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With just hours until its official announcement, we should probably just sit back and stop scrutinising the Call of Duty website. But where’s the fun in that? Besides, if we all adopted that attitude then we wouldn’t know that the loading circle that flickers briefly into view when the site …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops II named, dated
Leaked images of pre-order cards from US retailer Target have revealed the name and release date of Activision’s next Call of Duty title. Unsurprisingly, the game will be called Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It will be released – presumably worldwide – on November 13th, according to IGN‘s findings. …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Call of Duty’s Online Plan
Call of Duty is past it. The latest sales data revealed that Modern Warfare 3 has (so far) sold fewer copies than 2010’s Black Ops. A whole 4.2 per cent less. According to some corners of the press, the shooter series has peaked. Except it hasn’t. Not one bit. A …
Read More »‘Call of Duty Elite still has to prove itself’
Call of Duty Elite still needs to win over the customers it ‘pissed off’ last November, Activision says. The online service for the hit FPS IP was bombarded with traffic when it went live alongside Modern Warfare 3 last year, and subsequently failed to work. It took almost a month …
Read More »Black Ops 2: Signs point to near-future setting
Activision could be preparing to shock the Call of Duty world with a surprise announcement next week – a near-future setting for the title currently known as Black Ops 2. The hint comes from tongue-in-cheek YouTube show FPS Russian. The latest episode demos a quadrotor RC attack drone that bears …
Read More »Next Call of Duty – big reveal coming on May 1st
CallofDuty.com has gone live with a countdown pointing to a World Reveal” on May 1st. This, of course, will be the first official details of the next Call of Duty game, due out more likely than not this November. All we know for certain is that the world-first glimpse of …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #1 hits PSN
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s first Content Collection is now available for all PS3 players. The CoD Community blog has announced that non-premium Call of Duty Elite members and stock MW3 players now have access to several multiplayer maps and a couple of Spec Ops missions. Maps include Overwatch, …
Read More »OPINION: Call of Duty hasn’t peaked
In just a matter of weeks Call of Duty 9 will likely be unveiled. But if you work at Activision, thinking about that now is supposed to irk you. Because yesterday the wider games media decided that Call of Duty has peaked. Modern Warfare 3 sales are 4.2 per cent …
Read More »Call of Duty appears to have peaked
It remains the powerhouse IP of modern console gaming, but figures suggest that Activision’s mighty Call of Duty IP is in decline. Gamasutra reports that life-to-date sales of last year’s Modern Warfare 3 are tracking behind those enjoyed by predecessor Black Ops by an estimated 4.2 per cent. In March …
Read More »Vegas shooting range invites gamers to try real Call of Duty weapons
You buy all the games, you subscribe to Elite, you have a COD branded baseball cap and you question the sexuality of underage boys online. But what next? Surely there’s another way you can prove your devotion to all things Call of Duty? Yes! There is. You can pay Machine …
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