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It’s that time of the year: the latest Call of Duty just launched. As with every CoD, Infinite Warfare comes with its fair share of merchandise and guest stars. The latest names added to an already long list of cameos are Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and actor Danny McBride. They …
Read More »Japanese Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Week One sales down 42% compared with Black Ops III
Week One sales of Call of Duty have also taken a dive in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare sold 100,877 on PS4 in the region, compared with the combined 172,602 units of Black Ops III shifted on PS4 and PS3 last year. That’s a …
Read More »Windows 10 version of COD: Infinite Warfare multiplayer has a big caveat
PC gamers are able, should they choose, to buy today’s new Call of Duty from the Windows Store instead of Steam, but doing so comes at a price. Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 10 version of the game’s multiplayer will only connect with others who have purchased from Microsoft’s …
Read More »New Call of Duty World League season starts with MLG Las Vegas
The new season of the Call of Duty World League will kick off on December 16th 2016 with the start of MLG Las Vegas. The competition will feature top North American teams battling it out for a share of the $100,000 prize pool at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas …
Read More »Gfinity to support both Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Modern Warfare Remastered
Gfinity will be running competitions for both Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered in November. Traditionally Gfinity, like most event organisers, has run tournaments for the major Call of Duty game each year, but with the launch of two games this year they have …
Read More »Lewis Hamilton gets a cameo appearance in Call of Duty
World champion F1 racing driver Lewis Hamilton will appear in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Hamilton’s cameo appearance sees him play the role of an engineer aboard the Retribution, one of the United Nations Space Alliance’s last remaining warships, following a devastating attack on their fleet in the game’s opening …
Read More »Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare disk required to play CoD 4 remastered
Anyone hoping to play the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare remaster will need to have the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare disk inserted into their console in order to do so. This of course only impacts those that play on Xbox One or PS4 and buy the boxed version …
Read More »EA: No longer the most evil company in games
About a year ago, MCV ran an interview with EA’s then-COO Peter Moore. The piece talked about the firm’s ‘player first’ mantra; a way of thinking that saw the publishing giant put its fans at the centre of everything that it did. EA isn’t the first company to adopt the …
Read More »FIFA, Call of Duty and Metal Gear conquer Gamescom 2016
It will come as little surprise to discover that FIFA 17, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Metal Gear Survive were the most talked about games at Gamescom. Across all social and PR channels (media, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube), FIFA 17 was the highest ranked game present. Yet in terms of …
Read More »COD: Infinite Warfare ‘strengthened’ Infinity Ward’s resolve
The hostile reception that greeted the unveiling of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has only proved to further motivation the team behind the game. That’s according to Infinity Ward’s narrative lead Taylor Kurosaki and writer Brian Bloom, who in an interview with Eurogamer reflected on the saga that saw the …
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