$100k donated from CoD Endowment to aid wounded vets
Posted on February 7, 2010
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Activision is a worldwide pure-play online and console game publisher, which is continuing its help to the military veterans through its Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E). The company is also the patrons of its mega-popular war franchise. In order to establish fifth Transition Training Academy, C.O.D.E announced that they will be giving to the Wounded Warrior Project.
In fact, Transition Training Academy where Armed Services veterans who have been wounded in the global war on terror and who face unique challenges in their civilian life can receive training and pursue a career in IT.
Initially, C.O.D.E donated about us$125, 00 to wounded warrior of America who became paralyzed. This publisher pledged us$1 million from sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 towards program and aided military personnel in their returning to civilian life. And Activision disbursed this us$100k from C.O.D.E to aid wounded vets.
Kotick of Activision Taps Video War Game Profits to Aid Veterans
Posted on February 4, 2010
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Activision Blizzard one of the world’s leading independent publishers of interactive entertainment, fermented the first person and third-person shooter video game series “Call of Duty” into a $3 billion franchise in the past six years.
Call of Duty 4 had sold more than seven million copies worldwide with 1.3 million people playing the game daily. Robert A. Kotick the CEO, president, and board member for Activision Blizzard decided to put rough amount of the profit in assisting tangible war veterans find work.
Earlier, the Call of Duty Endowment started by Robert A. Kotick, is dedicated to ensuring that veterans are provided a clear path to new careers after their military service is complete. Kotick said, he intends to promote the nonprofit’s endowment to between $50 million and $100 million by the end of the decade from about $1 million today.
Next Generation of Game masters
Posted on February 1, 2010
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Lania Gara, about 22 year old from Releigh, N.C , one of a number of player who tagged as “Fidget” was the player to beat in the first-person shooter game e.g. “Call of Duty: World at War”. Last nine month between 2008 and 2009 It was stealing the No. 1 spot in free-for-all mode and No. 4 worldwide in number of kills. Obviously, about 60 or more hours a week of practice included in this player’s training regimen as well as a steady intake of energy drinks and late nights. Gara with the name Fidget fit the mold of a top hardcore gamer but with on caveat.
Competitive gaming has been becoming more diverse and more conventional which has been showed by Gara and other gamers.
Lanai Gara told “There’s an understanding that girls are starting to play videogames and actually kicking butt at it. She is well-known with the name-calling and irritated girl gamers who have traditionally received during online competitions.
“Lite” version features the “Nacht der Untoten”
Posted on January 31, 2010
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It is said that the theme of the World War has long exhausted itself. But, apparently, the guys from Treyarch want to prove the opposite; Call of Duty 5: World at War has already seems to have tightened its grip over the minds of gamers all across the world.
It is not just a series of games because not everyone can sell a blockbuster of 10 million copies in 6 months. If you have got an Apple iphone, you can simply go to your nearest App store where a “Lite” version of Activision’s popular Call of Duty: World at War has gone live.
The “Lite” version features the “Nacht der Untoten” (Night of the Undead) map and multiplayer fans will be able to play two rounds via Wi-Fi or locally with four players or two using Bluetooth.
In multiplayer you can manage all kinds of military equipment, as well as other vehicles, which will allow plunging into the terrible world war. You can feel like a real commander, giving orders to subordinates.
Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies Lite
Posted on January 24, 2010
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Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies Lite launched
Posted on January 23, 2010
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Last day the Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies Lite was released.
This lite version of Call of Duty: World at War game lets the players to play the same first level, which is there on the Call of Duty 5: World at War Zombie mission.
In this the controls were quite impressive and this will be more worth if it comes on the phone. If anyone is wondering about buying this new lite version of Call of Duty then try it out now. It is in fact too lite.
Ars has reported sales figure of mature-rated games on Wii
Posted on January 18, 2010
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Currently, tree titles of the famous Resident Evil are available on Wii. These are :-
1. Resident Evil 4- Similar to PS2/Gamecube
2. The Umbrella Chronicles
3. The Darkside Chronicles
Capcom revealed that they shipped 4 million units but the actual sales figures aren’t too good.
Though the sales figures of each title are not available but NPD has confirmed to Ars that the total sales of all the titles combined is 1.44 million that is around 480,000 units per game. These numbers are not too bad but considering the popularity of the game and the large number of Nintendo Wii installed all over the US, the sales figures look low. The PS2 has sold a total of 2 million units of RE4, which is higher than all the three games combined for Wii.
The other mature games to make their presence on Wii are Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Again, the sales figure of individual title is not known but NPD has told Ars that the total combined sales of both the games have been 1.65 million on the Wii i.e 825,000 units per game.
World at War in top three spots of top PSN downloads in 2009
Posted on January 17, 2010
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Sony have come with a list of the top premium downloads from the PlayStation store in year 2009.
Though Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was on the top of the chart in US and UK market in 2009, the previous title has pulled sales for DLC in top three spots. The combined Call of Duty: World at War map pack sales globally has reached to 6.5 million.
Below is the complete list from the house of Sony:
01. Call Of Duty: World At War Map Pack 1
02. Call Of Duty: World At War Map Pack 2
03. Call Of Duty: World At War Map Pack 3
04. FIFA 09 Gold Pack
05. Final Fantasy VII (PS3/PSP)
06. Battlefield 1943
07. Fat Princess
08. Marvel Vs Capcom 2
09. Flower
10. Mortal Kombat II
Away from gaming, Call of Duty Blood Drive
Posted on January 10, 2010
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For many years, the WWII generation has sustained the community blood supply. It is now though. It is the right time for younger generations to step up and heed the Call of Duty.
WKYT and Kentucky Blood Center are now teamed up to sponsor the Blood Drive call of Call of Duty on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9. On these two days the blood drive focused on recruiting younger generation donors so that they can help beef up the blood supply that has been affected by the holidays and also by the recent winter weather.
All the younger donors received an army green long-sleeve Call of Duty T-shirt.
Moreover, people who had registered to donate also were automatically eligible to win a choice of a Nintendo Wii, Xbox or Apple iTouch.
On Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 all the Kentucky Blood Center donor centers were opened for extended hours i.e until 8 p.m..
Call of Duty 7 may be released in November, a rumor
Posted on January 8, 2010
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The Call of Duty 7 is being developed by Treyarch and rumor comes that this new version of CoD will be arriving in November this year. The “senior UK trade source” said this. This new game is set in late 1960s Vietnam says sources.
Since the CoD:WaW was finished in the year 2008, this game was under development by Treyarch. In past few years Infinity Ward and Treyarch team have traded work on CoD titles from the time of Call of Duty 3I. Since then the developer Infinity Ward has also developed Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 and the Treyarch has developed Call of Duty: World at War.
Call of Duty 7 will be representing another and also vastly different direction for the CoD series. But this is also a risky venture because Vietnam shooters have had been before in video games such as Battlefield: Vietnam, Men of Valor, and the Shellshock series. These all showed poor performance in terms of sale numbers. But we should also know that with the CoD series nothing can go wrong.
The rumor also comes that Infinity Ward may pass the creation of Modern Warfare 3 to some another developer so that it is well focused on creating a Call of Duty MMO.
There has been no confirmation of this rumor yet.
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