Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Hands-on with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 2, 2011 5 min Last night, I took out dozens of enemies in a few rounds of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer combat. But as usual... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Activision has sold 18M Call of Duty: Black Ops map packs Posted byby GamesBeat September 1, 2011 2 min Activision, the company behind triple-A titles like the Call of Duty franchise announced today that it has sold more than 18 million map packs... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Activision Blizzard chief says “we’ve never been better positioned” in video games Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 1, 2011 2 min Activision Blizzard chief executive is ready to burst out of the video game business and take over the entertainment industry. In an analyst event... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision launches limited beta test for Call of Duty Elite social network Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 15, 2011 2 min Activision Blizzard has launched the beta test for its Call of Duty Elite social network. It’s time to armor up. The beta test began... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Console versions of Battlefield 3 feature weaker graphics (video) Posted byby GamesBeat June 21, 2011 2 min Console versions of DICE’s first-person shooter (FPS) game, Battlefield 3, won’t look quite as shiny as their PC counterparts. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack hits Xbox Live later this month (video) Posted byby GamesBeat June 16, 2011 2 min Activision Blizzard announced Thursday that it will publish the third map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox Live at the end... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA shows live demo of combat scenes from Battlefield 3 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 6, 2011 3 min Battlefield 3 is a critical game for the comeback of Electronic Arts. And today, at EA’s E3 press event, gamers got a first good... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business E3 rumor control: what to expect next week Posted byby GamesBeat June 3, 2011 3 min The Electronic Entertainment Expo, one of the video game industry’s largest trade shows, is just around the corner. That means that the web is... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty warriors get their own social network Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 31, 2011 6 min Activision Blizzard is announcing Call of Duty Elite today, a social network for players of the most popular video game franchise in the world.... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business First demo: Modern Warfare 3 promises to be another nonstop combat shooter Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 26, 2011 4 min Last week, I saw a preview of a little game called Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 in a darkened theater. From what I’ve... Continue Reading 4 min