As revealed in a tweet from Infinity Ward’s Robert “fourzerotwo” Bowling Modern Warfare 2 has enlisted 25 Million players.
He confirms the majority of players are playing on Xbox Live,and the PS3 comes in at “a close” second and o fcource the pc version is in last place.

Modern Warfare 2 enlists 25 million players is a post from: DaxGamer

Codemasters has officially announced Bodycount, the new Stuart Black  first-person shooter.

Bodycount’s premise appears to be fairly simple ; the player is tasked with killing enemies known as Targets on behalf of something  called the Network.  Bodycount allows players to “tear through destructible cover,” “execute explosive kills in a shreddable world,” has “jaw-dropping devastation”.

The game’s scheduled for a Q1 2011 release on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Bodycount coming in 2011 is a post from: DaxGamer

Microsoft has confirmed that they will reveal the  full Project Natal lineup at E3 2010 this June.

“We have very strong first and third-party developer support for [Natal],” Mindy Mount, Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, said at the Jefferies Annual Global Technology Conference today. “Needless to say, we’re putting some of our best people on coming up with great game ideas for this, and we’re going to have some great stuff.”

Microsoft has already announced that some rather large third-party developers are already working on titles for the motion controller, among them the  likes of Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, EA, Square Enix, THQ and Ubisoft.

“As a history, Microsoft works very strong with third-party developers, so we’re hoping that we’re going to get some great titles from that. You’ll be able to see more news about that this summer at E3,” she said.

“We’ll show you the full lineup.”

Microsoft to reveal full Natal lineup at E3 is a post from: DaxGamer

Ubisoft has put together a developer diary for the impending Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands,which offers the first look at actual in-game footage from the game.

Eurogamer reports the PC version will release in June, a month after the console installments.

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands gameplay footage is a post from: DaxGamer

Ubisoft’s servers went down over the weekend “due to attackers,” meaning the  controversial DRM could not connect which in turn rendered the PC version of Assassin’s Creed II unplayable for many of their clients.

“Apologies to anyone who couldn’t play ACII or SH5 yesterday. Servers were attacked which limited service from 2:30pm to 9pm Paris time,” the company said.

Ubisoft’s DRM server outage renders Assassin’s Creed II unplayable is a post from: DaxGamer

While it’s obvious  that Project Natal is targeting the casual audience, Microsoft assures us during an interview with MCV that the hardcore gamers won’t be ignored.

“From the beginning, Xbox has always had a very deliberate strategy to focus on core gamers and then expand the market,” said Lewis.

“Project Natal is meant to complement, not replace, the experiences on Xbox 360. We’ve reached new heights in creating a more natural and responsive gaming and entertainment experience for people of all interests and skill levels, whilst maintaining our commitment to deliver quality core games that consistently exceed expectations.”

Microsoft: ‘Natal won’t hurt our core focus’ is a post from: DaxGamer

Someone jumps on Modern Warfare 2 with a bunch of Obama sound clips and the gamertag Barack Obama at his disposal and Hilarity ensues.

Barack Obama plays Modern Warfare 2 is a post from: DaxGamer

The lawsuit filed against Activision by Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampellacontains a description of events that led up to their firings this Monday. The court documents, released by West and Zampella’s attorneys, single out Bobby Kotick as someone who “prefers to pay his lawyers instead of his employees.”

“This lawsuit is solely and regrettably the result of the astonishing arrogance and unbridled greed of defendant Activision,” it reads.

“Such actions are not surprising, given that Activision is run by a CEO who has been publicly quoted as believing that the best way to run a video game studio is to engender a culture of “scepticism, pessimism and fear” and prefers to pay his lawyers instead of his employees.
“Instead of thanking, lauding of just plain paying West and Zampella for giving Activision the most successful entertainment product ever offered to the public, last month Activision hired lawyers to conduct a pretextual “investigation” into unstated and unsubstantiated charges of “insubordination” and “breach of duty”.

“It then summoned West and Zampella to a sham meeting two days ago during which they were fired on the basis of false and trivial charges. Activision conducted the investigation in a manner designed to maximise the inconvenience and anxiety it would cause West and Zampella.

“On little notice, Activision insisted on conducting interviews over the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend; West and Zampella were interrogated for over six hours in a windowless conference room; Activision investigators brought other Infinity Ward employees to tears in their questioning and accusations and threatened West and Zampella with “insubordination” if they attempted to console them; Activision’s outside counsel demanded that West and Zampella surrender their personal computers, phones and communication devices.”

Full document

Ex-IW bosses’ lawsuit: Activision iterrogated IW employees to tears is a post from: DaxGamer

The rumored Portal 2 has been officially confirmed. “Valve today announced Portal 2 for shipment this coming holiday season,” the company wrote in a announcement.

The first info on this will be revealed in a 12-page cover story in GameInformer’s April issue.

According to a Gamestop listing

“Coming this holiday. Portal 2 is the sequel to 2007’s Game of the Year and draws from the award-winning formula of innovative game play, story, and music that earned the original over 70 industry accolades. Features single and multiplayer co-op modes. The single-player portion of Portal 2 introduces a cast of dynamic new characters, a host of fresh puzzle elements, and a much larger set of devious test chambers. Players will explore never-before-seen areas of the Aperture Science Labs and be reunited with GLaDOS, the occasionally murderous computer companion who guided them through the original game. The game’s two-player cooperative mode features its own entirely separate campaign with a unique story, test chambers, and two new player characters. This new mode forces players to reconsider everything they thought they knew about portals. Success will require them to not just act cooperatively, but to think cooperatively.”

Portal 2 coming this holiday is a post from: DaxGamer

The Aliens vs. Predator PC/360/PS3 multi-player demo that was released early last month has ended up racking up an  impressive number of downloads coming in at 4.1 million.  Making it the most successful demo release in the company’s history.

John Clark  Sega UK’s managing director recently revealed that the game has also become the fastest-selling title the company has ever published.

Aliens vs. Predator demo downloads at 4 million plus is a post from: DaxGamer