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With multiplayer a key selling point for Black Ops, Treyarch community manager Josh Olin has told MCV that Activision and Treyarch would not be employing a similar system to that of THQ’s UFC Undisputed 2010 and EA’s recently announced Online Pass. However, the practise of supplying a one-time code to …

Call of Duty developer Treyarch has stated that the idea of integrating the likes of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Natal and Sony’s PlayStation Move in future instalments of the series is one that interests it. Perhaps not for Black Ops, but Natal and Move is definitely something that we would want …

Anyone who thinks PlayStation move is simply Wii on PS3 has got it wrong – that’s the message Sony wants to put out ahead of its more detailed reveal of Move at E3 next month. Several high-profile commentators, including the likes of Nintendo boss Reggie Fils-Aime and analyst Michael Pachter, …

With multiplayer playing such as important part in the long-term success of both Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2, developer Treyarch has told MCV that it has placed more focus on the online aspects of Call of Duty: Black Ops than it ever has before. The multiplayer is going to …

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The implementation of overly-strict digital rights management has resulted in pirates having a better gaming experience than legitimate customers, according to Gamesbrief’s Nicholas Lovell. It seems crazy to me that Ubisoft didn’t emulate Steam, which by some estimates has more than half the market, and instead went for their own, …

Call of Duty Black Ops will put in a sales performance far closer to Modern Warfare 2 than anyone has previously predicted, according to one analyst. Gamasutra reports that Cowen and Company’s Doug Creutz believes the FPS could sell as many as 10.7m copies in its first year, a number …

Is London Games Festival definitely returning this year? When is it and what will it consist of? Yes it is; the Festival will run throughout October. The LGF is to make London a focus for Interactive Entertainment and to engage with media, consumers and Government. The London Games Festival is …

Aside from its 3D overhaul, Dutch developer Guerrilla has said that there will be another key difference between Killzone 3 and its predecessor – variety. I think what Killzone 2 suffered from was the amount of variety that was in the environments and the in the minute-to-minute stuff that you …

EA’s massively multiplayer online racer Need For Speed World will launch on July 20th. The game will only be available as a downloadable client at world.needforspeed.com, with a free version allowing gamers to access all race events up to level 10. Beyond that, players will need to purchase the Need …