Call of Duty: Litigation Warfare 2

 

   My pre-ordered Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for the Xbox 360 arrived yesterday. I haven't unwrapped it yet. Still feeling a bit ambivalent about jumping right back in when I feel so damn tired. I might give the single player campaign a go tonight or tomorrow, depending on how I feel. There are still a lot of clean up items left on the agenda.

  The legal wrangling between former Infinity Ward CEOs Vince Zampella and Jason West and parent company/owner Activision is going to be nasty. According to yesterday's Kotaku article on the lawsuit, Zampella and West have filed against Activision, the two fired CEOs accuse game publisher of "Orwellian moves". On to the links:

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• Joystiq: Rumor: Modern Warfare 2 DLC 'Stimulus Package' screens.
• ZergWatch: Rumor: Infinity Ward had been courting EA, other publishers.
• GameTrailers: Modern Warfare 2 Spec Ops: Armor Piercing Solo Veteran Gameplay.

    More Gaming Links:

• Blue's News: Valve Half-life for Apple teaser images.
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 review round-up: GameRant; Boomtown (PS3); GameZone (PS3); GamesRadar (PC); CheatCC; PlanetXbox; GameSpot (PC); Blast Magazine; GameSpy; Gameplanet.
• Stuff: The Battlefield/Modern Warfare feud.
• Big Download: Ubisoft DRM already cracked?
• Edge Online: Ubisoft denies DRM is cracked.
• InfoAddict via Slashdot: Ubisoft DRM cracked in one day.
• Kotaku: Ubisoft making emergency changes to PC DRM.
• GamaSutra: Bioshock ships 4 million units with sales boost from 3 million seller Bioshock 2.
• Kotaku: Red Dead Redemption delayed till May.
• GameTrailers: Metro 2033 "Ghost of the Metro" YouTube trailer.
• Joystiq: Aussie Ratings Board to discuss an R 18+ rating at April meeting.
• Kotaku: Deus Ex 3 teaser image: A Zippo. No, really.

   Non-Gaming Links:

• Slashdot: Classical music as a form of social control on loitering and misbehaving teens. Why not? Their music drives me away.
• MotherJones: Sting in hot water for private concert for Usbekistan tyrant who boiled political enemies alive.