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Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Preview Event Tonight
Tonight, publisher Activision and developer Treyarch will be holding a multiplayer preview event for the next game in the wildly successful Call of Duty series. Kotaku will be there, enjoying our first hands-on time with Call of Duty: Black Ops. Keep an eye peeled for new Call of Duty: Black Ops video, gameplay impressions and…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 1, 2010 -
Call Of Duty Developers Have Had Enough Of The Second World War
Call of Duty developers Treyarch, a studio that made its name developing World War Two games, is done with World War Two. Phew. Having developed first Call of Duty 3 and then Call of Duty: World at War, the team behind the upcoming Black Ops has all but ruled out a return to the 20th…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2010 -
What If Call Of Duty Was A Pokemon Game?
Who needs Bulbasaur when you can fight with Ghost? Who needs pocket monsters in your Pokemon game when you can have the heroes of Call of Duty take turns slashing and poisoning? One amazing video depicts the unreal Pokémon: Modern Warfare. (Video includes text-based profanity, so be mindful before sharing with Pokémon-loving kids.) The video…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 26, 2010 -
George Lucas Suing Mind-Control Tech Company
The creator of the Star Wars franchise, George Lucas, is suing the creators of the Jedi Mind thought technology tech. Jedi Mind, Inc. makes a handful of thought-controlled software and a brainwave detecting headset. Jedi Mind’s “Master Mind” is, according to the official website, “the revolutionary gaming application that allows users to play their favorite…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2010 -
Call Of Duty Devs Warn Of Gamertag Imposters
The multiplayer trailer for the latest Call of Duty game had some gamertags featured, and some unscrupulous souls are taking advantage of that to scam people on Xbox Live. Josh Olin and David Vonderhaar, from Call of Duty: Black Ops developers Treyarch, have alerted fans of the game to the fact that someone is contacting…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010 -
Call Of Duty Map Packs Downloaded Over 20 Million Times
Complain about the cost of Call of Duty map packs all you want; it doesn’t stop Activision charging a ton for them, and it’s certainly not stopping people from buying them. The publisher revealed today that over 20 million map packs for the Call of Duty franchise have now been sold. That’s not just Modern…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2010 -
Call of Duty’s Pay To Play Rumors Squashed By Treyarch, Infinity Ward
The publisher of Call of Duty may want to explore “new digital business models” for its bestselling military shooter—perhaps as an MMO—but rumors of Modern Warfare 2 going pay-to-play appear to be premature. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling took to his massively followed Twitter account today, dispelling rumors that the…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 19, 2010 -
Lawsuit: Activision Created Modern Warfare “Police State”
Guarded doors, secret interrogations and broken promises are just the latest allegations laid out in the ongoing saga about the break-up between the world’s largest game publisher and the people in charge of creating Modern Warfare 2. Activision created a “police state,” conducted secret “interrogations” of employees and held $54 million dollars hostage as they…
By Brian Crecente Published July 9, 2010 -
Activision Wants “More Value” For Call Of Duty Xbox Live Players
The Call of Duty games have a massive multiplayer following on Xbox 360. But is the series going to make the leap to a massively multiplayer online game? Nothing is confirmed yet. “We’ve heard that 60 per cent of [Microsoft’s] subscribers are principally on Live because of Call of Duty,” Activision Blizzard honcho Robert Kotick…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 5, 2010 -
Call Of Has A LOT Of Helicopters
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s most famous aerial sequence may involve an AC-130 Hercules, but as this clip shows, the real stars of the show are the game’s helicopters. All 147 of them. How do we know there are 147 helicopters? Because some guy has a blog called “Call of Helicopters“, in which every…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2010 -
Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Package Dated For PS3, PC
Infinity Ward provides an ETA for Modern Warfare 2‘s second map pack. PlayStation 3 owners get the “Resurgence Pack” on July 6 in the US, the next day in Europe. PC gamers worldwide get it July 6. Hoorah!
By Michael McWhertor Published June 11, 2010 -
Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing Outdoes The Previous Best Call of Duty Fan Film
How can this short action flick manage to knock out the previous title holder for best fan made Call of Duty movie? It’s bigger, bloodier and has a more substantial budget. And it’s from the same creative team. The second chapter of Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski’s Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing makes use of its…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2010 -
Hold It There Soldier, That Tattoo’s Not Serviceable
This might sound nitpicky, but it’s not to veterans who game. And those who served in Vietnam might wonder why Call of Duty: Black Ops personnel in “denied” areas would want to advertise an American military unit on their forearm. That’s the point behind Aaron Schol’s interesting research into the unit insignia tattooed on the…
By Owen Good Published June 6, 2010 -
Get An Inside Look At Modern Warfare 2’s ‘Resurgence’ Pack
Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward will unleash the new Resurgence map pack for Modern Warfare 2 next week and creative strategist Robert Bowling is here, in video form, to tell you all about it. When screen shots won’t do, this new look at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s second (and final?) batch of…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 28, 2010 -
Say You Like Call of Duty And Activision Will Donate To Veterans Fund
Memorial Day is this coming Monday and what better way to celebrate your day off, here in the U.S., than by helping a group that finds jobs for veterans? All you have to do is “Like” Activison’s Call of Duty Endowment Facebook page by noon on Memorial Day and they will increase their donation to…
By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2010 -
What Was Call of Duty: Devil’s Brigade?
We’ve got a sighting of what may be a World War II Call of Duty game that was built for the Xbox 360. The website for visual artist Terry Allen shows three brief clips from what Allen refers to as a ” a COD game called Devil’s Brigade set in Italy in WWII.” The clips…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010 -
Rumor: Call of Duty Has Another New Developer In Raven [Update]
With close to half of the team at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward bailing on the troubled developer, publisher Activision appears to have found a new source for Call of Duty development. Raven Software, the developer of sci-fi shooters Wolfenstein and the recently completed Singularity, has been pulled off its current…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 13, 2010