OTX reveals that Modern Warfare 2 without the tag of Call of Duty is less popular in the US market. OTX says this from its survey.

It said that the awareness of MW2 there has dropped from 40 percent points to 20 percent points without the name of Call of Duty in it.

Nick Williams of the GamePlan Insights division for OTX said, “Up until the beginning of May, OTX had been tracking the title as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. More specifically, we asked a representative group of gamers in the U.S. whether or not they had heard of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. At that time, approximately 40 percent of all gamers in the U.S. claimed that they had heard of this title.”

He also further said, “However, once it became clear that Activision was positioning the title as Modern Warfare 2, OTX removed ‘Call of Duty’ from the consumer survey, and the awareness levels dropped to 20 percent. In other words, the Call of Duty brand association essentially doubles the awareness for the game. That is quite a remarkable statistic.”

Earlier this month the OTX had found through their survey that consumers’ purchase intent for MW2 ranked high. It further reveals that it was still behind games including Bungie’s Halo 3: ODST, Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros., Sony’s God of War 3, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed 2.

These days when it is talked about role-playing games we always talk about Modern Warfare 2. Why not? The game is always on the news for some reasons. This time it is for a negative reason. Yes. But, it is only a rumor as explained by Infinity Ward officially.

The news came earlier this week that Activision is considering a premium online service for Call of Duty’s online multiplayer.

Infinity Ward in its official forum said that this news that has been flooded in media is a rumour. The community manager of Infinity Ward, Robert Bowling, wrote the following statement:

“This rumour has absolutely nothing to do with Infinity Ward or our games, including Modern Warfare 2. We would never introduce such a system for Modern Warfare 2 so don’t worry.

Multiplayer will always be equal and free for everyone as always.”

With the issue of this statement there was a relief to all the fans of CoD6. Well! If ever this type of news comes in media, it is suggested that do check this website or else the official website of the Infinity Ward for any updates on the game.

Let me remind all the fans once again that Modern Warfare 2 will be launching on November 10 this year and analyst says that it will be the biggest launch of 2009.

With a much hype of the CoD6 these days as the launching date is coming closer, the developer of it is every time in news. This time it is also in news for their existing Call of Duty series. The official website of CoD says that just after the release of Call of Duty: World at War DLC, Map Pack 2 – the first Map Pack 1 has reached to 2 million milestone. Isn’t that great?

The official website also announces that Call of Duty: World at War has surpassed the 11 million units sold from the launch of its first in November last year.

An official statement has been issued giving a thank note to all who purchased CoD: WaW. It reads as below:

These outstanding feats would have never been possible without the continued dedication and support from all of the loyal Call of Duty fans. For that, we at Treyarch and Activision would like to extend our sincerest Thank You. We’re honored and humbled to have one of the greatest online communities in video game history behind our products!

For Treyarch we can say that it is a sure achievement. For Activision we can say that Call of Duty Franchise is one of their biggest franchises ever in.

Recently there was also a statement by the analyst firm Janco Partner. Mike Hickey of Janco Partner said, “We believe Modern Warfare 2 will likely be the largest video game release for [calendar year] 2009. For the Company’s fiscal Q409 period (Dec. ending), we anticipate the sell through to consumers of 11.1 million units for an estimated retail value of $803 million and sell-in approximating 12.4 million units, for an approximated sales value of $666 million (we assume demand is 90% of supply).”

All those who have missed the demo at the Galen Center in Los Angeles on the occasion of E3 conference, here is how it was. First of all let me tell all those who were unfortunate the domo of the game was awesome. The graphics were unbelievable and in fact everything was pulse pounding thrills.

The demo of CoD6 opened up with a precarious climb up icy cliffs. It looked as if the the game was like a prelude to an assault on a snowy mountain encampment. The graphics of Modern Warfare 2 is definitely more than what gamers expected. In the game one can make out that there has been done a good job of conveying a sense of danger and being trapped in the snow.

When the demo of MW2 got into action the hazy snow atmosphere in it gave a nice fog of the war atmosphere. The lethality against the enemies is seen to be remained high with most of the enemies falling from one to two shots only. The muffled rifle sound amazing. It sounds too much realistic.

We have seen the first full-length trailer of Modern Warfare 2 released a day before. If any one of you has missed it, check out the previous post. It’s a 2 minute video. There are mixed reactions coming from our readers in the comment section. Few liked it too much while other says that they expected something more than this. One of them said that he loved the urban/city environments.

Ah! That’s just the reactions of our readers. Let us hope the best when it is released. Anyways, here are three screenshots that were unveiled to the public.

