Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 30 April 2010

    Well, the anticipation is both over and beginning. So much for waiting for the announcement on Spike TV. ;) As you can see from the CoD links below, the next Call of Duty game will be Call of Duty: Black Ops, produced by Treyarch studios. The featured vid today is a neat FFA game/guide for Afghan. DirkTheDevil uses a edge-of-the-map circuit technique to baffle the newbs on PSNet. Second up is a spiffy Top 5 plays of the week compiled by wunderkind ThatGuyWhoCamps. Third up is a quick and nifty knife toss montage by xFLxProductionsx. On to the CoD links:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops website live. Release date is 9 November 2010. Blog announcement from Treyarch is here.
• VentureBeat: Treyarch predicted to announce Call of Duty VietNam. But they were wrong:

 

• BASHandSlash: Live bashcast tonight to coincide with anticlimactic CoD 7 Call of Duty: Black Ops reveal.
• GamaSutra: Analysis: How Does The Infinity Ward Fiasco Affect Call Of Duty?
• GamaSutra: Analyst: 'Well Along' Bungie Title Won't Devalue Call Of Duty Brand. Also, Modern Warfare DLC could see 10 million downloads.
• GamesIndustry.biz (Registration required): Analyst: Media uproar over Infinity Ward wrangling 'overdone'. I dunno. If 30 per cent of any company which just made $500 million US quit or got fired, it would be headline news. Just sayin'.

Featured MW2 YouTube Video
DirkTheDevil - Afghan - Free For All (AK47) w/ Commentary

Uploaded 28 April 2010 on UnderratedGamer

Yours, Mine and Ours Top 5 Plays: Week 5 MW2 Snipers

Uploaded 28 April 2010 by ThatGuyWhoCamps

Modern Warfare 2 --- Cool throwing knife kills

Uploaded 29 April 2010 on xFLxProductionsx

    More Gaming Links:

• GamaSutra: Bungie and Activision sign 10 year partnership deal.
• GameInformer: Bungie: Another Halo game 'doesn't fit with our plans'.
• DevelopOnline: Bungie: Infinity Ward row didn't concern us. (Source: BASHandSlash)
• Edge Online: Interview: Bungie's Brian Jarrard on the Activision deal.
• Joystiq: Interview: Bungie discusses Activision, its 'new universe,' and what happens to Reach.
• UGO: The future of Bungie and its new IP.
• ShackNews: Halo: Reach beta impressions.
• GameTrailers: Halo: Reach beta SWAT gameplay. Plus, new weapons trailer; more multiplayer gameplay: Stockpile; Overlook; Oddball; Headhunter. And if you haven't gotten the dope on the new Reach weapons, GameTrailers has a vid here.
• 1Up Video: Hitler reacts to the Bungie-Activision deal:

Halo: Reach beta gameplay by Hutch

Uploaded 29 April 2010 on MachinimaRespawn

Halo Reach Beta: Elite Slayer match by The Dead Pixel!

Uploaded 29 April 2010 on MachinimaRespawn

Tejb's First Look! (Halo Reach Beta Gameplay Preview)

Uploaded 29 April 2010 on MachinimaRespawn
  

• EdgeOnline: Steam arrives on the Mac May 12th.
• The Dead Space 2 website has gone live. (Thanks, 75design!)
• Time: Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade make the Time 100.
• Destructoid: Team Fortress 2 statues are on the way.
• IGN: Daily Fix for 29 April 2010 with the luscious Jessica Chobot. YouTube version embedded below:

Uploaded 29 April 2010 on IGNEntertainment

Does Jessica Chobot eat healthy?

 Yes, she does.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• FLickr: Earth seen from Mars.
• ABC Australia: NASA's space balloon smashes car in Oz, misses spectators.
• Kotaku: Roger Ebert uses his powers for good.
• CNN: Kure Beach, NC bans thongs on its beaches.
  

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