Entries in 'warfare' (82)
Morrisons goes low on MW2
As predicted yesterday, UK national supermarket Morrisons is this morning the cheapest place to pick up a new copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, with both the ...
Could MW2 price drop further still?
It’s already the most competitive price war the UK games industry has ever seen, but the most dramatic could yet be to follow as the High Street prepares for Call ...
MW2 tops all-time Amazon pre-order chart
Amazon.co.uk has confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become the most pre-ordered game in the company’s history, racking up double the amount of interest of former title ...
Ministers debate game violence
Video games violence and the economic worth of the UK games industry took centre stage at a heated debate in the House of Commons this afternoon, as Labour MP Tom ...
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Street date struggle for Modern Warfare 2
Though UK entertainment chains seem to be holding firm, retailer GameStop has admitted that it knowingly broke the street date and sold Modern Warfare 2 early at some of its ...
Modern Warfare 2 – price roundup
Remember the anger expressed by gamers when Activision announced that it was going to charge £54.99 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 back in July? Well forget it – ...
Modern Warfare 2 for £26
At the beginning of October Tesco took the lead in the video games price war by slashing EA’s FIFA 10 to an astonishing £24.97, but this time it’s Sainsbury’s turn ...
First MW2 pre-orders arrive
With the global release of Modern Warfare 2 still four days away the very first legitimately bought copies of Activision’s shooter have begun landing on doormats – and it appears ...
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Watch new MW2 trailer here
Make no mistake about it – in marketing terms we are at Defcon 1 as Activision ramps up the hype for next Tuesday’s global release of Call of Duty: Modern ...
HMV calms Modern Warfare concerns
A mid-week release, the postal strikes – all the ingredients are there for a street-date break on Activision’s Modern Warfare 2, but retailer HMV has quashed rumours that it had ...
IW: Wii can’t deliver on our goals
Infinity Ward has ruled out development on Nintendo’s Wii console after stating that the platform cannot meet the studio’s ambitions.
IW snubbed ‘ridiculous’ MW2 budget
The studio behind this year’s biggest game was offered a “ridiculous” development budget from the world’s biggest publisher; a budget big enough for the team to politely decline.
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Mama takes on Modern Warfare
505 Games will become the only publisher in the country to release a flagship Q4 release in the same week as Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 next month – and has ...
GAME lists COD:MW2 events
The UK’s leading video game retailer GAME is to open around 300 of its stores at midnight on the morning of Tuesday November 10th to usher in the release of ...
Infinity Ward: ‘Devs should do the marketing’
Call of Duty creator Infinity Ward has called on developers to ‘cut out the middleman’ and promote their own video games.
Modern Warfare 2 rated 18
The BBFC has confirmed that it has granted Activision’s upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 an 18 certificate – making it in the first in the series to receive ...
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Irony lost on Daily Star
British tabloid The Daily Star has taken the mainstream media’s negative games agenda to a whole new low today with a story claiming that Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ...
Xbox plans to rule Call of Duty sales
Microsoft says it can lead the way in Modern Warfare 2 sales and is backing the release with extra marketing support.
Modern Warfare 2 will 'justify excitement'
Activision will redefine what constitutes a blockbuster when Modern Warfare 2 lands in just a matter of weeks.
Retail braced for COD's 'D-Day'
The High Street is reporting overwhelming demand for Modern Warfare 2.
Sony quiet on PS3 MW2 bundle
PlayStation 3 platform holder Sony has told MCV that it has nothing to say concerning the possibility of a PS3 hardware bundle to accompany the upcoming release of Activision’s Call ...
Square publishing COD:MW2 in Japan?
Despite the region’s traditional hostility to first person shooters, it seems as if publisher Square Enix is to publish Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in Japan.
Assassins Creed takes on COD
Some have been quick to peg the high number of releases slipping from Q4-09 to Q1-2010 as the ‘Call of Duty effect’, but publisher Ubisoft has stated that it’s confident ...
Kotick could “raise prices even further”
With retail and consumers alike still getting to grips with the prospect of shelling out £54.99 for November’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has admitted ...
Modern Warfare aims for Wii
Activision Blizzard has followed up the recent news of a DS version of military shooter Modern Warfare with news of a port of the 2007 original destined for Nintendo’s Wii.
