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Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox 360 and PS3 has been recalled from store shelves in Russia, according to internet reports. A translation found at Hellforge claims that the Russian government has recalled the game due to the controversial airport level, in which gamers play the role of an undercover CIA …
Read More »Robomodo in new â??extreme sports projectâ??
Job vacancies suggest the Chicago-based studio is returning to Hawk
Read More »Call of Duty set to become a $1bn franchise
Not yet sick of Modern Warfare 2 sales numbers? Good, Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian has more. He reckons that the Call of Duty franchise will in 2009 break the $1bn worldwide sales revenue, putting it in the same league as other Activision Blizzard properties World of Warcraft and …
Read More »MW2 grosses $310m in North America and UK
Modern Warfare 2 made a total of $310m in sales revenue across North America and the UK in its first day on sale. According to the latest figures from Activision, the game sold a whopping 4.7m units in the two territories across 24 hours. The news comes following confirmation that …
Read More »Infinity Ward: The best $5m Activision ever spent?
2003 acquisition was a tenth of what Modern Warfare 2 grossed in a single day in the UK
Read More »Ride to reinvigorate Tony Hawk
Activision believes a mix of motion-senstive controls and family-orientated marketing will bring new life to Tony Hawk. Sales of recent entries in the series haven’t matched up to earlier titles – but the publisher is dedicated to return the IP to its former glories with Tony Hawk: Ride and its …
Read More »3m MW2 shipped in to satisfy UK demand
If you thought that the launch of Modern Warfare 2 today meant excitement behind the game will die down, think again. MCV understands that Activision has shipped some 3m copies of the game into the UK to satisfy the huge level of demand for the game. It’s an unprecedented first-day …
Read More »Amnesia strikes Daily Mail on MW2?
They take with one hand, and give with the other… The Daily Mail has now done a bit of a U-turn on its anti-Modern Warfare 2 stance. While the previous story linked to earlier today pointed fingers at MW2’s violent content, the tabloid’s latest article about the game says it …
Read More »Daily Mail slams Modern Warfare 2
Well, we’re surprised it took them this long: The Daily Mail has today run a story criticising Modern Warfare 2 for letting ‘players kill civilians in terror attacks’. Anti-games Labour MP even Keith Vaz offers up a soundbyte dismaying the ‘level of violence in the game’. Vaz has vowed to …
Read More »Activision praises retail and promises fair play on MW2
Activision’s UK MD Andrew Brown has contacted MCV to show his confidence and trust in retail as stores all over the country prepare to start selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from Tuesday. Any cases of early selling are being quickly and firmly dealt with by retail head offices …
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