It’s still more than six weeks to Christmas, but Modern Warfare 3, which goes on sale today, is looking so likely to outsell all comers that one bookie is already paying out. Paddy Power is already settling bets on Modern Warfare 3 as odds reached an absurdly definitely-happening 1/16, and is only offering 5/6 odds that it will go on to become the best selling video game of all time.
Modern Warfare 3 hits shelves next Tuesday, 8 November. But those who snag a copy before the release date could run the risk of having their Xbox Live accounts frozen if they play the game early. That’s the word direct from Microsoft, relating news it’s had from the game’s publisher, Activision. Read on for all the details.
Here’s a nice bit of Friday entertainment: Bungie has released a documentary, O Brave New World, charting its twenty year from packaging copies of Pathways Into Darkness by hand to conquering gaming with Halo.
The 55 minute film, which you can watch after the break, commemorates the studio handing over Halo development to 343 Industries and includes some glimpses of Bungie at work on its next game, an MMO for Activision.
A new symbol which seems to relate to that new Bungie universe pops up throughout the documentary and appears again at the very end to tease us. Click through to take a look for yourself and hit the comments to share your Halo memories and what you want Bungie to do next…
We’re just over three months away from getting out hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and while PS3, Xbox 360 and PC players have all been satiated with news, Wii owners have been waiting for word on their version. Now we’ve got it. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the Wii is being handled by Treyarch.
The news was revealed by Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling on the One of Swords podcast. He bigged up the studio’s previous experience porting its own work on Call of Duty: Black Ops to the Wii as an example of its ability to translate warfare to the world of the Wiimote. No other details on the Call of Duty: Modern Wafare 3 Wii version have been revealed yet.
Out November | £TBC | Call of Duty (via One of Swords)
The 2010 reboot of Goldeneye for the Wii proved a worthy mission for the libidinous martini-tipper. The re-imagining of the N64 classic (beloved of gamers, stoners and schoolboy skivers) brought updated storylines and beefed-up multiplayer.
It also bought current 007 Daniel Craig, who – thankfully – appeared sporting a tux rather than his signature, powder-blue banana-hammock.
Now Acti has decided to bring the same game, plus some additions, to the PS3 and Xbox 360. If Goldeneye 007 Reloaded can capture the sheer joy of the original, it’ll be one of 2011’s must-have titles.
EP headed to a top secret London location to have a first play. Better start saving because, as Bond once mused, ‘Christmas only comes once a year.’ [Pass me the sick bucket - Ed].
A top bod at gaming goliath Activision doesn’t doubt the power of the PS Vita, but he’s not sure there’s a market for the handheld. And in the days of 99p iPhone games, we can see his point.
To see how this will impact on what games Activision makes, as well as what he thinks of the Nintendo Wii U, and Activision’s plans for games for tablets, read on.
Call of Duty Elite, a premium social networking/stat tracking service for Call of Duty online gaming was unveiled this week. And while Activision has yet to reveal, or even decide, which features will cost you every month, and which will be free, it’s not been met with open arms.
But allow me to play devil’s advocate here for a moment. Why shouldn’t Activision try to wring its cash cow dry of milk? If anything, we owe it more money.
As the saying goes, you’ve got to pay to play. In a surprise move this morning Activision Blizzard Inc. revealed plans to launch a paid service dubbed Call of Duty Elite. The new service will launch in tandem with the November release of Modern Warfare 3 and looks to put our allegiance to the franchise to the ultimate test — our bank accounts. Will you pay the online multiplayer tax for Call of Duty Elite?
