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Call of Duty Elite Service Closed Beta Taking Applications Now

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

The much anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is just a week away from an unveiling at the E3 2011 game developer conference. A new service called Call of Duty Elite is being developed that will bring a whole suite of social networking features to the new game as well as to its Black Ops predecessor. The beta version of the service is now ready for testing. Read The Full Story

Call Of Duty: Black Ops PS3 Bundle Announced By Sony

, May 25th 2011 Discuss [2]

After all the PlayStation Network woes, Sony is working hard to plug security holes and regain customer trust and business. Although more folks may be flocking to the Xbox 360 and attempting to off load their PS3s from the panic of the recent Sony hackathon, the company has just announced a new bundle offer today that may just be enticing enough. Read The Full Story

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 First Explosive Trailer [VIDEO]

, May 23rd 2011 Discuss [1]

The E3 conference is right around the corner---June 7th to the 9th, to be exact---and we're all very excited about the blockbuster titles to be demoed. One of the most anticipated is of course Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Activision has so far unleashed four teaser trailers revealing four battle regions, but today has unveiled the very first full-on "Reveal Trailer." Read The Full Story

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Details And Release Date Leaked

, May 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

The E3 conference is fast approaching and with that are more revelations on what's ahead. Some major blockbuster games are set to launch this fall, and perhaps going head to head is Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The latter one of which has now had some of its details leaked along with a potential release date. Read The Full Story

Activision Blizzard Announces Call Of Duty Black Ops For China, Reports High Q1 Earnings

, May 9th 2011 Discuss [3]

Activision Blizzard announced a new Call of Duty online game today specifically for the Chinese market. The release will be a micro-transaction based online game that is free-to-play but will require small amounts of real money for virtual goods. This will be the first time the company has offered this type of game in Asian markets. Read The Full Story

Call Of Duty: Black Ops ‘Escalation’ Map Expansion Pack Released

, May 3rd 2011 Discuss [3]

Back in February, the popular first-person shooter game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, had gotten its first downloadable map expansion pack via Xbox Live. And today, a second expansion pack called "Escalation" is ready for gamers to retrieve. This latest expansion pack brings four new multiplayer maps along with a new zombies level dubbed "Call of the Dead." Read The Full Story

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Announcement Near

, Feb 25th 2011 Discuss [33]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 could be taking over the life of a gamer near you very soon. A new teaser site has popped up online that some believe may be linked to the series. "Findmakarov.com" takes you to a website with a brief audio clip and a counter, with roughly five days left on it, counting down to zero. Vladimir Makarov was a major villain in the last CoD game. Read The Full Story

Medical server hacked to host Call of Duty Game

, Jan 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

A radiology physicians group in New Hampshire has some explaining to do today after one of its servers was hacked by a group to play a nice online game of Call of Duty Black Ops. The problem for the medical company comes in that the server hosted private health information on 230,000 patients. Read The Full Story

Call of Duty: Black Ops was Reportedly the Most Pirated Game in 2010

, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [3]

While publisher Activision and developer Treyarch are busy dealing with a bunch of angry customers on Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console, it looks like a lot more than a few individuals out there decided that, instead of buying the game, they'd rather download it from the Internet. Not that that slowed down the sales of the game at all, considering it managed to amass $1 billion in the short time it has been out in global sales. But, with the numbers we're seeing here, it's almost staggering to think how much bigger it could have been. Read The Full Story

When Should a Developer Step In?

, Dec 24th 2010 Discuss [12]

With the holiday spirit in full effect, and people talking about giving gifts to everyone they know, and hopefully receiving gifts from everyone they know, I realized that I’ve been thinking a lot about developer Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. Why? Because a few comments in our recent stories about the poor connectivity for online sessions, and the fact that some people expect something from either Treyarch, or publisher Activision, have made me start wondering if that’s actually an option. When should a developer step in, and start proactively trying to make those who purchased their title happy? After all, the plan that just buying the game would make them happy isn’t working out. So, if there’s a next step, what should it be?

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Gets New 1.05 Patch, Continues to Try and Fix Multiplayer

, Dec 22nd 2010 Discuss [9]

The patches just keep on coming. Despite the fact that Treyarch has said in the past that it tends to take a month before patches can be issued to consoles, here's patch 1.05 just one week after 1.04 landed on the PlayStation 3. Despite the hot fix that was also released earlier in the week, Treyarch seems to be at a constant race to try and make the multiplayer experience what they wanted it to be, right out of the gate. Unfortunately for PlayStation 3 owners especially, that just hasn't been the case. Read The Full Story

Call of Duty: Black Ops Passes $1 Billion in Sales Worldwide

, Dec 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Since the release of publisher Activision and developer Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops, the companies have watched as their title steadily look over sales records, and sold millions of copies all over the world. In a matter of five days, the title had managed to pull in $650 million in total sales. And now, with the game's first downloadable content for the Xbox 360 coming February 1st, Activision is happy to announce that the game is still selling like hot cakes. Read The Full Story
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