Updated: Modern Warfare 2 grosses $550 million in five days
According to an Activision press release, Infinity Ward's highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has passed $550 million in sales in the game's first five days at retail. The title has now broken a slew of records for entertainment sales, claimed the publisher. These include the following: The... Read on »
Twitter no longer asks "What are you doing?"
In an unexpected move, Twitter has removed the "What are you doing?" question from the user interface, confirming a change in uses for the popular social networking site. The official Twitter Blog had the following to say about the new changes: "Twitter was originally conceived as a mobile status update... Read on »
Firm considers class action over Xbox Live bannings
Law firm AbingtonIP has revealed that it's currently "investigating" what it calls the "convenient" Xbox Live bannings over modded consoles. The firm believes that it's no coincidence that Microsoft banned "tens of thousands" of users after receiving its money for Gold memberships, post release of Halo 3: ODST and Call... Read on »
PlayStation Network turns three years old
Sony Computer Entertainment of America has announced that the PlayStation Network will be reaching its three year milestone this week. "We are... Read on »
Confirmed: EA closes Pandemic Studios
Pandemic Studios, the developer behind such games as Star Wars: Battlefront, Destroy all Humans! and Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, will be closing... Read on »
Dragon Age: Origins tops Steam weekly best sellers
Steam's latest weekly sales charts shows two versions of Dragon Age: Origins topping the chart, taking the number one and two spots. BioWare's newly released role-playing game marks the studio's full return to the PC gaming industry after a few years of PC ports of console games. The title has... Read on »
MW2 dedicated server petition suspect, server capped at 9v9
Speaking in an online chat with the Best Buy community, Infinity Ward's Mackey McCandlish and Ryan Lastimosa discussed the petition for dedicated servers in Modern Warfare 2 and also let slip that servers across all platforms will max out at eighteen players. When asked if there will be dedicated servers... Read on »
L4D2 Realism mode: Glows dropped, one-hit-kill Witch
Speaking at the recent Eurogamer Expo in London, Valve's Chet Faliszek has finally confirmed proper details on Left 4 Dead 2's Realism mode. The new gameplay option will be playable at all difficulty settings, will remove character glows to force teams to greatly increase communication, and give the Witch super-kill... Read on »
Microsoft: Xbox 360 "has the best games out there"
Jerry Johnson, General Manager of Xbox Live Europe, has told VideoGamer that the Xbox 360 has the best games. "I'll come back and say that Xbox has the best games out there. It's got the best first-person shooter games out there," he said. "The exclusives we've had over the past... Read on »
Rumor: Wii 2 specs leaked, Blu-ray enabled and 1080p support
As reported by MaxConsole, a Nintendo of France marketing employee appears to have leaked the specifications of the yet to be announced Wii 2. Due to be released in the third quarter of 2010, the Wii 2 will contain a Blu-ray drive with the intention of minimizing piracy, as well... Read on »
DICE confirms dedicated servers for PC Bad Company 2
DICE Studios, the developer behind the Battlefield series has reiterated a tweet by Karl-Magnus Troedsson, Executive Producer for Battlefield who said that dedicated servers are the only way to go for multiplayer on the PC version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. "A lot of buzz has been floating around the... Read on »
Third-person mode confirmed for Modern Warfare 2
Speaking with Kotaku, Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling became the first person to confirm the inclusion of a third-person mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. "3rd Person is a new playlist mode in Multiplayer," he said. "So you can play your favorite playlists [or] game types, like Team Deathmatch... Read on »
Microsoft: Blu-ray drive not coming to the Xbox 360
Xbox Live's Larry Hyrb (Major Nelson) has posted on his blog that Microsoft has "no plans" to introduce a Blu-ray add-on for the Xbox 360. "During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray... Read on »
NPD Group: Halo: ODST bestselling game in September
The NPD Group, the top game-industry research firm, has released its list of the top selling video game titles for the month of September. The month's most popular title was Halo: ODST selling over 1.5 million units and overtaking both Wii Sports Resort and Madden NFL 10. Halo 3: ODST... Read on »
No dedicated servers or mod tools for PC Modern Warfare 2
Speaking in a webcast with BaSHandSlash, Robert Bowling, Community Manager for Infinity Ward announced IWNet - a proprietary online match hosting system for the PC that does away with dedicated servers and server browsers. "The silence you hear is because we've got a community right now structured in such a... Read on »
Cross game chat confirmed for next PS3 firmware update
It appears that Naughty Dog has let the details slip that cross game voice chat will be included in the next PlayStation 3 firmware update. Speaking on the official PlayStation.com Forums, a Naughty Dog developer going by the PlayStation Network handle "ReklissAbandon" has confirmed the feature before having his reply... Read on »
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