In Real Life

Best Modern Warfare Fan Film Continues Briefly But Beautifully

The gang at Corridor Digital, creators of great video game inspired shorts like Video Game Cheats In Real Life and The Last Minecart, continue their dazzling Modern Warfare fan-film “Frozen Crossing” with a muzzle flash-filled frozen moment.


March 9, 2011
In Real Life

Chinese Movie Caught Stealing Call Of Duty’s Art!

Kotaku AU

Southwest Anti-Bandit Stories is a pretty lacklustre Chinese movie that was attacked for numerous reasons but now, hilariously, it has been completely busted for stealing art for Call of Duty and photoshopping it into its actual movie poster!


PlayStation

Modern Warfare 2 Patched Up To Fix Rampant Hacking On PS3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward just issued an update to the PlayStation 3 version of the first-person shooter, an attempt to curb rampant hacking in the game’s online multiplayer mode. It appears to be working (so far).


February 26, 2011
News

No Modern Warfare 3 Reveal Next Week; Activision Says Countdown Site Is A Hoax

Activision, the publisher of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series, says a countdown website hinting at the announcement of a Modern Warfare sequel next week is a hoax, a company representative says. Activision has nothing to do with it or the mailing of novelty dogtags to the speciality press today, viral promotions that both reference characters from the series.


February 7, 2011
In Real Life

LEGO Uncharted, LEGO Call Of Duty, LEGO Halo…

We will never see official LEGO versions of Resident Evil, Modern Warfare, Max Payne, Gears of War, Final Fantasy or Killzone. That being the case, we’ll have to make do with Andy Pescovitz’s customised renditions instead.


January 24, 2011
In Real Life

It Took 5 Video Games To Make This Image

This image is called “Captain Lights Part 2: Electric Boogaloo”. Looks nice, but it’s not entirely the artist’s own work, seeing as it’s actually a composite of five video games, a movie and a toy gun.


January 21, 2011
Mobile

Did The Creators Of Call Of Duty Delay A Map Pack To Help Out The Competition?

After months of finger-pointing and allegations, the company behind the massively popular Call of Duty series may have proof to support claims that one of their video games was sabotaged by its creators at the urging of a rival.


January 14, 2011
Nintendo

A Vivid Look At The Streets Of Baghdad

One of YouTube’s most popular gamers, Wings of Redemption, interrupts his flow of clips about Modern Warfare, Medal of Honor and other war games to share a video from his brother, an American soldier in Iraq. The scene is unusual.


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.


December 22, 2010
In Real Life

Call Of Duty Giant Suing Rival Over Modern Warfare Meltdown, Paints Uglier Picture

The nasty lawsuits between Call of Duty publisher Activision and the ousted lead creators of that hit series franchise just got uglier with accusations that the makers of Modern Warfare gleefully sabotage the sister studio behind this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops – and that the president of rival EA was instrumental in trying to “hijack” the Call of Duty developers.