Modern Warfare 2

Black Ops most illegally downloaded games

Sunil Sonkar — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:13:51 +0000

Call of Duty: Black Ops has become the most illegally downloaded games globally with a record of four million times download in just a month. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is second most illegally downloaded games as revealed by data collected by analyzing torrent data. It crossed four million mark in 2010.

Though the CoD games are too much pirated, but it has still not affected Activision. The developer’s sale is more than a billion dollar to its loayl console playing gamers. However, the piracy has highly affected the Xbox 360 and Wii consoles.

Below is the list of most illegally downloaded games. It has been compiled by TorrenFreak:

Top 5 Illegal PC Game Downloads in 2010

Call of Duty: Black Ops
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Mafia 2
Mass Effect 2
Starcraft II

Top 5 Illegal Wii Game Downloads in 2010

Super Mario Galaxy 2
Wii Party
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Kirbys Epic Yarn
Red Steel 2

Top 5 Illegal Xbox 360 Game Downloads in 2010

Dante’s Inferno
Alan Wake
Red Dead Redemption
Halo Reach
Call of Duty: Black Ops

Pre-Orders of Black Ops still record breaking

Sunil Sonkar — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:15:29 +0000

This holiday, the most anticipated game is Call of Duty: Black Ops, everyone even remotely attached are saying this. The pre-orders of the game is setting records so far and only four weeks are left for the D-Day. It is set to be released on November 9. According to retailers, the pre-orders of Black Ops are through the roof. It has surpassed the pre-orders of Modern Warfare 2.

Well, the high pre-orders does not mean that the sales will go down after its launch. It will go into the clouds through the roof.

This is the third Call of Duty for developer Treyarch
following Call of Duty: Big Red One of 2005 and Call of Duty: World at War of 2008. Call of Duty: Black Ops is hotly anticipated and it is surely going to send other games running for cover.

Black Ops is available for Xbox 360, PC and PS3. Recently it was also announced by Activision that the game will also be available on Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii. Added to this, it will also be available in 3D to make the whole experience a real one for gamers.

MW2 map pack becomes cheaper

Sunil Sonkar — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:28:01 +0000

DLC map paks of Modern Warfare 2 becomes cheaper ahead of the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Novembre 9th. The Xbox Live is hosting promotional offer for the two map packs of Modern Warfare 2. The price has been almost cut to half.

Till now there are two map packs of Modern Warfare 2, the Stimulus map pack and the Resurgence. Each is being available for 15 dollars or 1200 MS Points. Now, the two has been reduced to just 600 MS Points, a Microsoft offer.

Both the map packs add 5 new maps to the MW2 multiplayer mode. Three of the maps are new and two are the remakes of classic ones from the original Modern Warfare that was released in 2007.

The Stimulus map pack adds Bailout, Salvage and Storm, and remakes are Crash and Overgrown.

In the Resurgence map pack, the new ones are Carnival, Fuel and Trailer Park where as the remakes are Vacant and Strike.

Modern Warfare 2 tops Xbox LIVE chart

Sunil Sonkar — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:05:19 +0000

Since the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in November 2009, it has not yet seen any fit challenge on Xbox LIVE. This is in fact true. Regularly, almost in every week, the game has been on the top of the chart. The game has proved to be the most played on the service across the world.

The recent listing for the week of September 13th indicates a new challenge for Modern Warfare 2. The challenger is Halo: Reach. It is effortlessly climbing up on the chart and now it is on the third place. It is now the third most played game on Xobx LIVE.

Below is the list of top ten titles of Xbox 360 Top LIVE:

•1 Modern Warfare 2
•2 Halo 3
•3 Halo: Reach
•4 Call of Duty: WaW
•5 Call of Duty 4
•6 Mafia II Playable Demo
•7 GTA IV
•8 Red Dead Redemption
•9 Gears of War 2
•10 FIFA 10
•11 Halo 3: ODST
•12 Battlefield Bad Co. 2
•13 Madden NFL 11
•14 DEAD RISING 2: CASE ZERO
•15 Left 4 Dead 2
•16 Forza Motorsport 3
•17 Monday Night Combat
•18 Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 – DEMO
•19 Trials HD
•20 FIFA Soccer 11 Demo

Modern Warfare 2 single player demo hits PSN and Xbox LIVE

Sunil Sonkar — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:25:29 +0000

Though late, Activision released a single player demo for Modern Warfare 2 on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

With this new demo of the game, gamers will be able to play the most recognized levels in MW2, Cliffhanger.

