#May2011
Call of Duty Getting Paid Premium Service, “Call of Duty Elite.’ Told You.
Earlier this year it was rumored that there was a subscription-based flavor of Call of Duty coming. I thought it made sense. Others didn’t. It’s coming. Told you so.
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Press Start!: Zynga To Buy Gold Farming Prison Camps!
You can almost smell the sizzling scent of frying flesh on this forthcoming long weekend. Or uh, tofu if you’re of the vegetarian assort! Whatever it is, hell yeah motherfuckers! Welcome to the pretty much fucking Memorial Day edition of Press Start! The column that spits on the five things in the world of gaming that caught my eye this week.
The list is incomplete, based on whimsy, and structured in a way to encourage your participation. Let’s fucking dance!
‘Modern Warfare 3′ Gameplay Trailer Is Here. Fuggin’ Aye.
At this point it should be obvious that I’m an unabashed Call of Duty slut. I’ll spread my legs for Infinity Ward, Treyarch, it doesn’t matter. So without exaggeration, this trailer made my nipples hard.
Hit the jump to check it out.
‘Modern Warfare 3’ Premiere Set For May 23. Or Last Week, LOL.
You have to hand it to Infinity Ward and perhaps more importantly Activision. Despite the fact that Modern Warfare 3’s asshole was blown wide open last week for the geek world to see, they’re still trumping its “premiere.”
Massive Amount Of ‘Modern Warfare 3’ Details Leaked.
You have to hand it to Kotaku, they’re riding the Modern Warfare 3 tip hard. Deep and hard! They’ve gathered up an obscene amount of details from various sources, no doubt working deep undercover. Which means uh, typing emails and talking to people or the such.
We’ll all get to experience it on November 8, the title’s release date.
Hit the jump for details and images.
Here’s Some ‘Modern Warfare 3’ Rumors En Masse!
I’ve come to love the yearly installments of Call of Duty. I realize that a yearly game means heavy duty franchise milking, perhaps a hit to innovation, and other deleterious bullshit. However, there’s something comforting about being able to look forward to a new installment every year, being able to put a pin on a calendar and know I’ll get something I’ll love. It’s because of this comfort that I’m sweating this year’s Modern Warfare 3, despite Infinity Ward getting blowed-ups and MW3 getting did courtesy of thirty-five different studios.
Today, Kotaku had some pretty serious rumors/impressions regarding MW3.
Battlefield and CoD Ad Campaigns To Exceed $100 Million.
EA CEO John Riccitiello was delivering a speech at the Ad Age Conference, whatever the fuck that is, when he dropped some speculation regarding the advertising budget for the next Battlefield and Call of Duty games. Riccitiello predicted the next installments of his company’s Battlefield, as well as Activision’s Call of Duty could see their ad campaigns exceed $100 fucking million dollars.
That’s a lot of Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers.
In Black Ops, World War II Happens 161 Times A Day.
There’s another sexy Black Ops infographic on the prowl, this one courtesy of Activision. There’s some fucking ridiculous stats to be had. Since launch, there’s been over one trillion shots fired, and there are one-hundred and sixty-one World War IIs fought everyday. Fancy some more stats? Hit the jump for the full graphic.
Black Ops Kills America Every 24 Hours.
Righteous Dutch info-wizards Spijkermat came up with this infographic for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Some of the stats that occur in this virtual game daily are absolutely ludicrous. Thar be a lot of killing going on. Every 24 hours, more than 300,000,000 lives are taken. That’s more than the population of the United States.
Hit the jump for the entire graphic.
Cataclysm Is Fastest Selling PC Game Ever.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is the fastest selling PC game of all time. If you’re willing to overlook the fact that it’s an expansion and not a full retail release. I am. The game it beat? Of course, its older brother, Wrath of the Lich King. Cataclysm has sold 4.7 million copies in a month.
A month!
In their article about the news, Kotaku has quotes Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime jerking off, rightfully so, to the accomplishment:
We created thousands of new quests, introduced new lands to explore and extensively revamped the game world for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, making it our biggest and most ambitious expansion yet.
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We’ve been floored by the community’s response so far, and we’d like to thank them for their continued passion and support for World of Warcraft, and for helping Cataclysm reach this incredible milestone.
I played a good seven hours of Cataclysm last night, so I think it’s obvious where I stand. Despite playing it sparsely over the past month due to school, the holidays, friends, and Black Ops, it’s a gorgeous product. Here’s hoping it doesn’t consume me entirely like past expansions.
