'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records

The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history.

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'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs

First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.

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New `Call of Duty' could set entertainment record

This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year's record $155 million opening weekend for "The Dark Knight."

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The entire time the scene was unfolding, I was just thinking in my head "This is the Mumbai Massacre, I am playing the Mumbai Massacre." I've since played the scene a few times, just to see the reaction from my friends, which was always the same as mine.

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Major online retailer Direct2Drive have announced today that the year's biggest game - Modern Warfare 2 - won't be made available on their PC digital delivery service. Why? Because of rival platform Steam, of course!

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Microsoft announced at a press event in Los Angeles today that, to commemorate the release of the game, they'll be releasing a brand new model of the Xbox 360 based on Modern Warfare 2.

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Duke Nukem's disease is a scary one, Gene brings you the story of the life of a First Person Shooter.

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"We were heading home to Marietta when we got the call," said Annie Cook, the new Miss Georgia's mother.

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Adults who play a lot of action video games may be improving their eyesight, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. More Articles

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But a group of students at a Massachusetts high school are upset about the need to shoot dogs in CoD:WaW. They're taking their protest to Activision Blizzard, which publishes the best-selling game.

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I encourage everyone to let Mayor Abramson know that this action is uncalled for. This lady may well have saved this elderly lady's life. Yes, it is a liability issue but this ice storm was an extraordinary situation.

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BARRIE, Ont. -- The nearly month-long search for a teen who went missing after arguing with his parents over a video game ended in apparent tragedy Wednesday just as Brandon Crisp's mother placed her hopes on a new billboard campaign to bring her son home.

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Call of Duty 5 : World at War Multiplayer Beta PC Review

Anyone expecting Call of Duty 5 to be a squeal to Call of Duty 4 :Modern Warfare were disappointed when Treyarch announced that COD5 would go back once again to WWII. Treyarch already has experience with developing COD squeals so they aren't quite strangers to the franchise.

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The problem of piracy, in all forms of media, is a tough one. It's tough to make a dent in it by suing individual infringers, though the RIAA seems intent on trying.

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PlayStation Universe is proud to present the complete list of unlockable Perks for the upcoming Treyarch title, Call of Duty: World at War. Many of the perks from Modern Warfare are making a return, though there are quite a few new additions to the list.

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Treyarch has revealed details about the Call of Duty: World at War Limited Collector's Edition, due to ship alongside the game when it launches on November 14th.

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Call of Duty: World at War is bringing something new to the battlefield this November: drivable tanks. GamePro editor Sid Shuman got first-hand experience with tanks, and the rest of World at War's online mode, as part of the October 2008 issue of GamePro magazine.

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Activision has released a 3D screenshot of Call of Duty: World at War, and it's looking hot. The 3D screens gives us a good look at the game's flamethrower, allowing you to rotate 360 degrees around the scene of an allied soldier setting a bunker alight.

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Firmly ending the notion that perhaps Call of Duty 4's tremendous success has afforded them the option to step away from annual releases, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has announced that his company is already planning to release the next Call of Duty in 2009.

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The popularity of the map pack sets a new paid download Xbox Live record. Developed by Infinity Ward, Call of Duty 4 has regularly topped Xbox Live gaming activity since its release.

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Woo! The COD4 patch has finally been completed and sent to Microsoft for certification. It should only be a short while now before we are finally able to download the new patch.

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The next Call of Duty title will shoot it's way to the Wii, PS2, Xbox 360, PS3, and personal computer.

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Birge said that before Hall went missing he also played the video game "Call of Duty." The family said the game may have triggered some unpleasant war memories. Hall's best friend was killed in the same battle in which Hall's leg was injured.

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Yesterday's weekly posting of Xbox Live statistics on Larry Hryb's website contained a sweet surprise for fans of Infinity Ward's modern take on the FPS war game, as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare finally broke Master Chief's reign as the most-played game on Xbox Live.

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The gods of Mac gaming have smiled on their cultists today, with Call of Duty 4 getting the Mac treatment come May and Spore being confirmed for release on the Mac.

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Hardware: Nintendo DS 1.53 million Wii 981K Xbox 360 770K PSP 567K PlayStation 2 496K PlayStation 3 466K Software:

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The Activision/Vivendi merger is big news. From big mergers like this comes a flood of paper work and press releases, and in those papers sometime comes nuggets of interesting news. This isn't one of those times.

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"We had our best programmers on the PS3 [version of Call of Duty] and it shows," Infinity Ward studio head Vince Zampella has bellowed.

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