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The jury may still be out on Black Ops II’s overall market performance, but the shooter has claimed yet another very impressive record today. Activision has announced that the game has hit the $1bn sales milestone in 15 days – that’s a day quicker than its predecessor Modern Warfare 3 …
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Read More »Black Ops II beats Modern Warfare 3 with $500m sales in first 24 hours
Call of Duty: Black Ops II has sold an estimated $500m worth of units in tis first 24 hours. That beats the $400m made by last year’s Modern Warfare 3 in the same period. What hasn’t been revealed, though, is how many units the game sold. Modern Warfare 3 managed …
Read More »MW3 loses Xbox Live throne to Minecraft
Port of Mojang's block buster beats blockbuster shooter for number of unique users
Read More »Develop 100: The curious case of Modern Warfare 3
The Call of Duty mega-hit garnered massive sales but left Infinity Ward off top spot, so what gives?
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 »ASA rules against Activision’s Modern Warfare 3 ad
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld two complaints levelled against on of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ads. The ad showcased a number of the countries featured in the game and, in the words of the ASA, contained computer-generated scenes of New York under military assault, with buildings …
Read More »50% off Call of Duty DLC for a week
DLC for both Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops is available at half of its normal cost for the next week. The deal kicked off in the US yesterday (July 3rd) and has begun in Europe and the UK today. Furthermore, a portion of the profits from …
Read More »Black Ops 2 may have violated Infinity Ward deal
Papers signed in 2008 shows only one Call of Duty studio has control over modern settings
Read More »GAME offers immediate Black Ops II pre-order bonus
Retailer GAME is offering a Modern Warfare 3 bonus for all those who pre-order the freshly announced Black Ops II through the retailer. Commit to buying the new title and you’ll get a Prestige Token which can be redeemed in Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer mode against either a free weapon, …
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