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Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Dumbest ‘Press X To Feel’ Moment
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s “Press X To Pay Respects” is a infamous example of the series use of button prompts as a narrative device. Infinite Warfare has a couple as well, including this scene, in which a character’s life fades away as you hold the shoulder buttons. SPOILERS AHEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Late…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2016 -
Infinite Warfare‘s Windows 10 And Steam Versions Don’t Play Together
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare launched today, and while it may be tempting for PC gamers to pick it up through the Windows 10 store at a substantial discount, not being able to battle online with Steam players is probably a deal breaker. The basic edition of Infinite Warfare is $59.99 on Steam. On the…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2016 -
Call Of Duty ’80s Zombies Is All Fun And Games Until The Clowns Show Up
With its relatively bright and cheery atmosphere, lowered difficulty and excellent ‘80s soundtrack, Infinite Warfare’s Zombies in Spaceland mode was almost perfect. Then the clowns showed up. Their squeaky shoes haunt my dreams. I’m a big fans of Call of Duty’s annual zombie modes, especially when they stray from the old ongoing narrative to explore…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2016 -
Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Campaign Is More Sci-Fi Than I Expected
Infinite Warfare’s single-player campaign opens with a stroll across Europa. The sun glints off of the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon, the gas giant looming large in the sky. It’s a fascinating backdrop over which Call of Duty characters do very Call of Duty things. Since its official announcement and subsequent YouTube hate campaign, Infinite…
By Mike Fahey Published November 3, 2016 -
Infinite Warfare Multiplayer Isn’t New, But It’s Still A Good Time
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare hasn’t particularly had my interest but after playing a weekend of its multiplayer, I’m impressed. Running around as a machine gun armed robo-soldier was a damn good time. I don’t know if Infinite Warfare dazzles the same way that larger scale shooters like Titanfall 2 or Battlefield 1 do but…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 17, 2016 -
One Of Call Of Duty‘s Greatest Heroes Died Today
Today marks the passing of one of Call of Duty’s finest soldiers. After valiantly fighting his way through nearly three entire Modern Warfare games, one Task Force 141 didn’t make it back from the October 11, 2016 mission to assassinate terrorist leader Vladimir Makarov. Spoilers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 follow. Surely someone…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2016 -
9000 Fans Mourn Pro Gamer In Live Twitch Funeral
Around 9000 fans of Phillip “Phizzurp” Klemenov, a professional Call of Duty player and streamer killed in a car accident last week, have gathered on Twitch to watch his funeral live and pay their respects. Set up on Phizzurp’s own Twitch channel, a camera streamed almost the entire funeral so that friends and fans unable…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 10, 2016 -
Modern Warfare Remastered Adds Four Great New Cheats
Intel cheats are one of the best things about Call of Duty and Modern Warfare Remastered brings back old favorites while adding some pretty awesome new cheats. Melon headed baddies are just the tip of the iceberg! I played through the game last night, snagging all the intel so I could show you the nifty…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 5, 2016 -
Twelve Minutes Of The Modern Warfare Remastered Campaign
If any last generation shooter deserved a remaster, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was at the top of the list. I got to sit down with the campaign today. Here’s a playthrough of “Charlie Don’t Surf” for you to enjoy. Modern Warfare Remastered will release alongside Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare on November 4th…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 3, 2016 -
Modern Warfare Remastered Requires Infinite Warfare To Run
A lot of Call of Duty fans are more excited over the remastered version of the original Modern Warfare than Infinite Warfare’s future shenanigans, but they can’t have one without the other. Either a full digital purchase of Infinite Warfare or the physical disc is required for the remaster to run. Modern Warfare Remastered is…
By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2016 -
Pro Gamer Phillip “Phizzurp” Klemenov Killed In Car Crash
Phillip “Phizzurp” Klemenov, a professional Call of Duty player and streamer, has died in a car accident in Colorado. He was 23 years old. The crash occurred early Sunday morning as he was returning home from dinner with his girlfriend Adrianna Lemuss and another friend. He had only been streaming hours earlier A local CBS…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 2, 2016 -
Banned From Twitch, ‘Bikini Streamer’ Finds Success (And Haters) On YouTube
Zoie Burgher knows exactly what you see when you tune into her Call of Duty streams. She knows that viewers judge her and people assume the worst because of how she presents herself. Burgher is currently blowing up on YouTube anyway, thanks to a recent ban on Twitch. Twitch, a popular livestreaming service, has rules…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 26, 2016 -
The most recent Black Ops III DLC added more Gobblegum power-ups to the game’s Zombies mode. Here’s a snippet of a match we played with the Newtownian Negation Gobblegum activated: “Zombies killed fall straight up.” We’re still divided on whether Gobblegum is worth focusing on in Zombies. Thoughts?
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2016 -
Black Ops III‘s New Micro-Map Is Full Of Amazing, Tiny Details
The biggest challenge in Micro, the “fun” multiplayer map in Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s final batch of downloadable content, is pulling yourself away from the massive cupcakes and copious amounts of alcohol long enough to shoot other people. Luckily it’s easy enough to create a custom game where you can explore the over-sized…
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2016 -
Nukes Return To Call of Duty, Fans Cheer
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is bringing back one of the most infamous killstreaks. The tactical nuke is coming back and fans can’t wait to blow each other into the dirt. Tactical Nukes first showed up as a killstreak in 2009’s Modern Warfare 2, totally destroying the map and instantly winning the round for the…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 2, 2016 -
Next Call of Duty Has ’80s Zombies With David Hasselhoff And Pee-wee Herman
While Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare takes place in the future, its initial Zombies experience is firmly rooted in the past. In Zombies in Spaceland, four aspiring actors are transported to a zombie-infested space theme park by Paul “Pee-wee Herman” Reubens. Reubens plays a once-popular horror actor who lures the player characters to an abandoned…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2016 -
Why We Crouch
The crouch. One of humanity’s most basic movements. Humans have been crouching since they figured out that going to the bathroom standing up only worked half of the time, but in video games we sometimes need a little prompting. This post originally appeared 12/3/15. We’ve been crouching in video games for decades—pull the joystick down…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2016 -
Watch A Whole Mission From Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s Upcoming Remaster
Though Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is coming later this year, people might be more excited about the remastering of Infinity Ward’s classic Modern Warfare. A brief teaser of Modern Warfare’s graphical update was shown off at E3 this year, but Activision has since published nearly eight minutes of footage from one of the game’s…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 14, 2016 -
Culture
The Orion vs Activision Steam removal saga continues. Trek Industries’ David Prassel says that Activision contacted him with evidence that certain in-game assets were directly ripped from Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. The artist responsible has apparently been fired. Check the update to my original story for more.
By Nathan Grayson Published June 29, 2016