Have you ever fancied yourself as James Bond? Of course you have, we all have. But there’s no need to play the mostly shoddy movie-to-game adaptations in order to fulfill the dream because the British intelligence services are now recruiting via video ads delivered on Xbox Live. But not PSN, strangely.
The latest Call Of Duty game, Modern Warfare 2, has already racked up sales records and the franchise doesn’t look like dying anytime soon. However, it could be about to switch genres, with rumors of a Call Of Duty MMO on the way.
A recent presentation slide shown at a investor meeting eludes to a new subscription model coming to the Playstation Network. It is not clear yet what this new revenue stream will entail, but could Sony be thinking about charging for PSN?
With the Spike VGA award show coming Dec. 12, gamers have started voting for their favorite games. The Spike VGAs are one of the biggest award ceremonies celebrating the achievements in the video game industry. Currently, Sony has the most number of nominees at the show – could this spell a sweep in categories for the giant publisher?
We still don’t know when it’s going to be released outside of Japan but Gran Turismo 5 is definitely close. The coverage is starting to ramp up, with rumors of content, the level of damage featured, and a whole host of other stuff now clearly on the agenda. And in his latest chat about the game, Yamauchi has revealed that GT5 is “closer to reality” than any previous title in the series.
To call Modern Warfare 2 a success is to underplay its achievement. Not only has the latest title in the Call Of Duty series outsold all other video games in its first five days on sale, but it also racked up more cash than any movie ever has in that time frame as well. Activision is laughing all the way to the bank on this one.
Back in 2007 EA made one of the biggest studio purchases in quite some time. EA picked up Bioware and Pandemic studios for $860 million from VG Holding Corp as a bundle deal. However, two years later EA announced that Pandemic will be closing.
Major Nelson recently announced that Microsoft will be coming out with a new wireless adapter that supports N. The price tag for the new wireless adapter will be $99.99. This announcement has caused a revolt on Major Nelson’s blog by outraged gamers.
Microsoft announced last week that a new dashboard update will be hitting the Xbox 360 with Facebook integration. The day before this update hits, Sony announced that the PS3 will also be getting Facebook integration. It seems like the social battle of attrition has started.
I never thought EA would be superseded as the biggest money-grabbing SoBs in the video game industry. But it’s happening, with Activision showing a capitalist streak that pushes all other thoughts to one side. Its latest idea? To start charging people to play its biggest franchises online. And there’s none bigger than Call Of Duty right now.
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