"Over the years, gamers have seen dozens of high-profile titles make their world debut by being featured on the cover of Game Informer. In fact, if you’re a regular shopper at GameStop, you’re probably one of the magazine’s more than two million readers.

But does a game getting on Game Informer’s cover signal it’s going to be great?

Can you be confident that these debuts will, one or two years later, become games you want to buy and play? Perhaps the magazine has a “Madden” curse (though..."

"It's hard to say if the last week of the Olympics gave Segas' Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games a boost, but that hasn't stopped the PlayStation 3 version of the game moving up four spots from the previous week, into sixth spot. The Xbox 360 version of Beijing 2008 also made it into the charts, though at the much lower position of number 10. Nintendo's Brain Training series are regular contenders in the charts, with Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brai..."

"For the second week in a row, Call of Duty 4 sat at the top of the heap of the most-played Xbox 360 games. The usual suspects -- Halo 3 and GTA IV -- were close behind, but a new entrant made a strong debut. The demo for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed made a solid showing, coming in at No. 4 on the list.

Meanwhile, the desire to get virtually rich quick trumped the joy of old-school (albeit lovingly revamped) platforming last week. The Fable II Pub Games topped the list of the most purchse..."

"Market research company NPD has released its list of best-selling PC games for the week of August 10-16. Once again Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Battle Chest remains at the top spot. While adventure game Nancy Drew was the best-selling overall game of July, it is now fifth on the list and has swapped places with Maxis' Spore Creature Creator. Another swap that happened was between Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion and its Diablo Battle Chest. Other than that, it was ver..."

"Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Battle Chest has moved up two spots from last week to grab the NPD's top spot for the week of August 3. Previous first place holder, The Sims 2 Double Deluxe, moved down a notch to hang on to second place. Adventure game, Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice, which held the top spot a month ago, is now in fourth. Blizzard continues to dominate the NPD's top ten with half of the games on the list, while Maxis follows closely behind with three games."

"Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare might be getting more compliments, this time from Electronic Arts. Rumor has it that the next installment of their WWII FPS series, Medal of Honor, will set foot in modern day Afghanistan, based on the military's "Anaconda" operation in 2002.

Much like Call of Duty 4's deviation from the traditional World War II setting, the rumored Medal of Honor game will be use current weaponry (reported over 60 customizable weapons) and settings. However, ..."

Curious about what's selling in the UK right now? Chart Track has you covered with an all-format list. The attached image shows us what's doing good (Soul Calibur IV, Big Beach Sports, Call of Duty 4, New Super Mario Bros., NFS: ProStreet) and what's waning (Lego Indiana Jones, Super Smash Bros., Metal Gear 4, Race Driver). Check it out!

"All four modes are pretty straightforward. Bare-bones Team Deathmatch is like normal Team Deathmatch games except there's no kill streak rewards and you can't use perks. In Multi-bomb Search and Destroy, instead of the attacking team only having one bomb to plant, every player gets one. The last two modes are simply Hardcore (no HUD's, increased damage) versions of Headquarters and Free-for-All.

No date on when these new modes would go live. According to Infinity Ward community manager fou..."

"What.... the.... hell?

Orlando's Channel Six news is reporting that pedophiles are offering "game points" in exchange for nude images of children sent through video games.

Well reporting is a bit of an overstatement, they declare that in their headline and the first sentence of their "story" but never really explain what the hell they're going on about. In fact the entire story is a mess of quotes, misstatements and supposition that never gets around to actually explaining what the stor..."

"Plain and simple...World of Warcraft players are not the only gamers suffering from addiction. There are many reasons I have stayed away from WoW. Probably the greatest reason is that I don't want to be involved in game that is so demanding and time consuming. Quite a few of my friends have tried to convince me to join their guild, to help them in their quest for gold, exploring dungeons, and defeating monsters. My simple reply: NO THANKS!

When the game skate. by EA was released last Septe..."

