Phone Infinity Ward and give your feedback

Posted by herald On June - 25 - 2010

The makers of Modern Warfare 2 goes more closer to all the fans of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Now gamers can call on their dedicated phone number and give feedback, ask questions or can only leave a rant.
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Robert Bowling, creative strategist of Infinity Ward, wrote on Twitter recently: “You can now call or text (402) 500-0119 to give feedback, ask questions, or just leave a rant thanks to Google Voice”

However, it was not clear from the Tweet how the questions will be answered or processed.

Well, the initiative of Infinity Ward will certainly tend to stir up on comments threads and it is lately a significant one.

This initiative will also help the studio in rebuilding public relation further and prove their mettle in the next game.

Resurgence Pack getting released for PS3 & PC on July 6

Posted by herald On June - 22 - 2010

Infinity Ward confirms that the Resurgence Pack download for Modern Warfare 2 will hit the PlayStation 3 and PC on July 6th.
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Robert Bowling, the community manager of the studio revealed the date of release of the Resurgence Pack through Twitter.

In the pack there are five maps and three of it are absolutely brand new, but the other two are in fact revamped maps that were used in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

The map packs have already been debuted earlier this month on Xbox Live.

However, Robert Bowling through his Twitter feed did not disclose about the cost of the Resurgence Pack for PS3 and PC.

On Xbox Live it was price tagged as $15.

Activision experienced double first quarter profit

Posted by herald On May - 16 - 2010

It seems that Activision, each months, is swimming in cash since the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was launched last November.
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In the first quarter the revenue of Activision experienced a 33% year-on-year growth $1.3 billion USD. $381 million USD was pocketed by the publisher, which is double of what it experienced during first quarter of last fiscal year.

The credit to such boost in the growth goes to Modern Warfare 2 and World of Warcraft. In Europe and North America the MW2 was the top selling game for the first quarter and the recently launched Stimulus Package DLC sales topped one million downloads in a single day.

Well, there is also the issues of troubled inhouse studio Infinity Ward. While addressing, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, said that any firings were not made “without a great deal of deliberation about the consequences”.

He said that the firing of IW co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella was not a plan to deprive them of the royalties, but in fact it was an effort to “protect the company’s assets and the interest of our shareholders”.

New map pack releasing on June 3rd

Posted by herald On May - 14 - 2010

In a recent press release, Activision discloses some of the information about the new map pack of Modern Warfare 2, the Resurgence Pack.
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According to the release, the Resurgence Pack is being released on 3rd of June on Xbox Live. Well, the release did not mention anything about the pricing part of the map pack, but definitely some assumptions can be made if we consider about how many people threw down their hard earned benjamins for the last pack.

It may be probably charged 20 bucks. Below are some of the more details of the map pack which was briefed by community manager Robert Bowling:

Carnival - Bowling said that this map is set inside a “desolated amusement park”. He adds further that Carnival map has unique locations such as fun house and rollercoaster.

Trailer Park - According to Robert Bowling, Trailer Park is a cozy map that features abandoned trailers and also tight corridors.

Fuel - Bowling says that Fuel map is like a “sniper haven” and it is based in an oil refinery.

We all know that the “Stimulus” Map pack of Modern Warfare 2 is already picking up too much of controversies. So, logically we knew that Infinity Ward would go ahead and doing it all over again.
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Yes, they are doing.

At the Q1 2010 report calls, Activision speaks of releasing a second map pack soon. Though it is still unnamed, but it is learned that late this year the map pack will be released.

This is really a good news for all those gamers who enjoyed the first one because one may expect the second map pack to be more good.

Well, this is the one side of the game. The other end says it is not surprising to see Activision moving ahead for another cash-grab.

However, the pricing details have not been spoken by the publisher. The kind of content is also not known. Moreover, no official dates been announced.

