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In a visit to London I brought under his arm a Call of Duty: Black Ops surprised by the good sales of the game even though his parents, Infinity Ward, have abandoned the project altogether. It appeared that Treyarch, who had already made some Call of Duty of lower quality than those of Infinity Ward, had taken over the project and had borne a larger budget Call of Duty top. The truth, unfortunately, is another.

The single player mode has gotten what he wanted, to be more spectacular than Modern Warfare 2, but lacks a script more interesting, more exciting, epic moments, credibility and pace. The story does not get to the bitumen to Modern Warfare 2. I certainly smelled me and toast in the final minute and confirmed what I smelled. In short, it is varied, there are good salads shots, but although technically very great height bay, would not put it ahead of Modern Warfare 2, which for now is still the best.

The way to kill zombies is unlocked at the end is funny, but not much I was hooked.

Multiplayer is another story, the news is pretty good, as the contract system, the option to perform jumps and bring us down while shooting and the new maps, which I found quite bright. The new weapons are also a good incentive to engage a great time, too bad my connection to Xbox Live Gold finish to expire ... although almost better, because otherwise I will burn based console Black Ops and FIFA 11 ...

Treyarch has done better work than I expected, but still I have to say that the result is not greater than MW2. It seems to have taken advantage of the work done by Infinity Ward to get even better results. The competition, with the new Medal of Honor and others at the head, still not putting it too hard ...

Rating: **** (4/5)

Taking advantage thanks to the blessed air traffic controllers have been locked me 2 days on a London ice cream shop there took to the Call of Duty: Black Ops and Gran Turismo 5 with that there is cheaper. Well, the first experiences with both games have been worse ...

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Because chorras videos we like more than any article brainy and / or analysis of more than 5,000 words, here are two videos chorras, but groovy, those that do not work and perform just great. Sad journalist's life when items good quality and interesting have a click rate of X and videos chorras, X to N. But that's life, needs to be addressed. Do not get me wrong, I love my these videos, but when the turn youtube video quality item replaces, a kitten dies somewhere ...

That said, here are the promised videos. First, one of the latest Call of Duty (to see if MS Word learns that Call of Duty is not a replacement time ... Word has automatic epic fail priceless moments) that combines the TV program of the Sixth "Mythbusters" with the multiplayer of Modern Warfare 2. It is in English, but it is great and answers questions you always did bajini:

- A package may crush?
- Bounce the knives in the game?
- Can we save ourselves from a grenade attached to our riot shield?
- Can kill a fire hydrant?

The second video is also caviar. If you thought your Christmas tree was unsurpassed, get ready to enjoy a house decorated with motifs of Guitar Hero also ... are playable!:

... Mostly because they are mental straws mine, nothing else ... hehe. Well, since you've gone through manipulative tabloid headline tell you: I will not do the typical review-roll. As long as there are other sites that they will do better than me, as Vandal , but I would like to discuss two issues that I think are of vital importance about Modern Warfare 2, the new major release in the history of entertainment: the way campaign bellows loses again much multiplayer versus and the issue of violence in the game.

How handsome I am with my new glasses!

Do not know about you, but I after receiving a game of this caliber, the first thing I do is get to play alone and enjoy the campaign mode. All right (action, spectacular, good script, sound setting ...) unless you just as soon as a Hollywood popcorn movie and at the end one wonders if he has not become the player mode just that, a movie playable flashy . One is left with the feeling that Infinity Ward has focused, once again, in multiplayer, improving campaign mode, but I tend clear that the important thing is the other.

It is increasingly clear that the importance of the game is going to play online, in a way which Microsoft will be disconnected if it detects that you're hacking the console, and Sony is preparing to charge soon. When you lose money on every console sold and not sold enough games to monetize large investments, it seems that online and multiplayer mode is the new holy grail. But is it fair to pay around 60 euros for a campaign that lasts a few hours and play the rest, the multiplayer mode, you have to proceed to checkout? Did not pay enough?

