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Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Pre-Order Records
The game that has sent the competition scurrying into 2010 looks set to break all kinds of sales records when it’s released next week, with Modern Warfare 2 setting a new mark for pre-orders at GameStop. Speaking with USA Today, the chain’s executive vice president for merchandising and marketing, Tony Bartel, has revealed “As of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009 -
One Last Hurrah For Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack
Microsoft is dropping the price of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack for the last week it will be even remotely relevant. Modern Warfare 2 comes out next week, which means there will be a lot less people playing the original game on Xbox Live once it drops. Until then, why…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2009 -
Party Chat Not Fully Supported in Modern Warfare 2
The Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 2 won’t allow gamers to be in Party Chat while playing some modes of the game, according to a screen uploaded by a NeoGaf poster. That means that gamers on different teams won’t be able to cross talk and cheat. Of course, it also means that gamers won’t…
By Brian Crecente Published November 2, 2009 -
Amazon Seeks “Call of Duty-est” Town in America
Amazon’s pitting city against town against village in a promotion to see which American municpality orders the most copies of Modern Warfare 2 with release-date delivery. They’ve got a top 40 board up, which Stillwater, Okla. currently leads. The criteria: Amazon’s cutoff are towns and cities with a population over 5,000 (according to the most…
By Owen Good Published November 1, 2009 -
Storm’s Husband Gets Some Play In Ultimate Alliance 2
T’Challa, leader of the fictional African Wakandan nation, bearer of the Black Panther mantle, and husband to the X-Men’s Storm, joins Carnage, Psylocke, and Cable as a new downloadable character for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. The Black Panther is a title held by the ruler of Wakanda and chieftain of the Wakandan Panther Clan. As…
By Mike Fahey Published October 30, 2009 -
Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC Dated and Priced
The Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC package announced last week has been dated and priced for the Xbox 360 and PS3. It arrives Nov. 5 on both consoles in North America, and on Nov. 12 for the PS3 in Europe. The package will deliver five new characters – one of whom is Black Panther, it…
By Owen Good Published October 29, 2009 -
Modern Warfare 2 Footage Sparks Outrage In Australia
Leaked footage of gameplay from Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 has the Australian Council on Children and the Media calling for the game’s MA15+ to be reconsidered, effectively banning it from sale. The skippable scene of terrorist atrocities in Modern Warfare 2 first came to light via leaked footage on YouTube early yesterday. News travelled quickly,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2009 -
DJ Hero DLC Is A Tad Bit Pricey
DJ Hero is barely out the door and already there are new downloadable tracks, with 50 Cent, Queen, Gorillaz, and Public Enemy hitting Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network today – for $3.00 apiece. DJ Hero developer FreeStyleGames’ Chris Lee gave IGN the skinny on the first round of DJ Hero DLC, revealing a price…
By Mike Fahey Published October 29, 2009 -
Modern Warfare 2 Features Skippable Scene of Atrocities
Activision’s upcoming first-person shooter Modern Warfare 2 includes scenes “designed to evoke the atrocities of terrorism,” the publisher told Kotaku today. The scenes are so powerful that despite already having a Mature rating, players can choose to skip playing through it. Details of the scene came to light after footage from the game was leaked…
By Brian Crecente Published October 28, 2009 -
Why Jay-Z Is Involved With DJ Hero
Rapper Jay-Z is appearing in DJ Hero: Renegade Edition. Why, you ask? Well Jay-Z will tell you why: The success of Guitar Hero and Jay-Z’s desire to spread hip-hop. “Immediately, of course, with the success of Guitar Hero, it piqued my interest,” Jay-Z tells MTV. “Then, you know, on top of that, it was something…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2009 -
Watch Modern Warfare 2 Gameplay
In case you failed to read the headline, Spoiler Warning! This is the opening of Modern Warfare 2 and it’s so spoilerific, it’s been yanked from YouTube. Enjoy, despite the somewhat lousy quality! Click to view Modern Warfare 2 Airport [LiveLeak]
By AJ Glasser Published October 28, 2009 -
Reviews
DJ Hero Review: You Spin Me Right Round
Into a genre that seems determined to turn our living rooms into plastic instrument wastelands comes DJ Hero, where one turntable is all you’ll ever need. While the Guitar Hero series is all about performing music, DJ Hero is all about perfecting it. Packed together with a plastic facsimile of a turntable, the DJ’s weapon…
By Mike Fahey Published October 27, 2009 -
Animator Says He’s Working on “GoldenEye 2010” for Wii
Grain-of-salt territory here, as it’s just one guy and his resume, but an animator named Craig Peck lists work on “GoldenEye 2010 (Wii),” spotted by – who else – SuperAnnuation. “Animator on Activision’s James Bond series for the Nintendo Wii,” is what the entry here [pdf] says. The work was done for Eurocom, responsible for…
By Owen Good Published October 26, 2009 -
Analyst Slashes DJ Hero Sales Projections
Activision’s DJ Hero hits store shelves tomorrow, and it might linger there a bit longer than expected, as Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz drops sales projections for the rhythm game by more than 50%. Will hype, demo booths, and the Hero brand be enough to make DJ Hero a smash hit? Perhaps not, if…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2009 -
A Million Facebook Users Like Guitar Hero
Facebook users have been clicking on the “Become a Fan” button on Activision’s Guitar Hero page like crazy, making it the first video game franchise to gather more than a million Facebook fans. If you had any doubts about the ever-growing importance of Facebook to the game industry, look no further than today’s Activision announcement,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2009 -
Modern Warfare 2 Getting The Steam Works
PC gamers still planning on picking up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may want to take a look at the Steam version, which is getting full Steamworks integration, including Steam achievements and Steam Cloud support. The achievement stuff is just delicious candy, really, but the Steam Cloud support is nice. That server side storage…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 23, 2009 -
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Hooks Up Cable
After a good month of watching local channels, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 finally upgrades to Cable. The son of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor, raised by Cyclops and Jean Grey in the far future, Cable would be one of the most powerful mutants in the Marvel Universe if they hadn’t dialed his powers way down…
By Mike Fahey Published October 23, 2009 -
Here Are Your Modern Warfare 2 Minimum Specs For PC
PC gamers still willing to brave the IWNET powered Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have a little more than two weeks to get their rigs up to the minimum specs provided by Activision. While those of you still running Windows ME may be calling bullshit on the technical barrier of entry to play Modern…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 22, 2009 -
The Good, Bad and Ugly of The Modern Warfare 2 Server Decision
This was a doozy of a week for Kotaku Talk Radio with Totilo, myself and oodles of listeners weighing in on the issue of Modern Warfare 2 and dedicated servers. Is it a sign of things to come? What far-reaching consequences could it have? Tune in to find out and to get a pulse of…
By Brian Crecente Published October 21, 2009