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Japan's Sales Charts Show That They Love Modern Warfare 3.

So according to some news from Joystiq, it seems that Japan really likes Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on both consoles, they just like the PS3 version more. But that is expected if you have read my earlier blog posts about the relationship between the Xbox 360 and the land of the rising sun. Anyway, the numbers show that Activision's latest FPS title has topped the Japanese game sales charts at number one with over 180,000 units sold. As for the Xbox 360, it is holding at seventh place with [...]

Dark Orbit is Selling Overpriced Virtual Starships

So a while ago, Eve decided to start selling vanity items well...people didn't take much liking to it. And the reason is because most people think that shelling out nearly seventy dollars for virtual goods isn't such a grand idea. However this idea wasn't one of its kind, according to an article on Kotaku. The Space based MMO game, Dark Orbit, decided to start selling a rare spacecraft for around 1.000 Euros (that's about $1,300). Unlike Eve Online's goods, this one found customers...around 2,000 of them.
Bigpoint Games, the maker of Dark Orbit, did note [...]

The World's Most Popular MMORPG Turns Seven.

You know, it's funny. These days when a developer makes a great game, things can change within a few months. Either it will be populating the used game section of your local Gamestop or Walmart has recently slash its price in half.
However for World of Warcraft (the probable reason that I have no social life) has just seven. You heard me, seven, which is the same age of the average Horde player. Actually, when you think about it, maybe seven is a bit too young to state the game's age. The reason why is [...]

Battlefield 3 Players Using the Engineer Glitch Are Likely to be Banned ASAP

Swedish developer DICE tweeted last weekend that it has banned hundreds of offending accounts for cheating in Battlefield 3.
DICE wants to make sure that gamers all play by the rules and level up by grinding and gaining experience. The players of the accounts in question were apparently caught using a technique called boosting (which you can read about here on a previously written Evil blog entry). "Boosting" is where you and a cohort exploit a certain glitch in the game allowed them to gain thousands of points during [...]

Modern Warfare 3 Launches with a Celebrity Filled Advert.

So by the time you read this blog entry,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is likely in your hands. It's in everyone's hands as well; including celebrities who are fans of the series. Haters are gonna hate that COD's popularity stretches to all kinds of people, but it doesn't stop it from being a very fun game. In comes Avatar's Sam Worthington and Superbad's Jonah Hill, as well as a funny cameo in the end.
Both celebrities portray the veteran player (Worthington) and the noob (Hill). The two then set out to dominate [...]

Watch the Trailer to "Act of Valor" and Get a Battlefield 3 Dogtag

Want to make your corpse stand out from the others that were at the receiving end of Abrams tank in Battlefield 3? Well now's your chance. You can snag some exclusive dog tags for free, and all you have to do is watch a trailer for the upcoming movie, Act of Valor.
In Act of Valor, a grou of Navy SEALs find out a deadly plot against the United States. The trail of clues leads them through Chechnya, the Philippines, Ukraine and Somalia before it all comes to an [...]

EA Denounces Claims of Spying On Your Personal Information

EA has responded to allegations from the German gaming community and the German newpaper,Der Spiegel that Origin (it's online service on which Battlefield 3 is exclusively available on) is spying on its consumers.

Recently, Spiegel pointed out that on the Germany language version of Origin's license agreement contains contents that canviolate German law. Meanwhile, German gamers are posting images of EA's Origin service tapping into their PCs and finding out what other programs they run. With both news pieces running through Germany, two major retailers are allowing PC gamers to return their copies [...]

Fans Make Complaints About the Game's Guns are Broken, Developer Claims They Have Changed.

Well Uncharted 3 was just released recently and while the game is truly epic, fans are finding out that the game's guns aren't as great as they were in the previous installments. Thus, they have contacted and complained to Naughty Dog and voicing their opinion on their forums as well, according to this article on Kotaku.
In response to these issues of aiming and how gunfire is represented in-game, the developers of Naughty Dog have stated response displaying the mechanics. In a more detailed look, they have issued [...]

In the Previous Weeks, Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops Were Played More than Battlefield 3

To much of a surprise of everyone, according to Microsoft's Xbox Live stats bothCall of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 both remained the most played video games on Xbox Live, even during the release week ofBattlefield 3.
However, don't fret and panic, fans of Battlefield 3. You should remember that Battlefield 3 was released on a Tuesday and the numbers included the number for players on Monday, so likely the numbers aren't going to be in EA's favor at this time [...]

Gain a Huge Amount of XP in Battlefield 3 with Little to No Effort

Excuse me, EA? You might want to get a patch out as soon as you can. The reason why you should? There's a gamebreaking exploit found by YouTube user DarkSydeGeoff where you can gain around 100,000 XP per game.
Using the exploit, detailedin this youtube video and also in this article from Kotaku, players can get over 100,000 XP per game by doing a simple exploit. Here's how. First off, join a "Hardcore" game with a friend in the same squad. After that, both of you choose the [...]