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Microsoft Warns Of Possible Phishing Scheme Through 'Modern Warfare 2'
Posted 4/27/11 2:23 pm ET by Matt Clark in News, Xbox 360
As if there wasn't enough nefarious activity surrounding online game services in recent days, Microsoft has now alerted "Modern Warfare 2" players to a potential phishing scheme. It's unclear whether anyone has actually been affected by this latest attempt to steal gamers' personal information, or if Microsoft is just preemptively trying to avoid a PlayStation Network grade catastrophe.
Publicly, things had been rather quiet recently regarding the "unfortunate" Mexican standoff of Infinity Ward-related lawsuits between Activision and the studio's former heads Jason West and Vince Zampella. A new round of accusations has begun, however, with an updated filing that explicitly names Electronic Arts on the list of parties that Activision wants money from when all is said and done. EA, unsurprisingly, does not agree with Activision's assessment of how things went down.
'Call of Duty: Black Ops' Paced To Have More Pre-Orders Than 'MW2' At GameStop
Posted 10/8/10 7:00 pm ET by Brian Warmoth in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
An analyst predicted that "Call of Duty: Black Ops" pre-orders might out-perform "Modern Warfare 2," even if the game's long-term sales fell short of setting another industry record. That was several months ago, however, and GameStop has now expressed similar expectations. In publicizing a sweepstakes tied to their orders, the big retailer didn't cite specific numbers but did discuss where the game is tracking.
'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' Glitch Unlocks Free XBLA Games
Posted 8/11/10 5:23 pm ET by Brian Warmoth in News, Xbox 360
Glitches often do strange and unexpected things, like making cougar men and donkey ladies appear in games. That's why we love them, though, and those who own "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" and like free games may especially enjoy a quirk that's come to light on Xbox Live Arcade this week. With it, players have been given access to full, free versions of SNK games.
Valve Apologizes To Banned 'Modern Warfare 2' Players, Offers Free Games
Posted 7/27/10 11:49 am ET by Brian Warmoth in News, PC
As many as 12,000 "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" players found themselves on the wrong end of a ban hammer recently via Steam. Unlike Blizzard's 320,000-account Battle.net ban spree in April, however, Valve's software targeted "MW2" players wrongly, which the company freely admits. In fact, they're restoring the banned accounts and even offering complimentary copies of "Left 4 Dead 2" as tokens of their regret.
'Call of Duty' Video Prompts Promise Of No New Subscription Fees
Posted 7/20/10 1:26 pm ET by Brian Warmoth in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Activision, Infinity Ward and Treyarch all piled on for a collective denial yesterday that a "Call of Duty" video contains evidence of a plot to charge for playing online. In fact, despite CEO Bobby Kotick's public admission that he "would have Call of Duty be an online subscription service tomorrow" if he could, representatives from all three offices shot down the speculation as rumor, and Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling even went as far as to use the word "never."
"There is not, and will never be, additional fees required to subscribe and play 'Modern Warfare 2' multiplayer," Bowling wrote on his blog at FourZeroTwo.com.
Likewise, Activision social media manager Dan Amrich, called the video a "glitch" and denied that any such plans for an additional subscription-based service were in the works for "MW2."
"This video shows just a glitch — since you can access a Live subscription renewal from within the MW2 game interface, it appears some data got jammed between two parts of Live," he wrote on his One of Swords blog. "It's not a secret portal to some nefarious plot to charge people for COD multiplayer — and there are no plans to do that."
Lastly, Treyarch community manager Josh Olin chimed in on Twitter, probably hoping to put potential "Black Ops" pre-orderers' fears at rest about the CoD series' next installment.
"No, you will not have to 'Pay to Play' #CODBlackOps Multiplayer either. Rumor -> Squashed," he explained.
That's about as comprehensive a denial as you're liable to see anywhere in the video game industry this year. Activision also gave an official statement to IGN that more or less restates what all three of these guys said. Their responses do paint Kotick's comment to The Wall Street Journal into a strange place, though. It looks like his dream model will be getting applied to another game or not at all, unless Activision changes its mind down the road, of course.
Are you glad to know that Activision doesn't want to introduce subscription fees to "MW2"? Are you surprised by the three-pronged response? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
'Call of Duty' Video Claims To Show Paid Online Options
Posted 7/19/10 11:05 am ET by Brian Warmoth in News, Xbox 360
Activision wants a way to charge for online "Call of Duty" play. Whether or not a video posted by a message board user Sunday represents a first look at what their strategy looks like remains to be seen, but the "Modern Warfare 2" player claims to have evidence that new options appeared on the Xbox Live menu.
'Call of Duty: Black Ops' Pre-Orders Beating 'Modern Warfare 2'?
Posted 7/12/10 6:00 pm ET by Brian Warmoth in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Treyarch has already indicated that they may one-up "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" by using dedicated servers for "Black Ops," but the game could be poised to outdo "MW2" in terms of pre-order numbers as well. Their November 9 release date is still months away, but some numbers from the retail sector have "Black Ops" tracking to do just that.
'Modern Warfare 2' Makers Open Their Phone Lines For Voicemail
Posted 6/24/10 11:22 am ET by Brian Warmoth in News
Infinity Ward has arrived at a transition period, for better or worse. Despite all of the petition-sparking criticism that "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" received last year, the game still managed to become one of the most successful launches of all time. In the wake of recent map pack releases and documented lawsuit drama surrounding bonuses and key developer departures, though, Activision and their studio have a PR hurdle to get over as they plot their course for Infinity Ward's next project. The first step appears to be opening up a phone number that you can call to share your concerns.
'Modern Warfare 2' 'Resurgence Pack' Hitting PS3 And PC In July
Posted 6/11/10 5:00 pm ET by Russ Frushtick in News, PC, PS3
Hey, remember that fancy new map pack that just came out for "Modern Warfare 2" on Xbox 360? Didn't it bug you that your platform of choice got bupkiss while those Microsoft fans were crawling greedily over their new content? Well, you'll be happy to know that your angry hand-wringing will come to an end on July 6th, when the "Resurgence Pack" drops on PS3 and PC.
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