Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 22 June 2010

Featured Modern Warfare 2 Video
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Uploaded 18 June 2010 on Machinima

    Call of Duty Links:

• Activision shows off Call of Duty: Black Ops (and Goldeneye) for Wii.
• Modern Warfare 2 getting new playlists:

Barebones Pro:

Play Team Deathmatch and Free-for-All. All Killstreak rewards are disabled.

Players: 4-8

*Xbox LIVE Party Chat allowed

Objective Barebones Pro:

Play Domination, Demolition, HQ Pro, and Capture the Flag. All Killstreaks rewards are disabled.

Players: 8-12

*Xbox LIVE Party Chat allowed.

• Activision wants to improve its image. You're doing it wrong quote: “Whenever you become no.1 in any industry, you automatically get a target painted on your back. You've got to be able to live with that."
• Kotick: 70% of Activision operating profit from 'non-console' games. Translation: World of Warcraft subscriptions make a buttload of money, and we want that lucre from Call of Duty now.

Do silencers reduce recoil in MW2

Uploaded 19 June 2010 by PixelEnemy

    More Gaming Links:

2old2play.com Halo Reach Firefight Footage E3 2010 Behind Closed Doors

Uploaded 18 June 2010 by killthrash

• Medal of Honor E3 hands on previews: The Sixth Axis; USA Today; Shacknews.
• EA: Call of Duty influenced Medal of Honor. No kidding.
• Red Dead Redemption continues Xbox Live lead.
• San Jose Mercury News Homefront preview.
• Homefront trailer shows the softer side of insurrection. Wolverines!
• Microsoft explains why Kinect doesn't do Halo, Gears of War. Real reason? Input lag. This Kotaku vid of the Jimmy Fallon live Kinect demo shows oodles of input lag that would be unacceptable in any FPS game.
• Joystiq's Best of Big Download 14-20 June 2010.
• The Red Dot of Death: Xbox Slim already overheating. A Kotaku video of the screwed up graphics from an overheat condition is embedded below.

Xbox 360 Slim Overheating

Uploaded 19 June by Halokillzone23
 

• Let's talk about the FPS tropes you hate. How 'bout complainers?

The Ultimate Haptic Controller

And I know where the turbo button is, too.
 

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Best design tool for creating complete websites.
• Women's hemlines shorter than ever at Wimbledon. With suitably gam-exposing pics of Stefanie Voegele and Maria Kirilenko.

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