Entries in 'duty' (75)
Mad Catz making Black Ops accessories
Call of Duty: Black Ops will get its own line of branded peripherals after Mad Catz announced a deal with Activision today.
Sony: It’s our role to innovate
Platform holders are obligated to produce cutting edge, commercially risky games, Sony has told MCV.
Battlefield ‘potential Modern Warfare killer’
It’s still riding high in the upper echelons of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, and now one analyst has predicted that EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company franchise could ...
Infinity Ward still on COD duty?
We know that new Activision studio Sledgehammer is working on a brand new ‘action-adventure’ entry in the Call of Duty series. We know that Infinity Ward is working on DLC ...
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New developer for Call of Duty
Following a day of intense speculation surrounding Activision and Infinity Ward, the publisher has confirmed the departure of bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella from the successful studio – and ...
More evidence for COD: Vietnam
The rumours that Treyarch’s next Call of Duty title will be set in Vietnam have resurfaced once again after an unearthed document for an LA casting call made reference to ...
"BC2 is about to make serious noise"
“Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is about to make some serious noise” – that's the claim of the game's executive producer Karl Magnus Troedsson, speaking to MCV in an interview ahead ...
MW2 sold 12m in 2009
As part of its all-encompassing detailed report on the global video game market in 2009, GfK-ChartTrack has confirmed that Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold nearly 12m units ...
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Jackson “enjoying games more than films”
As an aside to his current frenzied press schedule to promote his latest film The Lovely Bones, film director Peter Jackson has made the surprise admission that he’s currently getting ...
Modern Warfare 2 sales hit $1bn
Publisher Activision has confirmed that total sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have just passed $1bn worldwide, according to the firm’s own internal estimates.
MW2 tops 2009 UK chart
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been named as the best selling game of 2009 in the UK – despite not hitting the market until mid-November.
MW2 aiming for all-time UK record
As Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 spends its ninth week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, it has been revealed that the ...
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Halo 3 most played XBL title in 2009
Microsoft’s Major Nelson has released the 2009 Xbox Live Charts, and they show that Bungie’s Halo 3 has managed to pip Activision’s trio of popular Call of Duty titles to ...
UK CHARTS: MW2 claims ninth no.1
For a full rundown of the charts on all formats, check out MCV's vital weekly retail digest, RetailBiz – available to view online or download now.
EA: DICE can topple Call of Duty
In an exclusive interview with MCV, EA Europe’s senior VP Jens Uwe Intat has stated that Swedish studio DICE is one of the few developers out there capable of toppling ...
Next COD heading to Vietnam?
It’s not the first time such talk has done the rounds, but rumours that the next Call of Duty title will be set in Vietnam have once again resurfaced.
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MW2 raises £250k for War Child
Publisher Activision will, as previously pledged, donate £250k to charity War Child following the success of its Game for Good event in conjunction with Game and Microsoft early last ...
MW2 most pirated game of ‘09
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the most pirated game of 2009 according to BitTorrent tracking statistics, Gamasutra reports.
A Decade of Christmas Number Ones
2009 is nearly at an end and with it comes the end of the games industry’s most successful ever decade. While each year brings with it a myriad of titles ...
JAPAN: MW2 breaks into Top Five
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has followed the trend set by fellow Western epic Grand Theft Auto IV by breaking into the higher echelons of the Japanese software ...
Ladbrokes tipping MW2 for Xmas no.1
With fellow bookie Paddy Power having already paid out on what it believes is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s victory in this year’s battle for the Christmas number one ...
US: MW2 tops 2009 best-sellers list
Sales tracker NPD has released its 2009 software sales chart for North America and, unsurprisingly, it’s Activision Blizzard’s world-conquering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that tops the pile.
UK CHARTS: MW2 still top
It’s five weeks and counting now for Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as the record-breaking shooter beds in ahead of the key Christmas listings in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack ...
Paddy Power paying out on MW2
Though the Christmas number one won’t be announced for another couple of weeks, betting agency Paddy Power has announced that it is paying out on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ...
JAPAN: No Russian edited in MW2
Ahead of its release in the territory tomorrow, it has been revealed that the notorious ‘No Russian’ airport massacre level in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been edited ...
