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Xbox 360 Limited Edition Call of Duty: MW3 console says hello to COD XP

Xbox 360 Limited Edition COD: MW3 console says hello

NEWS One for the fans
Microsoft has announced an Xbox 360 Limited Edition Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 console at the start of the Call of Duty XP event in Los Angeles. Xbox 360, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have teamed up to create a “Call of Duty” …
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  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC hitting Xbox LIVE in January. Gaming, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, DLC, Xbox Live, Infinity Ward, Activision 0

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC hitting Xbox LIVE in January

    Available to Elite members 22 December 2011 10:30 GMT

    Soldiers - lock, load and look lively as the first downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been announced. It will be hitting Xbox LIVE on 24 January, with Call of Duty Elite members getting first dibs.

    "Today we informed...

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 more successful than Avatar

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 more successful than Avatar and Harry Potter

    Biggest entertainment release of all time? 12 December 2011 16:56 GMT

    The latest game in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, is officially the fastest selling entertainment product of all time. After release, it hit $1 billion worth of sales in 16 days, beating records held by Avatar and Harry...

  • CoD: MW3

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review

    4.5 REVIEW BOOM! 9 November 2011 10:39 GMT

    Modern Warfare 3 is, in some ways, a bit like buying a Spice Girls album, in that, no matter how cool you think you are, it's impossible not to sing along. This is what Call of Duty is, gaming fun in its purest form. There is nothing complicated about...

  • Win an Xbox 360 and GoldenEye 007: Reloaded

    Win an Xbox 360 and GoldenEye 007: Reloaded

    10 games to give away 3 November 2011 14:05 GMT

    To celebrate the release of GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, our friends at Activision have given us an Xbox 360, 10 official GoldenEye 007: Reloaded t-shirts, 10 cocktail shakers and 10 copies of the game on Xbox 360 to give away.

    A classic is reborn...

  • Artists use Apple Macs, writers use PCs

    Artists use Apple Macs, writers use PCs

    Says X-Men scribe Mike Carey 12 October 2011 15:58 GMT

    Mike Carey, the British comic book author behind American titles The Unwritten, X-Men: Legacy and the superb Lucifer series, has revealed to Pocket-lint that, in his trade at least, a majority of artists use Macs, while writers use PCs.

    Speaking...

  • Toy Story writers dismiss 3D as gimmick

    Toy Story writers dismiss 3D as gimmick

    EXCLUSIVE: Stories should drive movies not tech 10 October 2011 15:22 GMT

    Like Star Wars' Anthony Daniels (C3PO) before them, the original screenwriters of Toy Story, and wordsmiths behind Activision's forthcoming game/toy hybrid Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, have dismissed 3D as being a gimmick.

    Joel Cohen and...

  • Win a 1 of 10 copies of Monkey Island Special Edition Collection.... Gaming, Monkey Island, PC games, Competitions, Activision 0

    Win a 1 of 10 copies of Monkey Island Special Edition Collection...

    Along with whole host of other branded goodies 27 September 2011 12:53 GMT

    To celebrate the release of Monkey Island: Special Edition Collection, Pocket-lint has teamed up with Activision to give ten exclusive Monkey Island t-shirts, hoodies, and pieces of official artwork to our lucky readers, along with ten copies of the...

  • Xbox 360 Limited Edition Call of Duty: MW3 console says hello to COD XP

    Xbox 360 Limited Edition Call of Duty: MW3 console says hello to COD XP

    One for the fans 2 September 2011 20:52 GMT

    Microsoft has announced an Xbox 360 Limited Edition Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 console at the start of the Call of Duty XP event in Los Angeles.

    Xbox 360, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have teamed up to create a “Call of Duty”...

  • COD Modern Warfare 3: First public hands-on at GAMEfest 2011

    COD Modern Warfare 3: First public hands-on at GAMEfest 2011

    Play it for the first time 11 August 2011 13:19 GMT

    Activision has chosen the forthcoming GAMEfest convention for a first public unveiling of a playable version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Visitors to the inaugural show, organised by UK and European videogames retailer GAME and held at Birmingham's...

  • Amazon's top toy tips for Christmas 2011 - Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

    Amazon's top toy tips for Christmas 2011

    HANDS-ON Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and more 21 July 2011 10:59 GMT

    Like Hamleys, Microsoft, Hasbro, Currys/PC World and John Lewis before it, Amazon has held its Christmas in July event, showcasing all the gifts that it believes will not look out of place in Santa's bulging sack come the end of the year. And while...

  • Infinity Ward hints at return to World War II for future Call of Duty

    Infinity Ward hints at return to World War II for future Call of Duty

    EXCLUSIVE: More Modern Warfare too 20 July 2011 16:15 GMT

    The next instalment in the Call of Duty franchise, after the release of Modern Warfare 3 has been and gone, could see a return to the battlegrounds of World War II, the game series' original focus.

    Speaking exclusively to Pocket-lint, Robert...

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Infinity Ward's creative strategist Robert Bowling

    Call of Duty: MW3 - no Kinect, but 3D maybe

    EXCLUSIVE: Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling reveals all 19 July 2011 16:50 GMT

    Infinity Ward never considered adding Kinect or PlayStation Move support to its forthcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but is being more cagey on the prospect of the game featuring a 3D mode.

    Speaking exclusively to Pocket-lint in a London...

  • Call of Duty Elite beta goes live

    Call of Duty Elite beta goes live

    Gaming social network opens it doors 15 July 2011 11:19 GMT

    Call of Duty Elite is now live, kind of - the pre-release beta has gone live on Xbox LIVE.

    Officially landing later this year, to coincide with the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launch in November, Elite will be part premium service, part...

  • Win an Xbox 360 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Game  . Gaming, Xbox 360, Transformers, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Activision 0

    Win an Xbox 360 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Game

    Win prizes 29 June 2011 11:43 GMT

    To celebrate the release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, our friends over at Activision have given us an Xbox 360 and ten copies of Transformers: Dark of the Moon on the Xbox 360 to give away to you dear reader. 

    This awesome new game...

  • E3 Quick Play: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

    E3 Quick Play: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

    HANDS-ON E3 2011: Hands on with new FPS 17 June 2011 15:15 GMT

    With just months to go before Call of Duty fans will be able to get their hands on the next instalment in the franchise, we tracked down the game at this year's E3 to have a behind-closed-doors session with two of the new levels.

    Introduced...

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