Modern Warfare 2’s airport level is one of the most discussed sequences in the history of the medium. So when the scriptwriter behind it speaks up, it’s probably worth listening.
In an interview with GamePro, MW2 scriptwriter Jesse Stern had some interesting things to say on the level and its creation. “Every single person in testing opened fire on the crowd, which is human nature,” said Stern. “I hope that people don’t just look at it as being this simplistic and brutal sequence. We’ve done our best to treat it with …

Does Global Thermonuclear War ring a bell? It was one of the hidden multiplayer modes in Modern Warfare 2 that i told you about yesterday.

How much does it cost to make the sequel to the most popular shooter of 2007? According to LA Times, development costs for Modern Warfare 2 were in the neighborhood of $40-50 million. As staggering as that may seem, that figure is dwarfed by the marketing budget for its launch, an epic $200 million. With $550 million in sales so far and analysts predicting the game to eventually earn $1 billion, Activision has made a hefty yet successful investment in Modern Warfare 2.

Oh, you l33t hax0rz, how we envy you – bending binary code to your will and making a computer program do things that it really was not intended to do. Given enough time and effort, someone could probably make the TVGB office microwave download the latest episode of Dexter while we heat our Hot Pocket. Until that happens though, we have the current nerd-gasm occurring over thedev console that was found inside Modern Warfare 2.
After some crafty hackers got into the developer console within the game, setting up dedicated servers and …

Yesterday it was widely reported that Russia had banned Modern Warfare 2 due to the controversial “No Russian” mission near the beginning of the game and that the government had ordered a recall of all copies pending a re-evaluation. Unfortunately those reports, originating from Hellforge via Russian game site got PS3, were quite erroneous.
Activision has today given an update on the matter, clarifying that the console versions haven’t even been released in the country and that the removal of the scene from the PC version of the game was their …