MW2 DLC Release Date Soon To Be Decided
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.
MW2 shortlisted for WGA Videogame Writing Award
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been recognised for in-game scripts quality and storytelling by WGA, the Writers Guild of America.
It has been shortlisted for the WGA Videogame Writing Award. The winner will be announced on February 20, 2010.
The dialogue of Modern Warfare 2 was written by a large team that was led by Jesse Stern.
According to the guild, the WGA Videogame Writing Award is designed to honour the “writers as a major creative force in today’s burgeoning gaming industry”.
The figures that were published this week by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association revealed that MW2 was the best-selling title of 2010.
Record breaking December sale
HE month of December last year witness as the best sales month yet for video games. The top seller of the season, Modern Warfare 2, reached a sale figure of $1 billion. Not to forget that the game was released on November 10.
Compared to the December of 2008, the game console sales rose 4 percent. According to the data revealed, Nintendo dominated console sales by selling 3.81 million Wiis and 3.31 million DSes. In the PlayStation 3 it was sold just 1.36 million units and the Xbox 360 is at 1.31 million.
Within five days of its launch, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 moved 2.75 million copies on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. When this figure is assuming then the sales of Modern Warfare 2 didn’t make up the difference.
The best part of all these to know is that the gaming industry didn’t fare as well overall in 2009 as it did in 2008. Experts say that the recession period may also have made things a little rough in 2009. It is understood that the gamers are feeling more confident.
Electronic Arts attacks MW2
Electronic Arts (EA) been throwing punches at Modern Warfare 2 for sometime claiming that the new Battlefield: Bad Company from the DICE studio would have dedicated servers for the PC gamers. It will be valuing the importance of PC gameplay and also customization of it.
Jens Uwe, headmaster of the European division of EA, said in an interview on Friday, “In March we will launch Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which is our first strong attack on Call Of Duty… The shooter space is one we don’t want to give up. It’s an important genre and we were the number one. So we are certainly working on how we can get that crown back and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is an important product in that context.”
One who has played first Bad Company as well as the Modern Warfare titles may be knowing well that the games are very different in style and also in gunplay. We may also have found out that DICE is on the way of making some changes in it such as making the enemies more easier to kill to fall in line.
Amazon cuts down the price of Modern Warfare 2
Modern Warfare 2 is now available on Amazon.com at a discount price. This week retailer Amazon have cut down the price of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Sony’s PS3, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and also for the PC to under $50 in a new sale.
On last Wednesday MW2 PS3 SKU held a sale price of $45.79. This was 17 per cent off the MSRP of $59.99.
Apart from this, the game for Xbox 360 SKU was also discounted to $45.79.
Not only this, retailer Amazon.com is also concurrently holding a Video Games Accessories Sale and those are available by up to 25 per cent.
In the November month the US sales of Modern Warfare 2 was 6 million units.
The game is also sold in a stand-alone SKU at $59.99. More to this, the Hardened Edition is sold at $79.99.
In the month of September Microsoft. announced the new Xbox 360 250GB Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition SKU.
Modern Warfare 2 still tops UK chart
Even after two months of its release, Modern Warfare 2 is reigning supreme. It is not like other videogames that comes and goes. For it it is impossible to budge from the top spot in the UK videogaming chart.
Some are in a view that the launch of Mass Effect 2, space-based RPG from BioWare and Electronic Arts, might take down MW2. Let us wait and see whether the forthcoming games can or cannot bring down the top position of MW2.
In the United Kingdom videogaming chart the second spot is crowned to Assassin’s Creed 2 from Ubisoft. This is one of the games which maintained its launching date in the face of behemoth, but it has been rewarded with the second position.
In the chart, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games from SEGA is benefiting because of the arrival of Olympic events in real world. Wii Fit Plus has also gained and is now five against the earlier position of six.
The down sliding is FIFA 10 from EA Sports. It was on second position earlier but now it is in the fifth place. Just Dance has also gone down from fifth to seventh place.
Grab holiday offer from Amazon
Roughly two months before when this much awaited game of Activision was released, Modern Warfare 2 smashed almost all the sales record in the history of gaming industry. Now, it is arguably regarded as the most popular franchise title around and also considered as a big push through extensive advertisement. In a very short time the game became the king of the holiday season.
Till now most of the fans of Modern Warfare 2 have at least tried the game. But those people who have not yet tried can win big this holiday.
Check out Amazon.com, they were seen selling MW2 for $20 off i.e. at a mere $39.99. Not only this, the game also includes free shipping. Isn’t it great?
This is not-to-be-missed opportunity for those fans of Modern Warfare 2 who have missed the game on time.
Check out quickly to grab the opportunity before the stock is sold.
Lead character artist of Modern Warfare 2 interview
PC version delayed? Bowling tweets not sure
Robert Bowling just now confirmed that they are not sure about the delay of the PC version. He is not sure about the delay and promises to all the fans of Modern Warfare 2 to update us soon about the rumor that PC version of Modern Warfare 2 will not be releasing on 10th of November.
On twitter today Bowling wrote, “I know our PC players are anxious for official word. I am as well. I will let you know as soon as I do. I promise.”
Well, let us hope for better. Let us hope the PC version also releases as scheduled.
Electronic Arts (EA) been throwing punches at Modern Warfare 2 for sometime claiming that the new Battlefield: Bad Company from the DICE studio would have dedicated servers for the PC gamers. It will be valuing the importance of PC gameplay and also customization of it.
Jens Uwe, headmaster of the European division of EA, said in an interview on Friday, “In March we will launch Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which is our first strong attack on Call Of Duty… The shooter space is one we don’t want to give up. It’s an important genre and we were the number one. So we are certainly working on how we can get that crown back and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is an important product in that context.”
One who has played first Bad Company as well as the Modern Warfare titles may be knowing well that the games are very different in style and also in gunplay. We may also have found out that DICE is on the way of making some changes in it such as making the enemies more easier to kill to fall in line.