The single player experience is enlarged slightly with special operations calls, mini-missions that are quite entertaining, but many of them are only available for multiple players.

The truth is that the multiplayer is the most fun, full of great scenes, constant improvements through your achievements, in-game aids casualties thanks to you produce ... until you get to 25 and you can activate the nuclear bomb that erases map all and makes you win. Someday I'll get the pump! I swear!

Then there is the airport scene in which we are part of the evil and provoke a slaughter in an airport. In my opinion this scene may be necessary for the normal course of history, but what is not needed is to play. As a player and bring us anything or nothing in the scene, because although not perform a single shot, the rest of the group will do the slaughter on its own and we will just go with them. No choice, no moral dilemma.

In my humble opinion, they could have shown briefly killing with some kinematics and let us start the mission after the incident. Developer The justification was that they wanted to identify ourselves with the evil Makarov group, but as I have explained, this effect is not achieved. I guess the scene is there really to argue, as a cry of Infinity Ward creative freedom, but I thought it was a great idea, because the game did not need the controversy to be a bestseller and children that surely will not miss this game should not "enjoy" these scenes.

I say goodbye and wishing to be launched, but a new edition of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, the third part. The two were fucking great.

How is the yard lately! Well scrambled.

First, the pebbles:

Seen in an email from Activision for release in which data is updated sales of Modern Warfare 2 in Spain in the first week:

We update the number of units sold of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 in Spain in its first week: 123,000 copies. Thus, Modern Warfare 2 becomes the title with the best sales recorded so far in his first days on the market, beating recognized and successful sports games open world game.

Simultaneous translation: Do you really need to tell you which games you mean?

Second sweety, this time from Sony to Microsoft:

When he finally gets the new update (announced with fanfare) from Facebook and Twitter to Xbox 360 is that Facebook is not exclusive to Xbox 360 and the PS3 3.10 firmware following also have Facebook integration ... What it had shut ! Full details Europeras the Playstation blog (in English rigorous).

And now the stones:

Activision again:

In some media yesterday echoed an incorrect story, commenting that Modern Warfare 2 had been banned in the Russian market. The title is available for sale in Russia since last November 10 in the PC version.

Simultaneous translation: Gentlemen, kindly to contrast a little info ...

And second, Konami:

In the news appeared over the weekend and this morning in various media, Konami Digital Entertainment Spain wants to deny the reports that suggest that the release of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for Wii, PlayStation2 and PSP will occur next December 8th in Spain / Europe.

The estimated release date of this title remains scheduled for February.

Please rectify the information promptly to the benefit of consumers, readers, media and sales channels.

In an effort to avoid such situations in the future, want to remind that any information concerning Konami Digital Entertainment releases Spain that is not from our Press Department must be tested prior to publication. Konami Digital Entertainment is a global company whose release dates do not always coincide for all territories in which we operate.

Simultaneous translation: That contrast, bucking! And by the way do not bridge the favor of the poor local PR that we got that far!

Activision rules!! Editing prestigious singing. And with this version I assure you see the game through different eyes ...

Here I am, making eyes at Call of Duty

The game takes pace to beat all records . We'll see how many get into the Guinness Book of Records.

I receive a package unexpectedly surprised and very, very large. I quickly realize that I have been graced with a DJ Hero and thank heaven Activision in general and in particular. It took me long to discover that it is better, fuller and more fun than Guitar Hero. So what's the cause of that is not succeeding as did his predecessor of the guitar?

The answer is very simple, it is an inescapable problem, background, and responded with two questions: Who has not dreamed of being a guitarist of your favorite band? Who has ever dreamed of being a DJ? In any case I dreamed that pricked a song that to me felt like it when I wanted, but not get to the controls.

His catalog of songs, very extensive, with 100 songs, is fine (Daft Punk, 50 cent, Black Eyed Peas, Fedde Le Grand or Eminem), but they can not compete with the catalog of Guitar Hero, much more mass audience .

