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And the grenade’s red glare: Call of Duty downloadable content is half off

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 4, 2012
1 min

In celebration of Independence Day, publisher Activision halves the price of all downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops for one week. Cue the slowly waving American flag.

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Meet our all-star GamesBeat 2012 moderators

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 4, 2012
3 min

We’re pleased to announce the all-star moderators for our annual GamesBeat 2012 conference next week, July 10-11 in San Francisco. Here’s the list in order of...

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‘Give us something BIG!’: 10 of the best live-action video game trailers

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 4, 2012
5 min

For better or worse, it seems like big-budget live-action trailers for video games are here to stay. It's just as well that some publishers are doing them right, as seen in these 10 impressive examples.

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Disney and others bring disruption to movie-licensed games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 2, 2012
4 min

Movie-licensed games are experiencing an extinction by evolution. Mobile apps and quality releases based on specific characters are displacing these often mediocre titles.

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New multiplayer map info for Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 30, 2012
1 min

Activision assures that everyone who pre-orders Call of Duty: Black Ops II will receive a redeemable code for the new version of the popular Black Ops map Nuketown.

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Battlefield 3 Premium’s success leads EA to plan more ‘premium’ services

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 29, 2012
1 min

EA's Battlefield 3 Premium service hit 800,000 members within its first two weeks, but how does it stack up against long-time competitor Call of Duty Elite?

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GamesBeat weekly roundup

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 16, 2012
2 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.