Leaked video game footage shows terrorist attack
(AP) -- Footage leaked from "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" reveals that players of the upcoming video game can shoot innocent civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack.
View ArticleEager gamers line up for 'Modern Warfare 2'
(AP) -- Ryan Norwalk has cleared his schedule. The 26-year-old California State University student plans to spend Tuesday gunning down foes in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the highly anticipated...
View ArticleActivision countersues 'Modern Warfare' execs
(AP) -- Two former studio heads overseeing last year's blockbuster video game "Modern Warfare 2" were fired for insubordination and trying to poach key employees from Activision, the gaming giant...
View ArticleActivision in legal battle with game developers
Activision has a fight on its hands as developers behind "Modern Warfare" accuse the videogame publisher of holding them "hostage" to complete a new installment of the blockbuster franchise.
View ArticleFans set sights on first 'Call of Duty' convention
(AP) -- The inaugural "Call of Duty XP" convention more closely resembled Disneyland than an actual battleground as the two-day event celebrating the shoot-'em-up video game franchise took flight...
View ArticleA bumpy road to 'Modern Warfare 3'
(AP) -- Behind a pair of nondescript black doors on the second floor of an angular office building along an unremarkable stretch of Ventura Boulevard is the headquarters for "Call of Duty: Modern...
View Article'Call of Duty' sets five-day sales record: publisher
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" raked in $775 million worldwide in its first five days, blowing away the record set by last year's release, publisher Activision said Thursday.
View ArticleOnline museum launches on 20th anniversary of Sarajevo siege
A "virtual museum" depicting the deadly siege of Sarajevo, the longest in the history of modern warfare, is due to be launched Thursday, organisers said.
View ArticleActivision, EA settle lawsuit over execs' leaving
(AP) -- The legal battle between gaming giants Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. is over, with the companies announcing they have settled a case that accused EA of improperly recruiting...
View ArticleTruce in Activision legal war with 'Call of Duty' makers
Activision Blizzard on Thursday announced a settlement in a legal war that began two years ago with developers behind the blockbuster "Call of Duty" videogame franchise.
View Article'Call of Duty' blockbuster returns with 'Black Ops 2'
The blockbuster video game franchise "Call of Duty" returns on Tuesday with a futuristic new instalment in which shadowy activists use social networks to threaten the United States.
View ArticleReview: Choices lift latest 'Call of Duty'
You've always had to play the good soldier in "Call of Duty" games: The only path to the end was to follow orders, from defending a key position to killing off certain enemies.
View ArticlePentagon creates new medal for cyber, drone warriors
The Pentagon unveiled a new medal on Wednesday to honor "extraordinary" troops who launch cyber attacks or drone strikes from their consoles, even if they do not risk their lives in combat.
View ArticleTraining soldiers to disobey 'illegal' orders
The military should be cautiously training soldiers to disobey unlawful superior's orders as a way of legally protecting them against a criminal conviction, according to QUT legal expert Dr Carmel...
View ArticleRealistic war games have collateral damage of their own
The Red Cross has called for makers of videogames to more actively embed and interrogate the laws of war by, for example, punishing players for killing civilians or using torture to gain information....
View ArticleWhat Call of Duty can tell us about US foreign policy
The latest instalment of wildly popular videogame Call of Duty, Advanced Warfare, shows the narratives of today's games can reveal the motives behind real-world politics.
View ArticleFeds say third guilty plea entered in computer hacking case
Federal prosecutors have obtained a third guilty plea involving an international hacking ring that gained access to a U.S. Army computer network while targeting computer giant Microsoft and several...
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