Call of Duty

Black Ops II Multiplayer Blowout: Scorestreaks Replace Killstreaks, Livestreaming Goes Big-Time, Leagues, and More

So much for Call of Duty being gaming’s safely predictable 800lb gorilla. The people making the new Black Ops II are changing multiplayer. A lot. Adios, Killstreaks Black Ops II is still a first-person shooter (set in the high-tech future of 2025, mind you) and players will still be able to spend endless hours virtually…

You Might Have Missed These Important Details In That New Black Ops II Trailer

Breaking down trailers into a step by step analysis, or even just viewing them in slow motion, can reveal a lot of interesting information about upcoming games. Did you notice, for instance, that Nintendo DS on the multiplayer battlefields of Black Ops II? You can totally play Pokémon with it in case you’re bored in…

You’ll be able to see Black Ops II‘s multiplayer played from Gamescom next week via livestream

Mom Learns Lesson After Five Day Modern Warfare Marathon Sends Her Kid to the Hospital

And you thought gaming unto exhaustion was a phenomenon restricted to Asia. Well, somehow, a 15-year-old Ohio boy gamed so hard on Modern Warfare 3 he required hospitalization for dehydration. What’s more, the boy’s own mother told local news he was locked inside his room with the game for “at least four days. Maybe five,”…

This Unconfirmed Campaign Breakdown of Black Ops II Is Making the Rounds

This is going to sound like one of those stories in which a friend of a friend heard something from a janitor’s mother-in-law. This isn’t like last year, when we had the story of Modern Warfare 3 dead to rights in May, six months before the game’s release, thanks to some chatty sources. But we’d…

Black Ops II Looks Great In Super Slow Mo

We’ve slowed yesterday’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer trailer to about 1/20th its normal speed. Because most things look cooler in super slow-mo.

First Look at Call of Duty: Black Ops II‘s Multiplayer

This is your first look at multiplayer in this November’s presumed mega-hit, Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Call of Duty fans, this is why you play, no? The battles appear to be taking place in the game’s near-future of 2025. We’ve got some most unusual knife and tomahawk kills. Some sort of microwave transmitter…

Call of Duty Elite now has 12 million users, according to Activision boss Eric Hirshberg. Paid users: 2.3 million.

The Designer of Call of Duty‘s ‘No Russian’ Massacre Wanted You to Feel Something

Long-time Call of Duty game developer Mohammad Alavi designed Call of Duty IV‘s famous ghillie suit level and Modern Warfare 2‘s notorious interactive massacre of civilians, the level called “No Russian.” In a stellar piece about interactive atrocity, game designer Matthew Burns gets Alavi to explain the intent behind that level, a level in which…

Modern Warfare 3‘s content season ends with the Chaos Pack and Final Assault, due on Xbox 360 August 9 and September 12.

Infinity Ward’s Next-Gen Call of Duty, id’s Next-Gen Surprise, 1666 And Other Gaming Secrets

Editor’s Note: Do you want to read about some secrets about the gaming industry? Would you like to know about plans and projects that have been hiding in plain sight? The person known as Superannuation believes that you do and has another haul of them to share… An Infinity Ward engineer’s resume appears to corroborate…

You Know What Goes Good with Call of Duty? Lots of Alcohol.

Commenter Alexdmk recently discovered how much fun you can phave playing online multiplayer games when you’re so soused you don’t give a flying fig about your score. It’s time for Drink Up on Kotaku! There is something undoubtedly beautiful about mixing liquor with gaming. As an admitted lover of intoxication and avid gamer, the combination…

Behind The Scenes With Black Ops II

In the latest video from Activision, Black Ops II‘s creative team, including lead writer David Goyer and composer Trent Reznor chat about how very excited they are to be working on the game, which they see to be as much an “event” as a summer blockbuster.

Abandoned Airport is a Video Game Level Come to Life

Art may imitate life from time to time, but here’s a rare example of life imitating a video game. This collection of eerie images from an abandoned Spanish transport hub look cool in their own right, but what I found interesting about them was how they looked (to me at least!) like actual photographs of…

Ladders, Knives, and Kids Really Can Be Pretty Ridiculous in Call of Duty

It’s true: the guy with the knife always has far more power than he should. And a handgun is just as effective as a well-placed sniper rifle, when it needs to be. And then, of course, there are the difficulties posed by that incredibly complex piece of equipment, the ladder. You don’t have to be…

Don’t Expect Call of Duty-Like Games from Nintendo

When you think of “Nintendo”, you think of plumbers. You think of princesses. You think of fluffy clouds and lush green grass. You do not think of 13 year-olds waiting to pop caps in you. Here’s how Nintendo honcho Satoru Iwata explained it to The Independent: “…we also have titles like Mario Kart that are…

Call of Duty‘s New Trailer Vs. Medal of Honor‘s New Trailer

What is it about military first-person shooters and July 10th? Is it San Diego Comic-Con? Are gamers that competitive? Regardless, feel free to now compare and contrast the two recently released military FPS trailers, that of Black Ops 2 and Medal of Honor: Warfighter. Focus on multiplayer and explosions versus close-up shots? Feel free to…

Say Hi to Black Ops 2’s Bad Guy in This New Trailer

You already know that the antagonists in the next Call of Duty will be turning America’s robot drone army against us. And Los Angeles gets blown the hell up. But who’s got the cojones and brains to even to do such a thing? Watch the trailer and find out.

Whoa, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor Is Doing the Theme Music for Black Ops 2

Who do you call when you want electro-tinged, industrial-inflected rock for a world gone wrong? Trent Reznor, of course. Along with groundbreaking work as a recording artist in the 1990s, Reznor’s done film for both The Social Network and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo And now, it’s been reported in USA Today that the…

That Call of Duty “Comedy” Series is About as Funny as Bone Cancer

It seemed like such a good idea! Get two guys who were very funny on a TV show together, get their production company to make a Call of Duty series, star in it themselves. Easy success, easy money. Or…not. This is an episode of Cocked Hammers, a machinima series starring Arrested Development’s elder Bluth brothers,…