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Modern Warfare‘s Most Magical Kills Involve Sliding Care Packages, Levitating Cinderblocks
YouTube user AmazingFilms247 keeps posting ridiculous Modern Warfare 3 (and Modern Warfare 2) multiplayer videos on YouTube. They show just how amazing Activision’s popular shooter is at breaking its own rules of physics. Care packages on ice! Levitating cinderblocks! And more… enjoy!
By Stephen Totilo Published December 5, 2011 -
It’s Time for a War Game that Respects the Geneva Conventions
Despite its inherent brutality, war has rules. Laws of war have been around in one form or another since Biblical times. They govern the treatment of prisoners of war, the expediency of death on a battlefield. Could they, should they also pertain to the depiction of virtual war in video games? That’s the question the…
By Brian Crecente Published December 5, 2011 -
Games Animator Blames Ridiculous NHL Promotion for Vaporized Profits
A company that supplies 3D mapping technology for games like Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed saw a £3 million drop in its profits this year, and blamed the fact it spent way too much time animating a bunch of dumbass superheroes Stan Lee thought up for the National Hockey League The “NHL Guardians” was…
By Owen Good Published December 3, 2011 -
How To Unlock Call of Duty’s Robotron-esque Dead Ops on Your iPhone or iPad
Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies is a fun, slick iPhone and iPad game in its own right, supporting both single player and multiplayer marathons sessions of first-person shooter survival against hordes of zombies. But the game’s Dead Ops Arcade mode is almost more fun. The weird thing is, you have to do a little…
By Brian Crecente Published December 2, 2011 -
War Crimes in Video Games Draw Red Cross Scrutiny
One of the world’s largest and most respected humanitarian groups in the world is investigating whether the Geneva and Hague conventions should be applied to the fictional recreation of war in video games. If they agree those standards should be applied, the International Committee of the Red Cross says they may ask developers to adhere…
By Brian Crecente Published December 2, 2011 -
Why Modern Warfare 3 Remains an Un-Game
Republished from Rock, Paper Shotgun. Last Wednesday Kotaku republished (with permission, of course) my review of Modern Warfare 3′s single player campaign. A review in which I described it as an “un-game with a core of nastiness”. This caught the attention of Kill Screen’s Brendan Keogh, who wrote a riposte to my piece on the…
John Walker | Rock Paper Shotgun Published December 1, 2011 -
So This Call of Duty Ad is Much Better
OK, so that first Jonah Hill x Sam Worthington Call of Duty ad was…OK. A little cheesy, a little much, but OK. Their newer, second commercial is much better. Less effects, less bombast. Just two dudes from different sides of the tracks hangin’ out, talking tactics. It drags in parts, and Hill’s leaner face is…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2011 -
Tomorrow’s New Call of Duty is for the iPhone
Call of Duty: Zombies was a hit on the iPhone, a simplified port of the popular “Nazi Zombies” game from Call of Duty: World at War—players fight to defend a building from increasingly difficult waves of advancing undead. It was a fairly humble iOS first-person shooter, but it had a strong brand behind it, was…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 30, 2011 -
This Modern Warfare Care Package Was Determined to Kill
This is Modern Warfare breaking another law of physics. Keep your eye on the care package as it drops from the sky. Feature? Glitch? Or, as the person who posted this on YouTube, suggests, “straight up magic?” Straight Up Magic [YouTube]
By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2011 -
‘Dear Jackie… the enemy forces are well-trained and have clearly spent all of their after-school hours practicing combat maneuvers.’