"On his official blog, community manager Robert “402″ Bowling recently revealed that Infinity Ward has been hard at work on an all-new project following its contract renewal with publisher Activision. That’s not all though, as IW is also in the planning stages of development on a unique IP, one that the studio will have “complete control over” according to Bowling himself"

"Across the pond, consumers prefer racing and soccer games to blockbuster action, adventure and first-person shooter games that are the staple of the U.S. diet. Indeed, Europeans view such games as "evil," says Cevat Yerli, chief executive of Crytek, a German game developer that specializes in first-person shooters."

"Until recently, Microsoft could brag about how Live was by far the most feature-complete online service on any platform, with a unified Friends list, the best online shop, voice and video chat as standard and a consistent and stable online experience. But in recent months there’s been a shift in the market, and even bigger changes are coming. Microsoft is the only player to charge for online play, and their policy has landed some of the best online games on the 360... but as PC and PlayStatio..."

"June 6, 2008 - Welcome to the Weekly Update Corner, a segment that patches you through to demos/updates that you might have missed throughout the week. This segment (posted every Friday) is for the busy IGN reader who always clicks on the last page of a review to read the overall comments. If you're one of the aforementioned readers, you've probably already stopped reading this, so without further ado:

Patches/Updates - A wise man once said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Well, don't l..."

"As had been expected, a new patch for the PC version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is now available, updating the game to version 1.6. The 283mb download offers new server browser filters, and four new multiplayer maps: Creek, Chinatown, Broadcast, and Killhouse."

"So it was with considerable pride that Activision's wholly owned Infinity Ward studio told me Tuesday that its war game, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, has just sold its 10 millionth copy.

Infinity Ward studio head Vince Zampella didn't know exactly how many units the game had sold on each platform it is available on--the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC--but did say that COD 4 had been most successful on the Xbox.

These days, monster hits like Grand Theft Auto IV and Halo 3 have gotte..."

Many people felt left out when the Call of Duty 4 downloadable content was released only on the consoles, and the PC society were left with little to nothing. However that wont last long since it appears that the PC gamers will be getting the DLC finally, and not just that, it will be FREE.

It is expected that the latest DLC along with the version 1.6 update will be available from 5th June 2008.

"U.S. Video Games Industry - April 2008

April 2007 April 2008 YTD Apr 07 YTD Apr 08
Video Games $839 million $1.23 billion 47.0% $4.18 billion $5.47 billion 31.0%
Video Games Hardware $339.2 million $426.2 million 26.0% $1.62 billion $1.84 billion 13.0%
Video Games Software $389.4 million $654.7 million 68.0% $1.97 billion $2.88 billion 46.0%
Video Game Accessories $110.4 million $154 million 39.0% $584.4 million $750.6 million 29.0%

Hardware
PlayStation 2 124.4K
PlayStation 3 1..."

""

"CoD 4: Modern Warfare is a new action-thriller that will arm gamers with the most advanced and powerful arsenal of modern day firepower to fight a new war in the world’s most treacherous hotspots. While a v1.6 patch was due for release soon a critical bug discovered during testing, which broke kill cams when playing with mods among other things, put it back in development."

"Activision has rubbished rumours that Infinity Ward has moved to take control of the entire Call of Duty series.

A spokesperson for the publisher told Eurogamer it was a total fabrication, and that Treyarch and Infinity Ward would still alternately create instalments in the shooter series.

Rumours spiralled from an ex-Activision Underground employee who claimed that Infinity Ward had prompted a contract renegotiation in an effort to become the sole developer of Call of Duty games.

Th..."

"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare PS3 Map Pack Coming April 24

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack for PS3 will be available on the PlayStation Network on Thursday April, 24 for both North America and Europe!

Additionally, there will be a PS3 Variety Map Pack Double XP Weekend Extravaganza! Enjoy Double XP all weekend for both continents from 12:01 AM GMT on Friday, April 25 to 11:59 PM PDT on Sunday, April 27. We are also making Friday, April 25th a "Play with the Devs" day. ..."

