Only two days ago a petition hit the net to have Infinity Ward reconsider their decision on no dedicated servers in Modern Warfare 2 and has already reached over 100,000 signatures. Infinity Ward has now responded, promising fans that their outcry "won't be ignored".

The petition states this:


"Get Infinity Ward to review their decision not to allow fully dedicated servers for their forthcoming game release CoD:MW2. Remember that this Call of Duty was made popular by PC Gamers who have supported the series throughout."

Robert Bowling, Creative Strategist of Infinity Ward via Twitter:


"[It] definitely made a big wave, and the response will not be ignored. I'll ensure everyone at IW sees the petitions and responses to it."

During the last couple of weeks the closed beta of Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) has been presented to the press at various events during Infinity Ward's trip through Europe. Detailed previews are popping up like mushrooms at numerous gaming sites, talking about their own little private time with the new game.


On the last event this Tuesday, Infinity Ward revealed that this beta was just the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of multiplayer content.

Speaking in London today, community man Robert Bowling said there's "a lot more" to be revealed in terms of unlockables for the sequel.

New Modern Warfare 2 footage has hit the net, via North America's Spike TV.

The latest episode of GT TV delivers a ton of single-player and Special Ops footage from the big sequel, as well as revealing new details such as the solo game's multiple characters and the new Estate Takedown map, a sniper mission with jugernaut opponents.

This is a list of new stuff and highlights that can be found in the video:

Regarding Single Player:

• Minor submarine gameplay
  
• Real vehicle physics
  
• Special motion capture animations throughout campaign
  
• U.S.A. invasion confirmed

Regarding Spec Ops:

• 23 Missions in total (3 Stars x 23 = 69)
  
• No checkpoints (You can be revived by a teammate)
  
• Different difficulties (e.g. Dogs in harder modes)
  
• Different enemy types (e.g. juggernaut, hiding snipers)
  
• Snowmobile mission (Race with your friend in co-op - you can kill each other)
  
• Breach 'n Clear mission(s)

Regarding Multiplayer:

• U.S.A. multiplayer map(s) (likely Washington)

Extra:

• Robert Bowling again says 10th of November is the release date (while rumours said the PC version was delayed)

Links to the video:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/57238.html
http://www.spike.com/full-episode/modern-warfare-2/34288

In the latest issue of DuRuS' blog on Cadred, Ryan "raf1" Palmer elaborated on his plans concerning promod for the upcoming CoD4 successor Modern Warfare 2.



Raf1 points out that he won't be releasing his mod before it is properly beta tested by a select few among the top players of CoD4. Igniting a mod-race will only be harmful for the community and could tear the scene apart.

Also, raf1's intentions aren't to make a copy of another game, but only change superficial things without modifying the new elements that make MW2 unique. His reason for this decision is that the CoD community doesn't hold on to a game for very long and therefore would get bored with a CoD4 copy.

He will also keep the media features already in the current CoD4 promod, such as shoutcast overlay, and add some more on top of it.

This sounds very promising, but somehow I don't think we will be seeing a CoDTV soon.

You can read the entire summary of the chat with raf1 on Cadred:
Cadred.org

Infinity Ward released their new Modern Warfare 2 trailer called "Infamy".
It reveals quite a lot about the single player story, including a battle to reclaim Washington D.C. after an apocalypse. This surely has to ring a bell for people who played Fallout 3!

Infinity Ward announced that there will not be a demo of Modern Warfare 2, the highly anticipated successor of Call of Duty 4.



Earlier Robert Bowling already stated that it's unlikely that an open multiplayer beta would be released either.
The reason for these decisions is the time Infinity Ward would have to invest into developing and managing such a pre-launch event, they would rather spend it developing the actual game.
For Call of Duty 4 Infinity Ward did release a demo and a public beta. Of course there is still a chance that they will release a demo post-launch.

Looks like we'll have to wait until the 10th of November!

Team FatGames is proud to announce the launch of its new website.
"Our intention was to develop a platform which would put focus on the team in all its aspects but at the same time function as a community website, with focus on the scenes we are active in. We will therefore keep implementing Web 2.0 functionality to ensure the possibility of community interaction. We're looking forward to the upcoming Lans and tournaments, as well as cooperation with organizations such as differo and fps radio."


Please bear in mind that things might not work perfectly in the beginning, if you experience any problems with this website, please send a report!

www.team-fatgames.eu

Furthermore, Team FatGames are happy to announce their new CoD4 team which will attend The Gameland in Rome, Italy and we will hopefully see them bringing back the gold. They will be playing among 4000 other participants with a total prize pool of 80.000€.


The new CoD4 team has the following lineup:

Manager: Munchies

JUSZN
killzx
duffeR
D1ablo
nreo

The team consists of ex-Team Coolermaster duo killzx and duffeR, highly rated player nreo (former h2o, Reason Gaming and for a time, Dignitas), ex-Meet Your Makers D1ablo, and former Reason Gaming and TLR dynamo JUSZN.

The newly-born multigaming clan FatGames has today opened its doors to recruit a brand new Enemy Territory team. The team has a capable lineup featuring many experienced players, and will be looking to participate in the ClanBase EuroCup, the ESL Master Series, and any future LAN events. With a lineup oozing with EC experience we are confident that our veteran team will be able to be a strong competitor in the aforementioned cups.

Management:
Andreas 'Krosan' E.

ET lineup:
Seán 'sol' W.
Tore 'urtier' T.
Michal 'kot' S.
Tarvo 'Holz' V.
Przemyslaw 'etsi' B.
Jakub 'S4rna' S.