#September2011

Call of Duty Elite ‘Premium’ To Cost $50 Yearly, Contain Things. Thoughts?

So yesterday I was running around like an asshole doing stuff for the forthcoming semester when Call of Activision unveiled their Premium Call of Fragging Elite service whatever. Finally. In the flesh. It contains a bunch of stuff. Hit the jump for specifics.

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Modern Warfare 3 ‘Hardened Edition’ To Include Year-long Elite Membership. Hmm.

The details for Modern Warfare 3’s ‘Hardened Edition’ have leaked, and for $80 you can snag yourself a long list of bullshit. Something  that may make it worth purchasing for me however is the year-long subscription to Call of Duty: Elite.

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Ridley Scott Working On ‘Call of Duty: Elite’ Content. Srsly? Interesting.

There’s nothing that’s going to get me to subscribe to Call of Duty: Elite. Right? Well maybe if signing up gets you the Call of Duty DLC deluge for a reduced price. Or. Or. Or if Ridley Scott released something so asshole-quiveringly dope through the service that my fanboy soul needs it. This is somehow, oddly, a distinct possibility now that Scott has signed-up to provide the service with new content.

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Press Start!: Hulk Hogan, Obama, and Hardcore RPGs.

Welcome Hulkamanics, to the column that never ends! Or that’s what you’ll be saying by the end of yet another 800+ sprawling polygonal analog stick treatise monstrosity thing. This is Press Start!, the column where I give the rundown on all things video games from the past week. Actually, just five things that tickled my triggers, but what can you do. C’est la column.

Drop the stuff that you dug on this week in the comments section, and let us building a shining city on the gaming hill.

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More ‘Call of Duty Elite’ Details, This Service Is The Future. Better Or Worse.

The premium Call of Duty service is official, after rumor and cloaks and daggers. Its confirmation signals much consternation from a lot of fans, myself included. Whatever the grousing this much is true: Call of Duty Elite is the future. The culmination of a slow gaming galactic boil that has finally gone supernova, and its coming to gobble us up. Gobble! Gobble gobble!

With new details coming out, again, it is clear. Call of Duty Elite is the future. For better or worse.

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Call of Duty Getting Paid Premium Service, “Call of Duty Elite.’ Told You.

Earlier this year it was rumored that there was a subscription-based flavor of Call of Duty coming. I thought it made sense. Others didn’t. It’s coming. Told you so.

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