International Business Times
'Call of Duty' franchise boosts Activision
Financial Times
But with downloadable content, such as map packs for its Call of Duty games, Activision is ahead in digital revenues. It said they reached $1.6bn and accounted for 34 per cent of total sales in 2011. Its recently launched Call of Duty Elite online ...
Activision Blizzard earnings: Call of Duty Elite snares 7 million subscribersVentureBeat
Activision beats targets, stems 'Warcraft' slipMarketWatch
Activision Blizzard Beats Expectations on Strength of 'World of Warcraft ...International Business Times
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Eurogamer.net
Gotham City Impostors Review
Eurogamer.net
Checking for downloadable content... Holy b****cks. Class-based shooter Gotham City Impostors snuck out of Warner's back door earlier this week, which strikes you as unusual for a first-person shooter based on one of the biggest licenses around and ...

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Video games industry widens market measurement ability
PRWire
However, this data excludes sales from online retail, downloadable content, online games subscriptions, in-game micro-transactions and mobile games. iGEA's New Zealand Director Mark Goodacre says the growing popularity of digital games isn't telling in ...

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MCV
Third piece of MW3 DLC due Feb 21st
MCV
by Dominic Sacco Premium Call of Duty Elite users will be able to download the fresh multiplayer map Overwatch on February 21st. This piece of downloadable content will be available to Xbox 360 owners first, and will arrive on PS3 shortly afterwards.

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Ubergizmo
Next Modern Warfare 3 map debuts Feb. 21
GameSpot
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot Xbox 360 Call of Duty Elite paid subscribers to get access to Overwatch New York City skyscraper level later this month. The next content drop for Call of Duty Elite subscribers is just two weeks away.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 second DLC announcedUbergizmo
MW3's next DLC drops from a skyscraper onto Xbox Elite members on Feb. 21Joystiq
New MW3 DLC For Xbox 360 Elite Members Coming February 21st.411mania.com

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Gaming Tips
PS3 outsells competitors in shrinking market
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
NPD does not measure online sales, downloadable content, online game subscriptions and game purchases for mobile devices such as Apple's iPhone. The growing popularity of gaming on devices like the iPhone and iPad also seems to be having an impact on ...
PS3 Cod Elite Members Will Get MW3 New Content on Feb 28thGaming Tips
Sony PS3 Hurts Microsoft XBox 360 Despite 13% Dive In Console SalesChannelNews

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Online Passes Are Absurd
TekGoblin
... money on the sale itself, but it opens the door to the creation of brand new fans that eat up the downloadable content and pay close attention to future releases. Look at a series like Dead Space, Assassin's Creed, Elder Scrolls, or Call of Duty.

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Gaming Tips
PS3 Cod Elite Members Will Get MW3 New Content on Feb 28th
Gaming Tips
By Harold Hisona After several days since Activision released the first ever Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 downloadable content (DLC) and after several debates regarding PS3 Elite members' privilege, the publisher finally reveals that PS3 MW3 gamers ...

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PC Gamer Magazine
Battlefield 3 sells 11 million, new DLC announcement expected next week
PC Gamer Magazine
The rest of that share probably still belongs to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The release of more add-on packs like Back to Karkand could boost those numbers a bit more. The transcript of the call from Seeking Alpha has a response to a question from ...

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Attack of the Fanboy
EA boss applauds Call of Duty Elite - Battlefield subscription inbound?
Computerandvideogames.com
EA CEO John Riccitiello has tipped his hat to publishing rival Activision for successfully introducing a subscription offering for the Call of Duty franchise - and hinted at the possibility of something similar in the pipeline for Battlefield.
Controversial Battlefield subscription hintsProduct Reviews
EA wants Battlefield "Elite"?Fragland.net

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