COD4 swoops in and takes the crown for last week’s most played Live game
Halo has dominated Xbox Live since Halo 2 hit Xbox, even topping the 360’s online gaming lists (until Gears of War), but the third game’s domination of Microsoft’s online servers has been put on hold by Activision.
Last week, (beginning Jan 14), Call of Duty 4 managed to knock Halo 3 off the top spot on the list of most played Xbox Live games.
Master Chief was forced to settle for second place, with Guitar Hero III (another Activision title) coming in third, and Gears of War in an ever solid fourth.
By Mike Jackson, CVG UK
Currently, Cod4 Mod tools are only supported for the English version of the game!
Activision has released the English version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Mod Tools, a package which allows you to create modifications for this popular first person sequel developed by Infinity Ward. Note that CoD4 Mod Tools requires your video drivers and DirectX to be up to date. For certain applications to work correctly a DX9 video card is required, even though the game itself will run on a DX8 video card. The CoD4 Mod Tools do not work in Windows Vista, although some users have reported some success running them in Windows XP Compatibility Mode. You can download the SDK from several sites including Fileshack, FilePlanet, and GamersHell. Infinity Ward has also launched their own Wiki-style web site to help (unofficially) with the use of the game’s map editor. {Thanks! GamersHell!}
Rumour has it that the next game in the awesome Call of Duty series will be taking a step backwards, returning to the over-used World War II setting after its glorious foray into contemporary conflict with the 10/10-rated Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It seems an illogical step, but when you consider that CoD3’s developer Treyarch is back in the saddle as opposed to Infinity Ward, and that a Pacific location has been hinted at, it all starts to sound more and more likely.
We really, really don’t want to see that happen – not only because the WWII scenario is now as interesting as grandad’s old war stories (and just as frequently told), but because we’ve yet to see some of the best real-world weapons in the series. No, not ‘vintage’ weapons – but those from the cutting edge of arms development. We’ve had a dig around the net to bring you the future of Call of Duty as we see it. After all, which would you rather use in your shooting games? A crappy old Tommy gun, or a state-of-the-art military prototype? Thought so. Check these babies out…
Read the Complete Article by Justin Towell @ GamesRadar UK, RIGHT HERE.
GameSpy’s complete list of “Game of the Year” winners is now online. Call of Duty 4 did very, very well walking away with best PC, 360, and PS3 honors. Here are its overall top 10 of 2007 list:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2. The Orange Box
3. BioShock
4. Super Mario Galaxy
5. Rock Band
6. GalCiv II: Dark Avatar
7. WoW: The Burning Crusade
8. Mass Effect
9. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
10. TLoZ: Phantom Hourglass
Read the Entire Gamespy Article RIGHT HERE!
Activision sends along the latest Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare patch, updating Infinity Ward’s first person shooter to v1.4. The 70mb download offers more bug fixes and game improvements, improved mod support, and a holiday version of the multiplayer map Crash.
CHANGES:
* “Winter Crash”, a holiday version of Multiplayer map “Crash”
* Improvements to the server browser
* Fixed some rare bullet accuracy issues for all weapons.
* For server admins: fixed user ban list not working correctly on servers. Ban.txt will be created in the main or fs_game directory
MOD SUPPORT:
* In the connect screen, Mods will be identified as”Mod: [mod name]”
* Only official IWD files will be read from the main directory. All custom IWD should be placed in a mod directory.
* Fix for reloading several times after connecting to a modded server
* Improved mod.ff support to allow adding game types.
* Fixed an issue with Http redirect downloads.
* “fs_game” will be forced to lower case
Download Locations:
FileFront
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COD4 swoops in and takes the crown for last week’s most played Live game
