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Dangling the Carrot: the ‘Loot Theory’
7:30AM Maggie Greene | Gamers can be a finicky bunch, moving from title to title in search of novelty — what does it take to keep players motivated and hanging around? Loot, says an essay over at High Dynamic Range Lying — that’s right, the collective ‘we’ are a bunch of donkeys chasing elusive, just-out-of-our-reach carrots around. I’ll buy it as a generalization, since I’ve spent extra hours obsessively going after rare prizes in some of my beloved RPGs, which have the art of loot baiting down to a science: More »
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Bond Devs Sing Praises of Call of Duty 4 Engine
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | So, upcoming Quantum of Solace runs on the modded Call of Duty 4 engine — and hey, not bad. The addition of cover seems most welcomed. Just remember you are Bond. You are Bond. More »
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Rumour: Infinity Ward Working on Sci-Fi Title
8:00AM Owen Good | An alleged insider allegedly with Infinity Ward allegedly told TalkPlayStation.com that the Call of Duty 4 developer is “currently working on a new sci-fi title”. And then they clam up pretty fast, saying no more info is on the way and, conveniently, we “may or may not announce it at E3″. So there’s a 50 percent chance this tip’s got legs. As in, they’re either making the game, or not. Computerandvideogames.com goes so far as to speculate it’s a CoD/SciFi shooter. Granted, CoD is the studio’s only title but come on. That’s still like saying the guy that brought you “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is now making an Indiana Jones movie with aliens in it. Oh wait … COD4 Developers Making Sci-Fi Title [TalkPlayStation.com via Computerandvideogames.com] More »More Leaks: Forza 3 and Call of Duty
8:15AM Owen Good | Other nuggets gleaned from the ongoing mining of the Xbox marketing leak by Xbox 360 Fanboy: • The next Call of Duty will be known as “World at War” instead of CoD5. There are five box concepts leaked. There’s speculation that calling it World at War is an effort to keep the lifespan of hot-selling CoD4 running as long as possible. • Forza Motorsport 3 is so huge that the limitations of the DVD format became an issue. It will include 400 cars, 100 tracks and must ship on two discs. Car deformation was also mentioned as a feature of the new title. Possible CoD5 Rename, Plus Boxarts and pic [Xbox 360 Fanboy] Forza Will Have 2 Discs, 400 Cars, More [Xbox 360 Fanboy] More »NVIDIA <3 PC Gamers with Free COD4 Map Pack
2:00AM Owen Good | PC Call of Duty 4 gamers can download four maps free in an NVIDIA-sponsored Variety Map Pack due to drop Thursday. The four maps for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare are the Broadcast, Chinatown, Killhouse and Creek maps. Furthermore, PC players will get a patch that fixes a server crash, fixes some other bugs, adds in some things and, oh yeah, enables support for the new maps. So, PC gamers, don’t say nobody never did nuthin’ for ya. Xbox 360 owners had to buy this. Enjoy! Variety Map Pack Sponsored by NVIDIA hits PC June 5th [IAMfourzerotwo] More »
Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack Hits PS3 Thursday
1:20PM Michael McWhertor | PlayStation 3 gamers who’ve answered the fourth Call of Duty will get their version of the Variety Map Pack this Thursday, a DLC bonus that Xbox 360 owners have been enjoying for a few weeks now. The new maps will hit the PlayStation Stores in both North America and Europe. In additionally good news, this weekend will be a “Double XP Weekend Extravaganza” giving Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare players twice the experience. The official word from Infinity Ward is that the devs will be available for headshotting on Friday, April 25 from 11AM to 2PM PDT and from 5 PM to 8 PM PDT. It should give us something to do while we wait for the Metal Gear Online beta to go prime time. More »
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