They say the best locksmiths are lockpickers, and it seems Infinity Ward has hired an expert glitcher to comb Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer for glitches and exploits.
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Britain really, and I mean really, likes dancing-based fitness regiments packaged in videogame form. Zumba Fitness is refusing to let go of the UK chart. DiRT 3 climbs 2nd with Transformers: Dark of the Moon at 3rd. Call of Duty: Black Ops is back in the top ten, and F.E.A.R. 3 sinks 9th. FIFA 11 is... 11th.
In one of the funnier website squatter stories out there, Electronic Arts took advantage of Activision's laxness in buying web domains to prevent cybersquatters, and purchased ModernWarfare3.com - and has it redirecting the traffic to Battlefield 3's official site!
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter is reporting that Electronic Arts will be backing their upcoming shooter Battlefield 3 with massive ad support, among other efforts, to aid it against competitor Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Call of Duty: Elite beta invites have been sent out today, which will go live. The service received over two million applicants. Invitations to the beta will be sent out in waves, with a first-come, first-serve policy, going from those two applied first and going in bunches from there.
The June NPDs are in for software sales, and L.A. Noire and Duke Nukem Forever lead the competition, with inFamous 2 coming in third. The rest of the games include family oriented titles (LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, Cars 2, Just Dance 2) and months-old games (Mortal Kombat, NBA 2K11, Call of Duty: Black Ops).
Infinity Ward are letting us have party chat in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 across multiplayer modes, but choice is the focus so you can have it disabled. It's "super hardcore" to give player freedom. Competitive players can enforce "restrictive voice chat", if that's what they want. It's "fun without hindering" others.
The Electronic Arts owned site ModernWarfare3.com no longer redirects to Electronic Arts' Battlefield 3, but Activision has begun a legal suit over the site, which has become a spoof site with a video making fun of the game, claiming to be "a 100% unofficial fan site dedicated to the Modern Warfare series."
Activision's Call of Duty: Elite service will be getting its beta this summer for Xbox 360 and PS3, but the PC crowd will "have to wait until the fall" to try it. A 30 minute "personal, casual walkthrough" video of Elite has been posted online. It shares all the things you'd know "if you could have attended E3" this year.
Activision has notified gamers that tickets for the upcoming Call of Duty convention, "Call of Duty XP", will start sales today on July 19 at 10am Pacific, which is 1pm Eastern and 6pm GMT. Players can purchase tickets from the official convention site here, or the official Modern Warfare 3 Facebook page here.
Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling stated in an interview that not only is he unconcerned about Electronic Art's constant obsession and veiled put-downs of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but he'll be picking up a copy of Battlefield 3 because players can enjoy both games when they're released later this year.
In an interview with Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling, he stated that there will be no difference in the gameplay experience between the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling has confirmed the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition, taking a picture of a copy fresh off the factory line. The box, like the Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2 versions before it, is a metal black box.
Activision and Infinity Ward aren't "too worried" about battling in New York City in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 because it's a "full-on Russian military invasion". It's not based on some "real life scenario" and so isn't insensitive to events surrounding 9/11. Robert Bowling notes it's an "invasion of the entire US", not just NYC.
The third Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack Annihilation is now available to buy through the PlayStation Network, which adds a new Zombies multiplayer map. Also for PC gamers the 1.12 patch has been released with Treyarch spilling the changelog. It deals with some exploits, screenshot stability and modding issues.
Sorry but 60 frames per second doesn't impress enough to be a major demand for DICE and EA developing Battlefield 3. They've got plenty of toys to play with. Brand manager Kevin O'Leary reckons in the end it's a moot point as "a lot of people" will get Battlefield 3 and 'that' 60 frame rate shooter coming soon as well.
The British championship for Call of Duty players will take place August 7th in Sound Nightclub in London's Leicester Square, with Call of Duty: Black Ops. The UK qualifiers will take "128 hopeful gamers" and whittle them down to "an elite 4" who will be flown to California for September 7th's Call of Duty XP premiere.
The controversial Commando perk which was a pain in the sides of many players in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been eliminated from Modern Warfare 3, as revealed in a tweet by Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling.
Activision and Infinity Ward have announced downloadable content for Call of Duty: Black Ops, and this time, it's all zombies, all the time, with the "Rezurrection" DLC, which will land on Xbox Live Marketplace on August 23. The DLC is highlighted by a map set on the Moon, with the low gravity environment one would suspect.
Activision Blizzard outdid expectations for the second quarter of 2011, and the company is crediting their online community for them, as digital sales have skyrocketed.