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Call Of Duty: Ghosts Gives You A Dog, Customisable Multiplayer Avatars

You’ll have a dog in the next Call of Duty. You’ll be able to lean. You’ll be able to slide. And in multiplayer you’ll be able to customise your character’s avatar, switching bodies, heads and more.


Why Soldiers Wear Call Of Duty-Style Masks

Now that Call of Duty: Ghosts is an official thing — and since the only detail we’re being given is something to do with masks, I think — it’s an interesting time to look back on what the famous and one-time-infamous Call of Duty skull mask even is. You might not remember the event that tried to place infamy on the balaclava that Lieutenant Ghost (ahem, ahem) wears in Call of Duty.


The New Call Of Duty Is Coming To Current And Next-Gen Consoles

Activision’s annual blockbuster military shooter returns in November with Call of Duty: Ghosts. In addition to this debut teaser trailer, the game is getting an “exclusive first look” at Microsoft’s event for the next-generation Xbox on May 21.


Cryptic Infinity Ward Messages Show Off Branded Steam Box Prototype

Call of Duty makers Infinity Ward posted two telling photos to Facebook and Twitter this week, showing off what appears to be an Xi3 Piston PC, one of Valve’s adorable prototype Steam Box devices, with the company’s logo plastered on it. It’s also got another device (maybe a hard drive?) attached on the bottom. The photo on Twitter came with the message “What’s this?” while the one on Facebook said simply “Game development.”


Modern Warfare Map Removed After Complaints From Muslim Gamers

Over the weekend, those playing Modern Warfare 2 began to notice that one of the series’ most popular multiplayer maps, Favela, had disappeared.


Modern Warfare Creators Were Going To Make $16m Each In The Year They Were Fired

All manner of dirty laundry is currently being aired the ongoing ongoing lawsuit between Activision and Vince Zampella and Jason West, creators of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.


Activision Pays Ex-Call Of Duty Developers $42m

The ongoing legal feud between publishers Activision and former employees Vince West and Jason Zampella, the creators of the Call of Duty franchise, took an interesting turn today when Activision coughed up over $US40 million.


Call Of Duty’s Robert ‘fourzerotwo’ Bowling Steps Down

Infinity Ward Creative Strategist Robert Bowling, known as one of the most public faces of the Call of Duty franchise, has stepped down from his position, he said on his Twitter feed today. [Twitter]


I Don’t Care For Modern Warfare 3 Much, But I’d Play These Two New Maps

I avoid Modern Warfare multiplayer, because it’s no fun to lose all the time. (I’ve got no time to practice!) But you might be having fun — and I might finally have the will to join you, thanks to a twist in two of the three new maps coming to the Xbox 360 in the coming days.


There’s No Stopping The Epic Call Of Duty Lawsuit

Denying request for summary judgment, the Los Angeles Superior Court gave Activision the green light to go to trial with its $US400 million contract interference lawsuit against Electronic Arts over Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella.


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