And now GI gets its news from PK:HOT SCOOPS!
The exact quote last time was "Klepek, killing it." Why'ja think curly duder got the job? ;)
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And now GI gets its news from PK:HOT SCOOPS!
I suspect this "leak" is only to generate more news; even if it's not an order from on high, someone in the PR or advertising department realized a leak of a game so popular would echo louder than any official release of a couple trailers.
I really hope BF3 has an amazing campaign to go along with what i assume will be great MP(considering dice's rep).
I mention BF3 because I am tired of COD now, the campaigns have been the same thing for the last few years, Run,shoot guy in head with what is basically auto lock, release, re-pull trigger shoot guy in head, run to stop enemies spawing(although this has got a bit better), watch scripted event unfold, repeat the basic gameplay, watch cut scene, rinse and repeat through the entire game, The multiplayer is still good but i am done with that also, played very few BO matches, sold the game.
It feels like the gameplay has not evolved one bit for years, i loved COD2,MW1, enjoyed MW2 and WAW, barely enjoyed BO as 2 hours into it the series became stale for me.
Of course this is just my opinion and i know COD still has mass amounts of fans but i feel SOME of them know of little else when it comes to shooters, I was playing Red River the other day when my cousin came in and said "playing COD" i said no and he said " You know what i mean, i ment your playing a shooter" he is a more casual gamer, somewhere between hardcore and casual really and instead of calling an FPS a shooter he called it COD, I thought that was a little telling like foreigners calling England, London like theres nothing else.
If Activision and its dev teams have not made some evolving steps with MW3 i wont buy it and if thats the case i hope BF3 is amazing and allot of COD players switch over only so Activision lose some of the billion dollar a year profit from COD and make them up the ante.
I know this is wishful thinking but one can hope for more than a new coat of paint, Although i know little of the game and they could have made great changes to MW3 and so if they have i will buy it and they deserve continued massive success.
They sound like a bunch of dicks but they are actually right, this kind of leek can only hurt them and at best do nothing (which isn't the case with such a big game).
I'll definitely rent this for the campaign. I can only assume the MP will be the same thing yet again, but you can always count on CoD for a new campaign at least.
All I got to say is the campaign and spec-ops better be worth the money. After Black Ops, I swore off ever playing another COD just for the multi-player component.
I feel like it's basically obligatory as a fan of FPS games to get this.I am a fan of FPS games but I have zero interest in any Call of Duty games.
I remain VERY sceptical of the quality of game a gutted Infinity Ward & misc developers will produce. Factoring in the pre-knowledge, that there are probably plans to gouge consumers with overpriced DLC, any drop in quality means a no buy for me.
I hope Respawn jumps on the scene with a bang, offering a bigger, better whatever, without the bad taste that Activisions greed leaves with me. I think between Battlefield 3 and future Respawn suprises, this Modern Warfare may be the one I wait to pick up when it hits the bargain bin -- if ever.
"When it came to light that we had suffered a significant security breach, it became clear that a leak of this size had the potential to throw our launch off of its schedule, or worse, blunt its momentum...blah blah blah marketing"
It's not like they won't sell SHIT TONS of copies because some leak screwed up their little business bullshit marketing schedule. The assholes in suits getting their nuts all in a tussle because this leak could have messed with their 'momentum' need to lighten the fuck up. I'd be more worried about how the game stacks up to BF3 if I were them.
That's the risk you take when you have to farm out so much of your asset development to outside studios.
come on dude, this is silly
just a few screenshots and they talk about like it's some real fucking crisis
I don't even see how this leak could have affected ANYTHING about the game negatively.
People want Call of Duty, now they know there is a new Call of Duty - everybody is happy. That memo makes it sound like a new very high-profile IP got revealed extremely early and thus any chances of potential hype-momentum might've been ruined. What actually happened was that stuff that was supposed to come out within a week (!) was pushed out early. The leaked plot, in my opinion, doesn't even factor into anything. I doubt anyone who usually goes out and buys the Call of Duty games cares about the plot so much that a leak like this would cause them to revise their buying decision.
This might just as well have been a very clever meta-marketing stunt with Activision and Kotaku cooperating since leaks are all the rage with the kids these days (having supposedly "secret" information is exciting!).
It would suck to be the guy fired for essential getting people interested in a game and boosting sales. How dare he release the existence of a game that everybody knew was going to happen!
The fact that this e-mail also leaked suggests to me that the whole thing is a PR stunt. A very effective PR stunt, admittedly, but still.
Never saw what the big deal was about the COD series is to me BF is still the best BF2 is literally better then every cod game ever made.
I see why bigger companies may want to protect their content releases, but a leak could easily be capitalized upon instead of going nuts acting like it's going to ruin the magic, as they showed. My spidey sense tells me they probably shouldn't worry too much about this thing selling, anyway.
I enjoy the MW series despite as formulaic as they are and how they are becoming. Sort of a intense military shooter (COD Roots) with a roller coaster sans safety harness wrapped around. They seemed to be expanding this approach as of MW2, and strongly expect more in MW3. Up to now they haven't reached bottom, and I suspect MW3, especially with the Head Honchos gone, may not know where else to venture, but whatever we see was probably going to approximate it anyways. There may have been a storyline already created that for all I know goes well beyond MW3, and they sort of know where they are going to some detail.
And yes, good recovery. If I worked there I would be proud. But I''m not all frothing for the game, yet unless it critically fails, will be their best customer. It's only if the quality and intensity lessens in the SP campaign that I will loose interest. Yes the story is all over the place, but so are 2 sparking high voltage wires thrashing on the floor, I needs to see what happens!
"O.k. guys. I know that everyone outside the company knew there was going to be a Modern Warfare 3, I mean let's be honest I need a new Jaguar and Blizzard said their not going to release Diablo 3 for another decade, so I want names and I.D. badges associated with those names by noon tomorrow or we're going to have to fire what's left of the original Infinity Ward team!" - Probably actual comment from a certain big wig.
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