Posts Tagged ‘Infinity Ward’

Activision could face legal sticking point over Black Ops II setting

Activision could face legal sticking point over Black Ops II setting

[via GameInformer] According to papers obtained by Gameinformer, Treyarch could be in breach of a studio agreement signed between Infinity Ward and Activision back in 2008. Part of the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) can be found below, courtesy of Gameinformer: According to the above, Infinity Ward has the rights to any Call of Duty games set in “modern day (post-Vietnam), the near future, ...

Call of Duty community unhappy with Activision; MW3 “Blackout” planned

Call of Duty community unhappy with Activision; MW3 “Blackout” planned

Sound familiar? It should do if you play Battlefield 3 as well. The community for that game had a planned blackout as well back in February (although that was subsequently squashed by EA’s posting of their MASSIVE proposed patch, complete with lengthy patch notes) Well it seems the Call of Duty community are now trying their hand at “getting heard” by Infinity Ward and Activisio...

Robert “402″ Bowling leaves Infinity Ward and Activision

Robert “402″ Bowling leaves Infinity Ward and Activision

Robert Bowling, former Creative Strategist for Infinity Ward becomes the latest, and most high profile depature from the developer and Activision today, as he announced his resignation on Twitter moments ago. “I resign from my position as Creative Strategist of Call of Duty, as a lead of Infinity Ward, and as an employee of Activision.” Bowling had chosen to stay with Infinity Ward ...

Sledgehammer Games – “Our future is in Call of Duty”

Sledgehammer Games – “Our future is in Call of Duty”

Speaking to XGZ last night at the British Academy Video Game Awards, Sledgehammer’s Michael Condrey stated that the studio’s (immediate) future is definitely in the Call of Duty franchise. When asked what was next on the horizon for Sledgehammer Games, he said: “We are excited. Being here tonight is really an honour. We get to celebrate what we did on Modern Warfare 3 with Infi...

First Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection to include DLC achievements

First Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection to include DLC achievements

In a first for the franchise, the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 Content collection will include new achievements, which have shown up on X360A’s site. The remaining Content Drops that will form the collection have been revealed to be the multiplayer map ‘Black Box’, and two Spec Ops missions called ‘Negotiator’ & ‘Black Ice‘ and these will be available to download for Premium El...

Modern Warfare 3 DLC Season continues with release of Overwatch

Modern Warfare 3 DLC Season continues with release of Overwatch

The Modern Warfare 3 Content Season for Elite continues with the release of the brand new map Overwatch, available on 21st February for Premium Members on Xbox 360. Overwatch is described as a construction site atop a New York City skyscraper. The battle takes place along two levels in a near symmetrical layout, with the central bridge and side routes open to attack from multiple angles. Elite Dr...

Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection available in March to non Elite subscribers

Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection available in March to non Elite subscribers

Activision launched the Modern Warfare 3 Season of Content today, with the first Content Drop of two multiplayer maps, Liberation and Piazza, available to Premium Elite subscribers. The company also clarified the DLC situation for non Elite subscribers on the Xbox 360. the maps are the first two of twenty new Content Drops for Call of Duty Elite premium members, rolling out once a month throughou...

Infinity Ward already looking forward to “next gen”; hiring for new CoD

Infinity Ward already looking forward to “next gen”; hiring for new CoD

It would seem that Infinity Ward are already preparing for the arrival of next gen consoles, and specifically, working on a new Call of Duty game with new tech in mind. In a job ad posted on Gamasutra, IW are on the hunt for “a Senior Animator, preferably with experience in game development and an interest in working with next-generation technologies.” If the current trend of alternat...

Quick Screens – Modern Warfare 3 Map Pack DLC

Quick Screens – Modern Warfare 3 Map Pack DLC

The first two Call of Duty ELITE drops, multiplayer maps Liberation and Piazza, are set to arrive and be deployed to premium members first on Xbox LIVE on January 24th. In preparation, Activision have sent over some screenshots of the two new maps, which you can feast your eyes on after the jump. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-...

Activision announces the start of the Modern Warfare 3 DLC season

Activision announces the start of the Modern Warfare 3 DLC season

The Call of Duty: MW3 content season kicks off this month first on Xbox LIVE (as a timed exclusive) delivering a variety of brand new DLC every month over the next 9 months for Call of Duty ELITE premium members. The first two Call of Duty ELITE drops, multiplayer maps Liberation and Piazza, will be available to premium members first on Xbox LIVE on January 24th. Non-premium members will also rec...