re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

[quote=skinsfanthru&thru;789217]Black ops or call of duty 4 for me any day off the week over the completely soulless broken game known as modern warfare 2.[/quote]

Dude Black Ops sucks Modern Warfare 1 was awesome too but Modern Warfare 2 is the better game even though 1 had a bigger impact

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

COD4 is still the king of shooters. MW2 was a little too over the top for me, but at least it still plays nice and smooth like COD4. The thing I can't stand about Black Ops is the lag.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;789171]Yeah they are kinda screwy but its launch day[/quote]

You just think they would be a little better prepared given the high number of pre-orders they had. I tried to play last night with some friends and we couldn't get in at all.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

[quote=Mattyk;789234]COD4 is still the king of shooters. MW2 was a little too over the top for me, but at least it still plays nice and smooth like COD4. The thing I can't stand about Black Ops is the lag.[/quote]
I have been trying to to get into COD Black Ops and it is just not happening, it is a OK game but it was no where near as much fun as MW2 or Halo Reach. I think I am going to sell it here soon.

I guess the lag is a problem becasue I keep getting it as well, frustrating. Is it to many folks playing?

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

[quote=mredskins;789252]I have been trying to to get into COD Black Ops and it is just not happening, it is a OK game but it was no where near as much fun as MW2 or Halo Reach. I think I am going to sell it here soon.

I guess the lag is a problem becasue I keep getting it as well, frustrating. Is it to many folks playing?[/quote]

COD4 and MW2 never had these lag issues. Seems to be a Treyarch issue to me.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

[quote=Mattyk;789255]COD4 and MW2 never had these lag issues. Seems to be a Treyarch issue to me.[/quote]


Did infinity ward make both COD4 and MW2?

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

[quote=mredskins;789257]Did infinity ward make both COD4 and MW2?[/quote]

Yeah

Treyarch did World at War and Black Ops.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

i am not buying another until IW is making one.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

[quote=mredskins;789259]i am not buying another until IW is making one.[/quote]

The next COD is being developed by IW, but with all the drama they had with Activision they lost a lot of key talent. So who knows if the next game will maintain the same level of quality.


[quote]
Dismissal of senior employees

On March 1, 2010, Activision amended its report with the [URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/wiki/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission"][COLOR=#0000ff]Securities and Exchange Commission[/COLOR][/URL] to add notification that two senior employees of Infinity Ward were being fired due to "breaches of contract and insubordination". This coincided with Jason West (Infinity Ward president, game director, co-[URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/wiki/CCO"][COLOR=#0000ff]CCO[/COLOR][/URL], and [URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/wiki/Chief_technology_officer"][COLOR=#0000ff]CTO[/COLOR][/URL]) and Vince Zampella ([URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/wiki/CEO"][COLOR=#0000ff]CEO[/COLOR][/URL] and co-founder of Infinity Ward) editing their profiles on the website [URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/wiki/LinkedIn"][COLOR=#0000ff]LinkedIn[/COLOR][/URL] to list Infinity Ward as a former employer as of March 2010. Reportedly, a meeting between Zampella, West, and Activision staff occurred on March 1, after which neither Zampella nor West were seen; this was followed by the arrival of security guards at the studio.[URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/#cite_note-26"][COLOR=#0000ff][27][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/#cite_note-Scandal-27"][COLOR=#0000ff][28][/COLOR][/URL] It was later confirmed by Activision that West and Zampella had been dismissed, and had been replaced on an interim basis by [URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/wiki/Activision"][COLOR=#0000ff]Activision[/COLOR][/URL] CTO Steve Pearce and head of production Steve Ackrich.[URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/#cite_note-28"][COLOR=#0000ff][29][/COLOR][/URL]

Activision CEO [URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/wiki/Robert_Kotick"][COLOR=#0000ff]Bobby Kotick[/COLOR][/URL] addressed Infinity Ward studio heads on March 2, 2010 about Zampella and West's dismissal. A second meeting was held with all of Infinity Ward's employees on hand. The outcomes of those meetings are currently unknown,[URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/#cite_note-IW_v._Activision-29"][COLOR=#0000ff][30][/COLOR][/URL] but Activision has explained that Infinity Ward is still "central" to the future of the [I]Call of Duty[/I] franchise. Activision has created a new studio, Sledgehammer Games, to create an "[URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/wiki/Action-adventure_game"][COLOR=#0000ff]action-adventure[/COLOR][/URL]" installment of the [I]Call of Duty[/I] franchise. As of March 3, 2010, Activision maintains that Infinity Ward is still the central pillar of their [I]Call of Duty[/I] franchise and this new studio is merely an extension of the franchise.[URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/#cite_note-30"][COLOR=#0000ff][31][/COLOR][/URL]

[B][SIZE=2]Further departures[/SIZE][/B]

Following West and Zampella's firings, nearly half of the remaining Infinity Ward employees resigned. Throughout April and May 2010, 46 employees, among the lead designers and programmers who worked on [I]Modern Warfare 2[/I], abruptly left Infinity Ward. All have so far declined to comment on their reasons for leaving.

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Ward"]Infinity Ward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL]
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re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

^ great. I notice you were playing MW2 last night, I almost switched over from Black Ops.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

Yeah I'm kinda fed up with Black Ops right now. I've been playing more COD4 and MW2 lately.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

i need to focus on dead space one I have it on PS3, which is on my up stairs TV which is normally over run with kid's cartoons or wife shows.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

I haven't played COD4 in a while, but MW2 is good too. Been going back to that recently as well. For me it just depends who is online. Some of my friends prefer one over the other.

I just keep playing one until I get tired of it.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

Basically COD4 or MW2>BO. However, another reason BO can be a guilty pleasure for me is it is so damn easy! My KD is over 2 in BO and around 1.2 or 1.5 ish in MW2 and COD4.

re: New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)
 

[quote=hooskins;789273]Basically COD4 or MW2>BO. However, another reason BO can be a guilty pleasure for me is it is so damn easy! My KD is over 2 in BO and around 1.2 or 1.5 ish in MW2 and COD4.[/quote]


What gun are you using in BO? I am seriously struggling in that game but I did just start and really don't know the maps. I think I am level 13.