Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360, PS3)

Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360, PS3)

“And the best selling game of 2011 goes to…” If history is any indicator of the future, it would be a safe bet that Activision’s cash cow, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, will be among the highest selling releases of the year, if not of all time.  Though the franchise has been...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Collection on Sale

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Collection on Sale

While trolling through the Amazon Deals today, I found something remarkable: the Call of Duty Modern Warfare Collection for PS3 is $50 off, from ninety bucks to a mere $40. This is Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2, both for the PS3, in one box for over half off. Not bad for the day’s bargains,...

Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack Screenshots Emerge

Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack Screenshots Emerge

Despite all of the drama that has been going on at Infinity Ward as of late, it appears that they managed to find some time to whip up some new maps… you know, in between filing lawsuits and all. Entitled the Resurgence Map Pack, this batch of online killzones includes five maps, of which three are...

Review: Section 8 (PS3)

Review: Section 8 (PS3)

Developer/Publisher: TimeGate Studio Price: $29.99 Genre: First-Person Shooter Acquired: Review Copy Provided Verdict: A wholly generic Sci-fi campaign with a decent multiplayer aspect. Pros: Re-spawns are controlled orbital drops, temporary lock-on mode for shooting, decent graphics. Cons: Extremely...

Release of the Week: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Stimulus Package (360)

Release of the Week: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Stimulus Package (360)

It looks like we are finally hitting a slow down in the release schedule. If you stroll into your local game store this week, then you won’t see a lot of enticing new games. All you are really going to find tomorrow is a game based on the Prison Break TV show, an obscure JRPG on the Wii and another...

Stimulus Map Pack trailer revives interest in Modern Warfare 2

Stimulus Map Pack trailer revives interest in Modern Warfare 2

It is hard not to get excited with you hear talk of a healthy new dose of Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer content.  I have been getting happy in the shorts about this for over a month now, so I can’t wait until the new map pack goes live on March 30th.  Sure, there might contain a couple of maps that...

The Great Holiday War of 2009

The Great Holiday War of 2009

With another month, comes another set of industry sales numbers from the NPD reporting group. Although the January sales numbers are no where near as impressive as the November and December figures, I think that they are important to include because of the residual spending from the holiday season by...

Assassin’s Creed 2, Uncharted 2 Nominated for 2010 Writer’s Guild Awards

Assassin’s Creed 2, Uncharted 2 Nominated for 2010 Writer’s Guild Awards

The Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) has announced its nominees for outstanding writing in a video game. Though the WGA is typically known as the guild that represents film and television writers, the WGA caucus began a video-game category two years ago to “encourage storytelling excellence in...

Dual Review: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

Dual Review: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

One of the things we firmly believe in around here is that gaming is a subjective experience. No two gamers are going to interpret a gaming experience as complex as a current-gen console game the same way. To that end, we sent Blake Grundman and Jennifer Allen a copy of Modern Warfare 2, one of the most...

Double Jump Special Report

Double Jump Special Report

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