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New 'Call of Duty' May be 'Future Warfare.' We'll Find Out May 1st.
Wed Apr 25, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Game Trailers, Call of Duty (all tags)
The new game will be officially unveiled during the NBA playoffs.
We've been getting tiny glimpses of what to expect from the next entry in the 'Call of Duty' franchise and it looks like we're in for a little taste of the future. A recently revealed video shows the use of a weaponized quadrotor drone – something that's not yet used on the battlefield. This leads to some speculation that we may be seeing the series take a leap forward a few years and going with 'Call of Duty: Future Warfare.'
The 'Call of Duty' website points to a video from YouTube celebrity FPS Russia, who regularly shoots off all sorts of crazy guns and ammunition for the entertainment of his audience. In the video, he's flying a drone like the one teased in the game and blowing plenty of things up with it. There's some contention as to the legitimacy of the weapon in the video, but either way the explosions are way cool.
We'll find out for sure when the game is revealed on May 1st during the NBA playoffs.
Source: Game Informer
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'Call of Duty' for Vita is Coming This Fall
Mon Feb 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM ETTags: Call of Duty Vita, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Call of Duty, PlayStation Vita (all tags)
There's no word yet on just what we can expect to see from the game.
Well of course there's going to be a 'Call of Duty' game for Vita. If one of the most popular franchises around wasn't released for a system, it would be downright shocking.
Guy Longworth, the senior VP of marketing for PlayStation, says that 'Call of Duty' will be coming to the Vita "this autumn" but doesn't elaborate as far as what title. The Vita is the best looking handheld on the market now and it's crazy powerful, so the big question is whether this will be a Vita specific game or a slightly watered down - graphically anyway - version of the same 'Call of Duty' the HD consoles are getting.
A fall launch window means we'll be finding out more about it at E3 for sure, but hopefully some info will come sooner than that. A major title that will use the twin-stick configuration to the fullest? We're excited.
Source: Game Informer
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'Call of Duty' for Vita is Coming This Fall
Mon Feb 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM ETTags: Call of Duty Vita, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Call of Duty, PlayStation Vita (all tags)
There's no word yet on just what we can expect to see from the game.
Well of course there's going to be a 'Call of Duty' game for Vita. If one of the most popular franchises around wasn't released for a system, it would be downright shocking.
Guy Longworth, the senior VP of marketing for PlayStation, says that 'Call of Duty' will be coming to the Vita "this autumn" but doesn't elaborate as far as what title. The Vita is the best looking handheld on the market now and it's crazy powerful, so the big question is whether this will be a Vita specific game or a slightly watered down - graphically anyway - version of the same 'Call of Duty' the HD consoles are getting.
A fall launch window means we'll be finding out more about it at E3 for sure, but hopefully some info will come sooner than that. A major title that will use the twin-stick configuration to the fullest? We're excited.
Source: Game Informer
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Activision Blizzard Says 'Diablo III' Coming This Spring - New 'Call of Duty' Out This Year
Fri Feb 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM ETTags: Mists of Pandaria, Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft 2, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard, Diablo III (all tags)
The 'StarCraft' and 'Warcraft' expansions will likely not be out until 2013.
Activision's quarterly report yesterday brought us some new information on upcoming games, though most of it isn't surprising and the stuff that is interesting won't put a smile on your face. Certainly not in the way a $4.76 billion revenue in 2011 made Activision Blizzard happy.
CEO Bobby Kotick announced that there will indeed be a new 'Call of Duty' game coming this year. In other news, publishers and developers really like money and will continue to cash in 'Tony Hawk' style until the 'Call of Duty' franchise is dead and gone. They're also working on a new version of Call of Duty Elite, which could prove to be interesting.
On the Blizzard side of things, 'Diablo III' will launch this year. It was expected in the first quarter of 2012 but the current estimate is Spring 2012. Blizzard will be talking more about the 'Warcraft' expansion 'Mists of Pandaria' at a press event in March and there's no indicator that the 'StarCraft' expansion 'Heart of the Swarm' will hit this year. Blizzard has said that they'll be more involved with eSports moving forward though, which is a welcome change.
Source: Joystiq
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Activision Blizzard Says 'Diablo III' Coming This Spring - New 'Call of Duty' Out This Year
Fri Feb 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM ETTags: Mists of Pandaria, Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft 2, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard, Diablo III (all tags)
The 'StarCraft' and 'Warcraft' expansions will likely not be out until 2013.
Activision's quarterly report yesterday brought us some new information on upcoming games, though most of it isn't surprising and the stuff that is interesting won't put a smile on your face. Certainly not in the way a $4.76 billion revenue in 2011 made Activision Blizzard happy.
CEO Bobby Kotick announced that there will indeed be a new 'Call of Duty' game coming this year. In other news, publishers and developers really like money and will continue to cash in 'Tony Hawk' style until the 'Call of Duty' franchise is dead and gone. They're also working on a new version of Call of Duty Elite, which could prove to be interesting.
