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RLR #92 – …Taint

by Xopher Reed under FEATURED on Jun 3rd

Hey guys, the countdown for your first Ex-less episode in almost 2 years continues as we’re at the penultimate episode before your trusty host disappears for an undisclosed amount of time. That’s right it’s Friday and the dawn of the end of your Friday episode releases. I’ll do the crying for you.

Activision, Apple, bobby kotick, COMICS, Disney, EA, GAMING, gears of war 3, guillermo del toro, hangover 2, Hugo Weaving, iOS, Microsoft, Mortal Kombat, MOVIES, PC, PlayStation 3, PODCASTS, PS3, RLR, simcity, Sony, the hobbit, The Red-Light Roundtable, Thor, TV, x-men: first class, Xbox 360

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Call Of Duty Series Introducing Subscriptions

by Jamie Gibson under PLAY on May 31st

This fall, Activision Blizzard are introducing a new subscription service called Call Of Duty Elite for all games in the series from Black Ops onwards.

Activision, Call of Duty, GAMING, NEWS, PC, PlayStation 3, Rants, Xbox 360

Call of Duty Endowment Helps Your Vets This Memorial Day.

by Dennis Baquedano under PLAY on May 28th

The Call of Duty Endowment or CODE is a charity that helps our servicemen find jobs after their tour of duty in the Middle East and their current campaign is pretty awesome if not crazy simple for anybody to participate.

Activision, Call of Duty, CODE, gamasutra, Memorial Day, Military, Veterans, Xopher

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First Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Trailer Is Appropriately Bananas

by Jamie Gibson under PLAY on May 24th

Realism has been entirely thrown out of the window for the next Call of Duty game.

Activision, Call of Duty, GAMING, NEWS, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Modern Warfare 3 – Teaser Trailers

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on May 15th

If you’re not a fan, you won’t read this post…though there are more than enough people that love this series to make me writing it completely worth it.

Activision, activision blizzard, GAMING, infinity ward, modern warfare 3, PC, PlayStation 3, PS3, teaser trailer, Xbox 360

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Call of the Dead – Black Ops: Escalation DLC

by Scott Mason under PLAY on Apr 27th

Danny Trejo, Sarah Michelle Geller, Robert Englund, and Michael Rooker? Now you’re talking!

Activision, black ops, Call of Duty, call of the dead, danny trejo, DLC, GAMING, George Romero, Michael Rooker, Microsoft, NEWS, PlayStation 3, PS3, Robert Englund, Sarah Michelle Geller, Sony, Trailers, Treyarch, Xbox, Xbox 360, zombies

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World Hunger be Damned, There’s Games to Sell!

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Apr 7th

I kid, I kid…I know that people in Somalia will be fighting over which modern warfare FPS game to pick up next. Let’s face it, in this world and this economy you have to spend some major cash in order to make even more back in return. This year, there will be two such products hoping to make you feel like you NEED to purchase them, a new Activision’s next Call of Duty and EA’s Battlefield 3.

Activision, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty, EA, first-person shooters, GAMING, modern warfare, Small Medium at Large

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What’s the best-selling game in the US ever? Black Ops…

by Jason Rogers under PLAY on Mar 10th

Well, I didn’t really expect to hear this today, but there it is. I hope you are all proud of yourselves.

Activision, call of duty: black ops, GAMING, NPD, Treyarch, Wii Play

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Bungie NOT Working on an MMO

by Ryan Wilson under PLAY on Mar 7th

So, remember last week when we reported that Bungie’s next game would be an action MMO? Well, it turns out that “news” was the result of GDC reporters unable to take a joke.

Activision, Bungie, Charlie Sheen, David Aldridge, funny, ha, haha, joke, mis quote, misquote, MMO, rumor squashed, slide

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Bizarre Creations Shall Rise Again

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Feb 25th

Bizarre Creations may be dead as we know it, but that’s not the end of them…

Activision, bizarre creations, Developers, GAMING, lucid games

Harmonix Releases Statement Over Guitar Hero Squashing

by Robert Chesley under PLAY on Feb 15th

Harmonix offers their support for the team members that lost their jobs and game.

