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Activision’s social network for Call of Duty is to be canned. The stat tracking service was introduced with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II. However, it received little use in new release Ghosts, which instead favoured the new Clan Wars system. The publisher …
Read More »Call of Duty Elite boasts over 12m registered users
Premium service pulls in more than 2m subscribers
Read More »Final Modern Warfare 3 DLC dated
Activision has released details on the last batches of extra content for last year’s best-selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Two more Content Collections will be released in August and September. Each will be made available on Xbox 360 first, with PS3 and PC versions following a few weeks …
Read More »HOT TOPICS: Has Call of Duty peaked?
In the first of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, Christopher Dring explains why it’s too early to call time on the world’s most successful shooter franchise. Has Call of Duty peaked?NO. The world’s biggest entertainment product is in trouble. At least, that’s what …
Read More »Call of Duty Elite amasses 2m paying subscribers
Activision stands to make $100m annually from Modern Warfare and Black Ops online service
Read More »Call of Duty Elite paying subs at 2m
Another notable info bite to come out of Activision’s recent financial report was the current state of their Call of Duty Elite service. Over 10m gamers have registered for Call of Duty Elite, with 20 per cent of those converting to the premium version of the service. That has the …
Read More »Call of Duty: Elite surpasses 10m users
More than two million players take up premium membership
Read More »Call of Duty Elite April DLC hits today on Xbox 360
Xbox 360 owners will net themselves new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC later today, so long as they’re premium members of the franchise’s Elite program. This month’s content offers up two new maps: Sanctuary & Foundation. The official CoD Twitter account has posted a screenshot of the former. …
Read More »First Modern Warfare 3 ‘Content Collection’ hits Xbox 360
The first Modern Warfare 3 DLC collection is out for all, including those who opted against subscribing to the premium level of the Call of Duty Elite program. ‘Content Collection #1′ was dated and detailed earlier this month, with Call of Duty elite subs gaining access to the content last …
Read More »Elite subs get four more pieces of MW3 content in 2012
Activision has revealed new Modern Warfare 3 content bonuses for Call of Duty Elite subscribers. Four more bits of DLC from the game will arrive throughout the coming months Joystiq reports. Activision had already announced 20 pieces of planned DLC for the game prior to this latest reveal. What’s clear …
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