Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 26 April 2010

 The Respawn Entertainment front page - no shit.

 

    More employees have bailed on Infinity Ward bringing the total exodus to 18, as linked below. Meanwhile PCGamerUK has updated the credit scroll from Modern Warfare 2 with strikeouts to identify the ones who've gone on to pursue other career opportunities. You know what would be uber-cool? To see former Infinity Ward president Grant Collier, who has been seen only on milk cartons since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare came out, land over at Respawn Entertainment along with almost 20% of his former co-workers. As you can see from the above snapshot of the Respawn Homepage, they've made their intentions clear: They're hiring. On to the links:

Who's left at Infinity Ward now?

• BASHandSlash: CoD's biggest hurdle? FTA: "But sadly, IW has not appeared to have taken any action to persuade the community that they actually are listening. Consider that,
  
  
  

  • IW has been unwilling to address the drawbacks of IW.net, such as its unacceptable lagginess.
  • IW has been unwilling to discuss, even limited dedicated server capability.
  • IW has been unwilling to address online issues like the shear chaotic randomness of the game. All suggestions, whether they were to nerf the international-house-of-douchedom kits, or to limit the rain of death caused by the non-player-controlled choppers, to name only a few have fallen on deaf ears."

• Gaming Union: Why the future is bright at Infinity Ward. Or maybe not... See below.
• Play.Tm: Steinberg fears for Infinity Wards' creative freedom.
• MCV UK: Infinity Ward now has lost 18 employees. 

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• Geoff Keighley via Twitter: Halo: Reach Noble Team website launched: Welcome to Noble Team. "Augmentation begins April 28, 2010."
• EuroGamer: Halo: Reach beta gameplay analysis.
• Co-Optimus: Halo 3: ODST Drops to $29.99 in Anticipation of Halo Reach Beta.
• Destructoid: Microsoft expects Halo: Reach beta to boost Halo 3: ODST sales.
• Kotaku: Behind the scenes: Bungie's Lobby.

GiantBomb Ask Me Anything: Halo: Reach beta

 Note: Video has 35 mins of gameplay/commentary

• CVG: UK Sales charts: Splinter Cell: Conviction tops, MW2 slips a bit more. FTA:

01. Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
02. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
03. GTA: Episodes From Liberty City (Take-Two)
04. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
05. Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom)
06. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA)
07. Wii Sport Resort (Nintendo)
08. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)
09. Just Cause 2 (Square Enix)
10. Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)

• Joystiq: Best of Big Download for 19-25 April 2010.
• Left 4 Dead 2 "The Passing" DLC reviews: GameInformer; NeoSeeker; IGN video review.
• GamePro: Kane and Lynch 2 hands on.
• GamaSutra op-ed: Be wary of the innovation bandwagon.
• Kotaku: Jerry Bruckheimer tells us what gaming will be like in 10 years. I'll be trying to prestige in Modern Warfare 7 and getting unlocks on the Phased Plasma rifle in the 40 watt range while anxiously awaiting the release of MW8: The Uranus Campaign.
• Kotaku: A compendium of lame excuses for being banned on Xbox Live.
• Funny or Die via Joystiq: Seinfeld Rock Band.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• PC World: Microsoft execs: We and users win with the cloud.
• AfterDawn: SEC members stiffened as market went flaccid.
• UGO: Ghost Rider 2? Maybe without Nicholas Cage.