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Infinity Ward: PC Call of Duty Will Look Better Than Next-Gen One

The PC version of November’s Call of Duty Ghosts will be getting a little extra development love, according to the game’s executive producer, Mark Rubin. As a result, it is probably going to be the best-looking version of the game, which has not been a given with this series. “PC is taking a different tack…

CNBC Asks: “Did Call of Duty Kill Chivalry?”

The motives behind shifting gender roles and economics are complex and nuanced. But screw it, let’s blame it all on Call of Duty instead. In a spirited debate that we clearly needed to have, CNBC’s The Kudlow Report looked at the total aggregate playtime of Call of Duty players and asked if the series was…

Microsoft’s Slow Response To Xbox Harassment Leaves One Woman Stunned

The story is sad yet familiar: Last month, Jenny Haniver was playing Call of Duty online when another player started saying some nasty things. “You on your period or something?” the player said. “‘Cause you didn’t do too hot. Being a leader. Of the other bitches that were on your team.” Later, the player, who…

Martyr Dog, Earning XP While Not Playing & More Call of Duty Surprises

Today’s big Call of Duty Ghosts multiplayer reveal event didn’t reveal everything. They actually skipped some really interesting things, including “martyr dog.” Thankfully, Ghosts executive producer Mark Rubin decided to spill more news when he spoke to us. Here’s what we got out of him… The game will ship with 14 multiplayer maps. There probably…

Why Female Soldiers Were Finally Added to Call of Duty‘s Multiplayer

There is no great suffrage movement to credit for finally enabling players of the world’s most popular first-person shooter tokill each other as female soldiers. For better or worse, that’s not how these things tend to happen in video games. Certainly not this time. With the announcement of playable female soldiers for November’s sure-to-be-a-blockbuster Call…

The Latest Call of Duty Sends You a Squad to Fight With—or Against

Multiplayer in Call of Duty: Ghosts will introduce the “Squad,” a group of up to ten soldiers with unique loadouts and appearances, with one level of prestige per character. These guys will also join you, as AI teammates—or adversaries—in a new mode called, of course, Squads. This video does all of the explaining, but the…

Breaking Down What We Saw In Call Of Duty: Ghost‘s Multiplayer Reveal

We just got a lot of juicy details for the next Call of Duty. Fans of the multiplayer for one of Activision’s biggest franchises will want to tune in here to hear a breakdown by myself and other CoD experts. I will be hosting the show with the captain of team compLexity and current reigning…

How Perks Will Work In Call of Duty: Ghosts

Today, Infinity Ward revealed a bevy of new Call of Duty: Ghosts features. Not only is the game getting playable female soldiers in multiplayer, there’s also some changes to perks. Perks have a point system which limits what you can equip, while still giving you room to customize how you want to play. The game…

Two Modes Offer New Twists on Call of Duty‘s Multiplayer

“Cranked” and “Search and Rescue” will join the playlist in Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ multiplayer this year, offering variants on the game’s team deathmatch staples. As discussed at today’s multiplayer event in Los Angeles, in Cranked, a kill will boost a player’s speed and other attributes but it’ll also start a countdown clock; get another…

Call of Duty: Ghosts Features Female Soldiers in Multiplayer

At the big multiplayer event for Call of Duty: Ghosts underway right now, the mode’s hype reel closed out with a close-up shot of a female character, which would be a first for the franchise. Women have not been featured in multiplayer before but one was playable in the campaign of Call of Duty: Finest…

See the New Call of Duty‘s Multiplayer for the First Time Right Here

We’ve heard about its campaign. We’ve heard about its story. We’ve heard about dogs and fish. But we haven’t heard what Call of Duty: Ghosts has planned for multiplayer. That changes at 1:30 p.m., when Infinity Ward reveals what’s in store for us there. The news is streaming live, and you can watch it all…

I Would Play More Call of Duty If More Call of Duty Looked Like This

It’s not just the giant robot. It’s the old warplanes. It’s the rain. It’s the Weird War Tales-style oddness of it all. This is a real Call of Duty scene from an upcoming zombies-mode addition to Call of Duty: Black Ops II. But it’s just that. I’d go for a full game. Find out more…

“Apocalypse” is the final DLC pack for Black Ops II, dropping on August 27th for XBL (other platforms to follow). Four new maps and new Zombies content, which takes players to a Dieselpunk version of WW1 France…and you play as the heroes from the first Zombies map, exploring the origins (and end?) of the Zombie…

It’s Going To Be A Crazy Weekend For Competitive Gaming

Whether you prefer League of Legends, StarCraft II, DOTA 2 or Call of Duty, there is a little something for everyone this weekend. The International 3 is shaping up to be one for the ages as players will be fighting it out for a 1.4 million dollar first place prize. In the video above I…

“Gun Sync” Is An Awesome Way To Shoot Firearms In Call of Duty

I can’t imagine how long it must have taken videogames to sync their guns to the song featured in this Call of Duty video, but wow. Mind, I wasn’t particularly impressed until about the 1:15 mark—at which point it’s just like, woah. Talk about breaking it down. Here’s the song that this is being synched…

Who’s Angrier: Call of Duty Fans Or One Direction Fans?

Last week, a patch hit Black Ops II that enraged some unreasonable Call of Duty fans so much, they started sending death threats to the game’s design director, David Vonderhaar. While unfortunate, it’s also not the only recent case of enraged fans spewing ridiculous threats at something. Yesterday, men’s fashion and style magazine GQunveiled the…

When Microsoft and Sony Battle, eSports Wins

In this two-part interview I sit down with CEO of Major League Gaming Sundance DiGiovanni and we talk about next-gen consoles, the future of Call of Duty in the eSports scene, and much more. If you rather jump around in each video in accordance to what topics interest you most, I’ve listed them out here…

From the Mouths of Babes …

If David Vonderhaar, design director for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, thought shining a light on the rancid Twitter spew coming from the game’s so-called fans would curb those reactions, well, think again. It’s still going strong, and someone’s curating it all. Consider this a to-block list for your own Twitter feed.

Yup, These Are The Types of People You Meet In Online Games

Once you log enough hours into a multiplayer game, you start noticing patterns. Things people like to do in games, sure—but also what kinds of people you’re likely to find in any given game. This image by CANADIENxBOSS summarizes everyone from Halo and Minecraft and just about every game in-between perfectly. Click on “expand” to…