Activision today said its Call of Duty franchise has more than 40 million monthly active users across all of its titles, half of that coming from the latest release, Modern Warfare 3. More »
PlayStation 3 Call of Duty Elite members get their first taste of the nine-month Modern Warfare 3 content season come February 28, when Activision launches the Liberation and Piazza maps for Sony’s console.
Starting tomorrow, the Call of Duty “season” begins with the first of four planned packs of DLC. Activision seems to believe that The Daily Show‘s Rob Riggle (a former serviceman himself) is the guy to sell it to us, and their new commercial features him taking a testosterone-y tour of Elite services, from study-able heat-maps to loadout analysis and leaderboards. More »
Ever since the head of gaming giant Activision Blizzard said that the natural evolution of Call of Duty was for it to go massively multiplayer, it’s been fair to wonder when Activision Blizzard would turn their biggest hit into a subscription game — a game you pay to keep playing. More »
Kim Dotcom is the internet playboy who made his zillions by founding the now-defunct Anonymous cause celebre du jour Megaupload, and from the blatant hosting of pirated content there. But he also led a secret life, did you know? He is the deadliest shooter in all of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Really. More »
There will be more than 20 “drops” of new content for Modern Warfare 3, as a nine-month season of expansions to last year’s big game kicks off this month. More »
Some hardcore fanatics might say that Call of Duty’s a major part of their life. Thinking about killstreaks, prestiges and perks in Activision’s multi-developer FPS series takes up a large part of their days and their nights get spent filling online opponents full of bullet holes. More »
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Eight months after confusing teammates and adversaries in Black Ops, the guy running a Samuel L Jackson soundboard took Jules Winnfield/Mace Windu/Eddie Murphy’s uncle into some Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer, with much better dialogue selections and more hilarious — and oblivious — reactions. More »
Let’s say you’re curious as to how, exactly, developer Infinity Ward determines whether an online offence is grave enough to warrant banning from their blockbuster shooter Modern Warfare 3. Or you’re an arsehole who just wants to see how far he/she can push it before copping a ban. More »
