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Just when you thought it was safe to play cod again, without getting attacked by walking, invincible sentry guns firing a stream of 'noob tubes' and rpg's (See Here) . Well it's here, after much anticipation, freeboot v0.03 an up to date exploited kernel (9199), has been released for the Xbox 360. Originally freeboot needed a secondary nand solution, either a Cygnos mod chip or a homebrew ...read more
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Taking a look back at the legends of COD4 this video is a reminiscent montage showing off some of the best moments the community has put forward in this video some of the names you may remember NsF Fate, zxProPheTXz, Maxiimus, zzirGrizz, Iblackoutz xx, II Karnage I,  M4OA3 Predator, DutchSpecialist , Siik Siinz, xNSL,  E IB o N ix,  pOL3N, II Dom1n4tor ii, Valor v, Bye Misiu, ...read more
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Activision Blizzard raised its March quarter sales outlook today, expecting approximately $1.1 billion in revenues. CEO Bobby Kotick noted that the company is doing well due to continued demand for World of Warcraft (naturally) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. He also stated that the company benefitted from the "record breaking launch" of the Modern Warfare 2 "Stimulus" map pack, which he ...read more
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Another day has seen the departure of two more senior staff members from developer Infinity Ward, Kotaku reports. Following yesterday's exodus of seven staffers from the Call of Duty creator and studio responsible for Modern Warfare 1 and 2, lead animator Mark Grigsby and lead character animator John Paul Messerly have updated their LinkedIn profiles (here and here, respectively) indicating that ...read more
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A 23-year-old Connecticut man out on bail for drug and gun charges was arrested after sending threatening messages to a witness across Xbox Live. According to the New Haven Register, Anthony Hayward allegedly sent an Xbox Live message, stating "Rats die slow" and including the witness's home address, in December. The previous summer, Hayward had been arrested after a stolen gun was found ...read more
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In an attempt to deftly avoid the legal issues which recently befell its North American counterpart, UK electronic entertainment retailer GAME has begun adhering warning labels to used games which have likely been stripped of their bundled DLC vouchers, such as Mass Effect 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. According to MCV, the stickers, which tell consumers to check with store clerks on the ...read more
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Hey, did you ever want to see what it would be like for your fat, obnoxious uncle to take a stab at "the Call of Duties?" Well, you're going to have to undertake that quest on your own. But we've got the next best thing: Family Guy's Peter Griffin trying to play Modern Warfare 2. It's like every single stereotype about those 'rents that just don't get it rolled into one minute-long segment, which ...read more
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Lead designers Zied Reike and Steve Fukuda, as well as programmer Rayme Vinson, have left ailing Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward, according to "sources close to the studio" speaking with Kotaku. Additionally, lead artist Chris Cherubini is confirmed to have left the studio. And yes, folks, this is the second story we've written today about developers exiting the Activision-owned dev ...read more
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IGN reports that three more staffers have left Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward. Programmer Jon Shiring and senior animator Bruce Ferriz independently confirmed that they were leaving IW, with Ferriz heading to Big Red Button Entertainment and Shiring not providing more information. "I'm not trying to create spectacle, I just wanted to avoid the LinkedIn nonsense," Shiring ...read more
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Did you order the collector's edition of Splinter Cell: Conviction yet? A Ubisoft representative informed us late tonight that the official price of the CE will be dropping $10, from $79.99 to $69.99. The reasoning behind the price drop is the possibility of faulty USB drives, included with the package. The publisher recently noticed that some of the USB drives didn't work, and is offering a ...read more
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