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MW2 Stimulus Pack hitting Xbox Live first March 30th

MW2 Stimulus Pack hitting Xbox Live first March 30th 

The ever helpful Activision have announced that the first Modern Warfare 2 DLC pack ‘Stimulus’ is set to hit Xbox Live on March 30th.
Rumour has it we will see updated versions of MW1 maps Overgrown and Complex, as well as few new additions.
Price points haven’t been announced but you can expect them to be in [...]

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Tim Schaffer weighs in on Activision vs Infinity Ward

Tim Schaffer weighs in on Activision vs Infinity Ward 

Double Fine games founder and creator of games like Psychonauts and Brutal Legend Tim Schaffer has had felt first hand the wrath of Activision’s anger – So if anyone can comment on yesterday’s turfing out of Jason West and Vince Zampella by Activision its probably not him….but that didn’t stop. You may remember Brutal [...]

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Activision goons deal with insubordinate IW devs

Activision goons deal with insubordinate IW devs 

As a former employee of Activision, all of this is a bit scarily familiar, and a sad reflection on how big American companies work.
Details are still a little thin on the ground but it appears Activision had some goons (no, not SomethingAwful forum members) storm the Infinity Ward (Call of Duty developers) buildings and [...]

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Starcraft 2 Beta begins! Lets see some vids

Starcraft 2 Beta begins! Lets see some vids 

Excited about the Starcraft Beta? Yeah, so are we. Video’s of Beta gameplay have been showing up all over the place; here’s some of the ones we’ve been watching.
Looks so damn shiny and new!

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Activision Confirms new Call of Duty Title

Activision Confirms new Call of Duty Title 

In truth it was sort of inevitable. We knew months before tonight that Activision would warrant another Call of Duty for 2010, and it would be by Treyarch. This evening, at Activisions financial press conference they merely confirmed the title. With this being financial based, we didn’t see anything of interest other than the uttered [...]

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Another Modern Warfare 2 Glitch?!!

Another Modern Warfare 2 Glitch?!! 

Less then 30 minutes after I commented on this subject in an earlier thread, a new glitch gets confirmed by FourTwoZero.
At the minute it looks to be 360 games only that are effected by the ”infinite ammo glitch”. According to Kotaku, they have word that its a hack that gets spread via the 360’s cache to [...]

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Modern Medal of Honour Warfare

Modern Medal of Honour Warfare 

Confirming recent rumours and online smatterings on forums, EA have confirmed that yes indeed, they are following Activision into sales haven and controversy.
EA’s world war II shooter Medal of Honour has been a staple for years, a shite one, but a staple none the less. Never as good as Call of Duty, it did try [...]

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Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Review

Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Review
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Now before I start I have to say that I had a lot of issues with Modern Warfare 1’s Multiplayer component, the first was that it wasn’t Halo3 and being a big Halo Multiplayer fan that really pissed me off. The 2nd was that after I got to level 35 I just kind of got [...]

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Joe Duffy discusses modern warfare 2

Joe Duffy discusses modern warfare 2 

Joe Duffy opened his show today with a warning that the new game, Modern Warfare 2 is out today and causing shock.
First called, Alan, went to his local Gamestop where he was informed by an employee of said retailer that this game is “very bloody”. The store are “double checking” people for ID because it [...]

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10 reasons why Modern Warefare 2 is one to avoid

10 reasons why Modern Warefare 2 is one to avoid 

Jumping into my shoryuken-ified emails and trawling the internet for some inane entertainment or pictures of cats, there’s simply no way for me to escape the impending release of Activisions number one cash-cow, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Most people shorten that to MW2; me? COD6, just to remind myself of just how many [...]

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