This kind of fast when you play games. It has great graphics, the display does not give good marketing is not easy to do it if it is not putting it in the hands of the players. Once in the hands you see you only have 3 colored buttons instead of five and the first impression is that it will be easier, but no, turns out to have many more options. The combination of the three buttons plus plus another plate spinning side button that is operated with the left hand but another button to trigger the euphoria give many more combinations to use later in the game.

It is necessary, at least for me it has been-do the tutorial and suffer a little when the thing is complicated. In any case it is a game with many possibilities, which generates very entertaining disco music. One of the best features is also playing the guitar while a highly recommended experience.

I have not enough knowledge to claim to be a realistic game that emulates well what a real DJ does, but I imagine it will not be far from reality. As they do not so difficult some "scratches" as my ... The difficulty with the high price of the game, which is justified by the large peripheral may also have contributed to the failure booted off right.

To summarize, is a groundbreaking video game, different, with many more possibilities than Guitar Hero, which is hampered by some problems that you can not blame the developer or the distributor as I have explained. We have drums, bass, guitars, microphones ... our own DJ kit was a natural evolution, but will not attract as many fans as the excitement of playing Metallica or Nirvana on a guitar.

Looking reserve figures U.S. video game but I can not hallucinate with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Among the Xbox 360 and PS3 and games have reserved 2,223,261 and the number is increasing because even miss several weeks for launch (Nov. 10).

CoD: MW 2 is poised to break many records and will certainly fill the coffers of Activision Blizzard. How many of these reserves with the prestige edition night vision goggles that costs 150 euros? It makes my knuckle ...

His figures contrast with those of Uncharted 2 also anticipated, with reserves for PS3 not reach 300,000 units. The third most anticipated in the United States seems to be Assassin's Creed 2, whose reserves amount to 384 833 units, although this time the book is divided between PS3 and Xbox.

If you have not seen the latest video from CoD: MW 2, here it is. Enjoy it:

Source: VGChartz

The Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is getting out of hand, as the theme of the tracksuit . First about the Prestige Edition with night vision goggles for 140 euros and now come with the regular edition, the lifetime could cost 80 euros. I guess it's a trial balloon to gauge the opinion of the players. I've checked forums and comments and there is unanimity: That would buy Kotick , if not Rita .

Activision employees fending off angry users

I seem logical that with the current economic climate and with other companies like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft lowering prices all you can, get them now. Anyway, one things is that Call of Duty is a highly anticipated game and other users to raise pay 10 euros. Seventy euros is already a considerable amount for the times.

If someone has been stupid face during E3 was Tony Hawk. I recalled the father of Felipe Massa when he thought his son had won the World Cup Hamilton Formula 1. Tony took the stage at Microsoft's E3 conference shortly after the Beatles to present their video game peripheral that brings sensors and accelerometers and promises to be the most real skate experience. Well, half an hour after Microsoft honchos had his jewel, Project Natal, a camera that is able to detect the movements of our bodies and take them to the game, and one of the scenes of his promotional video was a kid skating without table. Why, the Tony Hawk peripheral, was in the words of Rambo: "expendable" ("It's like .... if you're invited to a party ... not going ... and no one cares").

Defining owned: Face of the father of Massa

That's what we thought most perverse minds, but Tony, a hawk, has come quickly to step ensuring that a camera can not get what your peripheral, which is a kind of Wii Balance Board ready to be kicked "I really do try to make it work with a camera, but it was not accurate enough," according to MTV. Also, Hawk points out that without the table, physically, "you can not really do ollies, grabs and flips" as these movements can not be done "when you're about nothing."

OWNED!

The peripheral that will accompany the new Tony Hawk that looks like a skateboard in the U.S. cost $ 120, according to the popular video game retail chain GameStop , which means that in Europe would cost ... let me calculate ... I carry a ... 120 euros!

Tony Hawk Ride

Well, I say nothing, whoever buys it, but when I was a skateboarder for 20,000 pesetas you table you bought a lady Santa Cruz, with shafts, bearings and premium wheels .

