Just as the Romans had their vomitoriums and Christian-slaughtering lions, America has its reality shows and its 500 pound adults, so too Activision has its Guitar Hero and Modern Warfare…and so too, will this empire eventually destroy itself.  I’d say the day after Modern Warfare 3 releases, you may want to contact your stockbroker and [...]

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It really seems to be quite popular to hate on Activision and Infinity Ward nowadays.  Honestly, I have no idea why.  I mean, it’s not like the CEO acts like a complete jackass to his customers’ faces or that they decide to jack up the price because millions of lemmings would gladly give their bank [...]

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Activision Blizzard is headed for yet another legal dispute. Mere days after G4’s Patrick Klepek broke news of a highly contentious situation between the company and subsidiary Infinity Ward, Gamasutra’s Simon Carless reports that former studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella have brought a suit against their former employer.
The claim tosses out fancy legalese [...]

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If you haven’t heard by now, Activision stormtroopers invaded the offices of Infinity Ward earlier this week and summarily executed the two founders of the company, Vince Zampella and Jason West.  Also if you didn’t know, Infinity Ward was the team who helped slap together a little known indie darling called Modern Warfare 2.
Pretty big [...]

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You would think that a game that has gone platinum multiple times over wouldn’t need defending, but it sounds like the game might just need a little bit.
Do you remember where you were on November 10th, 2009?   If you were like most people, you were viciously gnawing the plastic cellophane off of a brand [...]

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“Infinity Ward continues to ignore our pleas for assistance,” says Matt, a dedicated Modern Warfare 2 fan out of Sydney, Australia.  ”We still can’t get a game without lag”.
Despite a 96-page thread on their forums, nobody, including IW Community Manager Robert Bowling, has as yet responded to this obvious shortcoming that seems to impact Australian [...]

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Today, Sarcastic Gamer inside sources have leaked a new multiplayer mode coming to PC editions of Modern Warfare 2 in the first quarter of 2010. Find out what it is after the jump.

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Ever wonder what it’s like being in the military during a war?  Well, thanks to the fine fake journalists over at the Onion, you can now get a preview glimpse at real military life though Infinity Ward’s next title in the Modern Warfare series, Modern Warfare 3.
Sodding brilliant.

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Not wanting to mess with a formula people seem to love, Infinity Ward announced today that it’s first pack of single player story add-on DLC for Modern Warfare 2 will be very familiar in composition to gamers who already loved the campaign presented with the retail game disc.

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During the Microsoft press conference, nestled between the latest 360 gemstones, the Modern Warfare 2 trailer that was released during the NBA Finals last week was played again.  Yawn there, no new news.
The big news was that the 360 version of the latest release from Infinity Ward, scheduled to drop on November 10th, 2009, will [...]

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