"Industry Sales
Mar-07 Mar-08 CHG
Total Video Games $1.1B $1.7B 57%
Video Games Hardware $377.9M $551.3M 46%
Video Games Software $579.1M $945.6M 63%
Video Game Accessories $139.5M $220M 58%

HW Sales

Hardware Mar-08
PlayStation 2 216K
PlayStation 3 257K
PlayStation Portable 297K
Xbox 360 262K
Nintendo DS 698K
Wii 721K

SW Sales
Top-Selling VG Software - March 2008

Platform Title Publisher Release Date March Units
WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-08 2..."

"Activision has announced today that the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare variety map pack has set a new record for the number of paid downloads on Xbox Live Marketplace - surpassing one million downloads in the first nine days since its release.

The company also reported that in the nine days from April 4 - 12, Xbox Live members played more than 30 million COD4 sessions and logged more than 32 million hours of gameplay."

"Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3. According to our sister site, Next-Gen, these games aren't just this generation's most popular shooters. They're the two best-selling games of any genre and of any platform. How could we not pit them against each other?"

"14th April

"I was originally hoping we’d have all the details finalized for the upcoming launch of the Variety Map Pack on the PS3 by last week, but it’s been taking a bit longer than expected. The only thing we’re waiting on now is official dates, all the logistics are essentially worked out.


I got word today that the Variety Map Pack for PS3 has went amazingly well through Certification at Sony and they plan on having it available on the brand spanking new PSN store in the coming we..."

"The weekend kicks off on the 19th with a chance to play with the developers. Members of the IW team will be online from 6-9 PM EST next Friday. Immediately after, the GamerchiX will be on from 9-11 EST. There’s also a Game with Fame event going on from 9-11 EST with three-time Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion Jens Pulver. For those who just picked up the Game Of The Year edition, many of the Xbox Ambassadors will be online Saturday to help you learn the ropes.

There’s so..."

"I can't count the number of times I've heard people talk about getting bested at a videogame by a kid. These stories typically involve people in their thirties (or much older) playing games with their sons/daughters (or nieces/nephews or younger sisters/brothers or younger cousins or friends' sons/daughters, etc.) and getting totally dominated, which then leads them to write on their blogs or talk to their friends about how they can't believe how good this kid is at playing videogames. We've ..."

"The new CoD4 Maps are out - and well abused at this point - but many people are feeling that they got less than their money’s worth. Only three of the four maps are currently in public rotation with the smallest map, Killhouse, rarely being seen outside of a private match here and there. The other three are (IMO) playable, but far from replacements for any of the standard maps. Here’s a quick rundown of my opinions of the three (check out Se’s look at the maps here)."

"The PS3 Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack DLC is in Sony's hands for certification, developer Infinity Ward has revealed.

Speaking on its official website, the developer said it was "shooting" for a worldwide simultaneous release and working to bring word of a release date as we speak.

Xbox 360 owners have already been enjoying the CoD4 DLC since last week, although Xbox LIVE did experience service issues as a result of the heavy workload.

Infinity Ward does, however, expect the Variet..."

"Their unholy alliance seems to be paying off as everyone’s favourite Plumber and Hedgehog have topped the UK’s all format charts again this week. This game is proving to be a beast that will not be slain, consistently rising and falling in the charts just to climb to the top spot again. Not only is the game number one overall but first on the Wii and second on the DS charts, cementing the fact that I am the only one who finds the premise of a stunted overweight Italian posing anything that ev..."

"To celebrate the launch of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition and the Variety Map Pack, Xbox LIVE will host a Double XP Weekend. Starting on Friday, April 4 through Sunday, April 6, players can earn twice as many experience points as they play the new maps on the Variety Map Pack specific playlists."

"The wait is almost over. The Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack (Xbox 360) will be available from the Xbox Live Marketplace at 9:30am EST today, Friday. Have to give credit to COD4 community manager Robert Bowling at iamfourzerotwo.com for keeping fans updated throughout the wait. Robert also says there's a bonus if you play the new maps this weekend: "In addition to the map packs hitting, I hear there may be a little extra XP up for grabs this weekend when playing on the new maps.""

