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"Yeah, it surprised us too," Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer design director David Vonderhaar told us at the multiplayer reveal event in Los Angeles earlier this week. What surprised Vonderhaar and the team at Treyarch was the "30 to 40 percent" of Call of Duty players that never venture into mulitplayer, according to Activision research. His goal for Black Ops: To get as many of those people ...read more
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Robert Bowling, Community Manager for Infinity Ward, has just announced a Double XP Weekend will be taking place on Modern Warfare 2. Robert Bowling announced the Double XP Weekend on his official Twitter account, stating that it's to celebrate Labour Day:"Just turned on Double XP on Modern Warfare 2 for all platforms, worldwide, for the entire 3-day Labor Day Weekend! Enjoy till Tues ...read more
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The butterfly effect: the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. In this case, it would be 3D Realms killing Duke Nukem Forever and Gearbox flapping its wings and bringing it back from the dead… living up to its name, huh? It all started with Mikey Neumann, Creative Director at Gearbox, stating “Pre-emptive: No comment,” on his ...read more
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This video shows kill streaks mostly, and create a class set up. You can create a tag and etch it onto your weapons, so theyre stamped as yours. The option is also there to alter your sights and clip on attachtments such as flame-throwers. These attachments, sights and tags can be bought with in-game cash and will help to make your character unique. this video was created by youtube user ...read more
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Treyarch has shot down increasingly hot rumours that a Call of Duty: Black Ops public beta is set to arrive on Xbox Live and PSN. Speaking to CVG at the Black Ops multiplayer reveal event in LA this morning, Treyarch community man Josh Olin confirmed that Activision's not planning a public beta at the moment and said that current console trials are "internal only". "We're already doing an ...read more
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Multiplayer Revealed On September 1st, we held our highly anticipated, global hands-on multiplayer press event in Los Angeles. At the event, we introduced a variety of new features to expand on Call of Duty's awesome multiplayer experience. Wager Match is a brand new multiplayer game mode. Watch the trailer now. Along with Wager Matches, we introduced several other new features. ...read more
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Some revolutionary changes have been made to the Call of Duty multiplayer formula. The most notable addition is currency: earned by playing multiplayer matches, you can use it to buy weapons, uniforms and accessories for your player. Some more additions below. Customization Customization will also play a huge part in the new Call of Duty. You can create a tag and etch it onto your ...read more
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Despite what people may think of Wedbush Securities’ Michael Pachter, the guy is occasionally right so credit be given where credit is due. For instance, almost a year ago from today, Pachter predicted that the Xbox Live yearly fee would increase to an estimated $100. Though he was slightly off as far as the numbers go and the prediction shot down by Microsoft representatives, the increase did ...read more
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HaVoC is back again with a preview of HaVoC UnDeaD's v7.0 patch set for release on TheTechGame in the next couple of weeks check out the video and leave some feedback in the comments below click here to view HaVoC UnDeaD's profile
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Microsoft has today confirmed that Xbox Live users in the UK won't be seeing a rise in the prices for 3, 6 and 12-month Gold subscriptions.Following the unexpected announcement of an increase in price for Xbox Live Gold membership for users in the USA, Canada and Mexico, many users in the UK were worried about whether or not they'd have to be forking over extra cash. However, a Microsoft ...read more
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