Infinity Ward revealed that they had to fight tooth and nail to make a Modern Warfare game. As far back as Call of Duty 2, the developer wanted to move the series out of World War 2, but Activision was completely against the move. Yeah, that worked out well. Vince Zampella, the head of Infinity Ward, dropped some knowledge on the Official PlayStation Magazine:
With Call of Duty 2, we were dead set against it being World War 2, but Activision really wanted it, the compromise sort of being that we’d get some dev kits for consoles in exchange for doing a World War 2 game. We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer. And something I’ll add to that, Activision also did not want Modern Warfare. They thought working on a modern game was risky and [thought], ‘oh my god you can’t do that, it’s crazy!’ They were doing market research to show us we were wrong the whole time.
It’s a good thing Infinity Ward kept pushing and convinced Activision to let them develop the game in a Modern Warfare setting. While CoD5 was good, it was disappointing going back to World War II after seeing how cool it is to fight in modern times. It’s also sad at how much Activision is willing to adapt and take even the slightest of risks. Bobby Kotick seems to want to empty your wallet and push you the same product over and over. Hopefully that philosophy changes, but I have my doubts.
As promised, here is the culmination of the animated shorts based on CoD4. This part is twice as long and twice as badass. Mad props to the guy who pulled this off. I’m sure you can get into the University of Phoenix no problem.
Sometimes video games can inspire people to do spectacular things. A very skilled gamer has made 2 CoD 4 inspired movies. This is the first, aptly named The Call. Almost all of the sounds were taken from the game. This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. Check it out. I’ll be bringing you part 2 very shortly.
Have you gotten tired of people cheating, modding, glitching, and just generally being douche bags online in Call of Duty 4? So have Infinity Ward, who apparently haven’t completely given up supporting CoD4 (even though they’ve barely touched the game otherwise).
A new patch is now available to stop people from cheating in the game. How exactly were they cheating? Beats me, I stopped playing a while ago. I know a few of you out there are still addicted, which says a lot of the game. You’ll be prompted for the patch when you fire up the game, so download it and get your experience points the real way. Yeah, I’m talking to you.
Last week we had a few technical difficulties with Infinity Ward servers being down. To make up for that and to bring more people into the fold, we’ll be playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on both Xbox 360 and PS3 tonight. This was the most asked for game/platform by all of you (via console messages, contact us forms, comments), so we figured we’d hook it up.
You know the drill… 9pm ET… Gamertags and PSN accounts can be found on the About Us page. We’ll mix it up on various playlists, so look us up online.
If there’s a game you want to see in our weekly Game with Loot Ninja nights, let us know.
Even thought it’s GDC week, we’re not skipping out on Game with Loot Ninja night. Kicking it old school by request, we’ll be playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on PS3. This was the most asked for game/platform by all of you (via console messages, contact us forms, comments), so we figured we’d hook it up. Next week, we’re going back to 360, so get your popcorn ready.
You know the drill… 9pm ET… PSN accounts can be found on the About Us page. We’ll mix it up on various playlists, so look us up online.
If there’s a game you want to see in our weekly Game with Loot Ninja nights, let us know.
This news is significant for a number of reasons. First, CoD4 is huge, really huge. This is evident by the sheer number of gamers who are playing this, 15 million to be precise. For a franchise that was considered stagnant after CoD3, Infinity Ward has set themselves on a pedestal shared by the likes of Bungie. Now, when you look at the Xbox Live numbers, it is even more impressive.
According to Microsoft, Xbox Live has 17 million users overall, meaning two-thirds of them have played Infinity Ward’s first-person shooter. The figures track all players, not just those who’ve played online multiplayer (necessarily so, since the word is that only 9.5 million people pay for Xbox Live Gold).
That is mind boggling. Gamers who don’t play FPS are playing this. Granted the XBL trump PSN’s but that is for another day. The follow up is tentively called Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2. The name is cumbersome, but the game will certainly make us all go from six to midnight as soon as we play it. Pour some out for Infinity Ward. They earned it.
I literally just realized it’s Thursday. Been a rough week. Anyway, being Thursday, tonight is Game with Loot Ninja night. Kicking it old school again this week, we’ll be playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on both the Xbox 360 and PS3. Yep, multiplatform bitches.
You know the drill… 9pm ET… gamertags and PSN accounts can be found on the About Us page. We’ll mix it up on various playlists on both consoles, so look us up online.
First off, this article is for those of us who are still hooked on “COD4″ online. So, for those of you who are able to happily play “Gears of War 2″, “Resistance 2″, “Metal Gear Online”, “Halo 3″, or even “COD: World at War” without thinking they’d rather be playing “Call of Duty 4″, consider yourselves the lucky ones and don’t bother reading any further. For the rest of us, those of us who dream of airstikes and reaching level 37 to get your hands on the G36c again, this is for us.
In his latest HBO stand up special, Chris Rock explains his theory that while women cannot step backwards in lifestyle, men cannot step backwards sexually. He explains that once a woman dates a man with money, she’ll never go back to a broke guy, and once a man finds a woman that will do some freaky shit, there’s no going back for him either. I think the same thing also goes for gamers. Once we find something that takes gaming to a certain level, there’s no going back. So here are my five reasons why “Call of Duty 4″ is still my favorite multiplayer game a year after it’s release.
This is big news. Not many games since 2000 have done this and those are games like WoW, Wii Fit, DS Titles, and The Sims. Halo 3 has only sold around 8 million. To be fair, COD4 is on 2 consoles and Halo is just on 360. Call of Duty 5 is rumored to be another WWII titles from Treyarch and we all are sacrificing chickens to ensure that does not happen. Nevertheless, great job and congratulations in making a phenomenal game.
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