Dan Amrich, Activision’s Community Manager, posted a strongly worded entry on his blog yesterday regarding the response by some gamers to the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 patches detailed by David Vonderhaar, Studio Design Director for Treyarch. Such responses included death threats, and while any level-headed person would call them unwarranted and disgusting, is this ultimately representative of a culture where this is the norm?
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While i appreciate the gesture.... all of these retro classics have been made available everywhere else. I am hoping to see some other Activision properties make their way out of the shackles of the 5th, 6th and 7th gen. Licensing be damned... bring back the Transformers Cybertron games.
Love the Cybertron games! TF games have been shit lately. Would love to see that era revisited. I even did the multiplayer!
Metaphor on Gamepass just announced! O.o
Seriously, this is the best generation of Xbox ever!!!
We can´t catch a freaking break from awesome games arriving all the time!!!
It’s a HELL of a game. If you like JRPGs in the family of Persona, you will be in heaven… that is until you hear the various battle music…. then you’ll be somewhere BEYOND heaven!
According to a developer working on the title, Activision is working on a narrative-based open-world game based on a new engine through its new studio.
It was recently revealed in an exclusive episode of the 'Grit' podcast that EA once passed up acquiring Blizzard, Activision, and Call of Duty.
Only a big company that has interest in gaming like Microsoft or Tencent could have acquired Activision. Extremely low interest rates at that time certainly helped.
Not exactly sure that a merger with EA would’ve benefited any of their franchises or gamers. I imagine it would’ve been like the activision blizzard one were each publisher retains their own identity. So Activison-Blizzard-EA. But who knows.
If it was owned by EA, COD could’ve disappeared a looong time ago. They have no clue how to manage franchises.
It's a shame EA didn't buy them then, COD should die, it's past its prime and has been since black ops 2, I started playing it when cod 4 mw first came out and it has been downhill since.
I think that this whole think is a little crazy. I mean it's a game update for crying out loud. Hopefully it'll stop some of the quick scoping that has been rampant in the game.
Why so serious guys?
and this is why I don't remember the last time I went into any game in open chat. Shame because when Halo 2 and Gears of War were out I would do it all the time. Then the kids really took control
I think it's pretty sad myself. It's just a game after all.
I bet they wouldn't say those things face to face with the developer. Damn internet cowards.
I'd find out who it was and permanently ban them from the game(s). There is no excuse for death threats.
Is anyone really surprised? I've heard the same comments shouted at me just for killing someone in a match. Tragic, but not surprising.