"Ok, so everyone knows that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is an awesome game. It continues to sell at a breakneck pace and has established one of the largest online communities since its release in November of 2007. Now that everyone has been playing online hardcore players can agree on one thing, some things in multiplayer can really piss you off.

I won’t even go into the inevitable encounters with online idiots that you are guaranteed to come across. Those would be the racists and the l..."

"So it turns out the Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack is coming out this week, after all. Despite the official COD4 Game of the Year website decreeing an April 10 release date for the downloadable content, Infinity Ward's blogger extraordinaire fourzerotwo posted reassurances today that the map pack is "NOT delayed" (his emphasis) and that there's a good chance the maps will be available tomorrow night or early Friday.

"For those of you asking when you should take off work, I'd take off Fri..."

"The upcoming Variety Map Pack for the Xbox 360 version of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will be downloadable from the Xbox Live Marketplace beginning Thursday, April 10, publisher Activision has revealed.

The map pack was previously expected to arrive in the first week of April. An Activision representative confirmed the new date with Shacknews, noting that there had been a slight delay for unspecified reasons."

"The Variety Map Pack features four detailed and satisfyingly expansive multiplayer environments which are exclusive to Xbox 360 for 21 days! ‘Creek’ is as lush, green and watery as its name suggests, featuring a cluster of houses set within an idyllic scene. As a result players can choose whether to take up long-range sniper positions or get involved in the close-quarters fighting in and around the houses. With a waterfall at the end of the creek bed, a cave system to get lost in and a cliff ..."

"Activision has announced Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition, which will be released in April.

The new game will feature the full COD4 game, as well as a token for use on Xbox Live, which will allow gamers to download the upcoming map pack."

"Infinity Ward has revealed that its Xbox Live-topping shooter Call of Duty 4 is attracting "between 1.2 and 1.3 million users every day" just on Microsoft's service - with PS3 numbers "monstrously huge"."

"Xbox 360:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Game of the Year Edition

Smash Court Tennis 3

PS3:
[No new releases]

Nintendo Wii:

The Monkey King: The Legend Begins

WWII Aces

PS2:

RC Mini Copter

Mana Khermia: Alchemists of Al-Revis

Ford Off Road Racing

PSP:

Ford Off Road Racing

Nintendo DS:

Toy Shop

Double Sequence: The Q-Virus Invasion

George of the Jungle

PC Games:

Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory

Riddle of the Tomb

Great War Nations: The Spartans

Overclocked:...

"

"These are nine fresh screens of the four new maps coming soon to 360 and PS3 owners of Call of Duty 4.

Go to the source for more screens."

"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will soon gain some new battlefields in the form of a Variety Map Pack. The new downloadable maps will be available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace in early April for 800 MS Points. The critics are buzzing about Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's new additions. See what IGN , GameSpot, TeamXbox and GameSpy have to say about the new Variety Map Pack. While you're there, don't miss the first gameplay footage videos of the new maps."

"Last year was exceptionally strong for first-person shooters. Yet despite being one of the latest genre releases in the year, Call of Duty 4 towered over its competition. There are so many shooters released these days that it's hard to stick with an online community for more than a few weeks, but even months later, we're still obsessively playing COD4's addictive online mode with no end in sight. So we counted ourselves among the incredibly fortunate when we headed down to developer Infinity ..."

"Frontlines will bring 3 brand new gametypes to Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare, plus a smart spawn protection to avoid the spawn killing that is happening in all COD4 servers around the world."

"As for the PC version, Patch 1.6 will be the one that introduces the new Kill Cams and other features the console feature patches received for you guys. The work is done on that patch and it’s essentially awaiting and going through internal QA here at Infinity Ward and then Activision. The good thing about the PC version is it doesn’t require any certification so as soon as it’s finished internal QA it heads out the door to the players."

