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An Angry Exit From Online Multiplayer
Commenter Seivewright has completely fucking had it with online multiplayer games, and he isn’t going to take it anymore. Find out why in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. I’ve totally decided now. no more fucking online multiplayer whatsoever. No more “maybe this will be different…” No more “maybe if we work as team…” No more…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2012 -
How To Get Banned Playing Modern Warfare 3 (and What a Ban Actually Looks Like)
Let’s say you’re curious as to how, exactly, developer Infinity Ward determines whether an online offence is grave enough to warrant banning from their blockbuster shooter Modern Warfare 3. Or you’re an asshole who just wants to see how far he/she can push it before copping a ban. To satisfy your potentially self-harming curiosity, here…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Gary Oldman Screaming Call of Duty Orders on Conan
Actor Gary Oldman has a long and lengthy resume with varied roles. But the one that concerns us today, and Conan O’Brien, is his work as Viktor Reznov from Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops In this Conan clip, Oldman voices some Reznov and talks about doing “battle chatter”,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2012 -
Call of Duty Ads “Hideous Marketing”, Says Actual Soldier
Activision’s big-budget Sam Worthington x Jonah Hill commercials for Modern Warfare 3 won a lot of fans, but novelist, essayist and former paratrooper D.B. Grady is not one of them. Writing on The Atlantic, Grant – “a former paratrooper with U.S. Army Special Operations Command and a veteran of Afghanistan” – says the commercial series…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 2, 2012 -
Happy New Year, from ‘Black Ops Guy’ and Starbuck
The gentleman who dressed up as the box of Call of Duty: Black Ops at this year’s Fan Expo in Toronto was one of our favorite cosplayers of 2011. He starred in one of Kotaku‘s best ‘Shop Contests and is currently featured in the all-star revue going on now. He sends everyone here best wishes…
By Owen Good Published January 1, 2012 -
Call of Duty Says Happy Holidays with Double XP and a Prestige Token for Elite Members
Premium Call of Duty Elite Subscribers got a couple stocking stuffers on Christmas Eve for use in Modern Warfare 3. They’ll get an extra two hours of double XP play, and a Prestige Token that can be redeemed for more XP time or other perks in the game’s Prestige Shop. Beachhead Studio and the Call…
By Owen Good Published December 24, 2011 -
Make Your Own Black Ops Christmas Ornament
Treyarch’s 2011 Christmas card is also a neat little Call of Duty: Black Ops ornament, all ready to be hung in a tree. If you’re a big fan, feel free to print these out, trim the excess, tape them together and hang it in your own tree. Hey, where’s my Call of Duty: Modern Warfare…
By Brian Crecente Published December 23, 2011 -
First Modern Warfare 3 DLC Coming in January
On a video show that’s part of Call of Duty Elite’s premium servive, Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling announced that the “content season” for Modern Warfare 3 will start on January 24th. That’s presumably when the first DLC will go live. It’s not clear if that date is when Elite premium members will be getting the…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 21, 2011 -
How To Hire an In-Game Bodyguard, and Why You Should
Games like Battlefield and Call of Duty are worst when they are played by casual fans, people who may enjoy the occasional match but who don’t take the time to daily hone their skills. I fit neatly into that category. Despite being a big fan of military shooters, I’m not very good at them. But…
By Brian Crecente Published December 14, 2011 -
This Modern Warfare Missile Was Very Well-Fired
A missile “threads the needle” in Modern Warfare 3 in this amazing clip by YouTube user KingGreqo If you’re ever wondering why you’re getting killed so much playing MW3, it’s because you’re playing against people who can do this. Threading the Needle [YouTube]
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2011 -
You Can Be Temporarily Banned from Modern Warfare 3 For 5000 Days
People are getting hit with 5000-day bands in Modern Warfare 3, and the people behind the game say it’s intentional. “Yes. If you see this message, it means you’ve been Permabanned (for something bad),” Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling Tweeted today in response to online news site MP1st wondering about the image atop this story We…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011 -
Modern Warfare 3 Gets a Bundle of Tweaks with Tonight’s ‘Hot Fix Update’
A slew of multiplayer tweaks will take effect in Modern Warfare 3 via an update to the game tonight, according to Infinity Ward. They include nerfing the Type 95 and fixing Dome map exploits. Read the full change list
By Stephen Totilo Published December 12, 2011 -
For the Right Price These Gamers Will Die For You
This story starts, as so many great ones do, with a classified ad: “I will take bullets for you,” it read. And he did. Contact made, cash transfer confirmed, Londoner Toby Smith met me on a bluff overlooking the border between Iran and Turkmenistan on an early December afternoon armed with an M416 assault rifle.…
By Brian Crecente Published December 12, 2011 -
Call of Duty Maker Gets Teabagged As Charlie Sheen Watches
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 picked up the award for best shooter during Spike TV’s Video Game Awards show tonight, but not without causality. The rules of the VGA acceptance speech are: If you go past your allotted time, a cosplaying soldier teabags you on stage. When Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling blew…
By Brian Crecente Published December 10, 2011 -
Video Game Awards Show Host Gets Teabagged. This Ain’t the Oscars.
If you win an Oscar and ramble through your acceptance speech, the orchestra will drown you out and the cameras will cut away. But, if you’re a game developer and you prattle too much at the Spike Video Game Awards, you might have a man drop his crotch on our face. It’s called teabagging. It’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 10, 2011 -
Modern Warfare Played on a Truly Enormous HD Screen
Cowboys Stadium is home to the world’s second largest HD screen. Who wants to watch football on that when it screams video games? That’s exactly what one lucky dude did with his three lucky friends. This was the grand sweepstakes prize as part of a Modern Warfare 3 promotion. When completed in 2009, the screen…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2011 -
Battlefield‘s Taken a Piece of Call of Duty‘s Pie, Says Peter Moore
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 left an inch-deep bootprint on video gaming’s biggest retail month, and dominated most measures the popular press use to designate big-game-itude. Yet Peter Moore, the Electronic Arts chief operating officer, is insisting his label’s Battlefield 3 drew blood from the year’s biggest commercial release. “I think when the dust…
By Owen Good Published December 8, 2011 -
Red Cross Won’t Go After You For Playing War Games
Virtual war crimes won’t lead to real world prosecution, the International Committee of the Red Cross clarified today. While the international humanitarian group has discussed whether the Geneva and Hague conventions should be applied to the fictional recreation of war in video games it isn’t doing so to potentially prosecute gamers. Rather, they say, they…
By Brian Crecente Published December 8, 2011