I mean besides the fact that we are in for a truly amazing game, not a ton. But that leaves plenty of room for speculation. Me likey.

Lets start with this…

Yep, it’s a scoped crossbow. What’s that? You want to know what kind of ammunition it packs? Explosive kind. Now I don’t know how practical it is but I have no doubt it will take out a decent group of enemies. I may just end up tossing it aside as I did with the flamethrower in World at War, but how cool does it look right now?!

How about this bad boy. By the looks of the last trailer, we get to fly one of these babies. Now as some people know, I’m not the greatest in-game vehicle driver (excellent and safe real life driver I assure you), but I am pumped to try my hand with this helicopter.

I can’t wait to see more from Treyarch in the coming months. As much as I am excited about MP (and Zombies!!!) I hope to see a single player campaign that blows me away. So far it’s looking good.

So here’s what I got in the mail today. No return address, and only containing a 1GB USB drive. What was on the drive you ask? If you follow @carbonfibah on twitter he was kind enough to create this video…

I’m not going to lie, I was a little freaked out when I heard the audio file. But after searching the internet and Twitter, I began coming across others who had also received this strange package.

First thoughts from most were that this was a hint from Besthesda about Fallout: New Vegas as the package was postmarked from Maryland.

Myself and others believe the package hails from the Treyarch crew. A little hint at the next COD perhaps? Maybe some zombies mixed in there?

What are your thoughts?

~bowski477

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Update

http://www.gknova6.com/

This is a site that is revealed after deciphering the code read in the audio file. It brings you to a TV set that you must adjust to get and image. A similar transmission plays while images of a baseball field, uranium, a bomb, and JFK flash across the screen. Hmmmm. Certainly smells like a Call of Duty announcement is nearing.

I was somewhat surprised at the results of my poll a few posts ago about the price of the Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack 1. Quite a few people are going to sit this one out for what I believe is a good reason.

First lets talk about the fact that the price will be $5 more than a Map Pack usually costs. They justify this by saying that there are more maps. However, two of those maps are going to be COD4 maps. Why should we have to pay for maps that we can go play in COD4? Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great that IW is bringing back some old maps but the players shouldn’t have to pay for them.

Now lets talk about how IW is ignoring the consumer and just pretending that nothing is wrong. That bothers me more than anything else. When the care package glitch was taking over the game where was IW? It took forever for them to put out a patch! Legitimate complaints such as that or the fact glitchers can just keep coming back by changing a simple code is what infuriates us as players.

A game that was so anticipated, by a reputable company, with a successful franchise really blew it on this game. I, along with thousands of others, expected more from you IW.  While many of us continue to play this game others have traded it in. Frustrated and disappointed.

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The much anticipated sequel to Battlefield Bad Company is due to release on Tuesday March 2nd. Much of the Modern Warfare 2 community has been anxiously awaiting this game. Fed up gamers are ready for the smooth glitch and hack free gameplay they saw in the demo.

In all honesty I believe that this game will give MW2 a run for it’s money. I’m not saying MW2 will lose players altogether, but it will take a hit. The way IW is ignoring the cries from players to fix the game does not help their case. I don’t plan to trade it in anytime soon but I am going to put it down for a while. I, like many others, are ready for something different. Something that doesn’t make me want to chuck the controller at my TV.

BC2 brings a few differences to its COD counterpart. The biggest one being dedicated severs. Long waits to get into a multiplayer game are the bane of gamers existence. You sit down after a long day at work and all you want to do is shoot a few people. But your sitting in the game lobby for 10 minutes before anything happens. Sound familiar? ::cough:: MW2 ::cough::

Gamers will also be able to use the party chat feature on XBL for this game. Something that MW2 removed to prevent cheating. The only thing it really did was give the mute button a lot of action. No one want to hear 12 year olds singing or shouting obscenities. I”ll chat with my friends thank you.

As for actual gameplay, the demo was really promising. It will take some time to get used to the slower tactics but I’m ready for something different.

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Watch out Modern Warfare 2, there’s a new kid coming to town on March 2, 2010. But will Battlefield: Bad Company 2 really pose a threat to the ever popular Call of Duty series? With all the glitches and hacks going on with MW2 right now many gamers are debating the idea of trading in their MW2 for the new Bad Company in March.

Within the last few months EA has not only produced a public beta for the game but also a demo. Two things that many players say would have helped save MW2 in the long run from all the problems we are seeing now. To players BFBC2 (demo)  is a breath of fresh air from the shenanigans of MW2.

Its smooth glitch free gameplay is not as fast paced as its rival and seems to put more emphasis on team work. Something that is hard to find on MW2. There are tanks and helicopters to deal with and a lone wolf trying to protect the base by himself will find it pretty difficult.

Personally I don’t know how I feel about the game yet. I don’t see myself trading MW2 anytime soon but after playing the demo I might find myself shelling out the cash for Battlefield: Bad Company 2

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It’s time for me to play devil’s advocate. Now before you get your boxers in a bunch, I am a fan of both Modern Warfare 2 and World at War.

There was a collective groan from Call of Duty gamers the day it was announced that after the great success of the first Modern Warfare, they had decided to return to World War II for the next game. How could Treyarch ignore the cries for another modern shooter game? It was a question that spammed forums everywhere.

Despite the many complaints from gamers everywhere, the game sold well over $1 million copies in its first month. I myself waited for reviews to come out before shelling out my $60. When I did get my hands on the game, I fell in love with it. As usual I glued myself to that one game for months, leaving all others to collect dust. Sure I missed the modern weapons of COD4 but the older weapons gave me more of a challenge.

Now we come to Modern Warfare 2. I swear I was going to explode with excitement during the last few days leading up to the release. The campaign story blew me away as did all the new perks and features of the multiplayer. But we soon were bombarded by glitchers and boosters looking for quick ways to rank up and annoy other players.

World at War had its share of problems don’t get me wrong but the fixes were quick and clean. Not only that but WaW had a public beta in which I’m sure many things were caught and fixed before the actual release. MW2 did have a beta but it was privately tested. I think that many of the issues we are seeing could have been fixed before the release had there been public testing.

The bottom line here is Call of Duty is an amazing game series. Modern Warfare 2 tried to give us so much at one time. I feel that maybe it was too much. Today I played WaW for the first time in months. I missed the simplicity of 3 set killstreaks and players actually caring about the objectives in game. I love both games but sometimes I might just pick up WaW over MW2.

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