Modern Warfare 2 Blocks Xbox Live Party Chat

Infinity Ward is exercising its own sphere of autonomy from Microsoft’s Xbox Live service as it will block the Party Chat feature while playing Modern Warfare 2.

The developer cites players abusing the Party Chat system in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to tell teammates where enemies were when they were dead. Now players who are in Party Chat will booting up a multiplayer game of Modern Warfare 2 will be treated with a welcoming message below telling you to switch to game chat. Image after the jump. … Continue Reading

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Sets Pre-Order Record

Gamestop has informed USA Today that preorders for Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 “are the highest for any title we’ve ever sold.”

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has sold over 13 million units, Call of Duty: World at War has surpassed 11 million. Even going so far as to cause other games to be delayed – even Activision’s own published title Singularity – as companies attempt to avoid a head-to-head confrontation with arguably, this year’s biggest video game.

Activision CEO Mike Griffith in a conference call said, “Call of Duty has been very strong this year with pre-orders and also the special added value units. I don’t think we want to go into specifics on how much it’s up versus last year, but it is up and it’s set new records for us and we feel very bullish going into the launch.”

Analysts are expecting Modern Warfare 2 to sell 10 million copies withing the fiscal fourth quarter solely.

Source: Shacknews, Brave New Gamer

Ever Wanted to Know What Blur Would Look Like in Lego?

Another guest act is to appear in the upcoming Lego Rock band. UK based rockers Blur will be making an appearance in Lego glory along with David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Brian May. The press release stated that:

LEGO® Rock Band™ will feature the likeness of chart-topping UK band, Blur. Singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree will be shown in the game as LEGO mini figures as players perform the group’s hit track, “Song 2.”

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Ubisoft Delays Games to 2010, Conviction and Red Steel 2 Included

Ubisoft has postponed the release of the often-delayed stealth action game among other titles. … Continue Reading

Final Fantasy XIII Screenshots Gives New Hope

A new batch of screenshots of Final Fantasy XIII have surfaced thanks to Famitsu depicting the recently announced character of Hope Estheim. … Continue Reading

Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Gameplay Footage

Infinity Ward has posted a new video about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 seeing the first gameplay footage of the multiplayer component in the game.

The video introduces the AC130 killstreak reward which allows players to be the gunner of an AC130 after earning 11 killstreaks. In addition, players will be able to use sticky grenades to plant and “frag tag” your opponents.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 comes out November 10 for PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. The game will offer a Hardened and Prestige edition that will cost $80 and $150 respectively.