The date with destiny between our gaming consoles and the third installment in the Modern Warfare trilogy is now official. On November 8, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 will be released, becoming the eighth title in the CoD series. The pre-release hype should hit full swing as we approach this year’s E3 expo, set to take place next month.
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Since Bungie bounced away from Halo development, its been hard at work on other things including a major original project for Activision.
Now eagle-eyed trademark watchers have spotted an application from the developer referring to something called “Crimson”. The mystery title is tagged in the paperwork as a game for mobiles. How intriguing…
It’s been all quiet on the Western Front regarding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, at least until this week. In the last few days, we’ve seen reports from inside sources and even leaked logos hinting at premium online play – something we’ve been hearing about for a while. The question is, do you really want another Modern Warfare sequel? You tell us!
Blizzard Entertainment has done us a solid this afternoon, confirming a public Diablo III beta launch for the third quarter of 2011. A release date is still out of the question, but CEO Mike Morhaime has confirmed “company-wide testing” began last week in a recent investor call.
It seems as though Activision is minting its own money with each quarterly report recording unprecedented profit levels. The game studio’s first quarter profits sounded to the tune of $503m, up from $381m during the same period last year. Even sales were up from $1.3b to $1.4b, leading us to ask — can anything stop Activision’s money train?
Last week headlines praised Call of Duty: Black Ops as the best-selling video game of all time. With 13.7 million copies of the game being sold in the US alone, it should come as no surprise the game is back in the spotlight. One in eight US households now owns a copy of the infamous shooter.
The Modern Warfare 2 controversy is back. No, really. We know you were all thoroughly bored by it but the Russian media has revived it in the wake of the shocking Moscow airport bombing.
Activision has announced the release of a Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombie soundtrack. The Call of Duty: Black Ops soundtrack is 17 in-game original tracks composed by Treyarch. It’s available for download through iTunes, Zune and Amazon, so even when you can’t play Call of Duty: Black Ops, you don’t have to leave the game behind. We’re waiting on confirmation about a price and date, and will update here as soon as we can.
Out TBC | £TBC | Amazon, Zune, iTunes
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