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Why All The Call Of Duty Hate?
Today in Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter WhoKnew? wants to know where all of the Call of Duty hate is coming from. Is it just because it’s beautiful? So, Kotaku-ians, why all the Call of Duty hate? Sure, people don’t like Kotick and his DLC antics. Sure, the games been running on the same engine since…
By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 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 -
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 RecallBefore 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