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Ten-hut! Right now, you can get a pre-owned copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for free when you buy a pre-owned game priced $19.99 or more at Best Buy.

Best Buy also has several other deals this week: Xbox 360 models are $50 off, and picking one up will net you a complimentary $50 in-store gift card. Splinter Cell: Blacklist is also $15 off, while Disney Infinity starter packs and Saints Row 4 are each $10 off.

Another year, another Call of Duty. So Jesus told Moses, and so Moses told Gandalf, and so we all now know it. The obvious money’s been on this year’s slice of shooting man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man after man being a new entry in the Modern Warfare series, but UK supermarket Tesco briefly put up a packshot for something called Call of Duty: Ghosts earlier today. It’s gone now, but not before I assembled the following high-res pic out of its weird image zoom thing.

(That sounds like it’s a setup for a trick. It isn’t, promise).(more…)

#modernwarfare If those North Korean propaganda games weren't odd (and unsettling) enough, the country's state media is incorporating Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and "We Are the World" to show the U.S. under attack. Yeah. More »

As part of its "countdown to 2013 deals," Xbox Live has Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and its downloadable content available for half off today only.

That means the Games on Demand version of last year's installment in the Call of Duty franchise, Modern Warfare 3, is available for $30. Its four DLC packs are 600 Microsoft Points ($7.50) apiece.

Oddly, checking Amazon, Modern Warfare 3 is currently $54.99, which does make this Xbox Live special an actual deal (for once). Meanwhile, this year's Black Ops 2 is $49.99 from the e-tailer.

Activision announced today Call of Duty Black Ops 2 made $500 million on its first day at retail, eclipsing the franchise's previous record of $400,000 as set by Modern Warfare 3 last year. Back then Modern Warfare 3 sold 6.5 million copies in the US and UK to make that figure, suggesting even greater numbers of copies sold this time around.

Black Ops 2 shifted 1 million copies at GameStop on day one alone, while Amazon noted it became the site's most pre-ordered game ever. We can expect an even more eye-popping amount in around a week's time, when Activision will likely reveal the five-day sales figure. Last year Activision revealed Modern Warfare 3 made $775 million in its first five days, and at this rate Black Ops 2 will have its eyes set on seven figures for the same mark.

This is one of the endings to Call of Duty Black Ops 2. We're calling this Ending 3 - Don't Shoot HIGH Intel.

This is one of the endings to Call of Duty Black Ops 2. We're calling this Ending 2 - Don't Shoot Low Intel.

This is one of the endings to Call of Duty Black Ops 2. We're calling this Ending 1 - Shoot Low Intel.

Watch our part 5 of our Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Strike Force Mission walkthrough. This mission is our Dispatch walkthrough.

Watch our part 4 of our Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Strike Force Mission walkthrough. This mission is our Second Chance walkthrough.

Watch our part 3 of our Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Strike Force Mission walkthrough. This mission is our IED walkthrough.

Watch our part 2 of our Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Strike Force Mission walkthrough. This mission is our Shipwreck walkthrough.

Watch our part 1 of our Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Strike Force Mission walkthrough. This mission is our FOB Spectre walkthrough.

Watch our part 11 of our Call of Duty Black Ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is the ending of the game, and our Judgment Day walkthrough.

Watch our part 10 of our Call of Duty Black Ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Cordis Die walkthrough.

Watch our part 9 of our Call of Duty Black Ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Odysseus walkthrough.

Watch our part 8 of our Call of Duty Black Ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Achilles Veil walkthrough.

Watch our part 7 of our call of duty black ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Suffer with Me walkthrough.

Watch our part 6 of our call of duty black ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Karma walkthrough.

Watch our part 5 of our call of duty black ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Fallen Angel walkthrough.

Watch our part 4 of our call of duty black ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Time and Fate walkthrough.

Watch our part 3 of our call of duty black ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Old Wounds walkthrough.

Watch our part 2 of our call of duty black ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Celerium walkthrough.

Watch our part 1 of our call of duty black ops 2 walkthrough. This mission is our Phrrhic Victory walkthrough.

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#security The same security company that found a security flaw in Steam earlier this year has found security holes in Modern Warfare 3 and CryEngine 3. More »

Here's good news for early Call of Duty Elite subscribers who may have been prepping their checking accounts for another premium subscription charge: You've got a few extra months to play. Activision has sent out emails to members who joined the Elite Premium service on launch day last year, extending their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Elite memberships until March 1, 2013.

The same services (which include things like clan support, Elite TV, and a few other options) are going to be free for everyone in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Given the issues Elite had at launch, it seems sensible to let premium subscribers keep playing without paying any more.

This leaves one question, however: What will happen to MW3 Elite Premium subscribers when subscriptions do end on March 1, 2013? A FAQ on the official website says Activision isn't taking any new subscribers at all, since new DLC is no longer being offered. We've contacted Activision for comment and will update if we hear back.

Chance Glasgo, a first-person animator at Infinity Ward, did a Reddit Ask Me Anything thread last weekend, taking on questions about the complicated weapon animations seen in games like Call of Duty and Battlefield. You should read through the whole thread if you're interested, but PC Gamer has kindly grabbed some of the most fascinating insights.

Glasgo says that "most serial numbers on guns in CoD have significance" of some kind, whether it's just a reference to his workout gym of choice, or a hint to something in the game's larger mythology.

He also explains that while gun aficionados will often tell him he's made some sort of technical mistake in rendering realistic weapons, the choice to do things differently is simply creative. For example, you're never supposed to point a real gun anywhere but forward even while reloading it, but following that rule would make some of these just so ... boring.

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