Tag: Modern warfare
Ex Modern Warfare devs sue Activision for $500 million
Nearly 40 former employees of Infinity Ward, the development team behind the mega-successful Modern Warfare franchise, have brought a $500 million lawsuit against publishing house Activision. The employees are claiming for half a billion dollars in unpaid royalties and bonuses,…
Modern Warfare senior executives given the boot by Activision
There's been some strange goings on this week between publisher Activision and Modern Warfare developers Infinity Ward. Following claims of "insubordination", Activision have terminated the contracts of Jason Ward and Vince Zampella, senior executives at Infinity Ward. The reasoning…
CES 2010: Final Thoughts
The Consumer Electronics show, the behemoth of tech, the Valhalla of gadgetry, has come and gone for yet another year. But this time, rather than arriving with a bang, it slinked into sight with something more like a whimper. CES…
CES 2010: Day 1 Round-Up
With CES 2010 now well under way, it can be pretty tough keeping track of all the latest announcements. Here's Tech Digest's round-up of the of best Day 1 at CES 2010 so far, including all the news from the…
CES 2010: Immerz KOR-FX acousto-haptic gear lets you "feel" your gaming experience
Ever felt bad watching all those little digital comrades taking hits in Gears of War or Modern Warfare? Ever wanted to know what it feels like to take one for the team? Me neither, it sounds painful. But peripheral…
Xbox Live/WinMo crossover on the cards?
Two job postings found on Microsoft's careers website have dropped major hints that Xbox Live integration is on its way to Windows Mobile 7 enabled phones. Though few details on the project have been released so far, the post (which…
First footage of new Medal of Honor game revealed
Saturday night's SpikeTV Video Game Awards featured brand new footage of the long-rumoured Medal of Honor franchise reboot. Set in a modern day Afghanistan, the trailer features scenes certainly reminiscent of the behemoth Modern Warfare titles. The Medal of…
Buy Modern Warfare 2 for £26 from Sainsbury's
In an aim to make as many copies of the game available to the public as possible, Sainsbury's will only be allowing one copy per customer.
New Modern Warfare 2 trailer online now
It could be a steaming mess of a game and still top the charts on the back of the reputation of it's predecessor alone.
Activision are charging UK gamers £24 more than US gamers for Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be priced at £54.99 when it is released in November – cue rage.
Activision are blaming rising production costs and the falling strength of the pound for the sudden and seemingly disproportional hike.
Depsite the game retailing in the US for a mere $59.99, only £36 in sterling! Explain that Activision!
And with Activision now regularly breaking the £50 barrier with it’s games (DJ Hero), it won’t be long before others follow suit.
Console games have been meandering toward the £50 mark for a while and ultimately it will be the consumer who sets the price. If, come November 10th, gamers band together, hold strong and don’t buy Modern Warfare 2 at this ridiculous price – Activision will be forced to bring the price down. And it will set a precedent, developers will know the £50 is too much, and it is too much.
Will that happen? Will-it-heck-as-like.
(Via T3)
