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Speaking to RPS, Far Cry dev lead Clint Hocking has predicted that the amount of studios in the trade able to deliver knock-out linear shooters – compared to the open-world design of his game – is set to diminish.

“For me, personally, I find it much, much harder to become engrossed in your ‘typical’ linear FPS after having worked on and played Far Cry 2 for so long now,” he said. “However, at the same time, the level of polish and execution in games like CoD4 is insanely high.

“My feeling is, tightly controlled and scripted ‘cinematic experiences’ like CoD4 will always remain competitive, but that the number of studios who can deliver this level of polish will diminish rapidly. I think the environment will become even more competitive than it is now.”

There’s a lot more through there. Very good interview.

Far Cry 2 releases at the end of October for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Come on, Halo. This is just rubbish. Release some more Achievements, or something. Last week’s chart here. Data for the week beginning September 1.

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. GTA IV
4. Gears of War
5. Madden NFL 09
6. Castle Crashers
7. Star Wars: TFU Demo
8. Guitar Hero III
9. Rock Band
10. Mercenaries 2: World In Flames

Infinity Ward’s Rob Bowling’s confirmed on his blog that Call of Duty 4 players can look forward to another double XP weekend later this month.

“I’m currently working on getting everything organized and together for an upcoming Xbox Live / PSN promotion we have coming up the weekend of Sept. 12th – 14th,” said the developer’s comms guy.

“Which isn’t this weekend, but next weekend. I will have exact details on what it is in the near future but I have a gut feeling it’ll have Double XP attached to it for all those hungry for some power-leveling on Call of Duty 4.”

More through the link.

Poor old Halo. It’s obviously “gone off the boil” a bit. Not really “up to much” any more. No one remembers second place, you know.

Last week’s chart here. Data for the week beginning August 25.

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. GTA IV
4. Star Wars: TFU Demo
5. Gears of War
6. Madden NFL 09
7. Castle Crashers
8. Guitar Hero III
9. Rock Band
10. Battlefield: Bad Company

For the second week running, Halo 3’s been beaten into second place in the Live play charts. Data below for the week beginning August 18. Bungie will be crying into its Weetabix.

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. GTA IV
4. Star Wars: TFU Demo
5. Madden NFL 09
6. Gears of War
7. Guitar Hero III
8. Rock Band
9. Battlefield: Bad Company
10. SOULCALIBUR IV

According to Infinity Ward chap Rob Bowling’s blog, more than 10 million punters have played Call of Duty 4 online on Xbox 360 and PS3 since last November.

“That’s insane,” said Bowlong. “With a little over a million players logging in everyday for multiplayer, I can’t say I’m too surprised.

“It’s awesome to think that we’re all part of building something so massive, and when I say we, I mean me, you, all of us.”

More large numbers through the link.

Call of Duty 4 is once again back at the top of the Live play charts, following a run of dominance by Halo 3. Data for the week beginning August 11. Last week’s charts here.

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. GTA IV
4. Gears of War
5. Madden NFL 09
6. Rock Band
7. Guitar Hero III
8. Battlefield: Bad Company
9. SOULCALIBUR IV
10. Fable II Pub Games

Speaking to GI at Develop last week, Bungie’s lead AI programmer, Damian Isla, said that the developer has plenty to take away from Infinity Ward shooter-smash, Call of Duty 4.

“We have a lot to learn from their success,” he said. “They did some very innovative things to keep people going and their experience-rewards system was something that we paid a lot of attention to.

“I think it’s a great game and single player obviously is fantastic… they did a hell of a job with their set pieces, of scripting certain moments that they were really sure the player was going to actually see and experience first hand. The way that they use those moments to craft the player experience…Halo has a lot to learn from.”

More through the link.

No change in the top three of this week’s Live play chart. Hasn’t been forever. Last week’s charts here. Data for week beginning June 30.

• Call of Duty 4
• Halo 3
• GTA IV
• Guitar Hero III
• Gears of War
• Battlefield: Bad Company
• Rock Band
• Battlefield: Bad Company Demo
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
• SOULCALIBUR

Insomniac and 2K have added themselves to the list of developers shy on adding retroactive Trophy support, saying that neither Ratchet and Clank: ToD and Resistance: FoM will be getting patches.

