Sledgehammer Games’ Glen Schofield has taken to Twitter to ask Call of Duty fans to support Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3on Metacritic. “I don’t usually do this but, if u like MW3 go 2 Metacritic.com & help our user score,” writes Schofield. “It’s suspiciously low. Be honest but help if u agree.” Modern Warfare 3 is attracting a torrent of user scores of zero across all three platforms. The current user score Read More ...
Activision has sent out the official launch trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 developed by Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward. The launch trailer gives you a general overview of the main campaign, as we already know what to expect from the multiplayer. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launches on November 8th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC and it also supports two player co-op local Read More ...
Over the last year details on Modern Warfare 3′s multiplayer has been a bit of a mystery and Activision has had yet to reveal any detail. Now, we have a full length trailer for you to feast your eyes on. The new trailer details some interesting perks and kill streaks for you to earn this go around. It should turn your 5 minute gaming session into 5 hours or more. Read More ...
A filthy Manchester-based teenager was arrested after preventing thousands of players from playing on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by using a DDOS program. The 17 year-old (one year younger than the game’s 18 rating) was arrested on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act. He used his own brutal Denial of Service program called Phenom Booter to prevent others from playing Activision’s FPS on t’internet. Scotland Yard’s Read More ...
Stats from Gfk ChartTrack have unveiled that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become the best-selling game of all time in the UK. It has finally overtaken Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training after 41 weeks of being on sale. Modern Warfare 2 has spent three weeks outside the top 10. Dr Kawashima took about 36 months to overtake Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the previous record holder.
Activision has released a single-player demo for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It comes nine months after the game’s launch and is available to download from the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Marketplace. It includes the entire Cliffhanger level.
Activision has confirmed a few details about the upcoming second map pack for Modern Warfare 2, the Resurgence Map Pack. It will be released on June 3rd on Xbox Live, costing 1200 Allards. It features Vacant (Russian office complex) and Strike (urban town surrounded by hotels) from Call of Duty 4, as well as new maps: Carnival (abandoned carnival area complete with Ferris wheel, fun house and other attractions), Trailer Read More ...
Activision has announced that a second map pack for Modern Warfare 2 will be released during the “back half of the year”, according to CFO Thomas Tippl. During last night’s earnings call with activation, Tippl said: “With respect to the Call of Duty franchise, we plan to release the second Map Pack for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, which is currently in development at Infinity Ward. I think they’ve Read More ...
More staff members from the talent pool of Infinity Ward have jumped ship for the newly opened Respawn Entertainment. Lead character artist Joel Emslie and artists Ryan Lastimosa and Brad Allen are the latest members to leave the crumbling developer. In total the headcount for developers remaining at Infinity Ward has dropped to 11 so it’s only a matter of time before the studio becomes a desalt wasteland. Although with Read More ...
Seven ex-members of Infinity Ward’s staff have joined Respawn Entertainment, the company set up by previous Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella. The studio is starting to work May 1st. The seven who jumped ship are: Todd Alderman, Mackey McCandlish, Mark Grisby, John Paul Messerly, Chris Cherubini, Rayme Vinson and Jon Shiring. Developers are leaving Infinity Ward after the disagreement between West and Zampella had with Activision, whom Read More ...
Today, thanks to an announcement by the Guinness Book of World Records, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Activision/Infinity Ward) has become the biggest entertainment launch of all time. It will be recorded in the new release of the book and be recognized by all around. The records indicated that with verifiable sales numbers which total $401 million (£242.4 million) worldwide. The action-packed first person shooter became the fastest selling Read More ...
Lead designers Steve Fukuda and Zied Reike have resigned from Infinity Ward. Both had been with the developers since they opened back in 2002. They join the previous departures of programmer Jon Shiring, designer Mackey McCandlish, software engineer Francesco Gigliotti, lead designer Todd Alderman and former studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella.
Programmer Jon Shiring and designer Mackey McCandlish have resigned from Infinity Ward. McCandlish had spent eight years with the Modern Warfare 2 developers, with Shiring notching up six years with the company. The news comes after last week’s resignation of both software engineer Francesco Gigliotti and lead designer Todd Alderman. Former studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella have gone on to form their own development outfit – Respawn Entertainment. Read More ...
Infinity Ward has announced that the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package DLC will be coming to the PC and PS3. The maps will come to the PC on 4th May and on the PS3 on 5th May. The content is exclusive to the Xbox 360 for a month, and has had more than 2.5 million sales on that platform alone so far.
Today, lead designer Todd Alderman and software engineer Francesco Gigliotti have been confirmed to have left Infinity Ward after being a part of the company for a combined fifteen years. Recent rumours suggest the pair resigned. The Call of Duty and Modern Warfare developers have recently lost their studio founders (Vince Zampella and Jason West) after they were fired by Activision. They have gone on to sign with a Hollywood Read More ...
