New content comes to Xbox 360 users first.
It’s already been proven that Activision's newest entry into the Call of Duty franchise does, in fact, print money, but the six million players who paid extra for “Elite” status have yet to see a return on their investment.
Infinity Ward adds some new content that won't cost you a dime.
There are a lot of people playing Modern Warfare 3 and with a large gaming community comes a large spring of creativity from which to draw. Since the game went live back in November, players have been building custom play modes in order to create more unique and interesting gaming experiences. Well it seems that Infinity Ward has been paying close attention, as today they are updating the Modern Warfare 3 playlists, modifying existing game modes and adding some entirely new ones that may be familiar to a few of you out there.
This double DLC for Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 is available now through Xbox LIVE, exclusively for Kinect. The bundle goes for 560 Microsoft Points, and individually for 400 and 300 Microsoft Points for Back in Shape: Lose It! and Jump Rope: Survival Mode respectively.
Which breaks the entertainment record set by James Cameron's Avatar in 2009.
As expected, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been a massive success for Activision. Like past installments, the game has grossed in the billions; however, Modern Warfare 3 has managed to reach the mark faster than any other. In just 16 days, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has made $1 billion. This surpasses a record set by James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, which grossed $1 billion in 17 days. This data is according to Charttrack and retail customer information.
Available now for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops.
It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but that doesn’t stop it from offering one smooth ride.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 may just be their best game yet. While this game will by no means reinvent the genre it does provide a number of noticeable tweaks that help to refine the overall experience, while continuing to remain true to past iterations in the franchise.
Apparently John Carmack rewrites game engine code quickly.
Less than a week ago, we reported that the Doom 3 source code was approved for release, but temporarily delayed due to a potential copyright infringement. John Carmack stated an intention to rewrite the section of code in question to ready the source for release. Work must have been completed in a timely fashion, as the source code is now readily available through GitHub.
The Ban Hammer taketh away...
Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling announced on Twitter that over 1600 bans have been given out to those who cheat in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The bans were issued to stop "Any attempt to cheat, hack, or glitch" the game.
...since some code could be legally unfeasible.
John Carmack announced at QuakeCon 2011 that the source code for Doom 3 would be released to the public as open source after the release of RAGE. However, some of the source code will probably be rewritten to avoid some legal hassles with Creative Labs.
Syndicate stays true to its roots while adapting to the future.
When EA outed Syndicate early this year it was met with a fair amount of criticism. Critics specifically belabored the fact that the reboot was taking the beloved isometric action-adventure-strategy game and molding it into a “visceral first person shooter.” In a video game landscape where the FPS is king the move makes sense, but that doesn’t mean that longstanding fans are going to be understanding of the change. So it is perhaps with an olive branch extended that publisher EA has revealed that the new Syndicate will contain a robust four-player cooperative campaign to go along with the single-player experience.
