Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 7 March 2010

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    Not much news on the Infinity Ward legal battle with Activision. Robert "fourzerotwo" Bowling, IW's community manager, hasn't tweeted since March 2nd, and his previous tweets express some understandable frustration at everyone banging away at his Twitter account seeking info. On to the links:

IGN Unsolved Mysteries

Featured MW2 YouTube Video

MachinimaRespawn 10 Lucky Knife Throws

    This next vid has some excellent gameplay. The commentary isn't game-specific; the player comments about the randomness of the spawns keeping players from reaching their potential. (Welcome to the Call of Duty franchise, mate!) Still, some great gameplay, with a Chopper Gunner massacre worth watching.

PyroPuncher GroundWar, Scrapyard, ACR, 30-3

• GameInformer: Activision versus Infinity Ward round-up.
• Play.Tm: What next for the Call of Duty series?
• USAToday: Analysis: The future of Call of Duty.
• MMONews: Call of Duty MMO: How it could work.

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    More Gaming Links:

• BASHandSlash: More on BC2 PC connectivity issues.
• Ars Technica: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 review by Ben "Opposable Thumbs" Kuchera.
• More BC2 reviews: GamePro; CinemaBlend; Stars and Stripes; Mainichi Daily News; Chronicle-Herald (CA).
• Voodoo Extreme: IGN UK review biased against BC2? Looks that way to me.
• Fragland: Bad Company 2 PC issues still not completely fixed.
• 1Up: Bad Company 2 Players reporting lost stats.
• Shacknews: Portal 2 official announcement.
• GameInformer: Portal 2 April cover story.
• Co-Optimus: Portal 2 reveal is co-op friendly. Similar story on MaximumPC.
• GameTrailers: PopBlock (Halo: Reach multiplayer trailer analysis).
• Destructoid: Vanquish won't have multiplayer.
• Joystiq: Raven's Manveer Heir urges industry to address ethnic misrepresentation.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• NeoSeeker: Microsoft "betting the company" on cloud computing.
• Yanko Designs via Digg: The real guitar video game.
• Green Bay Press-Gazette: Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo black bear bites off woman's fingers. Reportedly, alcohol was a factor. No kidding.

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