Webchats.tv: "With the release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on the horizon, an army of gamers are desperate to know what they can expect from the next instalment of one of the most successful franchises of all time. The new action-thriller from the award-winning creators of the Call of Duty series will arm gamers with the most advanced and powerful arsenal of modern day firepower to fight a fictional war in the world's most treacherous hotspots. If you are one of these loyal recruits then you'll be pleased to know we've got ex-US army Hank Keirsey checking in at 12:00 hours to talk about how his experience in the field sculpted the cinematic realism of the game".
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New issue of free PSP and DS magazine previews Call of Duty 4 on DS, plus 17 other handheld games.
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Although it doesn't seem like the first choice for a Call of Duty-game, Activision communicates in a brochure to it's sales representatives that there will be a special version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Nintendo DS.

The DS-edition would also be released in 2007, although there is no specific information or media available at this point.
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Weekly Game Releases - 9th November – 16th November for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, DS and PSP.
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Activision-Blizzard have today released an updated release schedule for their autumn/winter line-up. Within the schedule are release dates for all of Activision-Blizzard's highly-anticipated releases throughout October, November and December 2009, including DJ Hero, Band Hero and possibly one of the strongest releases of 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
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VG247: Activision's Mike Griffin has said that the Call of Duty franchise has sold close to 14 million units in the series lifetime.
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The figures, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, show family-oriented and educational games have become the most popular with the UK public. With combined sales volumes of 1.65 million units, Nintendo's Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles equate to 72% of the top five 'best sellers' chart. The period also saw total sales of Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training surpass the three million units mark to become the UK's most popular game ever.
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Taking place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards will be the most hotly-contested ever, with 17 accolades up for grabs, across a diverse range of categories covering the entire industry.

Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sega and Activision will battle it out for the Games Publisher Award, whilst individual titles Guitar Hero World Tour, GTA IV, FIFA 09, Fallout 3, Wii Fit and Call of Duty: World At War compete for Game Campaign.
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The Phoenix AdPi Audit combines brand performance, advertising performance, and copy testing. This latest one measured consumers' reactions to 30 ads that were in-market from October through December 2008. The ads were from top video game publishers such as Activision, Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, MTV Games, Nintendo, Sony and Ubisoft.
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Danny Cowan from Gamasutra writes:

"Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide.

This week's charts, with data taken from February 5th, 2009, find Halo 3 and Call of Duty: World at War at the top of North America's Xbox 360 software sales charts, while Star Ocean: Second Evolution and Mario Kart DS drive sales on portables.

Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded. This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows..."
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