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I reviewed the first and second batches of Elite Drops over the last few months. Activision recently released new maps to Xbox Live. In the midst of the release of new maps to Xbox Live, Activision released Sanctuary, and Foundation to PlayStation Network for PS3 owners with a Call of Duty Elite subscription. I recently [...]

I reviewed the first batch of Elite Drops recently, as Activision continues the MW3 Content Season this year. In February, only one map was released and it’s called Overwatch. In March, three maps were released. Black Box was the only multiplayer map, and they bundled two Spec Ops missions with this drop; Black Ice, and [...]

Devil May Cry has been a subject of controversy for quite a while. Even I shared my own displeasure with the reboot of Devil May Cry. Many people did not like the idea of Dante being portrayed as this crack addict, but the developers Ninja Theory intended to portray Dante as a beaten character. He [...]

Modern Warfare 3 was released on November 8th, 2011 with record shattering numbers. Just a week after release, Activision reports that MW3 made the company 775 million dollars at retail. Actisvision created Beachhead Studios to create Call of Duty Elite, a social network for Call of Duty fans, which also doubles as a digital distribution [...]

Electronic Arts is well intent on overtaking Activision’s streak of record-breaking day-one sales at retail. Recently, Modern Warfare 3 was released and went on to matching box-office numbers. Call of Duty: MW3 matched Star Wars’ 775 million dollars in box-office record. [MW3Blog article] Electronic Arts sold about 10 million units of Battlefield 3 by the [...]

Gearbox Software has been developing high quality games for a decade now. They successfully ported Half Life to other consoles, created expansions to Half Life. They continued to create quality games like Counter-Strike, and most famously, Half-Life 2. In 2009, Gearbox Software released their new Intellectual Property called Borderlands, and has gone to become one [...]

Resident Evil has been through 5 continuous iterations. All of these Resident Evil spin-off games, all of these Resident Evil novels, and Resident Evil movies show various perspectives of Resident Evil. I think it’s safe to say that we’ve seen it all. Until now. Resident Evil has reached the world’s population, but the one subject [...]

Rainbow Six: Patriots was revealed under unorthodox means of getting the word out about the game’s existence. Normally, major video game companies like UbiSoft reserve these reveals for huge gaming events. Not Patriots, the word went out via word of mouth. So one day an employee was trying to show off the vision for the [...]

I recently purchased Batman: Arkham City, the award-winning sequel to Arkham Asylum. I have been playing it for quite some time. I beat it once without the Catwoman, or Robin downloadable content that comes with each copy of Arkham City. Then I went and downloaded Catwoman, and Robin to see how well the implementation works. [...]

Electronic Arts is one of the world’s largest video game publishers next to Activision. Right now, EA is taking aim at Activision’s Call of Duty with Battlefield 3. [Read all about it here] EA has been home to some high quality games. From Road Rash, to Medal of Honor, to Mirror’s Edge, Electronic Arts has [...]