Activision has not said anything official about it. I imagine this can be a balloon-catheter to see how we react to the 120 bucks, since I imagine that the first idea was to sell the same price as Guitar Hero, which comes to the same thing, a game more a peripheral. The Gamestop website also reveals that the launch would be on October 13 for Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The peripheral seems very original , but has not been shown how. It is expected that you can see in action at E3 to be held in Los Angeles in a few days, from June 2.

* Source: GamesIndustry

Surely you've seen, but if you've been offline this weekend retreat or waxing and polishing wax, here's the first video of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game with real images per order (no teasers worth anything):

Hello again. A great event, the happiest of my life, I've had a couple of weeks out of circulation without Internet access or consoles, but I'm back, more eager than ever to continue to improve the FIFA. It seems I have not missed anything interesting except as to Manuel Torreiglesias that was coming.

Emphasize this video I've seen out there for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, which is able to make me drool in this TV commercial trailer just 15 seconds:

I love how at the end says "Product not yet rated"

Although it seemed that the crisis has come to video games. The Christmas season has not been good and, despite having excellent titles, has not sold what was owed in the period-selling video games. This we know well at Electronic Arts (EA), which promised layoffs in the last presentation of the results of the company and has fulfilled. It seems that it has completed the process and the nominees have to be out of the house of Big Brother John Riccitello (CEO of EA).

In the marketing department "have let go" two "historic", responsible for years of the success of franchises such as The Sims and FIFA in our country. Both professionals are the cream of the department, so I do not think they have relocated problems despite the crisis. They both wish you well and encourage you to be optimistic. Every cloud has a silver lining and sometimes worth a change.

In the photo, Riccitello firing the Godfather ...

GamesIndustry also reports that there have been cuts in EA in the UK both in Marketing in PR (press). They want to get to the 1,000 layoffs worldwide and Spain eventually collaborate in a process that is sold as a move that will make the company stronger , which not even they believe. Also in other departments has been low, not only marketing has been cut.

The cuts have occurred in a moment of excitement in EA, when they are presenting journalists product has not yet been announced to users. Also just announced its new products for the Need for Speed ​​series , which was in neutral, and have even reported that Vivendi have snatched rights Bourne games . Starbreeze, one of my fetish studios Riddick game , will handle a project that promises.

New to Activision and SEGA

In Activision also no movement after the announcement of merger with Blizzard and Vivendi. After a few months you could not hear anything on the subject, and is being carried out restructuring, dividing tasks and fine focusing people on new challenges. For all I know they are not doing very well, but they know ...

And we have new PR Manager SEGA that is none other than Diana Radetski, former Ubisoft and Virgin. The best of luck to her.

The news just a catchy headline: " The global market has grown in 2008 video game . " Just as well that has grown ...

Electronic Arts, the number one in video games if not supersedes Activision Blizzard, a company that does nothing offered a millionaire by Take Two, now announces a cut 6 percent of its staff in order to save $ 50 million as a result a few disappointing results in the third quarter.

October seems to have been a good month, and as I noted at parties and Activision Xbox earlier in the week, although in principle had not been affected, it seems that game companies begin to feel the crisis just the worst, in the Christmas season, a period in which turnover of around 70% of video games all year.

It seems that the games have worked best in the third quarter of the year, in which losses have increased significantly EA have been Madden NFL 09, Spore, Mercenaries 2, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 and and Warhammer Online. Llama powerfully the attention is not on the list Spore.

The layoffs will begin to communicate now. The hiring will be frozen pending, they will reduce redundancies and some positions will be closed completely. I hope that does not affect much to Spain, though, now that I think, just cut into my favorite section ... As we run programs EA TV ! No, not that! Please! Nooooo!!

I sympathize with the people of EA since I, unfortunately, am in the same situation .

Conclusion: Do not you find it strange that benefits businesses have to kick people? It is clearly taking advantage of the crisis to slim companies rehire best price or cheaper elsewhere. The truth is that not only the financial system is rotten ...

Sources:

• Gamesindustry.biz
• In Gamespot are following the news with constant updates. Highly recommended to follow the news there.