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World At War Map Pack 1 Sells Two Million
The popularity of Nazi zombies is cemented forever in video game sales history, as Activision announces more than two million downloads of the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1. Released in March, the first map pack for Call of Duty: World at war contained three multiplayer maps players could care less about…
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Review: A Pretty Good Start
There’s a new Wolverine movie in theaters, which means it’s time for another developer to take a stab at Marvel’s stabbiest super-hero with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Developer Raven Software isn’t altogether unfamiliar with Wolverine, having played about with him in both the X-Men Legends series and Marvel Ultimate Alliance; but this is the first time…
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Another Pic of Wolverine’s Secret Areas
Friday, Fahey dug up a screenshot of X-Men Origins: Wolverine’s homage to Warcraft. A reader sent us a screengrab of another crossover marvel, one of two mentioned in the game’s achievement list. Obligatory spoiler alert. The first hidden area is understandable – Activision/Blizzard publish both Warcraft and Wolverine. Although it’s not specifically invoked, and Valve…
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Rumor: Call of Duty Moving on to Vietnam?
Citing a confidential source, That VideoGame Blog says Activision is pursuing licenses for Vietnam War-era music, as well as Cuban, Soviet Union and African music. They also infer that Treyarch will be the developer. TVGB says that Noah Heller is involved with this supposed CoD 7; he was the senior producer on World at War,…
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Activision Supports Scottish Weasel Mating
In a bit of marketing that could theoretically bite someone at Activision in the ass, the company is promoting X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the UK by backing giant weasel mating. There are two Logan’s in Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo today, all thanks to the marketing efforts of Activision. The zoo’s only male wolverine, which is a…
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Wow, Check Out One Of Wolverine’s Secret Places
In the frozen wastes surrounding the Akali Lake Weapon X facility, Wolverine stumbles upon an artifact of untold power from another world…of Warcraft. I’m placing the main image below in case the spoiler warning tag isn’t enough to keep you from peeking inside. It really is one of the more humorous little cross-title nods I’ve…
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Valve Sues Activision Over Sierra Monies
Valve and Activision are doing the legal two-step, with the former suing the latter over royalties from a 2002 lawsuit against Sierra. On April 6th of this year, Valve was awarded a $2,391,932 judgment against Activision as the result of a 2002 lawsuit against Sierra Online. The original lawsuit, which we reported on way back…
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World At War Map Pack 2 Introduces Imperial Zombies
Activision and Treyarch bring Japanese Imperial zombie killing to World War II in June, with the release of the second map pack for Call of Duty: World at War. Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 delivers three new multiplayer maps and one new zombie map to Treyarch’s World War II shooter. Fight…
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Prototype’s Story In Convenient Montage Format
If you want to tell the back story of Radical Entertainment’s Protoype while still remaining cool and mysterious, then you’re going to need a montage. A back story montage! The developers certainly add to the air of mystery surrounding the virus infecting the citizens of New York City and the origin of the game’s protagonist,…
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Activision, Gibson Guitar Settle Claims
Sometime last week, Activision and Gibson Guitar decided to end their legal wrangling over a patent infringement claim made against the Guitar Hero franchise. Terms ain’t disclosed. Gamasutra dug up the docs, which indicate only that Gibson and Activision shook hands on April 17 and a federal judge in California terminated the case. A federal…
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Wolverine Behind-The-Scenes Teases Secrets
The latest developer diary video for X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a dirty, no-good secret snikt-tease. Developer Raven hasn’t so much created levels for the game as they have crafted environments for players to romp about it. Forest environments; jungle environments; snowy forest environments – they’re all represented here. It’s all very interesting, until they get…
By Mike Fahey
