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In an exclusive interview with MCV, Treyarch exec Josh Olin commented on the recent drama surrounding Call of Duty creator Infinity Ward – its founders were ousted by Activision amidst claims they were colluding with rival publishers. They have since signed a publishing deal with EA – and many other …
Read More »Activision: Black Ops can better MW2
The sequel to the biggest entertainment launch of all time will take Call of Duty to an entirely new level, says Activision. Call of Duty: Black Ops hits shelves on November 9th – 12 months after Modern Warfare 2 smashed sales records. And despite sky-high expectations from retail and consumers, …
Read More »Sledgehammers CoD is FPS
It was described as the franchise’s extension into the action-adventure genre” by Activision back in March, but a new job listing for developer Sledgehammer suggests that its mystery Call of Duty title could be more conventional than first thought. A job listing for Sledgehammer on Gamasutra, as spotted by Eurogamer, …
Read More »Blizzard: DRM is a losing battle
Developer Blizzard will use a one-off Battle.net activation as its way to safeguard upcoming release StarCraft II from piracy. It’s opted for this approach over the use of DRM as it believes both that fighting piracy is, in its words, a losing battle” and that its developers should not be …
Read More »Sledgehammer given ‘Call of Duty FPSâ?? project
New job post the latest hint that Schofieldâ??s crew is picking up Infinity Wardâ??s job
Read More »XLOC signed as Blur localisation firm
Press release slips the apparent existence of a PSP edition of the game [Update]
Read More »New Bungie game uses â??Hollywood-grade animationâ??
Image Metricsâ?? latest technology in use at the Washington-based studio
Read More »MW2 Resurgence detailed
Further to its announcement yesterday, the first details of the second map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have been revealed in an interview with Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling on Major Nelson’s podcast. Called Resurgence, the bundle will – much like its predecessor Stimulus – include three new …
Read More »CoD: Black Ops gets fourth developer?
Claims that Singularity dev Raven Software is making map packs for FPS
Read More »EA: Modern Warfare damaged
The Modern Warfare franchise may never be the same again – that’s the claim of EA Partners boss David DeMartini who thinks that the world-conquering FPS franchise may never recover from the fallout of Activision and Infinity Ward’s disagreement. I don’t like to see that go on in our industry …
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