Photographer Examines The Face of “Immersion”
by Keane Ng on November 21, 2008
See the look on that kid’s face? It’s a look that says one of two things. “Man I really gotta go to the bathroom” is one of them. The other one is “Oooh I am stalking behind you and am going to knife you” during a COD4 match.
Unless you game with a mirror in front of your face, you probably aren’t familiar with what you look like when you’re playing something. “Immersion”, a new video gallery from The New York Times Magazine, does that for us, just with one key difference: it’s about kids. Read more…
World at War 360 Beta Open to Everyone
by Dylan Duarte on November 4, 2008

With just a week until the full game’s release, the Call of Duty: World at War multiplayer 360 beta is now open to all Xbox Live Gold members. Read more…
Reward Reaches $50,000 for Missing Ont. Teen, Microsoft and Jack Thompson Offer Assistance
by Chad Lakkis on October 24, 2008

The search continues for the missing Ontario Canada 15 year-old, Brandon Crisp, who fled his home after an argument with his father over their decision to take away his Xbox.
According to Barrie police spokesman, Sgt. Dave Goodbrand, Microsoft Canada has offered to do “anything they can to expedite the process to find Brandon,” and the company is putting their money where their mouth is as they doubled the reward for information leading to his safe return, bringing the total amount to $50,000. Read more…
Call of Duty 4: Double XP Weekend and New Playlists Inbound
by Rangebar Merani on September 4, 2008

Robert Bowling, Community Manager for Infinity Ward, has revealed that the team has been hard at work on a playlist update for their hit shooter Call of Duty 4.
Along with the playlist update, which hasn’t been given a date yet, there is an Xbox Live and Playstation Network double-experience points promotion in the works for the weekend of September 13-14.
Here is a peek of some of the game types we should be seeing in the new update. Bowling has stated that the list is nowhere near complete yet, but it’s a teaser of what we might see soon. Read more…
Xbox 360 Magazine Claims Infinity Ward Sci-Fi Shooter “Definitely Happening”
by Chad Lakkis on July 10, 2008

The latest issue of Xbox World 360 claims that one of their employees somehow gained access to information they believe confirms the existence of an Infinity Ward Sci-Fi game while attending a recent Call of Duty 4 event. However, the magazine does not go as far as to claim the game will have anything to do with the popular Call of Duty franchise. Read more…
Call of Duty: World at War Teaser Debuts
by Dylan Duarte on June 21, 2008

The teaser video for the newest game in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: World at War, has hit the net. Hit the jump to read all about it and, more importantly, watch it! Read more…
Call of Duty 4 Crowned King at Interactive Achievement Awards
by Dan Landis on February 8, 2008

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was just awarded Overall Game of the Year at last night’s 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Show. See, we were right!
In addition to Game of the Year, Infinity Ward’s hot little number also called in an airstrike on Console Game of the Year, Action Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play. Activision rejoiced at the kill streak and called in a helicopter. Read more…
Unexpected Alliance: Activision and Vivendi Merge in $18 Billion Deal
by Cavin Smith on December 2, 2007

Say hello to Activision Blizzard, the result of a Sunday-morning announcement between Activision and Vivendi Games that they’ve agreed to combine their resources. The new company results in about $3.8 billion of pro forma and the greatest operating margins of any current third party publisher. Stick that in your craw, Electronic Arts! Read more…








