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Call of Duty: Elite Getting Web TV Series Boasting “Top Hollywood Talent”
One of the ways Activision is trying to convince people to become paying subscribers of its new Call of Duty: Elite is with a fancy web series based on the blockbuster shooter franchise. Activision Publishing chief executive Eric Hirshberg has told The Guardian, “We have engaged some top Hollywood talent to create linear video content…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2011 -
Learn a Little About Call Of Duty’s Online Subscription Plans
Call of Duty, as has long been predicted/expected, is set to introduce a monthly subscription fee for its multiplayer users. Launching as an online service, rather than a standalone product, Call of Duty Elite will be part of Modern Warfare 3 (and future titles) when its released in November, and will include the option of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2011 -
This is Real War, Viewed from the Call of Duty Camera Angle
In real, modern combat, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some soldiers have cameras attached to their helmets. The videos make it to YouTube (and on Kotaku, too), giving the rest of the world a first-person view of real combat. This week, The New York Times presents a simultaneously stunning and mundane video of…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2011 -
Get Your Call of Duty: Black Ops PS3 Bundle On Next Week
Sony confirms today that a new PlayStation 3 bundle will go on sale this month—the one we told you about a few weeks ago—one including a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops and a 160GB console. Even better? The $299.99 USD asking price also gets you a “First Strike Content Pack” and a fancy…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 25, 2011 -
One Year Later, Did Microsoft Keep Their E3 2010 Promises?
Can you believe the hype you hear from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo at each year’s big E3 circus of video games? Year after year, the big three make promises about their consoles and their games. Do they deliver? Each year, we check. Microsoft, last year we had to scold you for some of your unbelievable…
By Mike Epstein Published May 24, 2011 -
The First Explosive Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Trailer Is Here
The next big Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 3, is a globetrotting tale of destruction, taking the fight to America, England, Germany and France, bringing with it huge destruction and battles more ambitious than ever. See for yourself in the game’s first trailer using Modern Warfare‘s new tech. There are some classic Call of…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 23, 2011 -
The Maker of Modern Warfare 3 Has ‘Moved Beyond’ Its Modern Warfare 2 Tech
Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty and Modern Warfare, is leaving its previously used game engine technology behind for Modern Warfare 3. Will that put an end to cracks about the developer using Quake III Arena-era tech? While those digs against Infinity Ward may have been unfair and inaccurate—its in-house IW Engine has…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 23, 2011 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation Coming to PC in June
Already released on Xbox 360, the Escalation add-on for Call of Duty: Black Ops makes its next stop on PC. Activision confirmed the release date for Escalation—four new maps and the “Call of the Dead” mode—for June 2.
By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2011 -
The First Official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Trailer Is Here (And So Are Three More)
You’ve had your first unofficial look at this year’s Call of Duty, now let’s see what the official unveiling of Modern Warfare 3 looks like in this brief, but now familiar teaser trailer, “America Under Siege.” There’s no gameplay here, just a stylized tease that the war from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 13, 2011 -
According to Retailers, Perturbed PS3 Owners are Ditching the Platform, Migrating to 360
They’re sick of waiting. And now some are crossing over to the other side. According to a report in EDGE Magazine, retailers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe are claiming a dramatic increase in the number of customers trading-in PS3 units—either for cash, or, in many instances, toward the purchase of an Xbox…
By Drew Cohen Published May 13, 2011 -
‘Some’ Info In Modern Warfare 3 Leak ‘Still Accurate, Some Not,’ Infinity Ward Says
What to make of the Modern Warfare 3 leak? Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Modern Warfare studio Infinity Ward said on Twitter today that ‘some’ of the information in the trove of images, level summaries and audio files, “still accurate,” but suggests that other details have changed, presumably during the course of the game’s development.…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 13, 2011 -
Did SEAL Team Six Find Osama bin Laden’s Porn Stash?
According to Reuters, “modern, electrically recorded video” of a pornographic nature was recovered from Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. I guess we know what Modern Warfare 3‘s SEAL Team Six mission could be.
By Joel Johnson Published May 13, 2011 -
What are SEAL Team Six and ‘Black Tuesday’ Doing in Modern Warfare 3?
A brief audio clip that we believe is a piece of the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 refers to SEAL Team Six, the unit widely assumed to have killed Osama Bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan earlier this month. It makes perfect sense. America’s favorite fighting men would have to get mentioned in the 2011…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 13, 2011 -
The Modern Warfare 3 Files: Exclusive First Details on the Biggest Game of 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming Nov. 8, 2011, Kotaku has learned, delivering with it mammoth battles that engulf a dozen cities around the world including New York, Paris and London. Multiple sources have shared details of the game’s story, art, sounds and game modes with Kotaku, noting that the game will reshape…
By Brian Crecente Published May 13, 2011 -
Where You’ll Go, How You’ll Kill, and Who Will Die in Modern Warfare 3
We’ve been gentle so far in our revealing of what we know about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. We’ve tip-toed through the minefield of spoilers, and tried to reveal only facts anyone would want to know. That ends here. What follows is a detailed summary of what we understand are the events of Modern…
By Brian Crecente Published May 13, 2011 -
Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Features Battles in Brooklyn, Clash in Mogadishu
Packed with 15 levels set in locations around the world, from Manhattan to the catacombs of Paris, Modern Warfare 3‘s near-future campaign looks to be an experience that will top anything seen before in a Call of Duty game. Multiplayer, too, seems to be shaping up to be an experience packed with new maps, experiences…
By Brian Crecente Published May 13, 2011 -
Samuel L. Jackson Plays Black Ops
Whether this Samuel L. Jackson soundboard is live (in which case, it must have taken at least two guys) or edited in after the fact, there’s little dispute over its comedic value. NSFW language throughout. Part of a series of YouTube Black Ops soundboard videos going back to the beginning of April, including Pee-Wee Herman,…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2011 -
The Modern War Gear Solid Saga Continues with the Introduction of… Cardboard Gear!?!
The ultimate paramilitary crossover continues in the fifth(!) chapter of Modern War Gear Solid, which has already merged the worlds of Metal Gear Solid, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Halo into one ridiculously amusing soup. In the latest (and final?) episode, things reach even more ludicrous heights as Ghost battles Kotickovitch, Snake evolves the…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2011 -
Is This Modern Warfare 3‘s Cover?
Yesterday we told you what we’ve been told about the yet-to-be announced Modern Warfare 3. Today we’re showing you what we’ve been shown. Granted this could easily be a photoshop for the game’s PC cover, but that logo seems to match what others are saying appears for the game. Click to expand the image. Thoughts?…
By Brian Crecente Published May 11, 2011 -
Modern Warfare 3 to Feature Bigger Story, More Destruction This Fall
While still unannounced, sources who have seen the game in action tell Kotaku that the next Call of Duty will be a Modern Warfare 3 that pushes the bar on what people have come to expect from the series. And it hits this fall. The yet-to-be announced sequel is under development by Infinity Ward, though…
By Brian Crecente Published May 10, 2011