Players can start playing on a snowy cliff face, they dig out enemies in treacherous conditions, also get spotted and need to race for survival on snow under heavy enemy fire.

Many fans waited for about a year for the arrival of the demo to make up their mind to purchase it or not.

Now, the day has arrived to decide whether to buy it or not.

First trailer of Black Ops released

Sunil Sonkar — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:54:15 +0000

Hardened and Prestige Edition may also be seen in Black Ops

Sunil Sonkar — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:00:53 +0000

In 2009 Activision sparked sparked controversy when Modern Warfare 2 was launched. Many believed that the Collector’s Edition of MW2 was the most ridiculous one that has been ever seen for a video game.

But, the Prestige Edition of the game sold out quickly which was priced at $150.

It is natural that consumers talk about their individual wallets. So, for Black Ops also Activision will be bringing back the Prestige Edition.

A leaked information was published on Elder-Geek.com and it indicates that it will feature regular, hardened and also prestige editions. Below are the SKU numbers:

Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened Edition (PS3) – 047875840225
Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened Edition (360) – 047875840218
Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition (PS3) – 047875840249
Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition (360) – 047875840232

The Hardened Edition of MW2 contained the game, an art book along with a token to download the CoD Classic. All these were packed in a slick-looking steel enclosure.

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition had the aforementioned items along with a pair of night vision goggles. Well, nobody used the goggles though. So, Activision may include something useful this time such as a Zippo lighter or Hello Kitty umbrella.

Gun attachment for MW2

Sunil Sonkar — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:22:54 +0000

We are well aware of the gun attachments that are available in the market for Wii, for the upcoming PlayStation Move motion controller and few more paid or free war games. Now, it is also being discussed about the shooter game Modern Warfare 2.

The company is on the way of offering to gamers a gun controller that is juat a replica of the functionality of the regular DualShock PS3 controller.

Well, it is of course a neat way to play Modern Warfare 2, but without any real aiming and shooting in fact in it beyond the use of the thumbsticks.

Not to forget that plastic guitars can take off for music games so why not the same can happen with plastic automatic weapons.

The attachment will cost $65 and it runs on two AA batteries, making shooting noises.

Modern Warfare 2 video most viewed on YouTube

Sunil Sonkar — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:06:06 +0000

The data released for the week ending July 22 reveals that video of Modern Warfare 2 has topped YouTube in the video games category.

Modern Warfare 2 secret old lady WTF!!! has been viewed 1,545,649 times on YouTube. Below is the video:

Surprisingly, it was also discovered that another video of Modern Warfare 2 ranks 4th in the top ten most viewed on YouTube from the gaming industry for the week ending July 22. It was Modern Warfare 2: OpTic Nation’s Top 5 kills.

It was viewd 311,398 times. Here is the video of it:

Below is the complete list for the week ending July 22:

1) Modern Warfare 2 secret old lady WTF!!! – 1,545,649 total views
2) Skydiving Out My Front Door- 428,484 total views
3) HD Starcraft 2 IdrA v Masq – 371,636 total views
4) Modern Warfare 2: OpTic Nation’s Top 5 Kills – 311,398 total views
5) Duck Hunt Behind-the-Scenes – 472,736 total views
6) TheLittleOne vs WhiteRa – 289,413 total views
7) HD Starcraft 2 Dimaga v Painuser – 300,427 total views
Crazy Craft Walkthrough – Levels 1-13 – 298,533 total views
9) Alien Swarm – 281,861 total views
10) Bleep Bloop: Hotel Room – 246,785 total views

PSN busy with Resurgence map pack this week

Sunil Sonkar — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:13:07 +0000

On the PlayStation Network it was another busy week. It was mainly due to the prominent digital release of $15 Resurgence map pack of Modern Warfare 2. This map pack was released on the Xbox Live a month ago. It features 5 maps. Three of the maps are brand new and the remaining two are the recycled one from the original Modern Warfare.

The maps are Fuel, Trailer Park, Carnival, Strike and Vacant. The details of each are as given below:

Fuel
It is an oil refinery site and also the largest in Modern Warfare 2 till date.

Trailer Park
It is just like the Fuel map, located around a variety of motor homes and picnic tables.

Carnival
It is on abandoned fairgrounds. In it the rides and attractions are left to rust. Gamers will see here themed areas that range from futuristic to medieval. One can use castles and rocket ships type of landmarks to coordinate their efforts.

Strike
It features Mideast setting and contains some of the reasonably frantic urban combat.

Vacant
This map is set in an abandoned Russian office complex. The popularity of this map peaked in the original Modern Warfare.