Mr. Xbox himself, Larry Hryb posted the Top Xbox Live games of 2007 over on MajorNelson.com and we don't think anyone will be surprised that Halo lead the pack. Among the post played retail games Halo 3 tops the list at number one with Gears of War at two, Call of Duty 4 at the third spot, Rainbow Six Vegas at four and rounding out the top five is Call of Duty 3. But onto news that may actually surprise you. Larry also posted the top ten most purchased XBLA games of 2007 and color us purple, TMNT came in at number one. TMNT! Who would have thunk that? Worms ranked at the number two spot, Castlevania: SOTN at three and everyone's favorite Vision camera enabled game UNO comes in at number four.
Check out the rest of the top ten lists and see which original Xbox games saw the most Xbox Live play time (hint: a different Halo game tops that list) after the jump. Gaming in 2007 ... oh the memories we have.
Need a super-duper last minute gift for a family member, friend or yourself? If so, swing by your local Best Buy store and for $38 you can grab a copy of Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty 4. And we think we can all agree that $38 for one of these two superb games is a pretty fine deal. Also, if by chance Best Buy slaps a "sold out" sign on either of these titles, don't get worked up into a tizzy. We're sure Circuit City or any other kind-hearted retailer would be willing to do a price match. Hurry, this deal and your holiday shopping time is going fast ... HURRY!
[Thanks, Goda7h3r]
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Read - Call of Duty 4 for the cheap
Posted Dec 14th 2007 6:00PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News
Our chum over at Infinity Ward, Mr. fourzerotwo himself mentions on his personal blog that a Call of Duty 4 title update and playlist update are nigh. Can we get a collective w00t for that? The title update will usher in a slew of multiplayer playlist changes that are so numerous, we don't have enough space to list them here, so you'll have to make the jump to read about them. Also, Infinity Ward will be releasing a patch independently from the playlist changes and it's aimed at fixing bugs, network issues and other general online problems. Both the playlist update and patch will release at separate times in the near future, so keep your eyes peelified. Happy fragging CoD4 fanboys!
Want some sweet, sweet Call of Duty 4 for less? Head on over to Amazon then, because the game is currently being offered for a measly $40. Yes, for the cost of dinner at a sit-down restaurant (for two, natch), you can enjoy some of the best military action available. With such a hot game at such a low price, it's likely that it could sell out, so you'd best get to it quick. Seriously, why are you still reading this? Go buy it already!
If you missed out on last week's Call of Duty 4 Black Friday gaming deals, then we highly advise you stop in at your local Circuit City this week. Starting today and all this week they're discounting Call of Duty 4 to $39. And if that's not reason enough to get you to purchase Infinity Ward's latest masterpiece then we don't know what will. Oh, and Tony Hawk's Proving Ground is $39 too.
Also, if you're in the market for some cheap classics then check out Circuit City's $22 gaming deals that include Oblivion, Dead Rising, Fight Night Round 3 and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And if that wasn't enough, they even have both the blue and pink wireless Xbox 360 controllers for $39 too. Still want more deals? Well, then make a movie purchase, get Superbad this week and score a free beanie at Circuit City or a free t-shirt at Best Buy. We all love McLovin ... McLovin FTW!
We're not sure what exactly is going on, but it seems like developers just can't get the hang of wrangling their p's. First, Halo 3 is discovered to be only 640p and now, according to a (very long) upscaling discussion on the Beyond 3D forums, Call of Duty 4 for the Xbox 360 is not running in 720p resolution. No, in fact, it is running in (gasp!) 600p. That's 120 p's missing. Where did these p's go? Have their families been notified? These are questions that need answering. Wait, what's that? The game is running with 2X anti-aliasing? Oh, well never mind then. Screw those p's. We never liked them anyway.
Just giving you a heads up that the community created Call of Duty 4 dashboard theme that we mentioned a few days back is now available for free on the Marketplace. The "Charlie Oscar Delta Pack" theme's backgrounds were 100% designed by, voted on by and ultimately put onto the XBLM by the loyal CharlieOscarDelta community. So, give the (free) theme a download to see which images made it in and be sure to check out the guide background too. We have a thing for randomly colored gray boxes, because they make us feel so darn techie.
Posted Nov 17th 2007 12:15PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News
Posted over on the official Infinity Ward forums, community relations guru fourzerotwo informs us that the Call of Duty 4 team has plans to release a title update for the game and previews some of the changes.
The main focus of the title update will be to upgrade and improve both the game's Xbox Live matchmaking and host selection (thank lord!), but it will also include a few gameplay enhancements as a bonus. Highlights from the upcoming update include host migration, addition of "N0M4D" control scheme, identification of party by background color and the fixing of various lobby related bugs. You can view the complete list of upcoming CoD4 changes after the break, but know that you'll have to contain your excitement for a bit. Infinity Ward has yet to announce a release date for the update, so begin your waiting ritual ... now!
A while back, the Charlie Oscar Delta crew asked the Call of Duty 4 community to submit artwork for use in an upcoming Xbox 360 dashboard theme. And now, after narrowing down the hundreds of entries, they've compiled a grouping of eight pictures and want the community to choose the top four. Then, after the voting ends a second time and the votes are tallied, those top four designs will be made into a theme and released for FREE as part of the "Charlie Oscar Delta Pack". We'll all get a free theme eventually, we just hope the community's artistic eye is top notch and we don't end up with one of those throw away themes. Vote away!
