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News Take A Look At The Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition
This is certainly not something you see everyday
The Modern Warfare 2 collector's edition is a piece of video game retail history. It's absolutely bonkers. For $150 you'll get the game, a PSN download copy of the original Call Of Duty, a steel game case, an art book, a custom moulded plastic head and working night vision goggles. Watch the video...
Alas, the irritating debate on whether Modern Warfare 2 will have "Call Of Duty" in the title rages on
This boxart posted on Twitter clearly shows the location of the words "Call Of Duty". So you'd be safe to assume the game is actually called Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 right? Wrong. Note this press release from Activision that notes...
News Grandmaster Flash's DJ Hero Appearance Makes Us Reconsider Yesterday's Outburst
Yesterday we were pretty pissed with Activision
We want DJ Hero but £108!? Needless to say, that's a lot of money to spend on a video game. We'd convinced ourselves to not even consider matching the ridiculous asking price. Then we got an email about Grandmaster Flash. Seems the legendary 80's DJ will be making an appearance and contributing two...
News DJ Hero To Cost A Whopping ?108 In The UK, Forget It Activision
We've been really interested in DJ Hero
The music sounds good, the gameplay looks good and the controller seems like it'll be a lot of fun. But with a recommended retail price of £108 Activision must be having a good ol' laugh at the British consumer. The US version is priced at $120 which is bad enough, but the UK version would equal an enormous...
News DJ Hero More "Mainstream" Than Guitar Hero Say Activision
Yes, finally someone gets what we've been saying
Not everyone likes the music that's on Guitar Hero. In fact, we see an artist list full of the likes of ZZ Top and we actually want to murder ourselves. Thank goodness for Activision's CEO Mike Griffith who, contrary to popular belief, realises DJ Hero is a big deal. "It's certainly hitting a...
News Modern Warfare 2 In Less Recognisable Brand Shocker
Chatting to someone we know is a huge Call Of Duty fan recently, we asked if he was excited for Modern Warfare 2
The response? "Nah, more interested in Call Of Duty 6." We didn't have the heart to explain but it really does back up the topic at hand here. Gamasutra are reporting that without the "Call Of Duty" label in the name...
You have to admire Infinity Ward's honesty
When asked why they opted for just two players in Modern Warfare 2's co-op mode, spokesman Robert Bowling concluded, "Two player seemed to be the magic number for co-op. That's when it stayed really fun and intense without becoming a clusterf**k of things." Bowling also allayed fears about the...
News Capcom Aren't Dropping The Playstation Platform In A Hurry
Concerned gamers may be getting their panties in a twist over Activision's threats last week, but when asked by worried Capcom fans over the companies future with the Playstation brand, there was a resounding level of confidence from the major third-party publisher's community manager Shawn Baxter: "I dont see that happening [dropping the Playstation platform]
Monster Hunter has sold over 8.5 million on the PSP worldwide."</blockquote> Pretty much enough said then we think. Rather ironically the PS3 version of Prototype - an Activision published title - stayed in the top 5 of t...
News There Are "Many Games" Planned For Tony Hawk Skateboard Peripheral
Speaking with Videogamer
com</a>, Robomobo president Joshua Tsui has confirmed that there are a number of games planned for upcoming Tony Hawk Ride's skateboard peripheral."It's really important to us that when people buy this package that they understand that, right now we're concentrating on Tony Hawk Ride, but we want to make sure that...
News Sony Respond To Activision's Threat
Remember when Activision's Bobby Kotick said his company might ditch the Playstation platform? Well Sony have issued a canned PR statement a response regarding his comments
They really don't seem phased at all over in camp Sony:"PlayStation has tremendous momentum coming out of E3, and we are seeing positive growth with more than 350 titles...
News Activision Threaten To "Stop Supporting" The Playstation Platform
Well, here's something you don't expect to see popping up in your Twitter feed from every source under the sun on a Friday morning
Activision boss Bobby Kotick has warned Sony that his company - Activision, the third largest publisher in the world - will cease to support the Playstation platforms unless they sort out the pricing. Speaking with The...
