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Armed Cops Called over Call of Duty Game
When the S.W.A.T. arrived at a North Texas home in Lewisville, there were told a shooter was in the house. There was, but it wasn’t the shooter the police expected. It was a kid playing Call of Duty: Black Ops. On Monday a little after 5pm, a teenage boy was playing Call of Duty: Black…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2012 -
Call of Duty: Police Warfare is a (Very Cool) Fake
The Call of Duty franchise has covered almost every corner of the globe, from snow-capped mountains to the streets of suburban America. But it’s never strayed too far outside of its military roots. What if there were a Call of Duty game that put you into the shoes of a different type of enforcer—namely, a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 13, 2012 -
The 50 Best Video Game Endings of All Time Starts with Resident Evil and Ends with… Black Ops?
More than 13,000 fans voted for their favorite video game ending of all time for the Guinness Book of World Records 2012 Gamer Edition, and this is what they came up with? Call of Duty: Black Ops is the greatest video game ending of all time? Maybe I need to go play it again. Oh…
By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2012 -
New Unofficial Call of Duty Elite Slogan is Just an Activision Joke [UPDATE]
Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg jokingly announced a new slogan for Call of Duty: Elite today: Call of Duty Elite: It’s not a douche move. That’s as of some time in September when a guy who was rallying people back in the spring to boycott the world’s first subscription service for Call of Duty changed his…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2012 -
Call of Duty Population Explodes to 40 Million Users, Half Coming From Modern Warfare 3
Activision today said its Call of Duty franchise has more than 40 million monthly active users across all of its titles, half of that coming from the latest release, Modern Warfare 3 What’s more, there are 7 million users in the game’s Call of Duty: Elite online service, 1.5 million of them as paying annual…
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2012 -
In Two Weeks, You’ll Fall to Your Death in the Next Call of Duty DLC Map
The globe-trotting nature of the Call of Duty series means that multiplayer maps have a plethora of locales to choose from. And the latest one is in… New York?! Wait, don’t run away! The Overwatch map hitting on February 21st is different, since you’ll be engaging in firefights 70 stories above the street in a…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2012 -
Nine-Month Modern Warfare 3 DLC Calendar Revealed
We knew there would be nine months of downloadable content coming out for Modern Warfare 3. Now we can see which months will get maps, co-op missions and new modes. Right here. (So much for new campaign missions!)
By Stephen Totilo Published January 25, 2012 -
Rob Riggle Shows You Today’s New Modern Warfare 3 Maps, Yells a Lot
The Daily Show‘s Rob Riggle continues his testosteronetastic bid to become gaming’s most ridiculous/funny/obnoxious spokesman. This tim, he’s walking viewers through Liberation and Piazza, two downloadable maps for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 that were released today. “Aaaagh! Guns! Bombs!” He shouts. “Haaaagh! Noobs! Explosions! Kickass!” It’s all kind of confusing, just like the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 24, 2012 -
They Hired Rob Riggle to Sell You On Call of Duty: Elite
Starting tomorrow, the Call of Duty Elite ‘season’ begins with the first of four planned packs of DLC. Activision seems to believe that The Daily Show‘s Rob Riggle (a former serviceman himself) is the guy to sell it to us, and their new commercial features him taking a testosterone-y tour of Elite services, from study-able…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 23, 2012 -
Call of Duty Is Now A Subscription Game—Only If You Want It To Be
Ever since the head of gaming giant Activision Blizzard said that the natural evolution of Call of Duty was for it to go massively multiplayer, it’s been fair to wonder when Activision Blizzard would turn their biggest hit into a subscription game—a game you pay to keep playing. Then they denied that they’d ever charge…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 23, 2012 -
Jailed Megaupload King is Still the World No. 1 in Modern Warfare 3
Kim Dotcom is the Internet playboy who made his zillions by founding the now-defunct (and Anonymous cause celebre du jour) Megaupload, and also from the blatant hosting of pirated content there. But he also led a secret life, did you know? He is the deadliest shooter in all of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.…
By Owen Good Published January 22, 2012 -
How Activision Reacted to that Giant Modern Warfare 3 Leak
Last year, we blew the lid off Modern Warfare 3 months before it was due for release. It was the biggest leak we’d seen, let alone written about, in almost a decade. It was, in short, one hell of a story. It was also only half the story. The other side, that of how publishers…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 18, 2012 -
Modern Warfare 3‘s 9-Month Season of New Content is Ambitious, Surprising and Complicated
There will be at least 20 “drops” of new content for Modern Warfare 3, as a nine-month season of expansions to last year’s big game kicks off this month. The makers of the first-person shooter juggernaut are promising a season of new content, starting with the Xbox 360-first release on January 24 of the first…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 10, 2012 -
Call of Duty Elite Comes To iDevices Tomorrow, Letting You Tweak Loadouts on the Go
Some hardcore fanatics might say that Call of Duty’s a major part of their life. Thinking about killstreaks, prestiges and perks in Activision’s multi-developer FPS series takes up a large part of their days and their nights get spent filling online opponents full of bullet holes. It’s these players who’ve flocked to Call of Duty…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2012 -
America’s Most Lethal Sniper: “War Sucks”
Sniping is a key part of gaming. Whether you’re playing Call of Duty or Team Fortress, you’re often either being sniped or doing the sniping. It’s become such a common game feature that it’s easy to forget real people are doing real sniping in the armed forces. Like Chris Kyle. Between 1999 and 2009, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2012 -
Two Call of Duty Gamers Ponder the Easiest Kill They’ll Ever Get
[EXT—ROOFTOP—DAY] Two soldiers are wearing ghillie camouflage suits to blend in with the urban setting. Their adversary is frozen in a mysterious forcefield. Ghillie Suit No. 1: “Whut th’ hail you think’s goin’ on?” Ghillie Suit No. 2: “Looks like he’s in one-a-them Force Grips, you know whar the Sith choke you and stuff?” Pending…
By Owen Good Published January 8, 2012 -
Call of Duty Dominates Xbox Live’s Top 10 Most Played in 2011
The three most recent editions of Call of Duty went one-two-three in the top 20 of Xbox Live’s most-played titles, as measured by unique users connected to the service, reports Major Nelson. The only thing in the top 10 that wasn’t a shooter or sports title was Skyrim, at No. 6. Black Ops was No.…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2012 -
Hold on to Your Butts, Samuel L. Jackson Now Plays Modern Warfare 3
Eight months after confusing teammates and adversaries in Black Ops, the guy running a Samuel L. Jackson soundboard took Jules Winnfield/Mace Windu/Eddie Murphy’s uncle into some Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer, with much better dialogue selections and more hilarious, and oblivious, reactions. I realize voice communication over Xbox Live is not always crystal clear, but you’ve…
By Owen Good Published January 6, 2012
