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May 2 2013 09:06 AM ET

The next 'Call of Duty' videogame will be titled...

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Activision is trading Modern Warfare for Ghosts.

The video game publisher announced Wednesday that the next installment in its successful Call of Duty franchise will be titled Call of Duty: Ghosts and feature a new story and characters.

Activision Blizzard Inc. said Ghosts will be released Nov. 5 for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and next-generation consoles.

The game is being developed by Infinity Ward, the Encino, Calif., studio that created the original Call of Duty and reignited the military first-person shooter franchise with 2007′s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and its two sequels. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 6 2012 01:43 PM ET

'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' tops $1 billion in 15 days

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The newest installment in Activision’s hugely popular Call of Duty series, Black Ops II, has grossed $1 billion in just 15 days, making it the fastest-selling video game of all time.

The previous record-holder, 2011′s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, reached $1 billion in 16 days. Activision would also like to point out that Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time, took 17 days make as much.

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Nov 16 2012 05:47 PM ET

'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' review: A surprisingly refreshing return to the front-lines

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The Call of Duty series’ single-player campaigns have always served as appetizers to the multi-player main course. Packed with set pieces and scripted events that could make Bruckheimer blush, they  provide a few hours of forgettable thrills before fans jump online to frag their friends in the face. While the latest installment in the juggernaut franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, could have followed this same formula, collected a big fat paycheck, and called it a day, its developers at Treyarch have done something unexpected: They changed Call of Duty.

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Oct 30 2012 08:30 AM ET

Robert Downey Jr. appears in Guy Ritchie-directed ad for 'Call of Duty,' obviously -- VIDEO

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The last time a Call of Duty game was unleashed upon the populace, it was accompanied with a more-is-more ad campaign starring Sam Worthington and Jonah Hill – because when you sell a quadbrillion units in a single day, you can pretty much get anyone you want to star in your TV spots.

Now the next Call of Duty is upon us, this one subtitled Black Ops II and set in a world of near-future weaponry and beautifully rendered rubble. Naturally, the fine folks at Activision knew they had to continue inflating the stakes not just with their game, but with its promotional materials. So they hired Guy Ritchie to direct their newest advertisement, and landed his Sherlock Holmes star Robert Downey Jr. to appear in a done-in-an-hour cameo. It is, naturally, kinda awesome, in a supermodel-tossing-grenades-on-horseback kind of way. Check it out below:  READ FULL STORY »

Jun 6 2012 02:16 PM ET

E3 Snap Judgment: 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2'

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The Game: You’ve heard of Call of Duty? Powerhouse videogame franchise? Burgeoning national pastime? Excuse for foulmouthed 12-year-olds and a significant number of men to spend hours screaming at a TV screen? Right, so take that and add robots. (Available on Nov. 30 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC)

What We Saw: First, we saw a level from the Black Ops 2 campaign, set in 2025 in the midst of an invasion of Los Angeles. As the level begins, you are inside a car with the president of the United States, then you proceed down a collapsing freeway into an urban war zone. Inevitably you wind up flying a plane. READ FULL STORY »

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