Dear Mr. Murray Shalowitz, As you are the sole Xbox 360 owner who has yet to play Modern Warfare 2 , we would like to inform you that a demo is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. Cheers, P.S
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Modern Warfare 2 demo finally hits Xbox Live
The anti-cheating software embedded in Valve’s Steamworks platform recently took on a mind of its own, banning over 12,000 non-cheating Modern Warfare 2 players over the past two weeks. The cause for its insatiable ban lust? Valve president Gabe Newell explained in an email to those affected, “the problem was that Steam would fail a signature check between the disk version of a DLL and a latent memory version.” See, we were just thinking that that had something to do with it.
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Valve apologizes for banning over 12,000 legit Modern Warfare 2 players
Digital distributor Direct2Drive is offering a puzzling offer until August 6: purchase the Modern Warfare 2 bundle (which includes the game and both map packs) for $89.99, and get the original Modern Warfare for free. Continue reading Buy Modern Warfare 2 bundle from Direct2Drive, get Modern Warfare free Buy Modern Warfare 2 bundle from Direct2Drive, get Modern Warfare free originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds
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Buy Modern Warfare 2 bundle from Direct2Drive, get Modern Warfare free
Modern Warfare 2 ’s second map pack, the ” Resurgence Package ,” will be ending its brief stint of Xbox Live exclusivity next month. On July 6th, the map collection will be available for PC and the North American PlayStation Network. (European PS3 owners will have to wait until July 7th.) The DLC will likely carry the same price tag as its predecessor: a lofty $15.
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Modern Warfare 2 ‘Resurgence Package’ DLC strikes PS3/PC on July 6
In a recent interview with UK gaming mag PC Zone, Treyarch head Mark Lamia announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops — unlike the last Call of Duty game on PC — will feature dedicated servers for PC players. “I think dedicated servers are excellent. I don’t see any reason not to see them unless ..
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Call of Duty: Black Ops to feature dedicated PC servers
[Vacant, as seen in Call of Duty 4 ] Xbox Live’s Major Nelson had Infinity Ward “creative strategist” Robert Bowling on his podcast recently to talk about the upcoming Resurgence Map Pack for Modern Warfare 2 . Set to release on June 3 on Xbox Live, the pack will be priced at 1200 ($15) — the same as its predecessor, the Stimulus Pack . Resurgence will feature maps old and new, including two Call of Duty 4 maps and three new locations: Vacant — the wide open Russian office complex from CoD4 Strike — the urban town surrounded by hotels from CoD4 Carnival — an abandoned carnival area with a Ferris wheel, fun house and other attractions Trailer Park — full of “super tight corridors” and featuring a pool (”Mobile Estates,” Bowling calls it) Fuel — a “sniper haven” based in and around an oil refinery Bowling says that the new maps will be tied to specific playlists, just like the Stimulus maps.
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Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Map Pack detailed
In what might be the briefest press release we’ve ever received from a major publisher announcing a new chunk of DLC for an über-successful game, Activision revealed that another set of five multiplayer maps for Modern Warfare 2 will drop on Xbox Live on June 3. We know two things about said maps so far: They’re coming in a set called the “Resurgence Pack,” and their release will be heralded by two double XP weekends on May 28 and June 4. Now, that’s what we know
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Modern Warfare 2 ‘Resurgence Pack’ adding five more maps on June 3
Maybe you don’t need another World War II shooter, but how about three? If recently spotted listings on GameStop and Amazon are accurate, a new Call of Duty compilation, dubbed Call of Duty: The War Collection, will be released next month
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Call of Duty: The War Collection listed by retailers
Bobby Kotick / image credit: dfarber During a quarterly earnings call this afternoon, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick took the opportunity to address (what else?) the ongoing Infinity Ward situation his company is currently embroiled in. “The decision to terminate the two Infinity Ward executives, was not done lightly,” Kotick admitted.
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Kotick: ‘there was no gray area’ in Infinity Ward firings; studio being strengthened
Out of the four ex-Infinity Ward employees discovered today to be taking up positions at Respawn Entertainment, the new home of former IW heads Jason West and Vince Zampella, two held senior positions and all four are currently members of the ” Infinity Ward Employee Group ” suing Activision for millions of dollars. Preston Glenn (”designer”), Chad Grenier (”senior designer”), Sean Slayback (”game designer”), and Zied Rieke (”lead designer) have all confirmed on LinkedIn to have made the quick switch from their former bosses’ studio to their new, EA-backed startup. According to G4’s report , the tally of Infinity Ward employees that have joined West and Zampella’s still nascent studio is up to 16 as of today.
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Respawn picks up four more Infinity Ward vets
