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Fans Request The Darnedest Call Of Dutys

A real Call of Duty fan letter as shared online by Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Call of Duty Modern Warfare studio Infinity Ward.

By Stephen Totilo Published March 3, 2011

Call Of Duty Hoax Becomes Pretty Decent Live-Action Modern Warfare

The FindMakarov.com countdown website that had Call of Duty fans and members of the press alike crying Modern Warfare 3 has revealed this trailer for one fine live-action Modern Warfare movie from Canada’s We Can Pretend artists collective.

By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2011

You Will Not Pick Up Girls With Your Call Of Duty Bragging

Ice-T is a rapper, an actor and a huge gamer. The man loves Call of Duty, but he also knows that telling ladies your kill/death ratio probably isn’t going to impress them. Ice-T has become synonymous with Call of Duty, stating that its multiplayer is one of the few games that has a tangible skill…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011

Video Games On The Front Lines

Long hours, hard work, crap weather. Then there’s the boredom, the long hours of boredom, followed by the bursts of heart-pounding adrenaline. This is war. And it’s video games that keep many of those serving in the world they’ve left behind. This is video games as a way to stay connected, a way to stay…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2011

Call Of Duty For China Is Free To Play

The people who publish Call of Duty have been talking about their plans to bring more players into the online multiplayer fold, specifically targeting Asian players. Today, Activision finally divulged some details on its Chinese Call of Duty plans. Activision plans to follow the model made successful by countless MMOs and first-person shooters targeted at…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2011

Mystery Game Studio Called Beachhead Will Improve Our Call Of Duty

What is Beachhead? It’s the name of a new game studio we just heard about today. Bobby Kotick, the man in charge of Call of Duty publisher Activision dropped it during a phone call today. All we know about Beachhead is that Kotick promises that the team is making an “innovative new digital platform” and…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 9, 2011

Duty Calls Is A Quick And Brutal Stab At Call Of Duty

Look away, Call of Duty fans. Bulletstorm’s Duty Calls parody game viciously sums up the Call of Duty experience in one painfully funny four-minute experience complete with boring briefings, bloody screens, and the obligatory slow-motion shoot-out. Watch us play it. If you plan on downloading and playing Duty Calls, don’t watch this video. It’s a…

By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2011

Bulletstorm Mocks Call Of Duty With A Free PC Game

First Bulletstorm took on Halo with a touching, vomit-soaked diorama. That’s good enough for Halo, but to take on Call of Duty it’ll need something meatier, like the full downloadable PC game Duty Calls. I’ve seen games marketed by mocking other titles before (mocketing?), but never quite to the extent Epic Games is taking it…

By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2011

Are Angry Fans Really Ruining Video Games?

Josh Olin, Community Manager at Call of Duty: Black Ops developers Treyarch, thinks that “pundits” and “angry entitled fans” are ruining creativity in video games. They’re not. In an interview with NowGamer, Olin – who admittedly must wade knee-deep through stupid questions from assholes as part of his job – says the following: Personally, as…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2011

Over 60 Billion Dead In The Battle of Call of Duty: Black Ops

Since its launch in November, Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has racked up more than 5 billion headshots, downed more than a billion aircraft and killed virtual soldiers to the tune of nine times the world’s population. That’s about 62 billion and change, based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s world population clock Activision hit…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2011

Woe Betide He Whose Gamertag Appears In A Black Ops Trailer

An ordinary gamer is cleaning his Xbox Live inbox of dozens of friend requests each day, most of them containing a mercy plea from some Call of Duty cheater. What happened? His gamertag was shown in a Black Ops trailer. The trailer for Black Ops’ First Strike downloadable content pack hit on Monday, and at…

By Owen Good Published January 28, 2011

Call of Duty For NGP ‘Will Set The Bar’ For Next-Gen Portables

PlayStation Portable owners haven’t seen a Call of Duty game on their platform since 2007’s Call of Duty: Roads to Victory. That will change with the arrival of the next generation PSP, the NGP, says Activision. Philip Earl from Activision took to the stage at Sony’s unveiling of the PSP2 to show the Call of…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 27, 2011

Russian TV Links Modern Warfare 2 To Russian Massacre

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may have influenced the deadly attack on Russia’s busiest airport earlier this week, state run news network Russia Today suggests. RT points out what they say are similarities between the bloody scenes depicted in the No Russian level of 2009’s game with the gruesome reality of yesterday’s attack at…

By Brian Crecente Published January 25, 2011

Black Ops First Strike Screenshots

Here are some screenshots of “Stadium”, one of the new maps included with Black Ops’ first DLC.

By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2011

Modern Warfare Makers Not Giving Up On Squashing Hackers

The situation for Modern Warfare fans on the PS3 was looking grim, but developer Infinity Ward says they’re still focused on getting their security in order. “Nothing is being left unattended,” writes IW creative strategist Robert Bowling.

By Michael McWhertor Published January 24, 2011

CultureTotal Recall

Before They Were Game Of The Year Finalists…

We have four finalists in our 2010 Game Of The Year awards. All worthy contenders, but as has been pointed out, all are also either sequels or continuations of older series. So let’s take a look at how far they’ve come. In case you’re only just joining us, the four games nominated by Kotaku editors…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2011

Report: Modern Warfare 3 Coming In November, Spin-Off Delayed To Get It Done

If we’re getting a Modern Warfare 3 this November, it’s going to come at the cost of an Call of Duty spin-off from the head creator of Dead Space, the Los Angeles Times reported today. Citing “people familiar with the situation,” the paper says that Infinity Ward, the studio behind the last two Modern Warfares…

By Stephen Totilo Published January 20, 2011

Activision Can Take Its Black Ops And Go Home, You Know

A huffy customer support worker at Activision, no doubt fed up dealing with people complaining about Call of Duty: Black Ops’ poor online performance, has snapped over an email exchange with tech blogger Jason Koblovsky. Koblovsky, who for months has – along with many others – experienced connection issues with the game when attempting to…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2011

Football Player Loses Part Of Finger, Call Of Duty The Big Loser

Tom Alexander, an up-and-coming Rugby Union player from Canberra, Australia, lost the top of his finger in a freak accident earlier this week. And he’s bummed, not because he’ll miss any football, but because it affects his Call of Duty. I like this story. Not just because he plies his trade for my beloved hometown…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011

This Video Game Looks Awfully Familiar

This is not Call of Duty. This is a game made by Gameloft, a company that has mastered the art of flattery. Modern Combat: Domination — Launch trailer (PS3) [YouTube, via Twitter]

By Stephen Totilo Published January 11, 2011