Earlier today, Infinity Ward said that there would be no Trophies for CoD4.

Thanks PS3F.

By Mike Bowden

Speaking on Infinity Ward’s forums, communications chap Rob Bowling has confirmed that Trophies aren’t going to be added to the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4.

“At this time, we have no plans to patch in Trophy support for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the PS3,” he said. “Much like DualShock rumble addition to the PS3, the support for these new features have come much to late for us to add it to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare due to our current production schedule.”

There are currently about 3,000 “game x won’t have Trophies” stories doing the rounds, but we thought we’d let you know about this one. Because it’s a big game you may care about.

So says the Major. Last week’s charts here. Data for the week beginning June 23.

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. GTA IV
4. Battlefield: Bad Company Demo
5. Guitar Hero III
6. Gears of War
7. Rock Band
8. Battlefield: Bad Company
9. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Vegas 2
10. FIFA 08

Most megaton headline ever. Well, nothing’s changed in the top three, anyway. Last week’s here. Data for week beginning June 16.

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. GTA IV
4. Battlefield: Bad Company Demo
5. Guitar Hero III
6. Gears of War
7. Rock Band
8. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
9. NINJA GAIDEN 2
10. FIFA 08

The Major’s put up latest Live play figures, showing Call of Duty 4 immovable at the top and GTA IV seemingly stuck in third. Data’s for the week beginning June 9.

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. GTA IV
4. Battlefield: Bad Company Demo
5. Guitar Hero III
6. Gears of War
7. Rock Band
8. NINJA GAIDEN 2
9. NINJA GAIDEN 2 DEMO
10. ET: QUAKE Wars Demo

Infinity Ward has put a little message on its CoD4 multiplayer “Message of the Day” to all those hard-done-by LucasArts employees: “We’re hiring!”

Bit cheeky that. Funny too. Thanks Joystiq.

By Mike Bowden

The Major‘s put out Live play figures for last week, showing GTA IV in third place and Call of Duty IV back on top. List below.

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. GTA IV
4. Guitar Hero III
5. Gears of War
6. Rock Band
7. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
8. FIFA 08
9. Forza Motorsport 2
10. GRID Demo

Speaking in an investor call after the announcement of record financials last night, Activision execs confirmed that the firm’s upcoming Treyarch-developed Bond game, The Quantum of Solace, is being developed using the Call of Duty 4 engine.

Few details on the new game have been released as yet, although Acitvision did launch a sparsely populated website for the project yesterday.

It’s releasing alongside the next Bond movie later this year.

Thanks, Gamespot.

From FourZeroTwo:

Heads up for international users purchasing the Variety Map Pack for the PS3. The Variety Map Pack is Region Locked, which means that you MUST purchase the version of the map pack which is compatible with the version of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare game disc that you have.

For example:

If you have the GERMAN version of the game, you MUST purchase the GERMAN version of the map pack.

If you have the UK version of the game, you MUST purchase the UK version of the map pack.

More through the link. The pack’s releasing for PS3 today, so make sure you check that post before you buy, just in case.

Blimey. You can’t keep a lame dog down, or whatever it is. Gears of War was the third most played game on Xbox Live last week, according to the Major. Just goes to show. Data’s for the week beginning April 14.

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. Gears of War
4. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
5. Guitar Hero III
6. Rock Band
7. FIFA 08
8. Forza Motorsport 2
9. NBA 2K8
10. Oblivion

Infinity Ward’s Rob Bowling just announced that the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4′s Variety Pack will now release on April 24 in Europe as well as the US, not on May 1 as previously announced. From Rob’s blog:

Last week I let you guys know that the Variety Map Pack would be hitting PSN on April 24th for North America and May 1st for Europe, well NOT ANYMORE! I’m happy to say we’ve been pushing this past week and with the help of Sony Europe, are happy to announce that the Variety Map Pack on PS3 will be coming out at the SAME TIME, worldwide on April 24th for $9.99!!

The Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Packfor PS3 will be available on the PlayStation Network on Thursday April, 24 for both the US and Europe!

Happy days.