Okay kids, as of this posting, you have exactly two hours to submit your final (and hopefully third) entry in our Fanswag Weekly giveaway. Should you win, you will receive a brand spanking new copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. We know you all like shooting things and occasionally blowing them up as well, so we suggest you make your entry posthaste. To do so, simply head over to the official giveaway post and follow the super easy instructions. It's so easy a highly trained monkey could do it.
Just a quick reminder that we're giving away a copy of Call of Duty 4 to one lucky winner for this week's Fanswag Weekly. We've changed things up a bit this time, allowing readers to submit one entry per calendar day (Eastern Time). So, if you haven't entered yet, you're already behind! Hurry up and enter today! If you have already entered though, now is your chance to enter again and maximize your chances of winning. Head over to the official giveaway post to submit your entry.
[Update: The giveaway is now closed and our winner has been notified. Check your inbox (and spam box). It might be youu.]
You hardly need us to say it, but the big game this week is definitely Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It's already garnering some impressive reviews, and we're willing to bet that plenty of our readers would like to add the game to their collection. Well, here's your chance to do it for free. Yes, this week's Fanswag Weekly is for none other than Call of Duty 4. Here's how to enter.
Call of Duty 4 brings the series into the 21st century. Leave a comment on this post telling us what your favorite moment of the 21st century has been so far. You can leave one comment per calendar day (Eastern Time).
Be sure you only leave one comment per day. Posters of multiple comments during the same day will be disqualified. We'll accept entries until Friday, November 9, 12:00 Noon, Eastern Time. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only
On Friday, we'll pick one winner via a random drawing
One winner will receive a copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, worth $60.
Make sure to take note of the fact that you can enter once per day. That's three entries between now and Friday. Be sure and enter every day to maximize your chances of winning.
You can maximize your understanding of the official rules by clicking here.
Check it out! Check out the video above and try and tell us that the guys over at Infinity Ward haven't gone out of their way to create one helluva game. If it's not obvious already, Call of Duty 4 will include an Arcade Mode (complete with next gen yet very old school NES menus) in which you'll get to mow down wave after wave of baddies. It comes complete with scoring, multipliers and crazy amounts of fun, so we're more than comfortable in giving Infinity Ward an official X3F pat on the back ... conglaturations!
And so it begins, a November to end all Novembers. Within the next month, we will be positively assaulted with new and wonderful Xbox 360 games. The summer wasn't exactly thin, especially as summers tend to go for video games, but the sheer amount of games dropping this month alone -- good games, mind you -- is ridiculous. But let's not get ahead of ourselves thinking about the impending arrival of Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Kane & Lynch, and Rock Band (to name a few). No, let's concentrate on this week's titles. One thing at a time, as it were. So, this week we have:
We have something of a soft spot for Scene-It, but we imagine the majority of you are most excited for Call of Duty 4. We don't blame you either, all of us here at X3F were addicted to its online leveling system during the beta in earlier this year.
Don't get too excited though. We've got three more weeks of high caliber releases to come. You might want to start your financial planning now.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will be here in a few days, but we know some of you are too excited to wait. Too excited to wait for your copy to arrive and too excited to ignore any official or leaked details. That's why we wanted to tell you about some screenshots detailing CoD4 multiplayer goodness.
Thanks to AVSPics and their sneaky means of obtaining an early copy of CoD4 (on the PS3, eesh!), they've posted all kinds of screenshots that help answer some the game's multiplayer questions. Using the links below, you can check out the names and descriptions of all 16 multiplayer maps, a list of multiplayer weapons and get a glimpse of the game's visuals with other random screenshots. It's a multiplayer CoD4 fanboy's treasure chest of warfare! Snoop around, get some information and wait few days ... your copy of CoD4 is so close, we can even smell it from here.
[Via The 360 Forum]
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Mr. Xbox himself, Larry Hryb posted the Top Xbox Live games of 2007 over on MajorNelson.com and we don't think anyone will be surprised that Halo lead the pack. Among the post played retail games Halo 3 tops the list at number one with Gears of War at two, Call of Duty 4 at the third spot, Rainbow Six Vegas at four and rounding out the top five is Call of Duty 3. But onto news that may actually surprise you. Larry also posted the top ten most purchased XBLA games of 2007 and color us purple, TMNT came in at number one. TMNT! Who would have thunk that? Worms ranked at the number two spot, Castlevania: SOTN at three and everyone's favorite Vision camera enabled game UNO comes in at number four.
Need a super-duper last minute gift for a family member, friend or yourself? If so, swing by your local Best Buy store and for $38 you can grab a copy of Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty 4. And we think we can all agree that $38 for one of these two superb games is a pretty fine deal. Also, if by chance Best Buy slaps a "sold out" sign on either of these titles, don't get worked up into a tizzy. We're sure Circuit City or any other kind-hearted retailer would be willing to do a price match. Hurry, this deal and your holiday shopping time is going fast ... HURRY!
If you missed out on last week's Call of Duty 4 Black Friday gaming deals, then we highly advise you stop in at your local Circuit City this week. Starting today and all this week they're discounting Call of Duty 4 to $39. And if that's not reason enough to get you to purchase Infinity Ward's latest masterpiece then we don't know what will. Oh, and Tony Hawk's Proving Ground is $39 too.
And so it begins, a November to end all Novembers. Within the next month, we will be positively assaulted with new and wonderful Xbox 360 games. The summer wasn't exactly thin, especially as summers tend to go for video games, but the sheer amount of games dropping this month alone -- good games, mind you -- is ridiculous. But let's not get ahead of ourselves thinking about the impending arrival of 
