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Is This the Reason People Love Call of Duty?
You can thank/blame marketing and a Michael Bay-on-steroids storyline all you want, but there’s a reason people come back to Call of Duty games year after year, and it has nothing to do with zombies or sideburns. It has to do with how the game feels There’s a quickness to Call of Duty games that…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 14, 2011 -
A Dozen Reasons To Hate Call of Duty Games
Call of Duty is reviled among a vocal group of gamers. When they read that the latest iteration of the series is selling well, or is well reviewed, or is being played by a lot of people, they seem to take it personally. That’s always baffled me. So on Twitter today I asked the 13,500…
By Brian Crecente Published November 11, 2011 -
The Continued Popularity of Call of Duty’s Two, Three and Four Year Old Games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s record-breaking, first-day sales are impressive, but almost more impressive is the life these Call of Duty games seem to have online. This morning I hopped online to see how the past four year’s worth of Call of Duty games were doing online. Yes, people still do play the original…
By Brian Crecente Published November 11, 2011 -
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Shatters All Sales Records, Nears Half a Billion Dollars in Day One Sales
More than 6.5 million people bought copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in North America and the United Kingdom in the first 24 hours of its release pulling in more than $400 million, Activision said today That makes it one of the largest entertainment launch in history, with sales of more than $400…
By Brian Crecente Published November 11, 2011 -
Why It’s Stupid To Hate Call of Duty So Damn Much
Among many of those who like to label themselves as a “gamer”, there is no franchise more reviled than Call of Duty. The merest mention of its name sends people flying to post anonymous comments blasting the game as the very model of everything that’s wrong with video games today. Take a look at any…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2011 -
‘Blowing Up’ a Best Buy Was Just a Figure of Speech, Says Modern Warfare Fan Facing a Shitload of Trouble
Described in a police report as plotting to blow up a Best Buy and murder its employees because they didn’t have his preordered copy of Modern Warfare 3, a Denver-area man says his upset outburst was interpreted to an illogical extreme just to punish him for being upset on the game’s highly anticipated rollout night.…
By Owen Good Published November 10, 2011 -
Activision Hands Out a Free Month to Paying Members of Call of Duty Elite As Outage Continues
Call of Duty Elite remains basically down and out three days after the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Activision said today they will be extending all one-year paid memberships to the service by 30 days to help make up for the outage. They are also extending the ability to sign up as…
By Brian Crecente Published November 10, 2011 -
Jay Leno Is a Troll. Blows Up Letterman’s Studio in Modern Warfare 3
Thought Leno’s jokes the late night wars were bad? With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, they just got worse. On tonight’s Tonight Show, Leno mentioned how big Modern Warfare 3 was. Instead of showing the actual game, Leno showed the live-action commercial, with his head superimposed. The clip climaxed with Leno firing a rocket…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2011 -
Call of Duty’s Elite Service Still Broken, But Getting Better
Elite, Call of Duty’s answer to stat tracking, community building, help guides and original videos, remains mostly unusable nearly two days after the service’s official launch. But teams are working around the clock on fixing the problems, Activision tells Kotaku “We are being challenged by a response beyond any of our expectations on day one,”…
By Brian Crecente Published November 9, 2011 -
Battlefield 3 Still Can’t Dethrone Black Ops
The latest Xbox Live activity list—the first covering a full week of Battlefield 3 availability—shows that more people are still playing 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops online. BF3 is second, then Modern Warfare 2
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2011 -
Let’s Compare Modern Warfare 3 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC
Last time a big war game hit store shelves, we ran YouTube user Robbaz’ Battlefield 3 comparison video. For this week’s release of Modern Warfare 3, there’s another, helpful companion reel courtesy yet again of Robbaz. Which version looks best to you, readers? You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 9, 2011 -
Man Threatens to Blow-Up the Best Buy That Ran Out of Modern Warfare 3
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years as a video game consumer, it’s that terrorists threats don’t speed up restock. It’s a lesson Colorado’s Loromin Sar missed, allegedly threatening to bomb a Best Buy and shoot its employees for not having his copy of Modern Warfare 3 in stock. According to authorities in…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2011 -
The History of Call of Duty in 45 Minutes
As with Battlefield, Call of Duty has a long history of games. The first in the series came out back in 2003. This excellent video from GamerSpawn takes us from that first Call of Duty, through the launch of Modern Warfare up to this month’s release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Sit back…
By Brian Crecente Published November 9, 2011 -
The Problem with War Video Games
On Monday night I attended a Modern Warfare 3 launch party at a national video game retailer. I was particularly pleased with the diversity of the crowd. I was not the only lady in the house! I spoke with students, an investment banker, a librarian, a building manager, moms, dads, kids, etc. As Kotaku readers…
Nina Huntemann, Ph.D. Published November 9, 2011 -
Here’s the Tube Terror in Modern Warfare 3 That’s Freaking Out the Brits
Depictions of terrorist attacks on London’s Tube are just one of the ways military shooter Call of Duty courts controversy in this year’s blockbuster Modern Warfare 3 game. Decried for being in “incredibly bad taste” by the UK’s Mediawatch campaign, the Call of Duty series has for years depicted graphic and shocking moments in fictionalized…
By Brian Crecente Published November 9, 2011 -
Let the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Bannings Begin!
Banning. If you’re playing online and, well, cheating, they’re a part of life. The newly released Modern Warfare 3 is no exception. According to Modern Warfare 3 developer Infinity Ward, the bannings have begun. “1st round of #MW3 bans going out,” tweeted Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling. “Any player attempting to play unfairly or boost rank…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 9, 2011 -
Yes, We’re Getting Another Call of Duty Next Year
It’s sort of a no-brainer, what with the rocketing success of the Call of Duty franchise. But Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed today that not only will 2012 see the release of Diablo III, but also a new Call of Duty game. Is it the game Sledgehammer was said to be working on before…
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 -
Gamer Thwarts Teen Gunman’s Attempt to Steal His Copy of Call of Duty
A 27-year-old man fought off an armed teenager in a dark parking lot when the would-be robber demanded his copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at gunpoint, Kansas City police say. The 18-year-old was arrested earlier today after following a customer from a GameStop. When confronted by the teen, the 27-year-old fought for…
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 -
Modern Warfare 3 Rises to the Challenge of the Game Reviewers
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 wants you. It wants your friends. It wants to chew you and spit you out a walking, talking, stalking killing machine, but to get to you it’s gotta go through the game reviewers first. In case you didn’t know what Modern Warfare 3 is, it’s the latest game in…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011