Archive for the ‘GDC 2008’ Category
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
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As promised, here is the world exclusive unveiling of the new multiplayer DLC map Chinatown which appeared on SpikeTV Friday night. What’s so great about Chinatown? Well among being a beautiful map set in the downtown district of Chinatown under the lighting of a full moon and decorative laterns in the rain soaked streets of the city…. it’s a classic Call of Duty remake of Carentan! One of the most popular and most demanded maps from the previous Infinity Ward Call of Duty games is back with a complete visual over haul and design elements.
So far you’ve seen three of the four new maps in the upcoming Variety Map Pack, with the Gamespot article showing you Broadcast and Creek and now Chinatown on Gametrailers, don’t worry though, as Monday is going to have a load of new visuals and information on ALL FOUR maps in the upcoming DLC pack. With all new gameplay footage on every map and some brand new screenshots as well coming Monday you’re about to get a information overload next week from IGN, TeamXbox, and Gamespy who came down this past week and spent the entire day playing multiplayer with the team and I at Infinity Ward on the new maps.So be sure to check out those sites on Monday, I’ll post a re-cap on here most likely and if you have questions about the maps in the meantime or afterwards be sure to let me know and I’ll try to answer anything you might have. Meanwhile, let me know what you think of the maps so far, how’d you like Chinatown? Thoughts on Broadcast or Creek? Let me know.
Tags: call of duty 4, carentan, chinatown, cod4, dlc, Downloadable Content, gametrailers, interview, map pack, modern warfare, spike tv
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Heads up that Spike TV will be unveiling the exclusive world premier of Chinatown, a new map in the upcoming Variety Map Pack DLC for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, tonight / early tomorrow morning at 1:00 AM PST as part of Gametrailers TV w/ Geoff Keighley. They’ll be showing exclusive gameplay of the map along with an interview with me where we’ll reveal exactly how this map is exactly what some of you have asked for (I’m looking at you Sgt. Payback - among others).
Once it shows on Spike TV it should be available on Gametrailers.com shortly after (probably later tomorrow) and when it is I’ll be sure to post the video on the blog here so you all can watch it incase you miss it. However, be sure to tune in if you can and check out the footage. I know this map is going to be a lot of people’s favorite when the map pack hits.
In case you didn’t know, the new map being revealed tonight called Chinatown is just 1 of the 4 maps that will be released in the Variety Map Pack as DLC for Xbox 360 and PS3 this Spring.
Tags: call of duty 4, cod4, dlc, Downloadable Content, gametrailers, modern warfare, spike tv, video
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
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Last week was a busy one, with me being in San Francisco for GDC all week long. While I was up there though I had a chance to talk to a lot of people about the upcoming DLC we’re working on. The overall news of them all though is that there are Three (3) New Maps coming out in Spring for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and most importantly these maps are 100% community inspired. Those who frequent the blog may remember a bit back when I announced we were even working on DLC, I asked you for your input. I said, if it was up to you, what would you like to see?
I’m happy to say, as I’ve been playing the new maps over and over again here at the studio and at home during play tests that a lot of you are getting exactly what you asked for. I can’t wait till I can go into detail about the specific maps, but I can proudly say that your feedback made it in. Another thing I like about this map pack is the fact that it’s bringing completely new locations to the game, so we’re getting away from more desert towns or Russian villages and want to bring you something that brings more variety to the map rotation. You guys are going to love these maps. I tried to drop as many hints as to what you can expect in the following interviews without giving too much away and ruining anything, I’ll be talking a lot more in the future about what you can expect as we start finalizing details and release dates. Right now we’re working on some video stuff for one of the maps and I’ll keep you guys informed on more when I can.
Hit the jump for the a partial interview list from last week.
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Tags: call of duty 4, cod4, dlc, gdc 08, interview, maps, modern warfare
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
I did a quick video interview with Marc Ecko’s Complex Magazine this past week that will be going live in March. We discussed Call of Duty 4, First Person Shooters, and video games in general for the interview. I’ll be sure to post the actual video when it goes live later in March, meanwhile you should check out their latest issue with Olivia Munn from G4 TV and enjoy the pic the producer snapped after the interview.
Tags: call of duty 4, complex, gdc 08, interview, magazine
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
This is my first change to sit down and blog all day, but the day is going great. Later tonight I’ll collect all the links and interviews that have went live so far and post them so you can keep track of the interviews.
Just got back from 1up / EGM / GFW studios over at Ziff Davis Media where I sat down and talked a few of their reporters and participated in the 1up Yours podcast. It was a good show where we talked about a lot of FPS-centric community items, such as “what keeps a community involved over a long period of time” , “How to keep the game fresh”, and “how to not intimidate new players once it’s already popular”.
Also did a great interview with Playstation Universe, international press, and a few others.
while on the show floor I also ran into Devin from 360sync.com and sat down for lunch and a quick interview to chat about the community, Call of Duty 4, and gaming in general.
Gotta run, have a TV interview at 5:30 a few blocks away, I’ll write more tonight after the GDC Choice awards!
Tags: 1up, 360sync, egm, games for windows, gdc, interview, interviews, Playstation
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Since I’ll be at GDC all week with limited Internet Access (only when I get back to the hotel), I’m going to be doing a series of Quick Updates when I get a chance, such as this. Nothing long, just a quick snapshot of what I’m doing or about to go do, and then at night when I get a chance to really sit down, I’ll do a daily recap of how the day went and anything exciting you guys might want to know about.
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Tags: 1up awards, gdc, quick update
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