May 7th, 2010

Whew! Infinity Ward will create another Call of Duty game

Infinity Ward will, indeed, create another Call of Duty game. Activision confirmed this during the company’s first-quarter conference call. I guess we can all sleep easy tonight. → Read More

April 28th, 2010

Infinity Ward employees sue Activision for up to $500 million over withheld bonuses

Why haven’t we applied the “gate” suffix to this Infinity Ward-Activision story yet? “Infinity Gate” has a certain ring to it, sorta sounds the name of a private military company. Anyway, how would you feel if you worked for a company and you made a product. It was a successfully product, like, you made the company $1 billion in just a few months. As per your contract, you’re due a certain amount… → Read More

April 12th, 2010

Former Infinity Ward dudes form new studio for EA

You’ll recall that the two bigwigs at Infinity Ward, Jason West and Vince Zampella, left the studio a few months back under, well, insane circumstances. It’s basically he said, she said, only involving lawsuits, hired goons, and Activision, the least popular video game publisher according to a recent GameFaqs poll. Yes, I just cited a GameFaqs poll. West and Zampella didn’t like the way Activision… → Read More

March 4th, 2010

Infinity Ward vs. Activision: Whose side are you on?

I’m sorry, but I’m absolutely loving this Infinity Ward-Activision brouhaha. Here you have one of the most respected developers out there at odds with a publisher that must seriously have no idea what it’s doing. If Activision thinks it can slap the Call of Duty name on any ol’ game, made by any ol’ developer, ha! People are dumb, but they’re not that dumb? → Read More

November 13th, 2009

So much for that PC version Modern Warfare 2 boycott

Thank you, PC Gamer How’s that Modern Warfare 2 boycott going? Well, judging by this screenshot, it seems that many of y’all were either bluffing, or simply couldn’t resist the temptation to, as Rock Paper Scissor put it the other day, Put The Cursor Over the Man’s Face. Boycotts only work when, you know, you follow through with your threats… → Read More

November 10th, 2009

Even more Modern Warfare 2 reviews have surfaced: It's good

You know what day it is! Herein lies my usual review round-up (see yesterday’s preview), starring Modern Warfare 2. Right now I’ll highlight the good in the game, and later today I’ll highlight the bad. Very exciting, yes. → Read More

July 21st, 2009

Let's help Infinity Ward, maybe, develop a controller

Want to help Infinity Ward, developers of Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2, develop a controller? Sure! Robert Bowling, who’s Infinity Ward’s go-to community guy, has a Tweet that asks if you prefer controllers with concave analog sticks, or convex analog sticks. → Read More

July 17th, 2009

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition up for pre-order on Amazon

Order now while you can. $150 will get you a gaggle of MW2 goodies including the night vision goggles. Ships for both Xbox 360 and PS3 on November 10. Watch the unboxing here. Amazon → Read More

September 16th, 2008

Yes, Virginia, Infinity Ward will be the developer of Call of Duty 6

Don’t worry, sports fans, Infinity Ward will be the developer of Call of Duty 6. Activision has finally confirmed as much, with the game currently scheduled to come out next year. Infinity Ward developed Call of Duty 4, one of the most popular games on Xbox Live during the past year. (It’s a little too “one shot, you’re dead” for my liking, but whatever.) Certain segments of… → Read More