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Independent retailer Gameseek is protesting against competitors that broke the street date on Activision Blizzard’s Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The game officially launched at midnight last night, but Gameseek boss Stephen Staley has called on Activision to deal with retailers that have been selling copies to consumers early. …
Read More »US: 10,000 MW2 midnight launches
A record number of North American stores opened at midnight last night to usher in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Activision Blizzard reports that more than 10,000 retail outlets opened their doors at 12am precisely, allowing consumers to pick up the hugely popular FPS as soon as possible. The …
Read More »US: MW2 smashes GameStop records
US retail giant GameStop has revealed it received more pre-orders for Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 than any other game before it. As the world continues to celebrate the launch of the highly anticipated shooter, GameStop’s executive vice president of merchandising and marketing Tony Bartel points to the chain’s …
Read More »Modern Warfare will thrash GTA sales, says HMV
HMV has forecast Modern Warfare 2 will become the first game to top one million week-one UK sales – taking the title as the industry’s fastest-selling software release of all time. The retailer today predicted that the games would smash previous sales records held by GTA IV – supporting publishers’ …
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 »2,000 midnight MW2 launches
Over 2,000 UK stores held a midnight launch for Activision Blizzard’s Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 last night. The game’s debut saw more midnight openings than any title before it. GAME and Gamestation arranged for six hundred stores nationwide to open their doors as the launch day began, while …
Read More »MW2 kicks off with Leicester Square premiere
The industry was out in force for the launch of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, as Activision celebrated the game’s release with a Leicester Square premiere. The highly anticipated shooter took over the Vue cinema in London’s movie hotspot, with a camouflage carpet and costumed soldiers on hand to …
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 …
Read More »Daily Mail slams Modern Warfare 2
Well, we’re surprised it took them this long: The Daily Mail has today run a story criticising Modern Warfare 2 for letting ‘players kill civilians in terror attacks’. Anti-games Labour MP even Keith Vaz offers up a soundbyte dismaying the ‘level of violence in the game’. Vaz has vowed to …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Activision Blizzard UK
As the Activision Blizzard prepares to launch Modern Warfare 2 next week, MCV caught up with the firm’s UK management team for an in-depth look at the past, present and future of the world’s biggest publisher. In the final part of our interview, we discuss Activision’s expectations for Modern Warfare …
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