Big Day GTA

Activision's Call of Duty 4 and Microsoft's Halo 3 have been trading the first and second slots on Microsoft's Xbox Live activity chart for the past few months.

But Aaron Greenberg, director of product management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, said that GTA IV, which just released on Tuesday, is the new king of the hill on Xbox Live.

"We had roughly 1 million users in the first 24 hours [of GTA IV's release] go online with the game on Xbox Live," said Greenberg.

The online attraction of GTA IV is staggering, considering that until now, GTA has always been focused on the single player, offline experience.

"It's been the number one game on Xbox Live since its launch, so it's knocked off Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4," said Greenberg. "At launch, our data shows that out of all of our members on Live, the majority of them were playing GTA IV.

"With a community of over 10 million members, that's pretty rare."

Microsoft measures the number of unique users per game on Xbox Live. Aside from multiplayer online sessions, single-player sessions are also taken into account in the Live activity rankings if the console is connected to the service.

Greenberg also said that 2 million GTA IV achievements were unlocked in the first 24 hours of the game's release. In addition, over 15 million Gamerscore points were added to users' accounts in the first day.

1.5 million cross-game invites also occurred during that period.

Microsoft has been keen to leverage GTA IV's strong online multiplayer component by including a one-month Xbox Live gold subscription with all GTA IV launch copies. The firm hopes the game will drive Xbox Live adoption. Gold subscriptions cost $50 for a full year.

"Our teams have been doing a lot of work in advance of this game, in fact, months. The operations team has been working on scaling our infrastructure around building and increasing our server capacities," he added.

 

See more about Xbox 360 and initial GTA IV sales for the console here. 

Nelson, I saw you playing COD4 the other night.  Hurry up and get GTA dammit.

Air Force Buys 300 PS3 For “Research”

Photo courtesy of Gizmodo

There was always a reason why the Air Force was my favorite branch of the military, now I know why. The Air Force has purchased 300 Playstation 3 for “research” for which they state:

"The Air Force Research Laboratory is conducting a technology assessment of certain cell processors. The processors in the Sony PlayStation 3 are the only brand on the market that utilizes the specific cell processor characteristics needed for this program at an acceptable cost.”

Not that I’m some kind of conspiracy theorist, but something tells me that more gaming is going on than research. I’m thinking that it’s a massive Call of Duty 4 round up, with the winner getting a chance to fly which ever jet they choose.

I want in!

[Air Force via Gizmodo]

Funny Review Of Call Of Duty 4

This guy is the absolute best reviewer of video games that I've ever heard. It has a little language, so be careful. Check out the review of Call of Duty 4.

Call Of Duty 4 Ads: Very Funny

I have to hand it to Infinity Ward for these Ads for Call of Duty 4, I had a good laugh when I saw these gems. G4TV.

"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare": PC Demo Now Available

If you can't wait to play the new "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare", the PC Demo is available right now. Just head on over to FileFront and download the single player demo, and start killing Russian terrorists. Check the specs that you'll need to run it below:

Recommended Specs

CPU: 2.4 GHz dual core or better is recommended
RAM: 1GB for XP; 2GB for Vista is recommended
Harddrive: 8GB of free hard drive space
Video card: 3.0 Shader Support recommended. Nvidia Geforce 7800 or better or ATI Radeon X1800 or better

Required (min) Specs

CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz or AMD(R) Athlon(TM) 64 2800+ processor or any 1.8Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
RAM: 512MB RAM (768MB for Windows Vista)
Harddrive: 8GB of free hard drive space
Video card (generic): NVIDIA(R) Geforce(TM) 6600 or better or ATI(R) Radeon(R) 9800Pro or better

Courtesy of G4TV.

'Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare' Beta On Line

If you're one of the luck bastards who snagged one of the lottery invites that are going around for 'Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare', you already are having more fun than most of us. But for the rest of the gamers who can't get in, this demo walk through will have to get us through till launch time.

G4TV did ask the following: The gamertag used in this video is NOT Kevin Pereira's or anyone else you see on G4. It belongs to someone that works in the office. Please do not spam them with messages and friend requests. [G4TV]

Call of Duty 4: November Release Date

The rumor mill is once again churning with talk of the release date of 'Call of duty 4'. This time the unconfirmed rumor comes from the Website Eurogamer, which says that an unnamed source at Activision confirmed that the game will be released in Europe on November 9.

If that is the case, the game should hit the U.S. on a Tuesday on November 6th or 13th. Activision hasn't confirmed or denied the rumor, which makes me believe that the rumor may be true.

I can't wait!!!
Here is a little teaser trailer for ya.

Call of Duty 4 November release? [Gamespot via G4TV]

E3 Trailer For Call Of Duty 4

Another Call of Duty 4 trailer from the E3 conference has come to the light. And the more I see this game, the more I'm excited about it.

Check it out here.

Call Of Duty 4: Trailer From E3

Since we are coming up on E3 this week, I thought we might share the newest trailer for 'Call of Duty 4' with you all.

The trailer looks like a movie I want to see.

This game should rock!!! [Gametrailers]

New Call of Duty 4 Gameplay Footage

Call of Duty 4 `Bog Rescue` Gameplay Video

Developer Infinity Ward has released a new gameplay video for their upcoming Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare set to release on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

I know that there are a lot of gamers who are tired of the military shooters that have come out lately, but this one has me excited about killing evil-doers again.

There's some sweet footage of what the night-vision goggles will look like in game so be sure to check the vid out! Remember, the game is very early in development, so it will only get better. The video was taken off of the Xbox 360 version, and I can only imagine what the PC version will look like.

Call of Duty 4 trailer hits the NFL draft

As if you needed more reason to watch the NFL draft this weekend, Activision has provided you more. The new trailer for 'Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare' will be unveiled via a trailer that will be shown during the NFL Draft on ESPN at (10 a.m. PDT /1 p.m. EDT) this Saturday April 28.

The first 3 games were set in the World War II stage and this will be the first one set in modern warfare. No word on which console this will be available on, but you can read the rest of the story after the jump.