Activision Announces Future Call of Duty Plans

Following the rumored allegations of “insubordination” and “breaches of conduct” by the departing co-founders of Infinity Ward, Activison has announced its plans for the future of the Call of Duty franchise.

From what’s already known, this year’s Call of Duty is being helmed by Call of Duty 3 and World at War veterans, Treyarch and not to much surprise, 2011 will also see the release of another Call of Duty video game. However, the series will be extending into the “action-adventure” genre that is being crafted by the newly formed Sledgehammer Games – headed by ex-Visceral developers Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey – that is also expected for release in 2011. … Continue Reading

Activison Sacks Two Key Employees at Infinity Ward

Story first broken by G4’s Patrick Klepek, two key employees from Infinity Ward in an unseemingly bizzare turn of events. Evidence is reported by an SEC Filing by publisher Activision today regarding a human resources investigation into “breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward.”

One of these employees includes Infinity Ward’s CTO Jason West and the other rumored to be Vince Zampella. Infinity Ward Community Manager Robert Bowling has vaguely addressed the issue on his Twitter account by stating that he has “no info” on the matter at this time. … Continue Reading

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Review

2 years ago Infinity Ward brought us Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and they set a new bar for singleplayer set-pieces and multiplayer. They’ve been working tirelessly on Modern Warfare 2 and it does not disappoint.
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The Bobby Kotick Rap

To celebrate the upcoming release for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 we decided to do something a little special. You see I can’t get enough of Bobby Kotick. Each time I see his name in a headline I get giddy as a girl who just got a pony thinking what he’s done next. … Continue Reading

Video: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex Multiplayer

Given all the hype over Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, it may be of worth to notice developer Treyarch’s efforts who are vigorously porting the first Modern Warfare to the Nintendo Wii under the subtitle Reflex. Surprisingly, the online multiplayer component runs fine and they seem to have done a good port job transitioning to Wii controls.

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