Games like Call of Duty tend to give video games a bad name. Not every video game is violent and not every video game needs to be violent in order for it to be entertaining or tell its story.
For some people, violent media and video games can encourage violent behaviour. Those people could also be encouraged by images in books in magazines as easily as video games and movies.
GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 leap up due to summer sales
Wow, good games never get old I guess.
CoD will always be a beast of a franchise, and how awesome is it that you can just boot it up or pop it into your Xbox and play, MS BC is really a neat feature.
Many players on social media are now reporting unannounced matchmaking fixes have been put in place by Activision ranging from Call of Duty 3 to Modern Warfare 2 to Black Ops 2, on Xbox 360. Players are reporting that player counts are updating, lobbies forming, and matchmaking times have been reduced. Neither Activision nor Microsoft have commented on the matter when reached out to at this time. This is currently impacting both 360 and BC versions of the games. PS3 is not affected at this time.
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Multiple users coming forward saying the games are finally working again after years of server issues. Note that not all issues such as player counts are totally fixed at this time however matchmaking is fully working again. With legacy Call of Duty games releasing on Game Pass within the next 2 years, it does make sense for these servers to eventually be corrected. Good to see the preservation of these legendary games. Hopefully PS3 receives the same treatment for these legacy titles!
“Activision Unexpectedly Fixes Old Call of Duty Servers, Just One Day After FTC Verdict”
Imagine that.
Conspiracy theory: MS have been planning on purchasing ABK for a long time. They let Sony outbid them for having console-exclusive CoD stuff/being first for certain dlc so the PlayStation player base would increase.
Years later, MS buy ABK, with plans to make CoD either exclusive/platform exclusive features etc with the release of a new console (Xbox Series X2?) So the established CoD player base migrates over to their platform, taking a huge percentage off Sony?
Wild theory
Game Rant Writes "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has been available for 10 years, and in that time, no other entry has topped its weapon balance and variety."
Although Black Ops 2 is one of the more loved entries in the series, there seemed to be an overall lack of recoil when I played back in the day, which made the guns feel toy-like. The overall art style didnt really sit well with me at the time either. A bit too cartoony. I think zombies could have been cool, but on the PS3, playing splitscreen made the frame rate drop to unplayable levels.
Good article, but I must say, after playing The War Z I really felt like shooting someone.
Neither games nor guns are to blame. Only the psychos who shoot are to blame for shootings.
Hollywood movies and music,even tv shows, has more effect on society then video games ever will.It still comes down to a choice an individual makes on whether they want to entertain and act upon those evil horrendous thoughts of violence.
Crazy Joe..........
Not to get too political but the leaders here in the US are a complete and utter joke, not only are we heading more and more into a socialist society, but the rights our forefathers wanted for us, like the right to bear arms, are getting slowly taken away because of isolated incidents that spark fear and the fear mongering news outlets reporting on it like they do.
Outlawing guns wont take them off the streets, it will only take away protection from honest, hard working people who protect themselves and their families. Anyone that thinks outlawing guns will stop them from being used in crimes should look at any number of illegal drugs, prostitution and a ton of other "outlawed" things.
When our Constitution was made and we got out Amendments,the right to bear arms wasn't just for hunting, it was to protect ourselves in case our Government got out of hand. Hitler said the first part to taking over is disarming the people.
Americans and their guns, I'll just never understand it.