Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that ‘Call of Duty’ has been dropped from the title of Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2, suggesting that the series has now definitively been split in two. Since its move onto next-gen consoles, the Call of Duty brand has effectively been operating as two separate …
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Read More »Call of Duty 4 leads BAFTA winners
Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare captured three awards at last night’s GAME British academy video game awards. The Infinity Ward-developed shooter secured the Gameplay, Story and Character and the GAME Award, which is voted for by the public. Other big winners included Nintendo, which won the Best Game …
Read More »Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 confirmed
Speaking in last night’s company earnings call, Activison president Mike Griffith confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled for a Q4 2009 release. No other details about the game have yet been released, but speaking about the success of the Call of Duty series, Griffith stated: "2009 …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Call of Duty shoots back to the top
While a late sales surge drove EA’s FIFA 09 to claim the Christmas 2008 games No.1 last week, the title has been usurped by Call of Duty: World at War which is once again the UK’s number one title. The Activision Blizzard FPS returns to the top, although EA still …
Read More »Spielberg: No synergy between storytelling and gaming
Acclaimed American film director Steven Spielberg has spoken at length about his seemingly deep interest in video games, but also criticised the way in which gaming still draws a huge dividing line between narrative and gameplay. I play a lot of action games,” Spielberg told Yahoo!. There have been a …
Read More »UK CHART: Call of Duty marks a month at the top
Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War has achieved its fourth consecutive week at the top of ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 Chart, fending off advances from a range of new entries. No new entry lands higher than No.22, which goes to the PC version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Call of Duty entrenched at No. 1
Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War stands its ground this week at top of the ChartTrack Top 40. The World War II shooter holds on despite renewed pressure from EA’s critically adored FIFA ’09, which returns to second place. EA also had the highest new entry of the …
Read More »86% score for Call of Duty: WaW on Metacritic
The average scores for Activision Blizzard’s record-breaking Call Of Duty World at War are in – and it’s levelled out at around 86 per cent. According to US and UK reviews aggregator Metacritic, the PC version has earned an 89 per cent average review, with the PS3 SKU following on …
Read More »Activision Blizzard accounts for 25% of last week’s game sales
Gfk Chart Track has revealed that Activision’s domination of last week’s chart meant three of its titles – Call of Duty: World at War, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Guitar Hero: World Tour – accounted for 25 per cent of all games sold in the previous …
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