines and how the games all look the same.


May 14, 2012
In Real Life

See Halo, Mass Effect, Battlefield & Modern Warfare Stab Each Other In The Guts

Some of the biggest shooters in the world (and Mass Effect) go head to head in this clip by Corridor Digital, which compares each series’ “instakill” by having a whole lot of people get stabbed.


May 12, 2012
PC

I Like The Sound Of Call Of Duty’s 1v1 Mode

The new Face-Off mode that’s coming to Modern Warfare 3 next week seems pretty cool. It will let players compete in 1v1 and 2v2 matches on small maps just made for the mode. The brand-new, totally-official and only-slightly-confusing video from the Call of Duty folks explains and shows most of it.


May 8, 2012
Xbox

How About A Call Of Duty That Shows The Human Side Of Not Fighting A War

War is hell, and it never changes. Even when game developers promise to depict the more human side of military conflict, it all boils down to shooting other people as close to the face as possible.


PC

The Trouble With Call Of Duty’s Scary New War Of The Future

The future is black, announces the trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The next iteration of the popular first-person shooter hardly needs any marketing campaign: immediately after the official announcement, the gaming press diligently started to operate as an extension of Activision’s PR department. Small and big media scrambled to produce the most comprehensive list of features, talking polygons and frame rates, revealing plot fragments, speculating on new gameplay additions that may or may not rejuvenate the trite shooting genre.


May 6, 2012
In Real Life

What Does The US Military Think Of ‘Militainment’?

There couldn’t have been a better time for this panel. Tuesday brought the eyebrow-arching news that Lt. Col Oliver North was a special guest celebrity consultant of the next Call of Duty. And Friday, former Kotaku editor-in-chief Brian Crecente was on a panel with a Navy captain at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.


May 5, 2012
In Real Life

Rant: Black Ops 2 Chooses Someone Who Failed The Call Of Duty

When you face low expectations, falling short of them doesn’t count for much either. And that’s the dirty secret of Call of Duty, which has spent four years solidifying its image as a crass chickenhawk brand thanks to some particularly dumb marketing initiatives. But hiring on Col Oliver North to stump for Black Ops 2 represents a new low.


PC

Black Ops II Gets A Dubstep Makeover

When we say “Dubstep” most people think of hard drops and grinding wubs. But there is a lot more to the genre than that.


May 4, 2012
Xbox

Meet Call Of Duty’s New Foreign Bad Guys

In the futuristic 2025 setting of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the United States has become locked in a second Cold War with China due largely to a shortage of rare earth elements, which are vital in the creation of a lot of the technology and advanced military hardware we use today.


In Real Life

Kim Kardashian Is Psyched For The Next Call Of Duty. Really.

Gaming connoisseur and poisonous celebrity Kim Kardashian is super psyched for the next Call of Duty, she said on Twitter today. Because the graphics look crazy.