On the Blizzard side of things, 'Diablo III' will launch this year. It was expected in the first quarter of 2012 but the current estimate is Spring 2012. Blizzard will be talking more about the 'Warcraft' expansion 'Mists of Pandaria' at a press event in March and there's no indicator that the 'StarCraft' expansion 'Heart of the Swarm' will hit this year. Blizzard has said that they'll be more involved with eSports moving forward though, which is a welcome change.
Source: Joystiq
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'Modern Warfare 3' Hits $1 Billion in Sales Faster than 'Avatar'
Tue Dec 13, 2011 at 10:30 AM ETTags: Bobby Kotick, Avatar, Sales Figures, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (all tags)
In just 16 days, Activision pulled in a cool billion.
'Call of Duty' is big business. Crazy big business. Want that in a number? How about $1 billion in just 16 days. That's an average of $62 million a day. That's far more than the average person will make their entire lives in a single day. Not bad Activision.
CEO Bobby Kotick has to be thrilled with the performance, but not just because the number is a milestone for Activision. Earning a billion dollars in 16 days puts 'Modern Warfare 3' a step ahead of 'Avatar,' which took 17 days to do it.
"Engagement of our 'Call of Duty' audience continues to rise around the world," says Kotick. Adding that the game "has made an indelible mark on popular culture and its broad and continued success is further validation that audiences increasingly value interactive experiences over passive experiences."
Source:Activision
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'Modern Warfare 3' Hits $1 Billion in Sales Faster than 'Avatar'
Tue Dec 13, 2011 at 10:30 AM ETTags: Bobby Kotick, Avatar, Sales Figures, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (all tags)
In just 16 days, Activision pulled in a cool billion.
'Call of Duty' is big business. Crazy big business. Want that in a number? How about $1 billion in just 16 days. That's an average of $62 million a day. That's far more than the average person will make their entire lives in a single day. Not bad Activision.
CEO Bobby Kotick has to be thrilled with the performance, but not just because the number is a milestone for Activision. Earning a billion dollars in 16 days puts 'Modern Warfare 3' a step ahead of 'Avatar,' which took 17 days to do it.
"Engagement of our 'Call of Duty' audience continues to rise around the world," says Kotick. Adding that the game "has made an indelible mark on popular culture and its broad and continued success is further validation that audiences increasingly value interactive experiences over passive experiences."
Source:Activision
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1,600 Cheaters Banned from 'Modern Warfare 3'
Mon Nov 21, 2011 at 09:30 AM ETTags: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty, Activision (all tags)
Nice to see cheaters and hackers actually being taken care of, isn't it?
Every multiplayer game that's released gets modded, hacked, exploited and otherwise abused. It's just a fact of life. Of course, some companies are better than others at taking care of those cheaters, and Activision is fantastic.
The game has been out less than two weeks and already 1,600 cheaters have been banned. Rob Bowling, creative strategist for Infinity Ward, says that updates are in the works to prevent these same exploits from being taken advantage of in the future.
Bowling adds in his Twitter update that reports from the community are helping identify the cheaters, so keep it up!
Source: Kotaku
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1,600 Cheaters Banned from 'Modern Warfare 3'
Mon Nov 21, 2011 at 09:30 AM ETTags: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty, Activision (all tags)
Nice to see cheaters and hackers actually being taken care of, isn't it?
Every multiplayer game that's released gets modded, hacked, exploited and otherwise abused. It's just a fact of life. Of course, some companies are better than others at taking care of those cheaters, and Activision is fantastic.
The game has been out less than two weeks and already 1,600 cheaters have been banned. Rob Bowling, creative strategist for Infinity Ward, says that updates are in the works to prevent these same exploits from being taken advantage of in the future.
Bowling adds in his Twitter update that reports from the community are helping identify the cheaters, so keep it up!
Source: Kotaku
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Call of Duty Elite Won't be Functional for a Few More Weeks
Fri Nov 18, 2011 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Call of Duty Elite, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (all tags)
The company was unprepared, but Activision VP Daniel Suarez says they'll be ready to go soon.
To say that 'Modern Warfare 3' is popular would be an incredible understatement. It's reached past the typical gaming crowd and has become a landmark release for the more casual crowd as well. That's great for a company, unless they're woefully unprepared to handle the demand for their new online stat tracking service.
VP Daniel Suarez told Kotaku that it wasn't just one thing that caused the problem, but a group of things. Obviously, incredible demand for the Elite program didn't help. "For lack of a better term," says Suarez, "our databases got hammered with the millions of people trying to use Elite and it couldn't put up with the demand."
Call of Duty Elite will be brought on bit by bit until the whole thing is up and running, which will be in the next few weeks. Hopefully, Activision will be ready for the glut of new players that will be coming in just over a month when all the good little girls and boys open up the first-person-shooter that Santa brought them for Christmas.
Source: Kotaku
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