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Loses ‘Call of Duty’ crown
The founder of file-sharing site Megaupload isn't just considered one of the most notorious digital pirates in the world: he's also one of the best Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 players around.
Unfortunately for Kim Dotcom, he's no longer on top of either game.
Last week, Dotcom was arrested in his New Zealand mansion over accusations that Megaupload cost copyright holders $500 million in lost revenue by facilitating millions of illegal downloads. That's keeping him tied up in court, which means he's not doing what any hardcore gamer should be doing: protecting his high score.
Dotcom, born Kim Schmitz, plays Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 under the name MEGARACER. And on New Year's Eve, MEGARACER managed to become the number 1 ranked player in the world -- no small feat for a game that sold over 15 million copies (and no small irony, considering he ran a site responsible for sharing illegal copies of the game).
Thanks to his brush with the law, however, he's slipped to the number 2 spot, usurped by a most-definitely-not-in-jail gamer named Azaros. Seeing as how Dotcom's been denied bail -- he's been deemed an 'extreme flight risk' -- it looks like Azaros' score is pretty safe for now.
While December was a grim month overall for the video game industry, it was particularly brutal for Nintendo. Wii hardware sales were down a whopping 55 percent compared to a year ago, a clear sign that interest in the once-hot console has dried up.
All of the major consoles saw sales declines last month, but they were muted compared to Nintendo's drop. The Xbox 360 was off 8 percent and the PlayStation 3 saw sales fall 22 percent.
Unfortunately, the bad news didn't stop there for the company. Wii software sales were down 42 percent from a year ago. And they might have been a lot worse if Ubisoft's Just Dance 3 (which is always a big hit for Wii owners — including certain heads of state) hadn't proven to be the year's second best-selling title. Life to date, the Just Dance series has sold more than 25 million copies, according to Ubisoft — with Just Dance 3 selling 7 million of those.
========================================= Tournament Announcements: ========================================= With PDXLAN just over 2 months away we thought you might like to get some practice in on the official tournaments.
It is with great pleasure we announce that NVIDIA and EVGA will be sponsoring the official tournament area at PDXLAN 19. The machines that NVIDIA is sending up to PDXLAN are none other than the super beasts that gamers drooled over at GeForceLAN this past October. Overclocked Intel Processors, beastly amounts of RAM and to top it off, NVIDIA GeForce 580's in SLI.
PDXLAN will feature 3 Tournaments: 1. Battlefield 3: Squad Rush 4v4 2. Call of Duty: MW3: Team DeathMatch 3. Minecraft Free for all
The BF3 and MW3 tournaments will be sponsored by NVIDIA and EVGA! These two tournaments will be played on the dedicated machines with a dedicated Internet drop provided by Xfinity by Comcast. The Minecraft tournament will be an epically long battle over the weekend. Prepare yourself!
All tournaments will have VERY NICE prizes for 1st, 2nd, and a Random team. Yes, a RANDOM TEAM that plays in the tournament will get a set of prizes.
============================================= Facebook - Win an Intel Extreme Motherboard! ============================================= PDXLAN is giving away FIVE awesome prizes: 1st place: Intel DX68ZV Extreme Motherboard 2nd place: Corsair Vengeance 1300 Gaming Headset 3rd place: Steel Series IKARI Optical Mouse 4th & 5th: Dungeon Siege III courtesy of NVIDIA
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is an online first-person shooter based game currently in development by Valve Software and Hidden Path Entertainment, who also co-developed Counter-Strike: Source. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike franchise, excluding Counter-Strike: Neo and Counter-Strike: Online.
Global Offensive is targeted for release in early 2012. It will be available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network. It will feature classic content, such as old maps, as well as brand new maps, characters and game modes. Also, it will support matchmaking and leaderboards.[3] Cross-platform multiplayer is confirmed between Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and PlayStation 3 players.[4] The PlayStation 3 version will offer three control methods, which include using either the DualShock 3 controller, PlayStation Move or USB keyboard/mouse.
Gameplay
Like previous games in the series Global Offensive is an objective based multiplayer first person shooter. Each player joins either the Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist faction and attempts to complete objectives, or eliminate the enemy team, first. For example in demolition maps, often abbreviated "de", the terrorist team is given an explosive to plant at a designated location. The Counter-Terrorists must defend the location until time runs out, and if the bomb is planted defuse it. Global Offensive is planned to launch with demolition, hostage rescue,[5] and a new game mode called arsenal. Arsenal is based on a popular mod for both Counter Strike and Counter Strike: Source called gun game, and made in collaboration with the creators of the mod.[6]
Global Offensive, like previous installments, operates in short rounds that end when all players on one side are dead or an objective is completed. Once a player dies they must wait until the round ends to respawn in most game modes. Players purchase weapons and equipment with money awarded based on their performance. Completing objectives or killing enemies earns the player money while negative actions like killing a teammate takes money away from the player. In addition when a round ends all players receive some amount of money, with players on the winning team receiving substantially more. Global Offensive adds new weapons and equipment not seen in previous installments. Most notably the molotov cocktail which temporarily covers a small area in fire, making it impossible to pass through without taking significant damage.
Development
Global Offensive began as a port of Counter Strike: Source to the Xbox 360 by Hidden Path Entertainment. During the development Valve saw the opportunity to turn the port into a full game and expand on Counter Strike's gameplay. Global Offensive began development in March, 2010[8] and was revealed on August 12th, 2011.[9]
A lengthy public beta testing phase on the PC will precede Global Offensives's retail release. Planned to start in late 2011 the beta will last until Valve feels the community is satisfied with the state of the game. The game's retail release will occur when the beta testing phase has concluded. The beta will initially be restricted to around ten thousand people who received a key at events Valve attended to showcase Global Offensive. After issues such as client and server stability are addressed the beta will open up to progressively more and more people, until the beta becomes open for anybody to join and play. <-- Old news
Counter Strike: Global Offensive Beta Begins Today
The Counter Strike: Global Offensive Beta starts today, and many will get a second look at the shooter coming to consoles/pc next year. The beta which was originally scheduled for October hit a snag after the game's reveal in Europe and then PAX West subsequently.
We snagged a code at PAX so we're definitely going to give it a shot, but as of right now, we're getting an error message when trying to access the game on Steam.
If you missed the reveal of Counter Strike: GO you can check out our hands on preview from PAX West and the video below to get you up to speed. The beta which is starting today is of the closed nature, so if you didn't manage to pick up an access code, you're likely out of luck until Valve begins to open the flood gates.
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