Medal of Honor

EA, Activision Google Ad Games Continue!

October 15, 2010

My story about how Electronic Arts (ERTS) and Activision (ATVI) were using Google (GOOG) and Youtube ads to disrupt each other’s new game launches caught a little fire, being picked up by The Escapist and ComputerAndVideoGames.com. And it just got funnier. So, from what I see right now, EA is not buying ads for its [...]

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First Medal of Honor Reviews Stink

October 12, 2010

(image courtesy of EA) Reviews are streaming in for Electronic Arts’ (ERTS) brand-new Medal of Honor game and it’s not looking pretty. As of the time I’m writing this (~10:20 a.m.), GameRankings.com reports that the average rating for the Xbox 360 version of Medal of Honor is a middling 74.4% – well below the blistering [...]

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EA & Activision Go Wild With Google Ads

October 11, 2010

UPDATE – read how the silly YouTube war between EA and Activision is escalating If you follow the video-game industry, then you know that Electronic Arts (ERTS) and Activision’s (ATVI) are set to throw down. Tomorrow, EA will attempt to topple Activision’s dominant Call of Duty franchise with its all-new Medal of Honor. In November, Activision will roar [...]

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Goes 3D

October 5, 2010

Now this is an interesting turn of events: Activision’s (ATVI) mega super-duper blockbuster series Call of Duty is going 3D starting with Black Ops, which goes on sale November 9th. In what could become the definitive 3D game experience, Treyarch’s Call of Duty®: Black Ops will also be playable in stereoscopic 3D when the game [...]

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Electronic Arts Rising on Medal of Honor Pre-orders – But Should It?

September 30, 2010

Electronic (ERTS) is rallying today today on the announcement that the new Medal of Honor game just hit a record record for pre-orders. I don’t regard this as some kind of crowning achievement though, for the simple reason that the last MoH game, Medal of Honor: Airbone was an absolute dog and released at the [...]

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