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Megatron Can Smell Your Xbox Live Avatar, Boy

Cover your hideous meat-face with a collection of attractive and stylish robot heads today, as Activision releases a set of Transformers gear onto the Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace. I’m not sure how I can tie this together with Thanksgiving Day, so we’ll just mutter incoherently about turkey or something and move on to the main…

By Mike Fahey Published November 26, 2009

So, When’s Modern Warfare 2’s DLC Due?

Needless to say, when a game sells as many copies as Modern Warfare 2 has, there’ll be millions of people hanging out for its first wave of its downloadable content. But, uh, when is it coming out? Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has said “DLC is planned fir the wonderfully vauge timeframe of Spring.”. Drop a…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009

Why I Don’t Play World of Warcraft

Monday marked the fifth birthday of World of Warcraft, and – enormous success though it is – there are many millions who haven’t played it, and honestly don’t care to. I’m one of them, and here we have our say. Let’s understand each other: I have nothing against Warcraft or Warcraft gamers, or MMOs. I…

By Owen Good Published November 25, 2009

There Is A Lawsuit Featuring World Of Warcraft, Winona Ryder & Depeche Mode

Erik Estavillo is suing Activision Blizzard over World of Warcraft. Erik Estavillo is also a funny guy. That or he’s crazy. It could go either way. Estavillo claims the company “continues to maintain a harmful virtual environment to many of its customers by forcing them to follow [World of Warcraft’s] sneaky and deceitful practices”. And…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2009

We Prefer The Tony Hawk: Ride Prototype

Robomodo, the developers behind Tony Hawk: Ride, have posted some photos showing off the prototype controller used as a testbed before the final design was nailed down. And we love it! Sure, with wires, wood and buttons all over the place it doesn’t have as compact a final form as the retail model, but it’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2009

Why I Play World of Warcraft

Oh, not me specifically. I don’t play World of Warcraft. But I am powerful curious as to why millions and millions of people sink money into the Blizzard moneymaker year after year for a game that you can never win. Truth be told, I did actually take a stab at WoW a few years back…

By AJ Glasser Published November 24, 2009

Beat A Man Into A Urinal, Consider Buying Deodorant

I think I can tell when ad people are joking. I tested that skill recently at an in-game advertising event. The people from Take Two saying a BioShock Big Daddy would be a great pitchman for Black and Decker? Joking. The Ubisoft guy who preceded them? Maybe joking. He was talking about smashing people into…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 24, 2009

Tony Hawk Keen On Kelly Slater Revival

In an interview with GameSpot, skating legend and video game staple Tony Hawk has spoken fondly, and none-too-subtly, of his wishes to see another Kelly Slater’s Pro Surfer game. Using the Tony Hawk: Ride controller, of course. Chatting about what comes next for the expensive peripheral, Hawk says “I think that the first priority, beyond…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2009

Guitar Hero Ponders A Subscription Model For DLC

As Guitar Hero‘s catalogue of downloadable content grows larger, it gets harder and harder to make a buck selling the older stuff individually. So…what about a subscription to the whole service instead? It’s something Red Octane and Activision are thinking about, RO’s founder Kai Huang telling the Seattle Times “[a monthly subscription is] definitely one…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2009

Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007

How time changes men. In 2007, Infinity Ward were gushing over the important things in Call of Duty 4’s PC version, like dedicated servers and the involvement of the mod scene. Wonder what, in the intervening years, has changed?

By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2009

Modern Warfare 2 Selling Just Fine On PC

Proving that the Modern Warfare 2 “boycott” was more hollow tantrum than actual boycott, Infinity Ward have revealed that the PC version of the game has been outselling its predecessor. “The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has actually outsold the PC version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in it’s first week”, IW’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2009

Valve Bans Gray-Market Modern Warfare 2 Keys

Some who bought CD keys for Modern Warfare 2 – no physicial media in other words – from import resellers have seen their access to the game vanish, as Activision has apparently asked Valve to ban such keys. A poster in Valve’s official forums complained that a key he bought through G2Play.net no longer lets…

By Owen Good Published November 20, 2009

Try Jurassic: The Hunted Before You Stare At It Quizzically On Store Shelves

Activision sprung Jurassic: The Hunted on us only a month ago, barely giving folks time to see it, much less find out how it played. Perhaps an Xbox 360 demo will shed some light. Jurassic: The Hunted, developed by Cauldron HQ and released two weeks after it was announced on the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation…

By Mike Fahey Published November 20, 2009

Modern Warfare 2 Could Have Had Aliens, Zombies

Absurd excesses aside, Modern Warfare 2 likes to keep thing pretty straight. Real men, real weapons, real countries. But during the game’s development cycle, Infinity Ward were open to things of a quirkier nature. “In the beginning we talked about having things in Modern Warfare 2 like outbreaks, viruses, chemical warfare, and even outlandish things…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2009

Tony Hawk Ride Gets Stood Upon By Giant Bomb

We’re still waiting on our own copy of Tony Hawk Ride for a Kotaku review, but the Giant Bomb crew bravely ventured out of doors to secure a copy, offering their trademark Quick Look at Activision’s new peripheral-based skateboarding game. Not only is it informative, giving curious Tony Hawk Ride investors a 20-plus minute video…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 19, 2009

How Much Did It Cost To Make Modern Warfare 2?

Modern Warfare 2 has made about a bazillion dollars so far around the world, but that’s not all profit. You’ve got to subtract the game’s development costs. And for such a polished game, those must be pretty high… And they are. An LA Times report on the game’s launch says the game “cost $40 million…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2009

More Call Of Duty Movie Talk Bubbles Up From Soap Himself

Were Activision to pass on creating a Call of Duty-based film, it would be leaving millions on the table. Not their style. That’s why more chatter about a possible Call of Duty doesn’t surprise, especially coming from “Soap” MacTavish himself. No, not the video game character. We’re still pretty good at discerning reality from fantasy.…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 18, 2009

Modern Warfare 2: PC Versus 360

How does the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 compare to the console versions? I spent some time with the game on the Xbox 360 and Steam to find out. The single player experience in the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game is largely the same, with a few obvious…

By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009

Report: Activision Sets Up Third Call Of Duty Team

Having two teams dedicated to annual output of Activision’s Call of Duty franchise may not be enough for the publisher. A report from the LA Times says that a third team is now tasked with Call of Duty development duties. While the news outlet doesn’t name the studio responsible for providing gamers with even more…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 18, 2009

Tony Hawk: Ride Versus Skateboarding Dog

This dog obviously has had more time to play Tony Hawk: Ride than 3 hours on a Saturday afternoon. I’m going to assume you’ve all seen at least one skateboarding dog video in your lifetimes. If not, welcome to the internet. This rather obvious viral ad for Tony Hawk: Ride plays off the skateboarding dog…

By Mike Fahey Published November 18, 2009