Activision, GAMING, guitar hero, harmonix, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, rock band, Sony, Wii, work force, Xbox 360

RLR #76 – Captain Planet

by Xopher Reed under FEATURED on Feb 11th

YES! It’s finally Friday and I’m writing this post at 1:30 in the morning, shortly after the show was finished recording…and I can’t wait until 6 to actually post it because I honestly think this is one of the better episodes we’ve ever done. It’s that sexy.

3DS, Activision, Angry Birds, bigbrusr, Captain America, COMICS, DJ Hero, fantastic four, GAMING, guitar hero, Halo, how to train your dragon 2, ico, inquisition, Kevin Smith, MOVIES, PODCASTS, Power Rangers, spiderman, Superman, The Red-Light Roundtable, TV, valentine's day, xmen first class

No New DLC Beyond February For Guitar Hero or DJ Hero

by Robert Chesley under PLAY on Feb 10th

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that they disbanded the Guitar Hero division, now the latest casualty is that outside of the previously announced DLC for Guitar Hero and DJ Hero, there will be no more new songs for the platforms.

Activision, DLC, GAMING, guitar hero, MUSIC, music games, plastic guitar, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360

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Activision Disbands Guitar Hero

by Ryan Thomason under PLAY on Feb 9th

The Guitar Hero series is finished, left to sit in an alleyway with a severe heroin addiction and a bad case of herpes. Like in your teenage years, your dreams of being a star via Guitar Hero are done.

Activision, blizzard, cancel, cancelled, done, gone, guitar hero, killed, True Crime Hong Kong

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Call of Duty: Black Ops, Proves That Morons Will Buy Anything.

by Ryan Thomason under PLAY on Dec 21st

Another Month, another sales record set by CoD: Black Ops, Way to piss your money away folks.

Activision, black ops, Call of Duty, damn, new record, record, sales record

Call of Duty: Black Ops Will Ship With 3D Included

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Oct 6th

To many it may seem like a gimmick, but Treyarch announced recently that their upcoming Call of Duty will support stereoscopic 3D from day one. I personally think that it will add to the experience of realistic first-person shooters like this, but I’m one of a few.

3d gaming, Activision, call of duty: black ops, first-person shooters, Microsoft, PlayStation 3, PS3, Sony, Treyarch, Xbox 360

And Now for Something Completely Different – The Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Setlist

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Aug 18th

I know I’ll catch some shit from fans of the site for saying this, but…long list is long.

Activision, guitar hero: warriors of rock, Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation 3, PS3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360

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Starcraft II – TV Ad

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on Jun 11th

Get ready for South Korea to be on the nightly news every single night when the wave of deaths occur from gamers starving and depriving themselves after the release of Starcraft II this summer (July 27 in the US). They’re getting started with the hype machine this week as they’ve released a commercial for the game here in the United States…and it’s pretty damn awesome.

Activision, blizzard, korea, PC, rts

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Got a Good Game Idea? Activision May Have Money for You

by Ryan Wilson under PLAY on Jun 4th

Activision has started phase one of the newly created Activision Independent Games Competition, a two part $500,000 contest to help fund indie game development. Starting today through August 31st, developers may submit up to a ten page conceptual proposal, a gameplay video, or a prototype for to receive $175,000 in funding to make your game. Second place prize is $75,000…still nothing to sneeze at. Details of the...

Activision, competition, free money

Call of Duty: Black Ops – Trailer

by Xopher Reed under PLAY on May 19th

Holy balls…I might have to rethink my stance on Treyarch taking over the Call of Duty franchise after watching this trailer. It looks like this game will have every little bit of awesome that I love in modern war shooters: ‘splosions, guns, and crazy ass situations.

Activision, call of duty: black ops, PlayStation 3, PS3, Small Medium at Large, Treyarch, Wii, Xbox 360