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Next week’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare could sell 70 per cent fewer units than 2012’s Black Ops 2. It could also fall 40 per cent short of last year’s COD: Ghosts, according to estimates from Cowen and Company which says that the series is now in a state of …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare supports free next-gen upgrades
Activision doesn’t want you to hold back on buying the next Call of Duty should you be hoping for a next-gen console this Christmas. Buyers of either the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions of the game will be able to upgrade to the next-gen SKUs for free. On PlayStation, the …
Read More »INTERVIEW: DriveClub designer Simon Barlow talks progression, UI and meta-gaming
From WRC to Motorstorm and now DriveClub, Evolution Studios’ Design Director Simon Barlow has a lot to say about the mammoth task of managing progression and unlocks in a game with heaps of content which prides itself on shareability and social gaming.
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare single player is longer than you think
There will be a bigger single player offering in the upcoming Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare than those found in recent COD titles. That’s according to Sledgehammer co-founder Glen Schofield who, as spotted by Videogamer, said on Twitter that the campaign is "coming in longer than the last few". Recent …
Read More »Activision dismisses Manual Noriega’s ‘absurd’ Call of Duty lawsuit
Publisher Activision is looking to have a lawsuit filed by former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega thrown out of court. In a release that dubs the legal action frivolous” and refers to Noriega as a convicted murderer”, Activision says it has enlisted the services of former New York major and current …
Read More »Romero: Call of Duty is ‘expected – you know what the next one is going to be like’
Doom creator John Romero has criticised the lack of creativity in the Call of Duty series and argued that first person shooter developers need to start thinking differently. Call of Duty is enough of a deathmatch game to keep people coming back to it year after year,” he told MCV’s …
Read More »Pre-order bonus for those who buy Destiny AND Call of Duty from GAME
GAME is offering an extra bit of content for Destiny – but with a big caveat. As spotted by Videogamer, a Level 20 Legendary Blacksmith Armour Shader is available only to those of both buy any version of Destiny AND pre-order a copy of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. The …
Read More »Report: Activision wants its own movie studio to turn Call of Duty and Skylanders into films
Activision’s unusual relationship with Hollywood took another turn this week, with reports that the publisher is looking to open its own TV and movie studio. According to The Information, Activision is tentatively looking into such a move. The firm has a hot and cold relationship with the movie industry, although …
Read More »1TB Call of Duty Xbox One is exclusive to GAME in the UK
Retailer GAME has grabbed a big hardware exclusive for this Q4. The chain will be the only place to grab official stock of the Limited Edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Xbox One in the UK – that’s the only model to offer a 1TB hard drive. The SKU was …
Read More »Three-year dev cycle gives Call of Duty teams ‘freedom to fail’
Activision says shift to longer development times also opens more scope to be creative
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