From the two minutes preview it seems that the game has an interesting plot. The actions of the game happen all over the globe. To inform you once again, COD6 will be releasing on 11/10 this year. Right now it is available for pre-order.

In COD6 there will be constantly respawn of enemies. Good. Right? Now fighting will become much easier than all the previous versions of Call of Duty games.

Earlier we have seen in all the COD games that a constant stream of enemies spawned and attacked. All the COD fans had mixed reactions to this feature of the game.

This feature also keeps the fight frantic and forces gamers to constantly be on the offensive. One thing to notice here that having enemies after enemies spilling out of a little hut is very artificial.
To one of the leading gaming magazines the CCO of Infinity Ward, Jason West said, “We are aware of it and we’re actively trying to eliminate it.” He also added further that he and his team agree that this feature is not very good.

Earlier, many a time it has been said that Modern Warfare 2 will not be like its predecessor Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Moreover, it was also heard that it will not bear the Call of Duty name. Now, if the spawn system is eliminated from the game then it seems like it will distance Modern Warfare 2 from other COD series.

Recently the first gameplay footage of the CoD6 was aired by TNT. This short footage video of the game will surely leave all gamers demanding more but it includes enough of tidbits to keep their mind busy for days. Check out the following few things that can be seen in the video footage of the game:

The extent of vehicles involvement in the game remains to be seen but it does show a first-person view on a snowmobile.

There is the gunship returns. AC-130 gunship looks to be making another cameo. Moreover, if we follow the footage properly, we will see one scene on a snowy airfield that shows a character being hip-tossed and thrown to the ground.

The short footage of the game also gives a hint of the ability to swim, at least in one mission that makes us think getting from Point-A to Point-B might not be as linear as the original Modern Warfare.

Here is the first footage video of Modern Warefare 2. Do comment if you see something else that has been overlooked in this article. Yeah… one more good news to all gamers. The second gameplay trailer of MW2 will be aired on May 24th during the Eastern Conference Finals.

Recent news of MW2 comes that it will be featuring wide open gameplay having lots of variety. Jason West, President of Infinity Ward, says this. The news was published in an extensive ten-page feature in the Game Informer, a US magazine. The article reveals more key details about the hotly-anticipated Modern Warfare 2.

It reveals that the plot of the game is set to a backdrop of a continued Russian Federation instability. It also reveals that the game will take gamers flung from Siberia to Afghanistan and even through the slums of Rio De Janeiro.

These are the expectations of CoD6: chases on snowmobiles, a single-player experience and yes, it takes longer to complete than the original one. Now the developer is also actively trying to eliminate the endless respawning enemies that caused problems for sneakier players in the original MW. There are also movable turrets, riot shields, customisable weapons, and yes, more acrobatic player movements (one can swim and climb ice ledges), and also a fully separate co-op mode that features its own levels.

After the video teaser of MW2 now there is some more information in the latest issue of Game Informer, one of the top gaming magazines. It offers some new details in its June issue.

For Modern Warfare Fans there is a good news. At least all the fans will be happy to know that its major character, Sergeant John “Soap” MacTavish, returns as the captain of an international group that is addressed as Task Force 141. But yes, this time he will be an NPC.

The gaming magazine Game Informer also mentions in the latest edition that the sequel continues the narrative that was begun in Modern Warfare, with the world facing dangerous political instability in Russia. In MW2, a terrorist group aims of using political turmoil of Russia to their advantage in order to secure the troubled empire’s weapon stockpiles.

Makarov, another character who is the leader of the terrorist group even happens to be an associate of Zakhaev. Zakhaev is the man who is responsible for the first games’ nuclear attack.

Only cuple of days after the 10 seconds gameplay footage of Modern Warfare 2, now there has come up the hard details about the game. The details, though only a small pinch, of this sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has been published in one of the leading gaming magazine.

According to the published article, MW2 will be set several years after its predecessor. In this sequel, again the political instability inside a fictional near-future Russia will be threatening the world. The thread will now be in the form of a terrorist organization. One hero, out of two, Sergeant “Soap” MacTavish, has been promoted to captain in the Special Air Services (SAS), Britain’s equivalent of the US Navy SEALs. MacTavisis a part of a new commando unit and will be guiding the players through a series of grueling missions which will even include an ice-climbing infiltration of a frozen Russian army base.

MW2 will be addressing the issue of infinitely spawning enemies. It will also be boasting new “Special Forces” mode that is quite similar to the Mile High Club and the airplane-hijack level. More to this the cooperative campaign is MIA in Modern Warfare 2, which is hoped by many gamers.