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Modern Warfare 2 Has Skippable Terrorism Scene

By Kemuel Stewart ⋅ October 28, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

Spoiler Warning: Leaked footage of Modern Warfare 2 showcased a playable art of terrorism; in where the player would shoot innocent civilians in an airport. Activision has since explained the propose of the scene stating that it’s “designed to evoke the atrocities of terrorism”.
However, those that aren’t sure they can handle the scene, they’ve revealed that [...]

Blur Crossing The Finish Line In 2010

By Kemuel Stewart ⋅ September 21, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

Activision revealed today that Blur, the company’s highly anticipated foray into the racing genre, is now scheduled to ship in 2010. Stating that they’re moving Blur from 2009 to give the development team at Bizarre Creations more time to enhance the game’s online multiplayer gameplay component.
“We are committed to making Blur a great new racing [...]

Activision: Guitar Hero And Others May Ditch Consoles

By Kemuel Stewart ⋅ September 16, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

Plastic guitars, used in the popular Guitar Hero titles, are Activision’s hammer in its crusade as ” the most successful game publisher on the planet”. However, with Guitar Hero sales on a recent decline, the next step is to ditch consoles and their licensing fees altogether.
During a Q&A session at Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference, Bobby [...]

Infinity Ward Reveals 250GB Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360

By Kemuel Stewart ⋅ September 15, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

Infinity Ward announced during a press event in Los Angeles tonight, that with the release of Modern Warfare 2, Microsoft is planning to release a new Xbox 360 model based on the upcoming game.
This new bundle (to be available in both North America and Europe) comes with an Elite console marked Modern Warfare 2 branding (seen above), [...]

Activision: Courtney Love Agreed To Cobain Avatar

By Kemuel Stewart ⋅ September 10, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

Looks like Joe Wilson isn’t the only one shouting “you lie!” In a response to Courtney Love’s allegations of suing the “S” out of Activision because of Kurt Cobain’s likeliness being used in Guitar Hero 5, Activision pushed out a statement, stating that Courtney Love is lying.
“Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the [...]

If Wolfenstein Beats Madden, It’s Free

By Kemuel Stewart ⋅ August 12, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

You won’t believe this. Raven Software’s Manveer Heir has posted a message on his Twitter stating that if Wolfenstein outsells Madden 10 in the month of August, he’ll pay for your copy of Wolfenstein. However, in order to receive your money back, you’ll need to keep your copy of the receipt.
“Here’s the deal folks: if [...]

50 Cent Makes Modern Warfare 2 Cameo [Updated]

By Kemuel Stewart ⋅ August 7, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

Update: Robert Bowling from Infinity Ward tells us that 50 Cent is “one of many squad voices” that will be featured in the multiplayer and Spec Ops modes in Modern Warfare 2. Expect to hear Fifty saying things like”Reloading,” “Watch your fire,” “I’m down, get me up!” and “Tango Down!” according to Bowling.
“He is one [...]

EA Wants More Console Price Cuts

By Adam Jirouni ⋅ August 5, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

EA CEO John Riccitiello is known for his opinions, which are often controversial, and in his latest outburst, it’s no different. During EA’s Q1 conference call, Riccitiello stated that a price cut will move more hardware, and that they’ll like to see a cut later this year.
“We think pricing will move hardware,” he said. “We anticipate price [...]

Dead Space Devs Jump Ship To Activision

By Kemuel Stewart ⋅ July 22, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

Activision are building a new studio in San Francisco. And, believe it or not, they need people to work there. So they have picked up two of Visceral Games’ senior staff member.
According to Kotaku, Activision got their hands on Glen Schofield, who was general manager at Visceral, and Michael Condrey, who was chief operating officer.
They [...]

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Priced

By Kemuel Stewart ⋅ July 14, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

With a name such as “Prestige” the only conclusion is that it would cost an arm and a leg. To add to that, there’s the fact that it comes fully packed with a pair of “fully functional night version goggles”. Seems like it’s going to cost alot, doesn’t it.
So what’s the cost Infinity Ward? [...]

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