"Before closing its deal with Vivendi (which owns Sierra and Blizzard), Kotick said Activision looked at five years of data on U.S. publishers' attempts to break into the MMO market. Most resulted in failure, cancellation or low profit margins. By teaming up with Blizzard, which has proven its online mettle with World of Warcraft, he said Activision can not only pull in WoW's subscriber base to strengthen its balance sheet but also to learn from the company's veterans how to undertake new proj..."

""

"These issues are slowly being addressed, though, as many publishers are starting to churn out multi-platform releases with an eye for the PlayStation 3. LucasArts recently announced an initiative to make the PS3 their leading platform for development, joining a growing wave of developers seeking to improve multi-platform games heading to Sony's console. With any luck, this movement will result in better performance for all gamers, Xbox 360 and PS3 alike. For now though, just enjoy fragging te..."

What more can you want than tips to help you in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare? Well the good people at xboxplugin have kindly written up their top tips about how to survive in CoD4 and get the kills that you need:

1. Learn the Maps
2. Practice Using Your Brain
3. Attack From an Angle
4. Use the Shadows
5. Aim for the Head
6. Don't Hesitate
7. Watch the Mini Map
8. Stay, Shoot, Move, Repeat
9. When you're seen... RUN
10. Stay Confident

Well most are common sense, but you'll be surprised by how many people don't do the th...

"The new feature patch that fourzerotwo talked about last week has finished the testing and development process, and has now been sent to Microsoft to undergo certification for release. It isn’t far off now! The PS3 version of the patch is still being worked on. For full details on what is included in the new patch, go to the source."

"A successor to the biggest-selling game of 2007 has been confirmed for release in fiscal 2009, meaning the title could be out as early as this April.

US games publisher Activision confirmed that a new instalment in the Call of Duty franchise will be released between April 2008 and March 2009, though it refused to be more specific.

The publisher also confirmed the next game will be released on Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2, as well Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Call of Duty 4: Mode..."

"Given the huge success of the Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and Spider-Man games it's no shock to hear Activision discussing new titles in each franchise.

There's no game specific info right now, but a new Call of Duty title is currently in development for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii and PS2 - presumably Call of Duty 5 developed by Treyarch for a winter 2008 release.

Although outsold by Call of Duty 4, Guitar Hero III generated more money and perhaps as a result of this will see two titles relea..."

"Scheduled to be unleashed upon fans of 2007’s award-winning shooter this coming spring, Activision says that downloadable multiplayer maps spread across “a variety of intense multiplayer locales” are currently in production for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game.

“We’ve demonstrated our commitment to delivering the best multiplayer experience in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and that continues with our plans for new downloadable content,” explains Infinity Ward’s Co..."

"The new content, scheduled for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, "will thrust gamers into a hot zone of added combat across a variety of intense multi player locales." When it comes to a game like this, more maps are almost inevitable, so we figured it was only a matter of time before this announcement arrived.

“We’ve demonstrated our commitment to delivering the best multi player experience in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and that continues with our plans for new..."

"As previously reported, forum posts on the European telecommunication firm's website from irate broadband subscribers outline numerous issues faced when trying to play games like Call of Duty 4 online."

"Activision has announced that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the number one title in units worldwide for calendar 2007, this according to The NPD Group, Chart Track and The GFK Group.

Since its launch in November, the game has sold in excess of 7 million units worldwide.

Will Kassoy, senior vice president, global brand management, Activision: “We’re very excited about this achievement especially given so many competitive titles this year. Consumer and critics agree that Call of ..."

"Are the cracks beginning to appear in Bungie’s well-worn battle armour? Well, according to Xbox Live aficionado Major Nelson, Halo 3 has this week been deposed by Activision’s impressive Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Based on weekly unique user figures, Call of Duty 4 has pushed Halo 3 into second on the Top Live Titles chart, with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Gears of War, and Rock Band rounding out the top five."

"The games that in large part made this possible for the company are Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. According to the NPD Group, Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero III were the number one and three best-selling titles across all platforms."

