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Call of Duty Player Loses Game, Calls SWAT Team
Usually, the worst you can expect a Call of Duty opponent to do is to be a little salty after losing a match—maybe they’ll curse a little, maybe they’ll rate you badly on Xbox Live or something. But calling a SWAT team on you? Dang, bro. The New York Post reports that a prank caller…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 23, 2014 -
Call of Duty Player Tricks Others Into Virtually Killing Themselves
One of the best ways to play Call of Duty, or really most first-person shooters, is to ditch the guns and the traditional deathmatch and whatever modes. If you’ve never played it, knife-only matches can be a lot of fun. They can also be the perfect set up for some hilarious trickery. Enter the always-entertaining…
By Tina Amini Published April 23, 2014 -
Artists, Even Game Developers, Are Weird. That’s A Good Thing.
Video games have their rockstars. But they’re not the same kind of rockstars as the ones who strut around in dresses made of meat or go on talk shows to argue about their Twitter feuds. Compared to pop music or Hollywood, games often seem like they have a culture of celebrity that’s far more subtle.…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 16, 2014 -
New Call of Duty DLC Has Snoop Dogg Announce Your Kills
Wait, what? A few things. Why does this exist and why didn’t this already exist? Regardless of the answers to these pressing questions, Call of Duty: Ghosts now officially has the best announcer in all of first-person shooters. The lines weren’t written by Snoop Dogg, but they may as well have been considering how naturally…
By Tina Amini Published April 15, 2014 -
If It Bleeds, You Can Kill It As The Predator In Call Of Duty
It took a lot of self-control not to headline this post showcasing footage of Call of Duty: Ghost’s second DLC with something like ‘Playing As The Predator In Call of Duty Looks Beast*,’ just so you know. But it really does look awesome. This first video by sTaXx may be in Spanish, but it’s footage…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 3, 2014 -
EsportsAn Inside Look At A Call of Duty Championship
As a four-man team of pro gamers was crowned world champion of Call of Duty in Los Angeles Sunday night, confetti swarmed and fans cheered and it was easy for me to forget, as I stood to the side, that this championship bout was not a public event. Sure, thousands or millions of people may…
By Phil Owen Published March 31, 2014 -
Predator Confirmed for Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ Next DLC
Call of Duty: Ghosts’ developers teased quite the interesting cameo last week for the game’s second DLC, Devastation. Their new gameplay trailer now confirms that 80s intergalactic hunter Predator will indeed join the battle. The expansion will also feature a four new maps: Ruins, Behemoth, Collision and Unearthed (Predator needs its jungle environment!), a unique…
By Gergo Vas Published March 31, 2014 -
If Video Game Covers Were More Honest
Over at Complex Gaming they’re having some fun adding “honest” blurbs to popular game covers, asking “What if games told the truth before you dropped $60?” Honestly, I’d probably buy them for the blurbs alone. For example, I still have not finished The Last of Us — I know, I am a communist for this.…
By Mike Fahey Published March 30, 2014 -
Call of Duty Teases a Predator Appearance in Next DLC
“It uses the jungle.” In anticipation of the April 3 release of its upcoming Devastation DLC, Infinity Ward—developers of 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts—released a video on Instagram (spotted on Polygon) that uses the signature visual distortion and sound effects of the Predator hunters from the movie franchise of the same name. The most recent…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2014 -
16 Hours Of Gaming + Too Much Energy Drinks = Kidney Failure, Coma
“I was playing Call of Duty”, Norwegian teenager Henrik Eide Dahl told The Local. “Then everything went dark and I passed out.” Dahl, 14, had been playing the shooter on his school’s LAN with friends when, taking a break in the cafeteria, he collapsed. Rushed to hospital, his kidneys failed and he slipped into a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2014 -
Gallery of Call of Duty: Ghosts concept art and graphic design by Thomas Szakolczay
By John Struan Published March 22, 2014 -
Wacky Titanfall News Report Has Halo, Call of Duty Shooting Each Other
Look, we can’t say that Next Media Animation’s segment on today’s hot release actually, y’know, makes sense, as far what the moving images signify. But it’s fun to watch. And, hey, it’s Francis! Think he knows he’s in this? The best part of NMA’s take on Titanfall has to be its terrible approximation of the…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 11, 2014 -
Killstreaks: Tell Us How You Really Feel
Ah, the killstreak. A single idea that changed the face of multiplayer shooters. All these years later, has its time finally come? Is it time for the world to leave the killstreak behind? The killstreak is a multiplayer game feature popularized by Call of Duty, but these days the concept turns up in other games…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 5, 2014 -
Kids’ ‘Call of Duty Bomb’ Gets Their Neighbors Evacuated at 3 a.m.
Some kids in Pennsylvania made a prop bomb they were using when they played a real-life game of Call of Duty out in the yard. This is why you don’t leave your toys laying around outside, boys. A neighbor found it, didn’t know what the hell it was, and a very real bomb squad evacuated…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2014 -
For Those Times You Need Some Perks In The Real World
Reader Robert Lane is a woodworker, and a Call of Duty fan. He’s combined the two to create this range of amazing replica Perk-a-Cola machines. In addition to the cola dispensers, he’s also done some other Call of Duty-related stuff, like a replica weapons box. If you see something here that you like, keep an…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2014 -
Call Of Duty: Elite Shuts Down On Friday. It’s Okay To Cry.
Remember back in 2011 when Activision’s ambitious online service dedicated to the Call of Duty franchise and its players was going to be thebest thing ever? It’s shutting down forever on February 28. That’s skull logo has never been more appropriate. Clans and stat-tracking and advanced matchmaking and original comedy programming! All of these were…
By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2014 -
What Call Of Duty: Ghosts Needed Was Space Cats. Now It Has Them.
When I played through Call of Duty: Ghosts I got the distinct feeling that something was missing, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. That’s because the glory of Space Cats is forever beyond our human reach. We can but download them as one of many character and personalization packs added to the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2014 -
Norway Mass Murderer Demands Better Video Games in Prison
Anders Behring Brevik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011. Since he said that he used Call of Duty to practice his aiming and World of Warcraft to hide his plans, video games have been became part of the story of his horrific crime. Now, 18 months into a 21-year prison sentence, he’s demanding that…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2014 -
Activision is shifting Call of Duty development to a three-year cycle; this year belongs to Sledgehammer Games. Activision announced the shift during its 4th quarter 2013 financial call this afternoon, says the extended cycle would allow developers to focus on development and downloadable content creation.
By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2014