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Activision has released a statement regarding videos of Hitler showing up as staff picks on Call of Duty Elite’s Theater pages.

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Beachhead has said now that it’s finished “working furiously” on the mobile app for Call of Duty: Elite on Android and iOS, it’s next project was to start on a app for tablets. However, don’t expect it to be a port of the mobile application according to product director Noah Heller.

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Activision has released a new Call of Duty Elite video featuring funny-man Rob Riggle promoting the Black Box Map pack and Spec Ops mission in the latest Modern Warfare 3 update.

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Activision has announced the Liberation and Piazza maps are now available for Modern Warfare 3 on PS3 for those who have a premium account through Elite.The next content drop for Premium Members on PSN is scheduled to land on March 29 with the release of Overwatch, a multiplayer map currently available for Elite users on 360 that drops players into a construction site atop a New York City skyscraper.

Activision has released a new video with glimpses of the Overwatch map which releases on Xbox 360 February 21 for Elite premium subscribers. After the exclusivity period on 360 ends, it will be released for PC and PS3. Overwatch takes place in a construction site atop a New York City skyscraper, and includes two levels “in a near symmetrical layout,” with the central bridge and side routes open to attack from multiple angles. The video posted below is hosted by comedy actor and former US Marine, Rob Riggle.

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Activision has announced Overwatch as the next content drop for Modern Warfare 3 and it will be made available first to Elite Premium Members on the Xbox Live February 21. After the exclusivity period on 360 ends, it will be released for PC and PS3. Overwatch takes place in a construction site atop a New York City skyscraper, and includes two levels “in a near symmetrical layout,” with the central bridge and side routes open to attack from multiple angles. This is the third content drop for the game, and the next two will be released in March and will include Black Box and two brand new Special Ops Missions, Black Ice and Negotiator. New screens are posted below and the content calendar can be found here.

Meanwhile, Beachhead has posted a preview of Elite’s Clan Operations through here, and stated its release is “getting closer every day.”

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VentureBeat reports the Call of Duty: Elite mobile app will arrive on the App Store on Tuesday, US time, and release for Android one week later. Mobile versions of the social service were expected alongside its Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 sim-ship, but were delayed after heavy demand caused launch hiccups. The apps allow members to check stats, view maps of past encounters, edit load outs, and browse challenges among other useful features.

Thanks, CVG.

Activision has clarified comments made earlier by the official Twitter account for Call of Duty: Elite, which said the firm could not “guarantee if or when” a PC version of the service would be be released.

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Call of Duty VP of production, Daniel Suarez, has explained exactly what caused Call of Duty: Elite’s outage, how Beachhead Studios are going about fixing things.

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Activision has admitted it’s having an issue scaling the Call of Duty Elite service to meet player demand, and to help sooth the frustration a bit, every premium member will “immediately and automatically” be handed an extra 30 days of Elite at no additional cost. The firm is also extending Founder eligibility until the end of the month, which will also provide and additional 30 days of free access. Beachhead said it is “working non-stop to identify issues and resolve them as quickly as possible.” To keep up-to-date on the service’s status, keep an eye on this page.

Call Of Duty: Elite, the new stat-tracking service which launched aside Modern Warfare 3, is having a bit of an issue with so many folks trying to register at once.

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Just a quick heads up to let everyone know that if you pre-ordered Modern Warfare 3 through Direct2Drive or Steam, you can now pre-load the game. With that out of the way, you should also know that Elite’s Friday Night Fights will start on November 11 through Elite TV.

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Activision has released a new behind-the-scenes video for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 which walks you through Facebook and ELITE integration. It’s posted below. Also, those who frequent Walmart should know that over 2,700 stores will be holding tournaments for the game starting at 8pm Monday, November 7. Here’s a list of store locations. Modern Warfare 3 is out November 8.

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In a second behind-the-scenes video for Call of Duty: Elite, Beachhead explains the service’s Compete section which explores the competitive features, and provides information on individual and Clan competitions, as well as available prizes.

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Activision has released new screenshots for Call of Duty: Elite, showing the various areas included in user profiles.

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Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg announced during his presentation at the 13th Annual Pacific Crest Global Technology Leadership Forum in Vail, Colorado that directors Ridley Scott and Tony Scott are working on content for Call of Duty Elite.

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“We’re at a state now in the Call of Duty franchise, where you have several teams working on CoD that have their own very distinct styles on what type of gameplay they deliver. And I think that’s a great thing for Call of Duty in general, especially if you’re having games come out every year. To have very distinct flavors and to have very distinct styles, it allows us to innovate in different ways and not feel forced to innovate in the same ways and build on the same interactions in the other games.” – Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling on having various studios working on the Call of Duty series.

One of Swords has posted a video walkthrough for Call of Duty Elite, which debuts in November and the public beta taking place now. The video below features team leaders at Beachhead, Chacko Sonny the studio head, and Noah Heller Elite’s product director. Another video we posted last week is here.

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The first round of beta invites on Call of Duty: Elite are due to go out later today, according to Kotaku. The beta will allow players to try out some portions of the service before its full launch with Modern Warfare 3 in November with Black Ops. If you don’t get in today, invites will still be shipped out throughout the next month. The full list of premium features for the sub service will be announced in September at CoD XP.

“We have the best online community in the world and we owe it to them to offer an experience that will not only anticipate their needs but will keep getting better and better every single day. And that’s what we’ve done with Call of Duty Elite. At last count, all four of the CoD games between 2007-2010 are currently in the top ten on Xbox Live, and they need us to figure out a way to bring those discrete communities together.” – Chacko Sonny, head of Beachhead to OXM.