"HW Sales
System December 2007 Annual 2007
PlayStation 2 1.1 million 3.97 million
PlayStation 3 797.6 K 2.56 million
PlayStation Portable 1.06 million 3.82 million
Xbox 360 1.26 million 4.62 million
Wii 1.35 million 6.29 million
Nintendo DS 2.47 million 8.50 million


Top 10 SW Sales
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *1 1.47 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.40 million
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF..."

"01./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,584 / 1,101,000
02./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 43,082 / 1,527,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 33,267 / 2,658,000
04./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 32,427 / 537,000
05./14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 25,927 / 1,511,000
06./08. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 25,303 / 708,000
07./07. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 24,992 / 1,143,000
08./06. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 24,820 ..."

"Yet more top-tier awards look set to be stuffed into the already-bulging BioShock trophy cabinet following news that the ambitious underwater masterpiece has been nominated for a staggering 12 gongs at the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards."

"01./00. [PS2] Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden (Banpresto) - 196,684 / NEW
02./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 134,928 / 884,000
03./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 131,428 / 1,288,000
04./02. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 126,434 / 414,000
05./00. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix) - 105,104 / NEW
06./09. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 81,671 / 2,507,000
07./00. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco) - 81,089 / NEW
08./10. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's..."

"The thought of playing Call of Duty on a Nintendo DS brings to mind something akin to watching the Transformers movie on that little screen in the back of the headrest in an airplane's economy class while listening on those crummy headphones. For a series best known for delivering a home theater-like sensory-immersing cinematic experience, even attempting a handheld port -- on the DS no less -- sounds like sheer folly. Apparently no one told developer n-Space, because not only did they attemp..."

"Calling all Cars! - Incognito Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment
PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network)

I think I've had more raw fun in its fast, frantic, and ridiculously fun four player face-offs than I've had with just about any 3D game in the history of forever. Hyperbole? I don't think so. While there's definitely fun to be found in games like God of War 2, or Halo 3, or Mass Effect, Calling All Cars! grabs you by the short and curlies and doesn't let go for the from the minute..."

"Did you hear the news? Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare won Game of the Year on PS3 Fanboy. (Uncharted: Drake's Fortune won the reader's vote.) So, what did other major media outlets pick as their PS3 GOTY? We searched the web and found out.
GameDaily chose Call of Duty 4. "The campaign excels where most of its competition fails, delivering a nail-biting experience we couldn't walk away from until the explosive finale."
GameTrailers chose Call of Duty 4. "The authenticity on display here is t..."

"The following is a sample of the game deals in the store:

* Red Orchestra: 50% off, $9.95 total
* BioShock: 25% off, $37.45 total
* Call of Duty 4: 10% off, $44.95 total
* The Orange Box: 25% off, $37.45 total"

"The bringer of all that is Call of Duty 4 news, Fourzerotwo has made a post on the official Xbox forums letting us in on an update/patch that will be coming sometime this month.


New playlists like a Team Deathmatch that doesn’t allow you to be in the same party as another person, so every team you play with is random….. now who requested this as a playlist?. Lots of maps added to Domination and Headquarters mainly, but other playlists as well. “Oldcore” playlist has been removed, as wel..."

"sonycowboy

Many thanks to NPD

Hardware Unit Sales

PlayStation 2 496K
PlayStation 3 466K
PSP 567K
Xbox 360 770K
Wii 981K
Nintendo DS 1.53 million

November 2007 Top 10 Video Games Rank # Units
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) 1 1.57 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.12 million
360 ASSASSIN'S CREED UBISOFT NOV 2007 MATURE (M) 3 980K
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP..."

"According to court records, Shaw was playing the game “Call for Duty 4” in the XBOX Live gaming system with players around the country when he allegedly stated the threat of “shooting up the school.” The statement reportedly contained a description from Shaw concerning “how he was going to do it.”"