The first DLC was sold for $14.99. It was titled as Stimulus Package and was sold on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Series of resignations at Infinity Ward

Posted by herald On April - 15 - 2010

Though Modern Warfare 2 was the most successul launch in the history of role playing games, but the developer failed to hold tight its team of designers.
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The latest report comes that the two lead designers of Infinity Ward tabled their resignations.

Last month the founders of Infinity Ward, Vince Zampella and Jason West, sued their parent company Blizzard-Activision. They were earlier fired by the company for breach of contract.

After the sacking of Vince and Jason, Infinity Ward has bled about 11 staff members in protest. Most of the employees were the important part of the company.

More interesting is that the staff members continued quitting the organization even after Activision promised to distribute bonuses to those who remain employed.

The drama further speaks different story. The two founding fathers of Infinity Ward are on the way working hard on next venture, aptly named “Respawn Entertainment”.

The twist continues. Electronic Arts, the rival of Activision, recently announced of an official deal to be the sole distributor for Respawn Entertainment.

Stimulus Package DLC sales at record high

Posted by herald On April - 8 - 2010

In the first week of the availability of Stimulus Package DLC, 3.5 million of it has been sold stated Infinity Ward.
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The Stimulus Package DLC is priced at $15 USD. Along with it one will also get 3 multiplayer charts, including updating of two of the original maps.

The developer added that in the first 24 hours of its accessibility the DLC was downloaded a million times.

Publisher Activision stated that this sales had set records for the Xbox 360.

Players of MW2 have made an investment of at least 1.75 billion hours of shared game time through Xbox Live from the time since the game was launched last year in November.

It is also learned through news reports that from now the gamers can explore the computer edition’s multiplayer section this weekend without spending anything.

From April 8 the free game moment is starting.

MW2 DLC Release Date Soon To Be Decided

Posted by herald On February - 26 - 2010

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If you want a bit of more out of your Modern Warfare 2 action then here is one of the good answers. Recently Infinity Ward announced that they are very near to the release date of their latest downloadable content.

Robert Bowling “FourZero Two”, the community man of Infinity Ward had few meetings a day before and he said in the meeting that the coveted content of the game is on its work and they will be soon unveiling it.

On the Twitter he Tweeted, “Lots of #MW2 DLC related meetings today, which is a good thing. Means we’re oh so close to nailing down a date and locking down details!!”

Give your views about what you all are expecting from the new DLC of the team.

Fourzerotwo tweets PC version not delayed

Posted by herald On October - 19 - 2009

pc-version-mw2No delay on PC says Robert Bowling on Twitter. Earlier news was floated that the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 may not be released on November 10. Why not? Infinity Ward always kept quiet about the PC version of this game. It always focused on the console versions. Now as the launching date is getting closer here is what Infinity Ward tweets:

“No delay on PC for Modern Warfare 2. You’ll also have Prestige Mode in PC as well as lots of Steam support. Hopefully min specs will be soon”

So…? No more waiting of two weeks, as it was rumored, for the PC version of MW2.

Good News: PC gamers will also be getting the Prestige mode, as it is for the console versions.

Robert Bowling also said, “You’re completely reliant on IWNet and there is no dedicated server or server list. You rely on IWNet for matchmaking and your games, but you still have your private matches.”

Interview: Vince Zampella, CEO Infinity Ward

Posted by herald On October - 12 - 2009

Take a look to an interview of the head of Infinity Ward, the CEO Vince Zampella. The video is an extended cut of GTTV.

This October comes the challenge of Modern Warfare and Battlefield: Bad Company. Medal of Honor of Electronic Arts is being released on October 12 and it will challenge both the games for the top spot in the FPS genre.

Last week at E3 gaming event the stills and multi-player footage were released. The footage bound to bring comparison with the MW2 and BBC2.

The styles of the game is similar to the MW2 and BBC2, but MoH appears to concentrate on points and not focus on kills as MW2 does.

Below is the footage of Medal of Honor:

Is Medal of Honor a threat to MW2 and BBC2

Posted by herald