Treyarch's Escalation map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops is now on the Xbox Live Marketplace as community head Josh Olin breaks the news. It rounds off to about 986.42MB which features four new maps as well as the zombie-filled 'Call of the Dead'. It hits Xbox 360 first as part of a 3 year deal.
Actor Craig Fairbrass who has provided voices for Gaz and Ghost in Call of Duty's Modern Warfare 1 & 2 respectively, hints at a possible announcement this month. He's been in LA working on something "that's going to be announced in May", but he couldn't elaborate. It times itself nicely with Activision's May 9th due fiscal results.
Electronic Arts has gone on record stating that Battlefield 3 will 'take down' Call of Duty as the premiere military shooter on the market, in an interview with with Reviews On Q. EA CEO John Riccitiello declared. "...Head-to-head with Call of Duty in Q3, we have the superior game engine, a superior development studio, and a flat out superior game. Our goal is to significantly gain share in the huge FPS category and to put the other team on defense."
The speculation and rumor on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 may come to an end soon.
A Xbox 360 / Call of Duty: Black Ops bundle had been released a few months ago. An unannounced new PlayStation 3 / Black Ops bundle will be released this coming May 24, according to Kotaku.
Kotaku has learned from inside sources some key details of the not-yet-announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Warner Bros. Mortal Kombat reboot has impressed the brawler consumer in the US as it beat Valve's Portal 2 for the month of April, followed by LEGO Star Wars III. Then came Call of Duty: Black Ops, still selling strong. Pokémon White for DS landed 9th. Software sales were up with 5 titles managing over 250k units each.
A new teaser has been released for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and this time, the word "GERMANY" figures very highly (technically, "G3RMANY", but that's nitpicking.) Since this is a direct sequel to Modern Warfare 2, perhaps Our Heroes flee to Germany to hide out? Whatever the case is, a tall building is getting blown up but good. Update: New York, France and England teasers were released as well.
An alleged poster from 'retail sources' reveals that Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be hitting the shelves, and our wallets, November 8th. This backs up earlier reports of a 08-11-11 release and the poster appears to carry the box art of the game too, along with its now confirmed MW3 logo.
GAME.co.uk has confirmed the November 8, 2011 release date for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with a huge splash page on the retailer's site. ShopTo, HMV and US retailer Amazon also have posted the November 8 date for Modern Warfare 3.
Apparently NBA Playoff viewers get to witness the first trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as Activision schedule a spotlight grabbing commercial break. An early quick tease played during an NBA match revealed a full trailer was due Monday evening next week. This is becoming a tradition for Call of Duty.
After the November launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, studio Infinity Ward will be buckling down with downloadable content as their "major focus". This decision was made following feedback from Modern Warfare 2 fans asking for "constant patches" and "exceptional" support, says Robert Bowling.
The 'Escalation' downloadable content for Call of Duty: Black Ops will finally hit PC on June 2, as the official site has revealed.
Activision has finally revealed the first full Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer, and it does look really exciting. Here's hoping the campaign can match up to the action presented in the video.
Infinity Ward has confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, much like its predecessors since Call of Duty 2, runs at a solid 60 frames per second on console. This will undoubtedly please fans of the series that have gotten used to that extra comfort of smooth running and gunning. It's a "core design principle" for Infinity.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was presented by Infinity Ward to a bunch of journos recently, including one of our own, and they got a two mission sampler. A battle through New York City to the Stock Exchange and some bad guys in the London Underground. MW3 takes the scale "to an entirely new level."
The latest PC update for Call of Duty: Black Ops from developer Treyarch adds "support for mods" so the game is prepared for "the upcoming tools release." There's a number of gameplay tweaks in the update as well as fixes for "various MP & Zombie exploits" they've found. The mod tools were due this month.
Activision's controversial Call of Duty: Elite feature was unveiled today, featuring both free and subscription-based features for multiplayer gameplay.
Gamers who choose to subscribe to Call of Duty: Elite will get free access to a Call of Duty web television show which will purportedly have "top Hollywood talent" acting in them.
The first-person shooter crown will suffer an inevitable coup reckons EA's Jens Uwe Intat as Battlefield takes back a title once held by the publisher giant. Activision meanwhile seems humoured by it all, joking that EA mentions Call of Duty "more than we do" and thanks them for "assistance in building awareness".