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Xbox Live Top 10: Nazi zombies run amok
Guys, do you ever play anything aside from four games? Major Nelson reports that last week's Xbox Live activity was very much the same as the week before ... and the week before that. Taking top spot was none other than Call of Duty: World at War, followed by usual suspects Halo 3, Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War 2. Madden 10 took last place, which isn't much of a surprise considering it released on Friday. Come next week, we're sure you'll be hearing more about that one.On the XBLA side, it was all about Trials HD, as the title earned top honors. Turtles in Time Re-Shelled managed to shell shock the competition by taking second and DICE's Battlefield 1943 continues its sad story of decline, falling to third. Well, okay -- maybe it's not a sad story, per se.
Joyswag: Call of Duty: World at War DLC Map Pack 3 (360/PS3)
If you're already a follower of our Twitter account, you'd know that we're giving away a boatload of codes for Call of Duty: World at War DLC Map Pack 3 on both 360 and PS3. We're going to be doing more throughout the day and next time we do a similar offering, we may not even warn you with a post on the site, so you'll probably want to start following our Twitter feed.Heck, we may even give away a copy of Trials HD today. Who knows? Also, you might want to become a fan of ours on Facebook. Just sayin'.
World at War event calls community to duty this Saturday, Aug 8
Treyarch Community Manager Josh Olin has a post up on the PlayStation Blog announcing a "Game with Developers" event for CoD: World at War this weekend. The battle goes down this Saturday, August 8 from 1-5PM, in celebration of the game's third map pack. To join in the festivities, add one (or all) of the PSN IDs to your friends list that we've listed after the break. Happy hunting! %Gallery-69475%
Third Call of Duty: World at War map DLC hits tomorrow, screens and video hit today
After announcing late last month that Call of Duty: World at War would receive a third DLC map pack, the week has finally arrived for those of you patiently waiting. As if to bait your thirst all the more, Activision has handed over a new trailer and a handful of screens of the content in question -- "Battery," "Breach," "Revolution," and new zombie map "Der Riese." More importantly, we'd like to point out that the game's developer, Treyarch, has finally gone all the way off the deep end and thrown in teleporters. Between the Nazi zombies and now this, we're getting all verklempt for the old days with Wolfenstein. What fun we had! Anyway, if this is your kind of thing, get your 800 ($10) and $9.99 ready to go for when the pack digitally arrives on XBLM and PSN (respectively) tomorrow.%Gallery-69475%
Xbox Live Top 10: There can be only 1 (17)
Major Nelson's latest battle report comes as a bit of a surprise as Halo 3 was the most-played retail game of last week. With all of the new Gears of War 2 content, we were sure that game would be at the top, but Epic's title only managed to claw its way to fourth place yet again. It was bested by the usual double dose of Call of Duty action in Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty: World at War.On the XBLA side, the frenetic tag-based combat of Marvel vs Capcom 2 was too much for the competition. Capcom's brawler enjoyed top placement, finally bumping down Battlefield 1943 to second place. Coming in at third was none other than 'Splosion Man, Twisted Pixel's excellent follow-up to previous Arcade hit, The Maw.
Call of Duty: World at War 'Map Pack 3' hits Aug. 6, iPhone app out now
The third downloadable map pack for Call of Duty: World at War -- titled, oddly enough, "Map Pack 3" -- will deploy on Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network this Thursday, August 6. It'll run 800 ($10) and $9.99, respectively. It's bringing three new maps on which to make your friends (virtually) dead, along with more undead.In other CoD news, Activision has launched the free Call of Duty: World at War Companion app for iPhone [App Store link]. With it, players who've linked their gamertags / PSN IDs to the CoD: WaW site can browse detailed stats, realtime leaderboards and compare their performance against friends. We also imagine it'd make a great first date icebreaker.[Thanks, eXHausT II!]Source -- Map Pack, August 6th! Source -- CoD:WaW Companion iPhone Application
Zombies run amok in Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 trailer
If thrashing guitars, zombies and Call of Duty: World at War are all things you enjoy, we have a treat for you! The above trailer for Map Pack 3, a new set of maps featuring three locales for multiplayer and one zombie-specific map, incorporates all of these things while highlighting the exploits of a group of Russian soldiers fighting off hordes of the undead. If you've enlisted for duty in all of the previous map packs (a very real possibility), then you'll probably be foaming at the mouth for this new bit of DLC while watching. Just, uh, check and see if you have glowing eyes. You may just be a zombie yourself.
