Here is the latest report on Xbox 360 LIVE Activity for the week March 15, 2010. This includes Xbox Live and our own 360-HQ Xbox Live statistics combined.
Where we can, we will display our own top list of most played games on XBOX LIVE. Our own data is tracked by our registered users here on the 360-HQ.com website and their activity on Xbox LIVE! Please note we do NOT track demos.
The 360-HQ Xbox LIVE top 20 list is compiled automatically by the HQ server. Our server tracks each and every Xbox LIVE Gamercard registered on our site and which games our members are playing or have played most recently.
To see the most popular game on Xbox LIVE scroll to the bottom of any page on HQ and the top 20 games are listed in our footer.
You can also browse our Xbox 360 "Top 50 Games" list which is ranked by total page views daily. This is what you see on our homepage!
The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
**Combined sales of all Hasbro Family Game Night titles
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The Modern Warfare 2 "Stimulus Package", the first DLC for Infinity Ward's behemoth shooter has been announced and dated by Activision. The multiplayer map pack will launch "Worldwide" simultaneously on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 and is rumored to have five maps, new and old.
The new map pack for MW2 will be exclusive to Xbox 360 owners for the first month and is scheduled for release Tuesday, March 30, 2010. The new DLC will cost you 1200 Microsoft points. The upcoming map pack will include brand new multiplayer maps and should bring some relief for die hard fans.
The five new maps which are rumored to be included are "Crash" and "Overgrown" from the original Modern Warfare, with "Complex", "Compact" and "Storm" all original maps from Modern Warfare 2.
MW2 "Stimulus Package" DLC Maps
The first pair of new maps are from the original Modern Warfare.
Mp_Crash
MP_Overgrown
MP_Complex
MP_Compact
MP_Storm
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Activision Blizzard has announced that the publisher’s newly formed internal studio, Sledgehammer Games, will handle an iteration of the Call of Duty franchise in 2011, taking over the reigns from franchise stalwarts and creators Infinity Ward.
This news arrives on the back of the revelation that Infinity Ward studio heads and co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella have been let go from their positions after an apparent breach of contract with Activision, in the wake of a worrying period at the developer on Monday that saw strong-arm and intimidation tactics resulting in panicked, “confused” and “freaked out” employees.
Infinity Ward will temporarily be led by Activision CTO Steve Pearce and production head Steve Ackrich, both of whom have backgrounds in Activision Publishing.
Sledgehammer Games, headed up by former EA studio Visceral Games (Dead Space) leadership Glen A. Schofield and Michael Condrey, will work on a 2011 entry to the Call of Duty series (which is said to “extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre”), while Treyarch will continue its collaborative franchise development efforts by releasing 2010’s iteration.
Infinity Ward will continue work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s two map packs, both of which are due later this year, while Activision claims the studio will remain “central” to the future of the franchise, with rumours that the developer will handle another Call of Duty game in 2011 in addition to Sledgehammer’s game.
Additionally, Activision has set up a business unit to specifically manage the Call of Duty franchise and to promote “various new brand initiatives,” which will be run by Philip Earl, who currently heads up Activision Publishing Asia Pacific.
Through this business unit, Activision will begin to place a heavier focus on “high-margin digital online content,” as well as attempt to create Call of Duty games in a variety of different genres, even alluding to the possibility of a Call of Duty massively multiplayer online game, while Activision Publishing is currently in discussions with a number of select partners “to bring the franchise to Asia, one of the fastest growing regions for online multiplayer games in the world.”
Activision Publishing president Mike Griffith said in a statement:
“2010 will be another important year for the Call of Duty franchise. In addition to continued catalog sales, new downloadable content from Infinity Ward and a new Call of Duty release, we are excited about the opportunity to bring the franchise to new geographies, genres and players.”
Problems are occurring between Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision, and they're not digital problems.
According to a G4 source, a "bunch of bouncer-types" have turned up at the Infinity Ward studios, unannounced. Studio heads Vince Zampella and Jason West met with Activision this morning, and both haven't been seen since.
Now though, Infinity Ward CTO Jason West has reportedly updated his Facebook status as "Jason West is drinking. Also, unemployed."
West's LinkedIn profile has also been updated:
"President/Game Director/CCO/CTO Infinity Ward
January 2001 – March 2010 (9 years 3 months)"
So for the moment, it looks like Jason West is no longer part of developer Infinity Ward. When updates reach us, we'll let you know.
UPDATE: Some more updates to bring you, as Activision are investigating "breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward." as revealed by an SEC filing made this morning by the publisher.
It goes on to say that the "matter is expected to involve the departure of key personnel and litigation. At present, the Company does not expect this matter to have a material impact on the Company."
Robert Bowling, Creative Strategist at Infinity Ward only recently boasted that it would not be too much longer before all the glitching, modding and hacking in Modern Warfare 2 would be fixed with the release of their latest update fix. Now even more mods have surfaced.
It looks like loads of new mods have surfaced for the console version of the game allowing some pretty crazy things like Spawning with an AC-130, God Mode, Disable Enemies Perks and Golden Desert Eagle. The care package glitch is also working again.
Latest MW2 Mods & Hacks - AC 130 Edition
This is a little commentary on a game of me going 23 and 0 with god mode and a poop load of other mods online ranked in modern warfare 2. All of this was given to me by Jester.
List Of Mods
1. God Mode (Don't Die)
2. Wall Hack (See People Through Walls)
3. Jump Height (Jump Higher)
4. Default Weapon (New Weapon)
5. Gold Desert Eagle (COD4 Gold Desert Eagle)
6. No Recoil (Gun Does Not Have Any Kickback)
7. Unlimited Ammo (Never Run Out Of Ammo)
8. Spawn With AC-130
9. Every Perk (All Perks)
10. Other People Have NO PERKS
11. Other People Can Not Jump
12. Text On Screen (Messages At Beginning)
ALL MODS WERE DONE BY JESTER AFTER PATCH THE ONLY WAY I HAD THEM IS BECAUSE HE ADDED ME TO HIS SPECIAL LIST (NO OTHER PEOPLE GET THEM)
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It looks like the care package glitch and quite a few other problems with "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" will finally be patched on Xbox 360.
Robert Bowling, Creative Strategist at Infinity Ward posted "The Care Package Fix patch went to Microsoft for certification on Friday. Not too much longer before it's a thing of the past."
Here is a full list of details which are to be included in the next update.
Care Package, Emergency Airdrop, and Sentry Gun marker grenades sprint speed normalized.
Fix for “infinite care package” exploit.
Model 1887: Bling using Akimbo and FMJ combination now has same range and damage as non-Bling Model 1887s.
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