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Read More »Bulletstorm devs release Duty Calls
In a quite cheeky bit of marketing, Bulletstorm devs People Can Fly have released a free FPS title that parodies Activision’s FPS series Call of Duty. Called Duty Calls, the 758MB download doesn’t take itself too seriously. In fact, here are some choice snippets of dialogue: "Here’s your objective: blah …
Read More »WIN Black Ops: First Strike
The first ever DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops hits Xbox 360 today, and MCV has four codes to giveaway. First Strike features four new multiplayer maps including Berlin Wall, Discovery, Stadium and Kowloon, as well as a new Zombie map called Ascension. It’s expected to go live between …
Read More »NGP: COD leads software lineup
Sony’s NGP will be here by the end of the year, and if the games announced today are anything to go by it’s going to be a blockbuster Q4. Activision’s senior VP of Asia Philip Earl took to the stage in Tokyo this morning to announce what is probably the …
Read More »Russian media links MW2 to bombing
Government-financed satellite news channel Russia Today has pointed the finger at Modern Warfare 2 following the recent terrorist attack in the country. Earlier this week a suicide bomber detonated a 7kg bomb at Russia’s Domodedovo airport, killing 35 people and injuring a further ten. It is though that North Caucasus …
Read More »War of words erupts between Gamer’s Voice and Pachter
A bitter war of words has erupted between Tom Watson’s gaming pressure group Gamer’s Voice and Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. Yesterday MCV reported that Gamer’s Voice is to send a petition to the Office of Fair Trading regarding complaints about alleged bugs in the PS3 and PC versions of …
Read More »Gamers Voice rallies against Black Ops
Consumer pressure group Gamers’ Voice is campaigning for Activision to resolve issue with the PS3 and PC editions of Call of Duty: Black Ops. The organisation is preparing to petition to the Office of Fair Trading about glitches and regular freezing after Activision ignored its open letter, according to IncGamers. …
Read More »Studios team up for Modern Warfare 3
Activision is tasking three of its studios with co-developing Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a news report has claimed. The publisher has called on Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software for the project. The pace in which the next Call of Duty is now moving suggests an announcement …
Read More »Activision to close PSN COD servers?
PS3 owners may find themselves unable to play the latest Call of Duty titles online after Activision admitted it’s considering pulling PSN support from the games. The recent surge in security breaches on Sony’s console has allowed players to use all manner of exploits and hacks in the online multiplayer, …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Black Ops back at No.1
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has returned to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. EA’s FIFA 11, which sits in second place this week, had pipped the shooter to the top spot in the last two weeks. In fact, it had looked as if …
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