COD: Modern Warfare 3 – Defiance, LIsted on Classification as ‘M’

The Austrailian goverment site, Classification, listed Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance as M for violence. The age rating is lower than most Call of Duty titles, indicating that this game could for Wii.

Classification’s listing is posted after the break.

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The Death of Activision’s Guitar Hero (A Eulogy)

The music genre hasn’t been particularly nice to video games these past couple of weeks. Want proof? Well what better proof do you need than the cancellation of probably an uprising institution for music-enthusiasts (not music producers), Activision’s Guitar Hero. Yes it’s all over Twitter and the web; it’s the talk of the town. Guitar Hero is dead.

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First Black Ops DLC Release Date Announced

It’s been almost a while since Black Ops has been out for play, and having the first DLC around the first quarter of 2011 is certainly something to look out for.

Players using other consoles might need to wait a little while longer before the content is available on their turf thanks to a deal made between Microsoft and Activision. Pffft, typical Microsoft.

Xbox 360 players will have a multiplayer map pack that has five additional levels which includes four regular levels and one zombie mode. Two of the four maps are relatively new content as they dwell on Cold War content: the Berlin Wall and an Ice Hockey Stadium. While the other two will be based on maps from the single player mode, namely the Arctic Circle and Hong Kong.

And yeah, the DLC has Oscar Mike as well.

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Coming Soon on Activision

As expected, Activision will annualize many of its major franchises. The publisher confirmed its plans to release a new Call of Duty game for the 2011 holidays. The only thing vague as of the moment is whether the game will be done by Infinity Ward or Sledgehammer Games. Activision Publishing CEO, Eric Hirshberg, also confirmed several other titles penciled for a 2011 release. Included in the list are the Hero franchise, new Transformers and Spider Man titles, and X-Men: Destiny.

Already got a wish list of your Activision games ready for next year?

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