In Real Life

Soldiers And Video Games: ‘Heroes In A Frontline Combat Context Do Not Exist’

Kotaku AU

Every now and then a soldier will write about the obvious differences between war, and the portrayal of war in video games. This article is almost like that, but the brutal honesty, the matter of fact way in which war is depicted, is unnerving. According to ex-soldier ‘W’ “[h]eroes in a frontline combat context do not exist”.


February 22, 2012
PlayStation

New Modern Warfare 3 Prestige Levels Hitting Xbox 360 Today, PS3 Next Week

The latest Call of Duty will get 400 new ranks and five new prestige levels for Xbox 360 today and PlayStation 3 on February 28, Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling said today. PC users got ‘em last week. [Robert Bowling]


February 16, 2012
Xbox

Rob Riggle Tours The Heights Of Modern Warfare 3′s Overwatch Map

Former Daily Show correspondent Rob Riggle wriggles his way into Modern Warfare 3‘s upcoming Overwatch map, giving us a guided tour of the hoary heights of New York City skyscrapers.


February 15, 2012
News

Only Modern Warfare 3 Beat Skyrim In 2011

Kotaku AU

Skyrim was hot on everyone’s lips in 2011, but how well did it perform in the sales department?


February 12, 2012
Xbox

Be Good At Modern Warfare 3 And Win $2000

Kotaku AU

If you fancy yourself a whiz with the M4A1, a crack shot with a .50 cal or your team’s designated tree cutter when a MK46 is in your hands, Southern Event Management is giving you the opportunity to put your skills to the test in a bid to collect a cool $2000. All you have to do is play lots and lots of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.


February 10, 2012
PC

Call Of Duty Population Explodes To 40 Million Users, Half Coming From Modern Warfare 3

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.


February 3, 2012
PlayStation

Modern Warfare 3 PlayStation 3 Elite Content Season Kicks Off February 28

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.


January 24, 2012
News

Rob Riggle Wants Arses Kicked

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.


PC

Call Of Duty Is Now A Subscription Game If You Want It To Be

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.


January 23, 2012
In Real Life

Jailed Megaupload King Is Still The World No. 1 In Modern Warfare 3

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.