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Call of Duty Elite ‘Premium’ Membership Costs $50 A Year, Includes All This and More

Call of Duty Elite, Activision’s new social network and stat-tracking service that will launch alongside Modern Warfare 3—and work with last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops—is largely going to be free to use. But there are very good reasons for investing in Elite. At the war game maker’s Call of Duty XP gathering, Activision…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 2, 2011

Be There Using the Magic of the Internet! Call of Duty XP Live Stream

The first ever Call of Duty expo, Call of Duty XP, is being held today and tomorrow in Los Angeles. If you didn’t score a ticket, you can still feel like you’re there via live coverage on both days. The site says that there will be one hour of live coverage today and tomorrow beginning…

By Jen Schiller Published September 2, 2011

Enjoy, Modern Warfare 3’s New Multiplayer Trailer

Say what you will of the basketcase this franchise’s singleplayer has become, one thing it still does very well is multiplayer. Which, you know, is the reason 95% of people buying this game buy this game. So…it doesn’t really need a trailer at all! But thanks for making one anyway, Activision. Appreciate it. Call of…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2011

Whatever Happened to That Third-Person Call of Duty Game?

Confirming something that was, well, already pretty clear earlier this year, Sledgehammer has said that helping Infinity Ward develop Modern Warfare 3 meant it had to abandon its planned third-person Call of Duty game. “We came on board to make a third person action adventure game, in the Call of Duty franchise, and we were…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2011

Hate Map Packs? You’ve Got Nobody to Blame But Yourselves (Or Your Friends)

Whenever a multiplayer game’s map packs are revealed- and Call of Duty is often the worst offender in this regard – people on the internet wail and gnash their teeth. And rightly so, in many respects, since you’re rarely getting much value for your dollar. All that wailing counts for naught, though, because as far…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2011

A Stroll Through A Bullet-Riddled Parisian Neighborhood in Modern Warfare 3

The record, they tell me, is level 28. We’re nowhere close to that when death comes quickly to both of us. That’s the way you die in Modern Warfare 3’s Spec Ops Survival Mode: In pairs. Death can come to the two players one at a time, but typically it’s sudden and bunched up. At…

By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2011

A Remote Controlled Airplane Took This Real Call of Duty Photo

Call of Duty XP is an official COD gaming event that promises to do more than let players play Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer. They’ll also get a shot at running a real version of The Pit time course and experiencing the Scrapyard in-game map. Snapped by website Pro Paintball, this is an overhead shot of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2011

Modern Warfare 3 ‘Hardened Edition’ Details Leak, Includes Year-long Elite Membership

The “Hardened Edition” of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 appears to have had its contents outed earlier than officially planned, contents that include a one year membership to Activision’s Call of Duty Elite service and other virtual goods. Wired reports that it received a photo of an advertisement for Modern Warfare 3‘s “Hardened Edition”…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 31, 2011

The First Look at the Call of Duty Convention

It’s not a good look. But it is a look. From Sept. 2 to Sept. 3, one of the world’s most famous games, Call of Duty, is holding its own convention, Call of Duty XP In the photos, there are Xbox 360 consoles and monitors. And there are large displays and lights. Tickets are $150…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 31, 2011

Yes, Modern Warfare 3 Is Coming To Steam

Valve today confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will indeed be using Steamworks and sold on Steam. Taken in light of the franchise’s history of being sold on Steam, this isn’t exactly surprising news, but with Battlefield 3 giving the service a pass, it’s probably worth noting. The game’s availability on the service…

By Brian Crecente Published August 29, 2011

Celtic Rockers Dropkick Murphys Performing at Call of Duty Con

Kanye West isn’t the only musician performing at the first-ever Call of Duty convention, Irish-punk rockers Dropkick Murphys will be closing the first night of the show, Activision said today. The band is performing opening night at 8 p.m. on Sept. 2 at the Call of Duty XP event. Then on Sunday night Kayne West…

By Brian Crecente Published August 25, 2011

Have Some Heavy Metal With Your Moon-Zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops

In space, no one can hear you scr… yeah, you know the drill. No one can hear much of anything actually, except for the groans of endlessly advancing zombies, and the choked coughs of machine gun fire. Thankfully, Call of Duty: Black Ops‘s DLC zombie map “Moon” features an unlockable musical easter egg that dials…

By Kirk Hamilton Published August 23, 2011

Kanye West Preparing a Big Call of Duty Concert

One of the world’s most popular musicians will close the first official fan convention for one of the world’s most famous games. No, Lady Gaga is not rocking a Computer Solitaire con. Kanye West, however, is performing on day two of Call of Duty XP, the big Call of Duty fan convention in Los Angeles…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 23, 2011

These Gaming Glasses Have Modern Warfare 3 Written All Over Them

Modern Warfare 3 is going to sell millions of copies when it hits gaming retailers this November, and those millions of players are going to need quality gaming eyewear. Or at least that’s how gaming glasses maker Gunnar Optiks sees the world, and they’re prepared for those lens-craving gamers with the limited edition Call of…

By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2011

Rise From Your Graves, It’s Black Ops Rezurrection Day

It’s time to strap on your space suit, dual wield your space guns, and take out some space zombies on the moon, as Activision and Treyarch launch the all-zombie Rezurrection map pack for Black Ops on the Xbox 360. What you see above is perhaps the most bizarre Call of Duty screenshot I’ve ever posted,…

By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2011

Peace for Our Time. Battlefield, Call of Duty Makers Play Battlefield 3 Together

EA execs talks smack about Activision’s Call of Duty. Wants it to rot. Predicts it will collapse, and soon. Activision execs rolls their eyes at EA, sigh and suggest there’s enough room for EA’s Battlefield 3 and all the Call of Duty/Modern Warfares to co-exist. Meanwhile… In Germany at Gamescom today, Robert Bowling, creative strategist…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2011

Trash-talking Battlefield Publisher Predicts Call of Duty Will Collapse ‘In 2-3 Years’

EA, the publisher of this fall’s Battlefield 3, responded today to a call from their competition for cooler rhetoric with some heated trash talk. “Welcome to the big leagues Eric,” EA spokesperson Jeff Brown said in a comment issued to Kotaku but adressed to Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision and the man who said in…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2011

Call of Duty Makers Say Competitor’s Anti-Call of Duty Talk Harms the Gaming Industry

EA CEO John Riccitiello, head of the company making this fall’s premiere Call of Duty competitor, Battlefield 3, recently said he hopes that Call of Duty would “rot from the core.” In Germany, this week, Riccitiello’s counterpart at Actvision, CEO Eric Hirshberg, fired back, defending not just his company’s Call of Duty/Modern Warfare franchise but…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2011

And Now a Very Bloody Message from Call of Duty Zombie Labs

At Call of Duty Zombie Labs, the worlds’ top scientists are working around the clock to familiarize themselves with the undead inside and out. And inside-out. Ew. In this exceptionally gory advertisement for Black Ops’ Rezurrection DLC, due out on August 23 for the Xbox 360, we’re given a sneak peek at what happens when…

By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2011

Modern Warfare 3 Gets Dedicated Servers on PC (That’s a Great Thing for Competitive Play)

You heard that right: Modern Warfare 3 will support dedicated servers on the PC, just like your daddy’s multiplayer shooters did. That’s the kind of stuff we like to see—and the kind of stuff you get when the king of pop shooters has a challenger to the throne. Robert Bowling’s Twitter [Twitter.com]

By Joel Johnson Published August 17, 2011