News

Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling Opens New Studio, Says Games Industry ‘Has A Lot To Learn’

Kotaku AU

After leaving Infinity Ward earlier this year, ex-Modern Warfare Creative Strategist Robert Bowling has launched a new studio called Robotoki, with a vision for creating a work environment where creatives have more control over exactly how their work is treated in the marketplace. According to Bowling, the games industry has “a lot to learn” when it comes to treating talent correctly.


April 24, 2012
In Real Life

Another Day, Another Death Threat From Gamers To The People Who Make Video Games

“The very first death threat I got was when we decided not to support dedicated servers in Modern Warfare 2,” Robert Bowling the former public face for the Call of Duty series recently told me.


March 29, 2012
In Real Life

The Nasty Twitter Hate Sent To The Former Face Of Call Of Duty

We know that Twitter is a forum rife with negativity, just as surely as we know that Xbox Live contains the same. But it’s still sobering to look at the kind of venom that was spewed in the direction of Robert Bowling, who recently resigned as the public face and “creative strategist” of lead Call of Duty development studio, Infinity Ward.


March 27, 2012
News

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]


January 24, 2012
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.


November 20, 2011
PC

Infinity Ward Bans 1,600 Modern Warfare 3 Cheaters, Asks What You’re Lookin’ At

Robert Bowling done tole you now son, so don’t sit there and act all surprised-like. Yesterday Bowling, the Infinity Ward creative strategist, tweeted that another 1,600 cheaters have been banned since Four Zero Two promised them a ass-busting back on release day.


September 19, 2011
News

There Will Be No Prestige Edition Of Modern Warfare 3

In late August, details leaked about a Modern Warfare 3 “Hardened” special edition, but none for a “Prestige,” a more deluxe package that notoriously included night-vision goggles for Modern Warfare 2 in 2009. There are no details yet on a Prestige edition because there will be no Prestige edition for Modern Warfare 3.


August 20, 2011
News

Peace In Our Time. Battlefield, Call Of Duty Makers Play Battlefield 3 Together

EA talks smack about Activision’s Call of Duty. Wants it to rot. Predicts it will collapse, and soon. Activision rolls its eyes at EA, sighs and suggests there’s enough room for EA’s Battlefield 3 and all the Call of Duty/Modern Warfares to co-exist.


May 24, 2011
PC

The Maker Of Modern Warfare 3 Has ‘Moved Beyond’ Its Modern Warfare 2 Tech

Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty and Modern Warfare, is leaving its previously used game engine technology behind for Modern Warfare 3. Will that put an end to cracks about the developer using Quake III Arena-era tech?


May 14, 2011
PC

‘Some’ Info In Modern Warfare 3 Leak Not Accurate, Says Infinity Ward

What to make of the Modern Warfare 3 leak? Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Modern Warfare studio Infinity Ward said on Twitter today that ‘some’ of the information in the trove of images, level summaries and audio files, “still accurate”, but suggests that other details have changed, presumably during the course of the game’s development.