Xbox Live Top 10: 1 vs. 100 joins the fray
Sure, we could sit up here and do our usual Xbox Live Top 10 thing: Major Nelson posted the Xbox Live activity for last week. Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Call of Duty: World at War and Gears of War 2 were winners, and XBLA's most-played game was Battlefield 1943. All is as we expect with the world. However, we feel the Xbox Live Top 10 has a much more notable characteristic this week: 1 vs. 100! Major confirms that Xbox Live's game show will now be incorporated into the weekly lists. We're anxious to see if it will perform better in the future -- not that seventh place is a bad debut.
Third Call of Duty: World at War map pack coming in August
Call of Duty fans' heads are likely still swimming with the thought that they might own night vision goggles by year's end, but Activision's still cranking out Call of Duty: World at War DLC for fans living in the here and now. August will mark the release of the third map pack for the game, the company announced today.As with the second map pack, the three new maps ("Battery," "Revolution," and "Breach") have been developed in conjunction with Certain Affinity, the team of former Bungie guys behind Age of Booty. There's also a new zombie map, "Der Riese," provided for your brain-blasting pleasure.
Call of Duty: World at War PC patch 1.5 arrives tomorrow
Downloadable content sure seems to move along a lot faster without all that pesky "certification" getting in the way, huh? It seems like only yesterday that we heard about patch 1.5 for the PC version of Call of Duty: World at War -- an update that would bring along the Map Pack 2 DLC that console-based Duty-answerers had to pay for a few months ago. We just heard word from Treyarch, who explained the update will go live tomorrow. But at what time tomorrow? We may never know. (Okay, fine -- we'll probably know tomorrow.)A full list of changes coming in the patch is after the jump.
Next World at War PC patch adds Map Pack 2
If your devout WASDing-and-mousing ways have turned you into a frequent player of Call of Duty: World at War on the PC, you'll be pleased to know that Treyarch hasn't forgotten about you. The oft-downloaded Map Pack 2 that hit Xbox 360 and PS3 last month will be making its way to PCs in World at War's next update, Patch 1.5.According to Treyarch community manager J.D. (a.k.a. JD_2020 on the Treyarch forums), the patch is "in test right now, and is looking great." For those of you who remained spitefully out of the loop on the map bundle, it includes three standard levels -- Bonsai, Corrosion and Sub Pens -- and a swampy, undead-plagued stage called "Shi No Numa," which we believe is Japanese for "Oh crap, Zombies." [Via Evil Avatar]
Xbox Live Top 10: Halo, can anyone hear me?
Xbox Live sure can, Master Chief, as your game Halo 3 was once again the most played title on Xbox Live. For the week ending June 29, many gamers took to the floating rings in space for some first-person combat, knocking down the duo of Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty 4 to second and third place, respectively. The rest of the list posted by Major Nelson is pretty run-of-the-mill, save for what came in last place: Rock Band 2. We can't remember the last time Rock Band 2 populated this list. So, good for you, little game-that-could! On the XBLA side, it's all about the Worms 2. Explosive sheep were quite the draw, as the sequel to Team17's fragfest managed to beat out another popular XBLA title, Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalker. We guess Magic: The Gathering is all tapped out. Get it? Hello? Where are you going?
