Best Buy's Call of Duty: Black Ops II Play It Early

Best Buy's <i>Call of Duty: Black Ops II</i> Play It Early

Last night, gamers who couldn't wait for the midnight release got a special sneak peek of Call of Duty: Black Ops II three hours before the franchise's latest release at Best Buy stores across the country.  read more

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Review (Multi-platform)

<em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3</em> Review (Multi-platform)

The Modern Warfare series empties adrenal glands like a speed trip. Its formula turns its players into compulsive digital drug addicts, drained from elevated pulses and limitless satisfaction. Infinity Ward has built their series with a procession of rapid, breathtaking climaxes that amount to hours of distilled dramatic tension and sudden gratifying release. They are never slowed by the narrative arcs and artful characters that many games strive to produce, and the result is a delivery of thin but constant euphoria and the desire to be rewarded with even more....  read more

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Watch Modern Warfare 3 Trailer Featuring Jonah Hill

Watch <i>Modern Warfare 3</i> Trailer Featuring Jonah Hill

Just in time for the launch of their highly anticipated shooter, Activision posted a live-action Modern Warfare 3 trailer last night that starred two actors you may have heard of before. In the trailer, Jonah Hill stars as "the noob", while Sam Worthington is "the vet", who is all sorts of bad ass.  read more

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14 Videogames Not To Miss This Holiday Season

14 Videogames Not To Miss This Holiday Season

We know it's still way too early to be thinking about Christmas presents. But it's never too early to think about all the great video games that are going to be coming out toward the end of this year.  read more

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Trailer and Details Revealed

<i>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3</i> Trailer and Details Revealed

Last weekend at the first Call of Duty-inspired convention, "Call of Duty XP", Activision had a number of announcements in store for Call of Duty fans. Gearing up for the highly-anticipated release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Activision unveiled trailers for both the single-player campaign and multiplayer to the cheers of fans. Among the new announcements were updates on how the new multiplayer system will work, including details on the new ranking and perk system will function.  read more

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Arrested Development Stars to Launch Call of Duty Commentary Series

<i>Arrested Development</i> Stars to Launch <i>Call of Duty</i> Commentary Series

Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, the stars of Arrested Development, have announced the details behind their rumored Call of Duty project. The two actors' have a comedy production company called DumbDumb and will be heading up a new series in accordance with the recently announced, Call of Duty Elite service.  read more

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Activision Announces Dedicated Servers For Modern Warfare 3 On PC

Activision Announces Dedicated Servers For <i>Modern Warfare 3</i> On PC

Activision announced today at Gamescom that Modern Warfare 3 would feature dedicated servers, though they are worried about the prevalence of cheating with such an open online structure.  read more

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Hands-On: Call of Duty's "Elite" Online Service

Hands-On: <em>Call of Duty</em>'s "Elite" Online Service

"Four or five years ago, it would have been easy to describe a Call of Duty gamer,” said Activision VP of Digital Jamie Berger. “That's changed."  Berger was speaking at the San Francisco unveiling of Call of Duty Elite, Activision's upcoming social media network. In Berger’s words, Elite will be “a new vector of innovation for the Call of Duty franchise.”...  read more

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Watch Four Teaser Trailers for Modern Warfare 3

Watch Four Teaser Trailers for <em>Modern Warfare 3</em>

While a floodgate of information came pouring out last week regarding Infinity Ward’s upcoming Modern Warfare 3, technically, the game hasn’t been announced yet. That changed today, as Activision and Infinity Ward have officially announced the game by way of a number of teaser trailers....  read more

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Modern Warfare 3 Details Leaked

<em>Modern Warfare 3</em> Details Leaked

Multiple sources have revealed to Kotaku exclusive details about Modern Warfare 3, the third installation in the insanely popular first-person-shooter series from Infinity Ward, due out November 8, 2011....  read more

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