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Activision announces first Modern Warfare 2 DLC pack – UPDATED

With all the ruckus at Infinity Ward lately — the Modern Warfare 2 developer’s two studio heads were removed from the corporate offices earlier this month for “gross insubordination” against parent...

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Fired Infinity Ward developers sign with CAA

Vince Zampella and Jason West, the recently fired head honchos from the Encino-based Infinity Ward, are taking their work to Hollywood's biggest talent representatives, the Creative Artists Agency, in...

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Modern Warfare 2 players to get Double XP weekend on Xbox Live

One of the more unfortunate developments in modern multiplayer is the tendency to lock most of the available weapons, characters and maps behind an RPG-like experience system. This sort of scheme was...

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Infinity Ward loses two more long-serving staff members

The fallout at Infinity Ward continues as two more key staff members have left the studio. Todd Alderman, an eight year veteran of the studio, and lead designer, is thought to have resigned…

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Activision fires back at former Infinity Ward co-heads with hefty countersuit

In response to the lawsuit filed by fired Infinity Ward co-heads, Jason West and Vince Zampella, Activision has decided to file a suit of their own. The countersuit claims that West and Zampella...

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Ex-IW execs form Respawn Entertainment

It seems we’ll finally see some sort of closure about the Infinity Ward/Activision mess: Ex-Infinity Ward leads Jason West and Vince Zampella, who recently signed with Creative Artists Agency, have...

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Activision blogger speaks to disgruntled fans, confirms three new Call of...

Activision plans to release three new Call of Duty titles within the next two years, Activision blogger Dam Amrich confirmed.

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Activision sued by 38 Infinity Ward employees for unpaid royalties

If facing a lawsuit from the former Infinity Ward management team, and a continuing exodus of staff wasn’t enough for Activision to deal with, yesterday 38 Infinity Ward employees banded together and...

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Activision Publishing exec Mike Griffith resigns

CEO and president of Activision Publishing Mike Griffith has resigned, Activision Blizzard announced. Although his resignation went into effect April 23, he will continue as vice-chairman of Activision...

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Modern Warfare 2 subscription message “just a glitch”

A video circulating the internet resparked rumors that Activision might implement a pay-to-play plan for Call of Duty multiplayer. Uploaded on YouTube, the video shows an Xbox Live message titled...

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Thoughts: Call of Duty: Black Ops

Nothing stops the gaming world in its tracks like a Call of Duty release. Other franchises don’t even try to compete head-on, they either release games weeks beforehand or push them back, to…

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MW2 broken on the PS3, it’s recommended you “play exclusively with friends”

With the release of Black Ops the older Call of Duty games haven’t gotten a lot of coverage, but they remain popular with gamers thanks to a strong multiplayer component and huge player…

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Raven Software and Sledgehammer Games asked to help traumatized Infinity Ward...

Although Infinity Ward was responsible for one of the best-selling game titles in history with Modern Warfare 2, the departure of studio founders Vince Zampella and Jason West — alongside the open...

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Call of Duty Elite unveiled, requires a monthly subscription fee

There has been a lot of talk and speculation as to Activision Blizzard adding “premium online features” to the Call of Duty games, and whether that would mean gamers having to pay a…

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Call of Duty Elite subscription includes TV series

In order to get gamers to pay a subscription to play an FPS there has to be some seriously good incentives. For Call of Duty Elite, I think it’s going to take more…

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Call of Duty Elite beta has 2 million signed up already

When Activision confirmed that Modern Warfare 3 would also introduce premium online features and a subscription option last month, the comments on our coverage painted a very clear picture: lots of you...

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The most controversial moments in Call of Duty history

It’s said that there’s no such thing as bad press. People by nature are curious, especially when it’s something that we deem shocking; you’ve seen how quickly traffic slows at the sight of…

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Activision pays $42 million to MW2 Infinity Ward employees

It may seem like a distant memory now, but back in March 2010 things really kicked off inside game developer Infinity Ward. Activision removed the developer’s president Jason West and CEO Vince Zampella,…

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Acitvision vs. West and Zampella reaches settlement

Following two delays, the multi-billion dollar Call of Duty lawsuit between Activision Blizzard Inc. and Jason West and Vincent Zampella will no longer be going to trial. The two parties have instead...

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Infinity Ward posts image of branded Xi3 Piston Steam Box

Valve has made a clear statement that it sees the future of gaming happening on Linux, and so we have a Steam for Linux client already in use by thousands of gamers. But…

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