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Read More »Activision kicks off UK trades biggest ever charity push
Publisher Activision has called its War Child/Modern Warfare 2 charity initiative the biggest the British games industry has ever seen. The firm has pledged to give away up to 250,000 to War Child, depending on the amount of Modern Warfare 2 gamers who are playing the game over Xbox Live …
Read More »Modern Warfare 2 dev costs put at $40-50m
But can the industry sustain high costs and huge stakes?
Read More »Activision boosts Call of Duty development resource
Third team set to work on new game in franchise while word leaks of MMO version
Read More »Russia pulls Modern Warfare 2 from sale?
Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox 360 and PS3 has been recalled from store shelves in Russia, according to internet reports. A translation found at Hellforge claims that the Russian government has recalled the game due to the controversial airport level, in which gamers play the role of an undercover CIA …
Read More »Call of Duty set to become a $1bn franchise
Not yet sick of Modern Warfare 2 sales numbers? Good, Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian has more. He reckons that the Call of Duty franchise will in 2009 break the $1bn worldwide sales revenue, putting it in the same league as other Activision Blizzard properties World of Warcraft and …
Read More »MW2 grosses $310m in North America and UK
Modern Warfare 2 made a total of $310m in sales revenue across North America and the UK in its first day on sale. According to the latest figures from Activision, the game sold a whopping 4.7m units in the two territories across 24 hours. The news comes following confirmation that …
Read More »Infinity Ward: The best $5m Activision ever spent?
2003 acquisition was a tenth of what Modern Warfare 2 grossed in a single day in the UK
Read More »3m MW2 shipped in to satisfy UK demand
If you thought that the launch of Modern Warfare 2 today meant excitement behind the game will die down, think again. MCV understands that Activision has shipped some 3m copies of the game into the UK to satisfy the huge level of demand for the game. It’s an unprecedented first-day …
Read More »Amnesia strikes Daily Mail on MW2?
They take with one hand, and give with the other… The Daily Mail has now done a bit of a U-turn on its anti-Modern Warfare 2 stance. While the previous story linked to earlier today pointed fingers at MW2’s violent content, the tabloid’s latest article about the game says it …
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