Xbox Live Top 10: The Chief is back
And the mighty Xbox Live tug-of-war continues this week as Major Nelson reports that Halo 3 has once again wrangled the top spot from Call of Duty: World at War. We'd like to say there were some other -- more interesting -- changes this week, but the rest of the list remains almost completely unchanged. The only other difference is that Fallout 3 replaced Prototype at ninth place, knocking the latter to tenth.Don't worry, though, we've got a new Halo game and a new Call of Duty game on the way in just a few months. Then we can at least see different iterations of the same series occupying the top two slots. That's something to look forward to, right?[Image: Pwn or Die]
Xbox Live Top 10: World remains at war
Dearest Lorraine,Microsoft's Major Nelson has brought us another annual status report on enemy movements throughout Xbox Live, and it's not pretty. Conflict has surrounded us, as the enemy, Call of Duty: World at War, has spread like wildfire, becoming the most-played game last week. We tried to flank it with our platoons of Halo 3 and Gears of War 2, but, alas, the enemy had reinforcements in Call of Duty 4. Hope has diminished, and one only needs walk by the injured tent to feel the full force of the enemy's cruelty.Lorraine, I know not if I will return home. I have managed to live longer than most, but, I feel there's that one bullet out there with my name on it, relentlessly pursuing its new home. Please, take care of my Gamertag when I am gone (I think my Gold subscription ends next month, so look into that), and be sure to earn as many Achievements for me as you can. I suggest you start with Avatar: The Last Airbender.Yours Truly,Gus
Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 sells one million first weekend
Activision has announced that Call of Duty: World at War's second DLC offering has deployed over one million downloads in its first weekend of battle, selling as much in two days as the first DLC pack sold in a week. The one million figure spans both PSN and Xbox Live from June 11 to June 14, and suggests the second DLC offering will easily trump the two million milestone of the first DLC pack. Who's taking bets?
Over 11 million enlisted in Call of Duty: World at War
Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War has been quite the retail success for Activision, as Edge has revealed the game has sold a ridiculous 11 million copies across all platforms. And Activision is mighty proud, as the company's strategy of alternating development on the franchise has paid off. Add the success of the game's DLC, and you've got yourself one nice money-printing machine.
The Great Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 Code Hunt [update]
Yeah, we're still work-shopping the name. Anyway, Activision sent a bunch over for the 360, and we thought we'd pass them along to you, our trusted friends. So here's the deal: We've got seven codes, and we've hidden them in other Call of Duty-related posts from the past (just to make things interesting). If you find one and use it, let us know in the comments (and give us the number, if you don't mind). We've got seven to give away, so hopefully everyone will get a shot.So, what are you waiting for? Get clicking! We'll make the first one easy![Update: OK gang, it looks like all of them were found. Congrats to those who got all up on it.]
Call of Duty: World at War map pack 2 coming tomorrow
After its stellar E3 demonstration, it's had for us to find room in our heart that's not being occupied by Modern Warfare 2. But those of your with bigger hearts than ours (yeah, that's most of you) will be able to welcome a second chunk of DLC for Call of Duty: World at War into your home tomorrow.For $9.99, you'll get Banzai, Corrosion, Sub Pens and a new zombie battling map, Shi No Numa. If you still haven't made your purchasing decision, you can see a trailer for the pack after the break..[Thanks, Krishna!]
Call of Duty: World at War is $25 on Steam through May 18
Valve's Steam store continues its trend of weekend deals steals, offering the PC version of Call of Duty: World at War for half-price from today until the final minutes of Sunday, May 17. Regularly priced for download at $49.99, the game -- which includes the recently released Map Pack 1 -- is bargain hunter bait at $24.99. Activision's WWII-era FPS joins the cuddlier likes of Telltale Games' Strongbad and Sam & Max series, which are also 50% off until the 18th.
Watch footage of the next World at War DLC ... right now!
It's eight minutes footage of next month's Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2! Alright, alright, it's not the entire map pack, but it does feature the Russian trainyard themed, "Corrosion," as well as "Sub Pens," a map based in a submarine pen. Sure, we'd love to see video of the purported "hell hounds" coming to "Shi No Numa," the Nazi zombie infested part of the DLC, but wouldn't everyone? We're just going to have to wait until some more video hits the webs from WaW developer, Treyarch. For the whole schebang, hit the break and have a ball!Update: The YouTube video after the break has been replaced by a couple of GameSpy videos. Check out all their Map Pack 2 videos right here.[Thanks, John H.!]
