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.
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.
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.
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
A pair of new playlists has been added to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by studio Infinity Ward. These new playlists have removed the killstreak rewards and add party chat.
The game options is yet to be released on PlayStation 3 and PC. Only Xbox Live players have been blessed.
July 6 is the possible date of its release alongside with the debut of Resurgence Pack DLC. Detailed information can be availed from the blog of Robert Bowling, the community manager of Infinity Ward.
The first playlist is named as Barebones Pro. This will be featuring Team Deathmatch and Free-For-All game types. The other one is Objective Barebones Pro that includes match types Domination, Demolition, Capture the Flag and Headquarters Pro. Up to eight and twelve players can play in both the lists.
Killstreak are the perks players that are receied after notching certain amount of kills in a row. The rewards are from a Predator missile strike or else from a helicopter attack to a nuke which immediately ends the game.
Avenged Sevenfold rock band’s vocalist M. Shadows will be visiting the Xbox Live and will play Gold Members in Modern Warfare 2.
So, upgrade your Gold Member now if you are not yet and join the vocalist on July 1, 5.00 P.M. ET onwards.
Just you need to send a friend request to the below given gamertag and try to be online 30 minutes before the Game:
Avenged7x GwF
Want to hear sound of Avenged Sevenfold?
Check the music videos of the band that is available on Zune Marketplace on Xbox LIVE.
Xbox Live Game With Fame with Avenged Sevenfold
•Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010
•Time: 5PM – 7PM EST / 2PM – 4PM PST
•Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
•Gamertag: Avenged7x GwF (space between Avenged7x and GwF
Modern Warfare 2 gets two new multiplayer playlists. With these two playlists gamers can now play public matches without any killstreaks.
The Barebones Pro consists of FFA and TDM and the Objective Barbones Pro consists of Domination, Demolition, HQ Pro, and Capture the Flag.
Only Xbox Live users are facilitated with this update, but soon the PlayStation 3 and PC users will also get the updates alongside the Resurgence Package DLC that is coming on July 6th.
In Barbones Pro 4 to 8 players can play where as in the Objective Barbones it is up to twelve players. .
Barebones Pro:
Play Team Deathmatch and Free-for-All. All Killstreak rewards are disabled.
Players: 4-8
*Xbox LIVE Party Chat allowed
Objective Barebones Pro:
Play Domination, Demolition, HQ Pro, and Capture the Flag. All Killstreaks rewards are disabled.
One more milestone for Modern Warfare 2. Its sales crossed 20 million units worldwide. Speaking at the E3 investor conference, Thomas Tippl, CFO of Activision, said: “Modern Warfare 2 has sold more than 20m units against an install base of 55m on Xbox 360 and PS3.”
20 million copies? Woah.
Now Modern Warfare 2 is very close to some of the best-selling games of all-time. Those are:
New Super Mario Bros – 22,490,000
Nintendogs – 23,260,000
Mario Kart Wii – 22,550,000
Wii Play – 27,380,000
Wii Fit – 22,610,000
Activision’s CEO Bobby Kotick said on the occasion that CoD franchise has “reached life-to-date revenues of $3bn.”
We also know that this Infinity Ward developed title had the biggest opening week of all time. Guinness Book of world Records labeled it as “The Most Successful Entertainment Launch of All Time.”
Let us wait and watch what Call of Duty: Black Ops does.
In US alone ten million copies of Modern Warfare 2 has been sold, though there was too much of trash talk and controversy. It seems that the developers is running off to join Respawn. Activision are in the hope of doing the same with Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Cowen and Company does some prediction for the Black Ops. The game is going to be released by November and it has even started charting in some territories due to the pre-orders.
Well, the main question here is that can Black Ops sale be as fast as Modern Warfare 2, which has hit 4.7 million sales in just 24 hours after its release last year on November 10. Within four months the sales of its had hit ten million milestone.
Activision still is cashing its effort of Modern Warfare 2. The company reported recently that its profit doubled in first quarter and revenue shot up by 33 percent.
Robert Kotick, Chief Executive Officer, said in an interview: “The results definitely speak for themselves… Our key franchises are performing.”
The publisher posted a profit of $381 million in the quarter ended March 31.
Modern Warfare 2 generated about a sales of $1.3 billion across the world. It became the best selling of the publisher of all time.
The Stimulus Package, add-on of MW2, sold 1 million copies on one day, March 30, when it was released for download on Xbox Live. At $15 it generated $10.5 million in a single day.
Analyst Colin Sebastian said, “Activision’s game franchises are pretty healthy in spite of what’s happening with Infinity Ward… The impression was that things were falling off track, but for now Call of Duty remains strong.” Sebastian is an analyst with Lazard Capital Markets.
In a recent management turmoil the publisher lost around three dozens key talent at Infinity Ward studio. In March the company fired two top executives who in return sued the publisher for allegedly withholding royalties from MW2’s sale. Following this other talents who made MW2 started resigning.