News Call Of Duty: World At War Map Pack 2 Sells One Million Copies Over The Weekend
Have you heard? Call Of Duty is big news
Call Of Duty: World At War is ridiculously big news actually, having just sold over 1 million copies of its new premium DLC: Map Pack 2. The DLC, whcih we saw actually being advertised all over the place, spans the PS3 and XBOX Live versions of the game. It's likely the new map pack will trump the milestone...
News Don't Worry, Infinity Ward Won't Charge You To Use Multiplayer In Modern Warfare 2
Activision-Blizzard have been considering implementing a subscription service to their games
In a survery sent out to customers they asked "how likely" players would be to purchase or subsribe to a system that provides "new in-game content like map packs and betas," and "team-management services." The survey sent out a...
News Breaking News: Modern Warfare 2 Collector's Edition In The Works
Well here's a shocker to spit your cornflakes out over
Modern Warfare 2 is going to get a Collector's Edition. Surprise! A Gamestop listing confirms the package to be $80, although of course, that's subject to change. According to Joystiq (who got in touch with Infinity Ward's community manager Robert Bowling), the collector's edition is currently...
News Prototype In PS3 Is Basically Boned For The Time Being
Who was excited for Prototype? Quite a few people we daresay
Well those of you in the US may know all about having your hopes dashed, seeing as the game is essentially broken. Gamers popping in their shiny new Prototype discs are being told they don't have enough hard-drive space to install the game. Even when they do. An annoying "fix"...
News Activision Reckon Modern Warfare 2 Will Eclipse All Other Call Of Duty Games
Infinity Ward have set themselves a massive task
By creating one of the best games this generation in Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - they have to eclipse it with their sequel Modern Warfare 2. With Call Of Duty 4 selling 7,894,673,721,544,013 (note: not entirely factual) copies, and World At War bringing in a fifth of new players; Activision...
E3 2009 First Modern Warfare 2 Gameplay Footage
Doesn't seem like Infinity Ward are going to drop the ball in regards to a totally cinematic single-player experience for their upcoming Modern Warfare 2
The game was shown off during Microsoft's E3 press conference and showcased some really interesting snow locations. The player is shown peering over an arctic cliff, before subsequently climbing it...
E3 2009 Guitar Hero Coming To The PSP
If you feel like you haven't got enough Hero games to look forward to, you'll be pleased to know that Activision are bringing Guitar Hero to the PSP
An Activision investor call made mention of a PSP iteration of the rhythm game, which promises to feature "a drum component," according to Gamespot. There are no other details to speak of at...
E3 2009 Blur Burns Rubber With Gary Numan
Here's the latest trailer for Bizarre Creation's weapons based racer Blur
We thought the addition of Gary Numan was perfectly fitting. This game reminds us so much of Megarace. Remember that?
E3 2009 Activision Unveil The Guitar Hero 5 Artists
Activision have unveiled the list of artists whose music will appear on the upcoming Guitar Hero 5
There's over 80 artists on the list, 30 of which have never appeared in a music video game before. More artists will be added via DLC post release. Check out the list of artists after the jump. <em>* 3 Doors Down A Perfect Circle AFI Arctic...
E3 2009 DJ Hero Trailer & Screens Push Our Excitement Beyond Belief
There's this thing with music games
Wii Music's nursery rhymes aside, unless you like "rock" music (and all the subsequent genres attached to it) you're essentially boned. Here at PushSquare we're happy to lay claim to the fact that the closest to "rock" our library will ever extend is Fleetwood Mac and Duran Duran. So, hearing...
News Finally, A Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Worth Talking About
We've been openly disappointed with all the recent Modern Warfare 2 trailers
But this one, oh boy(!), this one is amazing. Moulding in some flashback footage from CoD4, this is probably one of the best trailers we've seen in a while. There's a lack of gameplay footage (although there is some in there) but hey, who cares, this trailer essentially...
News Here's A Picture Of Amanda Mackay Holding The DJ Hero Controller
Gametrailer's have put up this crazy promo for some ridiculously melodramatic pre-E3 show they're doing (which has new Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time footage by the way) hosted by Geoff Keighley and Rose McGowan (no we don't know why either)
Alas - the thing the promo is best for is a sneaky glimpse of secondary co-host Amanda Mackay holding...
