Categories Posted inin Business Review: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 packs enough action for 10 war movies Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 8, 2011 17 min Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 delivers what it promises for gamers. It’s an epic first-person shooter combat game with all of the drama... Continue Reading 17 min
Categories Posted inin Business Midnight is for Modern Warfare 3 Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 8, 2011 2 min At the stroke of midnight Nov. 8, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 went on sale around the world. As midnight came in each... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Interview: Modern Warfare 3’s creative director discusses blowing up the world, carefully Posted byby GamesBeat November 6, 2011 5 min As part of VentureBeat’s Modern Warfare 3 coverage leading up to our definitive review and the game’s release on Nov. 8, I had the... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 hits the online auctions ahead of release Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 4, 2011 1 min Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is expected to break video game sales records when it goes on sale Tuesday. But it looks like... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Battlefield 3 sells 5M copies in first week Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 31, 2011 2 min Battlefield 3, the modern combat game from Electronic Arts, sold more than 5 million units in its first week, the company has announced. At... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Review: Battlefield 3 is EA’s biggest fumble since Medal of Honor Posted byby GamesBeat October 27, 2011 7 min Battlefield 3 is easily the most important holiday release for Electronic Arts. All year the publisher has aggressively hyped the DICE-developed sequel as a Call... Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business Battlefield 3 suffers severe launch issues, players outraged [Updated] Posted byby GamesBeat October 27, 2011 2 min Update [11/07/11]: EA has sent along some information on the current status of the Battlefield 3 servers. According to VP of Public Relations Tammy... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture The DeanBeat column: Stopping to think about the culture of bloodlust Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 16, 2011 4 min Welcome to the front lines of gaming. I’ve been covering the game industry on a day-to-day basis for about 15 years, mainly by immersing... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Call of Duty consumes the time of four or five Activision studios (video) Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 6, 2011 2 min Dave Stohl is one of the guys who decides how many developers Activision Blizzard puts to work on its Call of Duty games. With Call of... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Paintball arena recreates multiplayer map from Call of Duty game (video) Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 4, 2011 3 min Call of Duty fans were greeted to a “life imitates art” moment at the Call of Duty XP event this week in Los Angeles.... Continue Reading 3 min