This is a letter from the Call of Duty modern warfront by a gamer named Woody to his lady back home, Jackie. Plus, a response from her. Woody also wrote a few letters from the Black Ops war front. Check them out, too. Not an original idea, but a fine one nevertheless. Letters from MW3…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 29, 2011 -
This Call of Duty Music Video Uses Guns to Make Beautiful Music
Gun effects, soundbytes and a healthy dose of dubstep. Oh, and Call of Duty. By all accounts this clip should be tough to watch, but it’s actually damn catchy. Modern Warfare 3 Dubstep [Gamefreaks] You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2011 -
Call of Duty Elite Trailer Shows What It Looks Like When Activision’s FPS Facebook Actually Works
So, getting Call of Duty Elite functional has been a struggle for Activision. The publisher’s promising that the social platform built for their best-selling FPS franchise will finally be mostly functional this week. The mega-publisher’s turned out a trailer to celebrate this occasion. In the clip, you’ll see an overview of Elite‘s basic functionality as…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 28, 2011 -
Is “Morning Wood” Really a Map Name in Modern Warfare 3‘s First DLC?
Grain-of-salt territory here, but rumors have it that Modern Warfare 3‘s first set of premium downloadable content will feature five maps entitled “Morning Wood,” “Concrete,” “Park,” “Italy,” and “Overwatch.” The title of the first, and the fact “Overwatch” was a map in Modern Warfare 2, calls for some healthy skepticism. Modern Prestige has what it…
By Owen Good Published November 26, 2011 -
Modern Warfare 3 Looks Even Better In LEGO
This is as close to an official LEGO interpretation of Activision’s tentpole franchise as we’re gonna get, I reckon. Honestly, it looked pretty believable until they blew up the LEGO Eiffel Tower. There’s no way that would happen in real LEGO life. (I love how well these guys mix minifig-scale work with microscale forced perspective,…
By Joel Johnson Published November 24, 2011 -
Call of Duty Elite Is 95 Percent Operational, Mobile Versions Inbound Next Week
Call of Duty’s online Elite service is just about fully functionally, with the first episode of Friday Night Fights set to hit this week and the mobile version releasing as early as next week, Activision says. “We changed our status to green yesterday,” said Daniel Suarez, vice president of production at Activision. The service had…
By Brian Crecente Published November 23, 2011 -
Modern Warfare, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Arkham City DLC New This Week on the PlayStation Store
This week, Sony has begun its fall sale at the PlayStation Store, with oodles of discounts on all manner of games, add-on, theme, and bundle. Notable new full games include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for just $20 as well as the just-released Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One. The Robin DLC for Batman: Arkham…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 22, 2011 -
Activision’s CEO Thinks Call of Duty Deserves Hurt Locker-Level Respect
Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg had some sharp words when asked about the criticism that Call Of Duty games get for their supposed glorification of violence and military aggression. “There’s a sense that games are more exploitive in a way that The Hurt Locker—which also was designed as form of entertainment—isn’t.” Hirshberg’s opinion is that “video…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 22, 2011 -
Modern Warfare 3 is ‘An Un-Game With a Core of Nastiness’
I’ve just this minute finished the single-player campaign for Modern Warfare 3. It leaves a very bitter taste at its climax. But perhaps not the same bitter taste that flavours it throughout. It is an enormously high-achieving action FPS, on a scale like nothing before it, turned to 11. And it’s a bloodthirsty, bombastic and…
John Walker | Rock Paper Shotgun Published November 22, 2011 -
Skyrim Fans Bash on Modern Warfare 3 with Spatulas and Rolling Pins in this New NMA Video
The Taiwanese news animators at NMA take on the newest Elder Scrolls game with a news report that covers Skyrim’s blockbuster launch and pesky bugs. It’s ironic to see NMA shining a spotlight on a title’s bugs when their own lo-fi, CGI oeuvre seems to be drawn from Will Wright’s nightmares. This clip isn’t as…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 22, 2011 -
One Million People Are Paying for Call of Duty Elite
Never mind that the rollout for Call of Duty Elite, Call of Duty‘s stat tracking and social service, hasn’t been smooth, Activision is sending out a press release this morning to proudly announce that it’s sold one million premium accounts. Congrats! GameStop alone sold 600,00 Elite membership. According to Elite‘s status page, “Service Is Intermittent”.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011