News Guess What, Activision Have Another Modern Warfare 2 Trailer To Tease
Honestly, we're excited about Modern Warfare 2
But good grief Activision, do you have to keep building the hype to these 20 second teaser trailers. To be fair, they are touting that this one is a full trailer (thank God). If you're still letting Infinity Ward hype you to hell - the trailer will premiere this Sunday (May 24) during the NBA Eastern...
Picture the scene: you've just picked up your fancy new red Ferrari-esque sports car
You're serenely speeding down the motorway before you see a red flash in your rear view mirror. Next thing you know you're in a hospital bed with severe head injuries. That's probably what happened to the guy driving the car in this Blur trailer. We hope Bizarre...
News Bizarre Creations' Blur Looks Kinda Ridiculous
Blur is coming to the Playstation 3 from Bizarre Creation's, the developers behind the excellent Project Gotham series
The game aims to "make racing games fun" - an interesting mandate to say the least. It's going to be a weapons based racing game. It looks ridiculous. Colour us interested.
News So, Errr, Tony Hawk Ride Is Not An XBOX 360 Exclusive In The UK
Activision's PR company made a bit of a mess-up yesterday
A major mess in fact. They claimed that Tony Hawk Ride was going to be an XBOX 360 exclusive in the UK. It's not. It's coming out on Playstation 3, XBOX 360 and Wii. Let's never speak of this again.
News Deadpool Will Appear In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Deadpool, the merc with the mouth, has been confirmed to feature in Activision's upcoming Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Deadpool will be able to utilize swords, grenades, teleportation and pistols - essentially making him a one man army. Awesome.
News UK: No Tony Hawk Ride On Playstation 3 For You
The Internet erupted last week when it emerged Sony had pulled a "jerk move" over European gamers with their exclusivity of Ghostbusters in the European region
Of course it was eventually revealed that Atari no longer existed in Europe and that the game probably wasn't coming out if Sony hadn't moved quickly. Cue Microsoft pulling the plug on...
News Another Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Will Be On GameTrailers This Thursday
GameTrailers is building up a reputation for being the place to reveal your game, well, unless you decided to stick some footage in between a basket ball game earlier last week
So in Modern Warfare 2's case - GameTrailers is the place to reveal more about your game. Apparently the trailer will feature new "scenes" from the game. No doubt...
News DJ Shadow Lends The DJ Hero Team A Helping Hand, Game Includes Scratching
GameInformer are reporting that DJ Shadow, a pioneer of instrumental hip-hop, has been enlisted to help Freestyle Games with the upcoming DJ Hero
It's been announced the game will include scratching, a feature DJ Shadow believes will help the game to break open the doors of the music game. This isn't DJ Shadow's first foray into work on the...
News Shock: Guitar Hero 5 Will Have Tweaks
Like it or lump it, Guitar Hero 5 is coming
And there are a couple of new tidbits for us to talk about. Firstly is the new "Band Moments" mechanic, which provides much needed reward for band members who all manage to hit a series of notes at the same time. Hurrah! Apparently of the 85 artists available more than 25 will have never been in...
News Bloody Nora: Tony Hawk "Ride" Comes With A Skateboard Peripheral
Such is this generation's obsession with packing in ridiculous space consuming controllers for every single game that comes out (*glares at the dusty PushSquare office Wii*) it was announced last night that the upcoming Tony Hawk Ride will come with a friggin' skateboard
We'd embed the trailer but it's a bit crap. You can watch it here. Alas the...
News Call Of Duty 7 Is Already In Development (Really!)
Ah-hah another LinkedIn profile, another revelation
Although it's barely a revelation in this game. Guess what? Treyarch have a new Call Of Duty in development. We'd never have guessed. We actually thought they were going to give the series a rest for a while - especially now Infinity Ward have dropped their respective releases title to just plain...
