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Call of Duty Black Ops II trailer reveals new fight coming
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WIN: 5 copies of COD:MW3 Hardened Edition up for grabs
One year's free Elite Premium 5,300 reads
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COD: MW3 DLC hitting Xbox 24 January
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COD:MW3 more successful than Avatar
Biggest entertainment release of all time? 2,750 reads
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Bungie contract reveals Xbox 720 will arrive in 2013
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Bungie Destiny contract reveals Xbox 720 will arrive in 2013 - E3 announcement?
Commissioned for Xbox 360 and "next Xbox" 22 May 2012 10:23 GMT TweetHalo developer Bungie's next game, a MMO first-person shooter called Destiny, will be released in Autumn 2013 for Xbox 360 and, dum dum dum, the Xbox 720.
The contract between the studio and publisher Activision has been made public as part...
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Call of Duty Black Ops II trailer reveals new fight coming 13 November (video)
New mission soldier 2 May 2012 11:23 GMT TweetWhat you doing on 13 November? If the answer isn't playing Call of Duty Black Ops II then you probably won't be interested in the following.
"What happens when the enemy steals the keys?" That's the question asked in the new trailer that has...
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Activision runs world's first 18-rated live action advert for Prototype 2
UPDATE: Pics from the event 23 April 2012 11:44 GMT TweetPrototype 2 comes out on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 24 April and to celebrate, publisher Activision is staging what it claims to be the world's first over-18 live advert in London this Sunday.
The event, which is planned to happen after...
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WIN: 5 copies of COD:MW3 Hardened Edition up for grabs
One year's free Elite Premium 20 March 2012 14:09 GMT TweetTo celebrate the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection 1, Activision has given us five Hardened Editions of the game on Xbox 360 to give away to our lucky readers.
Each Call of Duty: MW3 Hardened Edition contains a code...
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC hitting Xbox LIVE in January
Available to Elite members 22 December 2011 10:30 GMT TweetSoldiers - lock, load and look lively as the first downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been announced. It will be hitting Xbox LIVE on 24 January, with Call of Duty Elite members getting first dibs.
"Today we informed...
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 more successful than Avatar and Harry Potter
Biggest entertainment release of all time? 12 December 2011 16:56 GMT TweetThe latest game in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, is officially the fastest selling entertainment product of all time. After release, it hit $1 billion worth of sales in 16 days, beating records held by Avatar and Harry...
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review
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9 November 2011 10:39 GMT
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Modern Warfare 3 is, in some ways, a bit like buying a Spice Girls album, in that, no matter how cool you think you are, it's impossible not to sing along. This is what Call of Duty is, gaming fun in its purest form. There is nothing complicated about...
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Win an Xbox 360 and GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
10 games to give away 3 November 2011 14:05 GMT TweetTo celebrate the release of GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, our friends at Activision have given us an Xbox 360, 10 official GoldenEye 007: Reloaded t-shirts, 10 cocktail shakers and 10 copies of the game on Xbox 360 to give away.
A classic is reborn...
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Artists use Apple Macs, writers use PCs
Says X-Men scribe Mike Carey 12 October 2011 15:58 GMT TweetMike Carey, the British comic book author behind American titles The Unwritten, X-Men: Legacy and the superb Lucifer series, has revealed to Pocket-lint that, in his trade at least, a majority of artists use Macs, while writers use PCs.
Speaking...
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Toy Story writers dismiss 3D as gimmick
EXCLUSIVE: Stories should drive movies not tech 10 October 2011 15:22 GMT TweetLike Star Wars' Anthony Daniels (C3PO) before them, the original screenwriters of Toy Story, and wordsmiths behind Activision's forthcoming game/toy hybrid Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, have dismissed 3D as being a gimmick.
Joel Cohen and...
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Win a 1 of 10 copies of Monkey Island Special Edition Collection...
Along with whole host of other branded goodies 27 September 2011 12:53 GMT TweetTo celebrate the release of Monkey Island: Special Edition Collection, Pocket-lint has teamed up with Activision to give ten exclusive Monkey Island t-shirts, hoodies, and pieces of official artwork to our lucky readers, along with ten copies of the...
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Xbox 360 Limited Edition Call of Duty: MW3 console says hello to COD XP
One for the fans 2 September 2011 20:52 GMT TweetMicrosoft has announced an Xbox 360 Limited Edition Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 console at the start of the Call of Duty XP event in Los Angeles.
Xbox 360, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have teamed up to create a “Call of Duty”...
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COD Modern Warfare 3: First public hands-on at GAMEfest 2011
Play it for the first time 11 August 2011 13:19 GMT TweetActivision has chosen the forthcoming GAMEfest convention for a first public unveiling of a playable version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Visitors to the inaugural show, organised by UK and European videogames retailer GAME and held at Birmingham's...
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Amazon's top toy tips for Christmas 2011
HANDS-ON Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and more 21 July 2011 10:59 GMT TweetLike Hamleys, Microsoft, Hasbro, Currys/PC World and John Lewis before it, Amazon has held its Christmas in July event, showcasing all the gifts that it believes will not look out of place in Santa's bulging sack come the end of the year. And while...
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Infinity Ward hints at return to World War II for future Call of Duty
EXCLUSIVE: More Modern Warfare too 20 July 2011 16:15 GMT TweetThe next instalment in the Call of Duty franchise, after the release of Modern Warfare 3 has been and gone, could see a return to the battlegrounds of World War II, the game series' original focus.
Speaking exclusively to Pocket-lint, Robert...
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