According to The NPD Group, Chart Track and The GFK Group, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare developed by Infinity Ward was the no.1 title in units worldwide for 2007, being sold in excess of 7 million units worldwide since the November launching.

The FPS video game gathered over 18 perfect score reviews and more than 40 mixed Editors’ Choice and Game of the Year awards, and this was only in US.
There have been added 10 nominations for famous Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences including the Game of the Year category, while at this moment it occupies the first place in Xbox 360 titles on Xbox Live, counting only the unique users.

"We're very excited about this achievement especially given so many competitive titles this year," declared Will Kassoy, senior vice president, global brand management, Activision Publishing, the leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment. "Consumer and critics agree that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is one of the best games ever created and further establishes Call of Duty as one of the premier brands in the industry,” added he. “This ground-breaking game and franchise continue to establish new standards by which all other action games will be judged."

<-234x60 Half Banner - left->Paradox interactive announced today that they will launch Mount & Blade, a single-player, third- or first-person-shooter action/role playing game which focuses on medieval combat.
The BETA version of the game impressed the gamers starting with the realistic combat and ending with the sandbox gameplay.

The players can roam the map freely in the medieval world where they can hunt down bandits, trade for profit in a deep economical system or can become a great lord and participate at wars.



Although the game isn’t finished yet, it’s worth playing because there are numerous implementations and the community is extremely active, offering many updates which increases the game’s beauty.
Mount & Blade brings innovative strategy and role playing elements, borrowing elements used over and over again by other games belonging to these genres.
All these are implemented, and the great graphics guarantees you entire hours of fun.

<-234x60 Half Banner - right->Paradox Interactive understands gamers and it can’t wait to invite them in the world they’ve been created in several years in BETA now being so close to completion.
They’ve even announced a release date for Mount & Blade on Q2 2008.



Now, all we have to do is wait for the final release or play the BETA, which I’ve already tried and I must say that it’s an interesting game and it is worth playing.

<-250x250 Square - left->The new free online version of the famous Battlefield video game will be launched by EA Games later this year and will be supported by advertising and micro payments, being a major step of the company into the new ad-driven revenue sources in Western markets.

But besides this aspect, the new type of gaming will surely become friendlier and more accessible, so you can forget from time to time about the complex games full of skilled gamers and requiring high-end PCs on which to play it after finding some free time to go to the store and search to buy it.
Ben Cousins, senior producer at Dice, has a word: “You will be able to play this game on grandma's laptop."

From the free Fifa game version available in South Korea, EA earns over $1 million a month via the in-game sales.
EA expects that the new version of Battlefield to have a larger impact on the masses than the current series sold in 10 million copies worldwide, because it is built to be simpler with more focus on fun than strategy.
For example, players will buy different item to customize their appearance but they won’t be able to get any advantages from buying weapons.

But what about the ads? Will they be annoying? Well, according to Ben Cousins these ads won’t appear during the play, but only on the official website and on the front-end of the game. Sounds cool!

A lof of fans are wondering about what's coming next on the FEAR series. The video trailer below is 18 minutes in length and it presents tothe viewers what will happen in the following verion of the game: the sequel to F.E.A.R will pick up where the last game left off, with the mysterious Alma now having free reign, and her rage and supernatural powers threaten to destroy a major American city. The game will be  produced for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC; and it is sure to be one "creepy-scary" game at the time of the release. The video below has been encoded in very high resolution, 1920x1088, which means you should watch it in full screen (to see the details) and be patient while the buffer will reach 100% and the video will play.

In the video below you will get the chance to see how Unreal Tournament 3 was made and what have the developers to say about this game they worked on quite a lot. I think that since all reviews of this game were either controversial or harsh, we need to see what its makers think of it. The art and the levels of details are also discussed, along the motivation for certain choices for the final version of the game.