News Modern Warfare 2 Will Feature Scuba Diving & Albert Wesker
As confirmed via an exclusive preview in British Playstation 3 magazine PSM3 - Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 is set to introduce swimming, as well as new vehicular based mission objectives
One mission will take place whilst scuba diving, another aboard a helicopter with a further objective taking place on an oil tanker. It's also confirmed that...
News Modern Warfare 2 Revealed For The First Time
Here is your very first look at Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2
The full thing? Well that gets revealed on May 24th in the Eastern Conference Finals — what they are, we haven't a clue. Hey, we're British yo!
News Andy McNamara: "Infinity Ward Went 100 Extra Miles With Modern Warfare 2"
Speaking on the latest episode of Geoff Keighley's the Bonus Round, Andy McNamara, the editor of Game Informer magazine - who have the first look at Modern Warfare 2 this month - claimed that Infinity Ward went an "extra 100 miles" with Modern Warfare 2
When prompted by Keighley if Modern Warfare was going to biggest entertainment event of the...
News The Prototype Intro Is Pretty Cool/Bloody Gross
This is the intro to the upcoming Prototype, an ostentatious open-world affair where you practically have all the powers of a small army
Needless to say it looks quite good. And this intro is no exception; it's awesome.
News Blur Aims To Do For Racing What Call Of Duty Did For Shooting
Bizarre Creations are a company with a pretty good portfolio, having worked on a number of games in the Project Gotham series over on the XBOX
They no longer work for Microsoft, and instead have a publishing deal with Activision where they intend to create a new racing series titled Blur.From a business perspective, we are targeting Blur to do for...
News DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5 & Band Hero All Hit This Fall - Only One Sounds Amazing
Oh
Well it only felt like an hour ago we were posting rumours about DJ Hero (it was under an hour ago - Ed). But now it's all official. As are Band Hero and Guitar Hero 5. Activision claim the games will "redefine the company's popular music gaming platform" and "transform the way consumers enjoy and engage with music." While we...
News If This Is The DJ Hero Controller - We're Calling "Amazing" Right Now
Oh man
If this is indeed the real, legit DJ Hero controller - damn, we might have to eat every word we've said about Guitar Hero and Rock Band. If those lousy excuses for games paved the way for this then we'll have no option but to eat humble pie and accept those products for what they are. If you take the Guitar Hero concept, replace bad music...
News New Prototype Trailer Looks At Mission Objectives
Prototype looks pretty cool, but if we're worried about anything, it's the mission variety
We're worried this game will get pretty repetitive, fast. This trailer has done little to quell our concerns, but we have to admit, all the objectives (stealth aside) look pretty fun, mainly because of the protagonist's abilities. It's going to be interesting...
News Prototype Delays Helped The Developers To Realise Their Vision
Prototype is a crazy kind of free-roaming sandbox brawler in which you elbow-drop tanks and throw cars at helicopters
Nothing in this game is understated, and it's with the help of a delay that its developers Radical Games were able to realise that accolade:"The original vision for the game was huge, perhaps a little too huge, so the extra time...
News There May Well Be A New Transformers Game That's Not Based On The Terrible Movies
We're going to say it now because we want to be absolutely clear about such matters
We really, really, really hate the Michael Bay Transformers movie. At first we were sceptical, then we were sucked in by the hype, now we hate it. We're original Transformers fans - we like our robots with personality and our human characters kept to a minimum. We...
News Activision: Modern Warfare 2 Will Be "The Biggest Selling Game Of All Time"
Infinity Ward are making a new game
You may have heard about it. It's called Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Given the success of previous games in the franchise, Activision reckon this game could be the "biggest selling video game of all time", as stated by brand manager Simon Wells. It's interesting that they should drop both the...
Embedded above is the first trailer for Infinity Ward's Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Rather swish it is too, using clever use of sound to depict a raid on, what appears to be, an airport security line. Sadly no gameplay footage or storyline details, but there is a date for your diary. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be released on November...
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Due Q4 Of 2009
Little known about CoD4 sequel Modern Warfare 2 is to be released Q4 2009 according to an earnings statement released by publisher Activision-Blizzard today
Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated releases of 2009, we'll keep you updated on Infinity Ward's futuristic war shooter as soon as we know more.
