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Behind-the-Scenes With Black Ops‘ Zombie-Bursting Rezurrection DLC
Treyarch gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Rezurrection downloadable content coming for Call of Duty: Black Ops, including a look at what happens to zombies in the vacuum of space. BOOM! Along with the video, Treyarch and Activision have also shared a striking piece of art for the new zombie map included in the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2011 -
Activision Says No Thanks to Facebook Gaming Because It’s Already Kicking Ass In Pay-to-Play
The CEO of Activision Publishing (that’s not Bobby Kotick—he is the CEO of Activision Blizzard) pointedly said his division does not share rival Electronic Arts’ interest in Facebook gaming because “Call of Duty has more players who pay-to-play online than any Facebook game.” Ruh roh. That’s another bon mot offered by Eric Hirshberg at the…
By Owen Good Published August 10, 2011 -
From the Director of Alien, Blade Runner, New Content for Call of Duty Elite
Call of Duty Elite, Activision’s bid to make their billion-dollar shooter more community driven, will be getting some “exclusive episodic entertainment” from the likes of Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Ridley Scott, the company said during a recent presentation. Speaking to a gathering at the 13th Annual Pacific Crest Global Technology Leadership Forum in Vail,…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2011 -
A Deep Look at Modern Warfare 3‘s Spec Ops Survival Mode
We’ve written quite a bit about Modern Warfare 3‘s Spec Ops survival mode. Think of it as a sort of Horde mode but with the ability to call in riot shield -wielding soldiers and attack dogs. Here’s an official look at the game. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
Battlefield 3, Meet a Supersonic Jet
At this year’s Gamescom gaming expo in Germany, EA and DICE are bringing a Mig-21 to the Battlefield 3 booth. They used a red semi-truck! Battlefield 3 is facing off with rival title Modern Warfare 3, and unless the Activision booth has, I dunno, more impressive military hardware, chalk up a Battlefield 3 win in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 9, 2011 -
Hooray! Now We Know Why Bobby Kotick is in that Brad Pitt Movie
Bobby Kotick’s cameo in Moneyball, even after it was confirmed by Activision, remained quite the WTF mystery of June. Why was he appearing as the Oakland A’s owner in a sports flick? Did he know Brad Pitt? Did he know the director? Was this some hint at a Call of Duty movie? Actually, yes, he…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2011 -
Activision Is Getting Sued over a Music Game. Again.
A few years back, it was all the rage for musicians to sue Activision over appearances in Guitar Hero. Courtney Love was doing it, The Romantics were doing it, No Doubt was doing it, even Axl Rose was in on the action Now, Johnny-come-lately Adam Levine, lead singer for Maroon 5, wants a slice, suing…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2011 -
Black Ops’ Rezurrection DLC is One Small Step for Zombie-Kind
Nacht der Untoten. Verruckt. Shi No Numa. Der Riese. These names strike terror in the hearts of anyone that dared venture into the undead playgrounds of Call of Duty: World at War. The zombie story started there. It ends on the Moon. Due out on August 23 for the Xbox 360, the Rezurrection donwloadable content…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2011 -
Modern Warfare 3 is Also Deploying to Wii
Not one to exclude 87 million customers, Activision confirmed today that it will release a Wii version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this year. Typically, the Wii versions of Call of Duty games launch alongside their HD counterparts.
By Michael McWhertor Published August 3, 2011 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops Getting A Resurrection This Fall
Activision will release the fourth Call of Duty: Black Ops “content pack,” named Resurrection, by end of September on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, the company says. Resurrection will follow First Strike, Escalation and Annihilation. Details still to come…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 3, 2011 -
Everybody at the Call of Duty Convention Gets a Free Modern Warfare 3
Activision sweetens the pot for fans considering attending the first-ever Call of Duty XP convention in Los Angeles next month, revealing additional details on what fans can expect to get out of the show, including a free copy of the Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition. $150 is a lot to ask fans to spend on…
By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2011 -
If His Demands Are Met, He Guarantees Battlefield 3 Will Triumph Over Modern Warfare 3
In today’s online multiplayer shooter edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter WhoKnew? lists the tweaks he believes will lead to more people playing Battlefield 3 than Modern Warfare 3 this fall Dear EA / DICE, While the internet is filled with Battlefield 3 vs. Modern Warfare 3 propaganda that pretty much defines fanyboyism at…
By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2011 -
Square Enix Brings Activision’s True Crime Reboot Back From the Dead
The True Crime game canned by publisher Activision earlier this year has been revived. It just won’t bear the True Crime name at its new home, Final Fantasy, Deus Ex and Hitman publisher Square Enix. Gamasutra reports that the game once known as True Crime: Hong Kong has been snapped up by the Japanese publisher.…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 1, 2011 -
Digging Into Diablo III’s Beta and Player-Paid Auction House
Our own Michael McWhertor spent the better part of a day last week meeting with Blizzard and playing through a healthy chunk of Diablo III What did he find out? Plenty. For instance, Blizzard is going to require gamers to stay online at all times to play their game. There will also be an auction…
By Brian Crecente Published August 1, 2011 -
The New York Yankees of First-Person Shooters Welcomes the Negative Feedback
I couldn’t get Robert Bowling to use the words Battlefield 3 in a sentence. He’s an Infinity Ward guy, which means he’s a Call of Duty and Modern Warfare guy. And I guess that means that, in public, he’s not going to try to talk about Battlefield 3, the latest taste-test challenge to the mighty…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2011 -
Battlefield 3 Isn’t Competing With Modern Warfare 3, But it Still Wants to Win
The way I see it, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 aren’t really competitors. They’re just two modern shooters that happen to be coming out two weeks apart from each other. When I suggest this to Kevin O’Leary, brand manager for Battlefield 3, he’s quick to agree. But he’s also quick to…
By Brian Crecente Published July 28, 2011 -
These Two Indie Games Are Worth $250,000 to Activision
While not actively engaged in being an evil video game empire, Activision engages in a little independent game developer philanthropy in the form of the Activision Independent Games Competition, the first and second prize winners of which just received a massive influx of development capital. Meet Dstroyd and Rigonauts: Broadside Activision Publishing created the Activision…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
Activision had Plans for High-Definition GoldenEye All Along
Depending upon the consoles you own, the bad news about GoldenEye: Reloaded may still be the good news. It is most definitely a high-definition remastering of last year’s title reboot on the Wii. But given the much larger shooter constituency on the PS3 and 360, and online multiplayer’s vastly greater viability on those consoles, that…
By Owen Good Published July 24, 2011 -
Oslo Terrorist Used Modern Warfare 2 as “Training-Simulation”, World of Warcraft as Cover
The accused shooter in yesterday’s massacre in Norway has been linked to a 1,500 page manifesto that recommends using Call of Duty to train combat skills for an upcoming war with Islam. Anders Behring Breivik also suggests that an obsession with massively-multiplayer role playing game World of Warcraft, which he was known to play, is…
Owen Good and Michael McWhertor Published July 23, 2011 -
X-Men: Destiny Takes a Voice of Protest to the City by the Bay
San Francisco is a city long associated with rights movements, idealism, and rallies for peace, making it a useful backdrop for X-Men: Destiny. But Silicon Knights isn’t planning on a Summer of Love when the game arrives this fall. Shown off at a preview event Wednesday at Comic-Con, Destiny will present three different stories for…
By Owen Good Published July 21, 2011