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Danger Close—the studio that made EA’s two modern-day Medal of Honor games—has been dissolved. A report on Develop seems to hint that at least some members of the former studio are being absorbed elsewhere within EA.

A report on Reuters says that following recent events like the Newtown school shooting, and the controversy over the company's relationship with arms manufacturers, Electronic Arts has made the decision to stop paying for the rights to use real weapons in its video games. But it's still going to use them anyway. Just like it did when Bell launched legal action in 2012 over Battlefield's use of helicopter designs, EA tells Reuters that, despite an intent to copy the designs and even name of famous firearms, it will no longer be paying for that privilege, believing it has a constitutional right under the tenets of free speech to use trademarks without permission. "We're telling a story and we have a point of view," EA's President of Labels Frank Gibeau told Reuters. "A book doesn't pay for saying the word 'Colt,' for example." While the Medal of Honor franchise has been put to bed, EA still plans to release an entry in the Battlefield series - which features contemporary military hardware - later this year. FEATURE-Video game maker drops gun makers, not their guns [Reuters]

#bro Few games understand the true meaning of being a bro. Being a bro is more than being a burly man in a group of burly men who shoot at anything that moves. The concept of "bro" reaches beyond polo-wearing frat boys double fisting red plastic cups. More »

#callofduty Via the personal Twitter feed of Josh Olin, former community management guy for Call of Duty studio Treyarch. Now at Riot. More »

#warandvideogames EA's first-person shooter series Medal of Honor has been around so long that it's easy for a gamer to think of the words "Medal of Honor" as just a video game brand, no more tied to a real thing in the non-gaming word as a phrase like "brothers in arms", "company of heroes" or "call of duty". More »

#medalofhonor It was a long time coming—longer than the gap between the announcement of the iPad 3 and the iPad 4—but Electronic Arts has finally released another military shooter. More »

#videogamemusic I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Video games are the new best way to make a living composing music. More »

#medalofhonor This is "Dog", supposedly an Australian sniper who's been brought in to advise Electronic Arts on development of the new Medal of Honor. Make sure the game is an "authentic special operations experience". More »

#medalofhonor Are You there, God? It's me, Kirk. Hi. How are You. Good? Cool. Me? Oh, I'm good. More »

#medalofhonor What could possibly be more exciting than a new multiplayer trailer for EA's Medal of Honor: Warfighter? Look at those explosions! Check out that air strike! Did you see that bridge crumbling? Let me catch my breath. More »

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#medalofhonor You've seen the gameplay presentation, now see the trailer for EA's upcoming Medal of Honor. More »

#imaginationgames War is hell, and it never changes. Even when game developers promise to depict the more human side of military conflict, it all boils down to shooting other people as close to the face as possible. More »

#callofduty There couldn't have been a better time for this panel. Tuesday brought the eyebrow-arching news that Lt. Col. Oliver North was a special guest celebrity consultant of the next Call of Duty. And Friday, former Kotaku editor-in-chief Brian Crecente was on a panel with a Navy captain at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. More »

#medalofhonor Really, EA, do you have to make the first gameplay footage for the next Medal of Honor game so damn dark, huh? We know the Frostbite 2 engine that the game's being built on can do all sorts of wonderful, amazing-looking things but we need to be able to see said things. More »

#medalofhonor Between this official art (released by EA alongside confirmation of reports from earlier today) and the name, which isn't just funny but is also part of an existing, competing series, we're getting dangerously close to self-parody land here. More »

#medalofhonor Your return to the role of a Tier 1 Operator will be in a game called Medal of Honor: Warfighter, which will reportedly be out this October. More »

If you're the sort of person who simply cannot get enough of video game soldiers fighting video game wars that may or may not closely resemble real life wars and soldiers, then has EA ever got an announcement for you.

No, this isn't a screenshot of Medal of Honor: Warfighter. We don't have any of those yet.

Though the publisher hasn't come out with a press release or anything yet, Game Informer is reporting that the upcoming issue of Official Xbox Magazine unveils EA's latest spin on dudes fighting wars in Medal of Honor: Warfighter.

Developed by Danger Close Games, the team behind the 2010 Medal of Honor reboot that our Jeff Gerstmann was not overly fond of, Warfighter will once again follow a team of Tier One Operators, and will be developed using DICE's Frostbite 2.0 engine, the same used on Battlefield 3. Multiplayer will be built in-house this time around, as opposed to last time, where it was farmed out to DICE.

EA is expected to reveal more of Medal of Honor: Warfighter at GDC next month. Or, you know, you can just pick up a copy of OXM and see all the screenshots and interviews and what have you. That's what it's there for, after all.

#battlefield There is plenty of room in our gaming lives for more Battlefield 3, more Bad Company and many more military first-person shooters from EA, the giant game publisher's number two boss told Kotaku this week. More »

#medalofhonor Not that anyone who finished the first game (or bought Battlefield 3, or is just paying attention) will be surprised by this, but an invite for a press event just turned up in our inbox looking like this. More »

#medalofhonor Electronic Arts has yet to officially take the wraps off a second game in its rebooted Medal of Honor series, but that hasn't stopped the publisher from continually referencing it. More »

Amazon doesn't care for your silly stack of unplayed, unopened games -- it simply wants to trick you into buying more with a variety of impressive deals, albeit on games that exist only in the digital realm. Starting this coming Sunday (the 15th) and running through the end of the week (the 21st), individual EA titles will be offered day by day at ridiculously discounted prices: Bulletstorm and Dead Space 2 for $7 a pop, for instance.

The daily itemized list is jut after the break, should you be preparing for yet another (admittedly minor) assault on your bank account in the effort to catch up on 2011's best games. Might we suggest conquering the concept of time scarcity first?

#rumor Battlefield 3's limited edition contains a promotional insert for Medal of Honor, indicating that game's promised sequel is due soon, if not around this time next year. More »

#beyondborders In the mid 1700's an Arab Amir took on the military might of Dutch colonials occupying Iran's Kharg Island, capturing their fort and liberating the southern Iranian cities from colonial rule. This Amir, called Mir Mahna, is an Iranian national hero. More »

#watchthis Courtesy of Freddie Wong comes another special-effects laden internet video with a gaming slant, this time about shooter Medal of Honor. Oh, and cats. More »

#modernwarfare In between projects, and given the lackluster critical reception afforded to the last game in the series, creative agency Basic figured they'd take a swing at pitching a new Medal of Honor game. After all, it couldn't do much worse than the last one! More »

#firstpersoncombat In real, modern combat, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some soldiers have cameras attached to their helmets. The videos make it to YouTube, giving the rest of the world a first-person view of real combat. More »

#thesoundsofwar Eight discs. Eight. That's what the complete Medal Of Honor soundtrack collection is shipping on, complete with big fancy packaging and a liner note written by Steven Spielberg. More »

Whether you're in the mood for shooting or shooting, Steam and Impulse have your back this weekend. Active now, Steam's offering Assassin's Creed, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Far Cry 2 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 in a bargain $3 bundle; while Impulse has Medal of Honor for $15.