Yes, another Call of Duty game.  While Activision is giving gamers more than their fair share of the popular shooter franchise, year after year one thing remains clear:  they are always consistently great games with some of the best multiplayer components around.  That said, Treyarch has always been the step-child of Infinity Ward, developers of the Modern Warfare games, in terms of both manpower and media reception.  Pride aside, Treyarch continues to stand strong (while Infinity Ward is in a ..read more

While 2009 saw five Guitar Hero games released, two within three months of each other, the need for new titles in 2010 has some gamers feeling worn out.  But with new instruments (keyboard, advanced drum kit) and a new take on the Guitar Hero franchise, both Activision and Harmonix are looking to make 2010 the year that their respected franchises go beyond just simple button presses and branch out to include gamers of all ages.

The selling point of both games ..read more

This year’s E3 may be the most important since the 2006 E3 before the launch of the PS3 and Wii since we have a number of hardware announcements that will affect these platforms for the next few years. Sony and Microsoft have new motion control peripherals that are seeking to bring a new audience to the PS3 and Xbox 360. Nintendo and Sony have successors to their current handhelds to announce and/or reveal. Then there are the third ..read more

We reported not too long ago about a possible exodus of employees from Infinity Ward, and now it appears our prophecy has been proved accurate.

Lead Designer Mackey McCandish departed the company on Tuesday and this morning we discovered that four more employees have also jumped ship: lead artist Chris Cherubini, programmer Rayme Vinson, and lead designers Zied Reike and Steve Fukuda.

Where are they all going? We’d wager a guess on Respawn Entertainment, created by departed Infinity Ward heads ..read more

Following the dismissal of president Jason West and CEO Vince Zampella of Infinity Ward (developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2), both of which had eight years or more experience with the company, Kotaku is reporting that two more big names have jumped ship.

Todd Alderman, Lead Designer and Francesco Gigliotti, Lead Software Engineer have also bailed from Infinity Ward. Official reasons for their resignations are unknown at this time, but it’s a pretty probable bet that they ..read more

Taking a jab at Modern Warfare 2’s controversial Fight Against Grenade Spam video, Dice has released this PSA for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 about random grenade spam. Starring in the video is New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia and Private Terrence Sweetwater, one of the stars of the Bad Company series, as they continue to slam Modern Warfare 2 with this great parody video. You can find the video after the jump. The video itself features C.C. warning players against random ..read more

It’s about that time of year again. Publishers put their pistols away and pull out the big guns. Now is the time where the wallets stop emptying, and the latest edition of Call of Duty marks of the signaling of the season. Modern Warfare 2 is one of the biggest releases of the season (arguably THE biggest release), and for good reason. Its predecessor was a smash success when it released in 2007, selling millions of copies and still ranking ..read more