"Before getting into Maxim’s top-ten selection, it is worth bearing in mind that its expertise and coverage in the world of gaming is marginal when compared to the print space it reserves for scantily clad female celebrities. Indeed, while you probably wouldn’t rely on FHM for movie reviews over the likes of Empire or Premiere, you shouldn’t place too much stock in Maxim when it comes to gaming – especially if it’s sitting next to Edge Magazine on the shelf."

"Now, far be it from me to disagree with Time...I have to call shenanigans on a few things here. First: Halo 3, while a great game, is not as good as BioShock. Halo 3 is still plagued by problems seen in previous games where both level design and gameplay are concerned. BioShock, on the other hand, was a superb gaming experience and should have easily been the top of the bunch on the list."

"Activision and Vivendi, has revealed that it will be making new games in franchises like Call of Duty and Guitar Hero "on an annual basis".

It's a move that sounds a lot like rival publishing behemoth EA's strategy of pumping out new versions of its core titles every year. EA has been criticised by some gamers for focusing on this model of publishing over high quality new games.

Speaking in a conference call today, Robert Kotick, chairman and CEO of Activision, said: "You can expect vir..."

"Gamers have been complaining about having trouble with the online component of Call of Duty 4 (PlayStation 3) since last week and Infinity Ward has finally come up with the solution.

Robert Bowling, Infinity Ward's community relations manager, stated that things should be back to normal and players could resume once again to their favorite killing activities:
"You should no longer be receiving this error message or any other issues related to the firmware update in the game. Thank you to..."

"It's not easy to choose between two obvious Game of the Year candidates, but in reality, not everyone can afford to buy every game out there. So we pose the question: If you had to choose, would you buy Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare or Halo 3? We break each game down into nine categories to see who emerges victorious."

"It took awhile, but Infinity Ward finally got the message that World War II is played out. With modern times and international affairs becoming more and more, shall we say, interesting in recent years, the 1940s just don't carry as much weight as they used to. Perhaps that's why Call of Duty 4 has a new subtitle, Modern Warfare. By bringing things into a fictionalized story that still seems fairly plausible, the developer has made a much heavier game. But COD 4 is more than just an updated se..."

"They say war is hell. Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare takes you to the very depths of Hades. The long-awaited COD4, IW's follow-up to the excellent Call of Duty 2, is a jarring, intense, and gripping take on war in the new millennia. The enemies are smarter, the weapons are deadlier, and the grenades all too plentiful. COD4 will shake loose your fillings and have you begging for more.

Infinity Ward was born out of the success of retelling some of the greatest battles in Worl..."

"Xbox 360:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

F.E.A.R. Files

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War

Scene-It

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Cabela's Big Game Hunter

PS3:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Wii:

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Bee Movie

Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games

My Word Coach

Agatha Christie: An...

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UK based magazine OXM UK has already had a chance to play through the single player campaign. On Normal difficulty settings the staff at OXM were able to complete the game in roughly 5 to 6 hours. As disappointing as that sounds from what I played of the demo there is a decent to good amount of replay value. There will always be multiplayer playability as well once you're done with the campaign.

OXM listed off for the game:

The Good:
+ Slick split story is gripping
+ Tremendous battle...

"Finally a reason to be thankful in November. Forget the coming cold and use these reason to stay inside the entire month. We all know this year has one of the best holiday line-ups ever, but we didn’t know how good. Here is an entire top 7 list of games just coming out in November. And below, I have all the awesome games that didn’t make it on the list. Obviously game release dates are subject to game publishers dart boards, so all games are what I at least think is coming out in November."

We saw the CoD 4 trailer, yes we all drooled over it. Well, the anticipation is over and PC users (haha, no 360 or PS3! go PC, nyaaaa :P~) get a chance to get their hands on the demo.

The demo can only be officially obtained via Yahoo (unless you can find a torrent). I can only assume that the Yahoo servers are just getting pounded like a wooden cottage under siege from mortar fire as thousands upon thousands of gamers try to download the demo. My download has barfed many times already and...