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Complaint spurs Infinity Ward to remove Modern Warfare 2 map that could offend Muslims

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 8, 2012
2 min

A YouTube video claims the Favella map in Modern Warfare 2 contains insensitive imagery. Infinity Ward has removed the map while it works to build a patch that addresses the concerns.

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Call of Duty finally gets multiplayer achievements in Black Ops II

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 27, 2012
3 min

But beating the game on Veteran only gives you 15 gamerscore.

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Paul pretends to be a bear. Marty asks if they can get back to work.

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Beatles legend Paul McCartney is working on music for former Halo dev Bungie

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 7, 2012
1 min

Celebrated musician Paul McCartney is working with Bugie Studio to create original music.

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Tony Hawk developer Neversoft answers the Call of Duty

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 15, 2012
1 min

The video game developer best known for its work on the Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero franchises is trading in its skateboards and Les Pauls for AK-47s.

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GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 1, 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.

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Activision settles lawsuit with former Infinity Ward heads West and Zampella

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 31, 2012
2 min

In a brief statement, Activision Blizzard says the terms of the settlement are "strictly confidential." However, the wording of the statement suggests that money is involved.

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The EA-Activision legal feud takes unexpected twists

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 18, 2012
3 min

The lawsuit over the breakup of Infinity Ward and Activision Blizzard has been a proxy war between two industry giants. But this week, the legal case...

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Call of Duty website counting down to May 1 world reveal

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 23, 2012
1 min

The official Call of Duty website is counting down to a "world reveal" on May 1 during the NBA playoffs on TNT.

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The DeanBeat: Losing my way to the top in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 13, 2012
7 min

It took me 154 days, but I finally reached Prestige, the highest level in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer. I’m very proud...

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Can we panic now? — Core gaming has a problem

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 2, 2012
6 min

THQ layoffs, Sega cancellations, and Sony studio closures caused last week to be one of the worst in memory for the gaming industry. Compare that to mobile darling OMGPOP which was sold for $210 million based on the strength of one game. It seems like one side of the market is on its way down, while the other side has nothing but growth ahead of it, but that isn't necessarily the case.

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