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Call of Duty Infographic Reveals 100 Million Players Have Contributed 2.85 Million Years of Gameplay

Ravi Sinha — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:14:13 +0000

Infinity Ward has released a new infographic for the Call of Duty series, with multiplayer and gameplay figures collected from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare till now. What do the stats say?

According to Infinity Ward, there are roughly 100 million people who have played Call of Duty, which is larger than the population of countries like Germany, France, UK and Italy. Roughly 32.3 quadrillion shots have been fired till now with 31 billion care packages called in for since Modern Warfare 2. Over 5 billion cars have been destroyed in the game and players have spent a total of 25 billion hours or 2.85 million years playing the Call of Duty.

Which is apparently longer than the entirety of human existence. Oh, the humanity (literally).

Will such numbers help Infinity Ward with its next release, Call of Duty: Ghosts? We’ll find out when the game releases worldwide on November 5th for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 releases due for later.

Does Battlefield 4 Look Better Than Call of Duty: Ghosts?

Ravi Sinha — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:55:30 +0000

DICE revealed Battlefield 4 at GDC 2013, debuting its new Frostbite 3 engine in the process, and Infinity Ward recently showed off the fruits of their labour with a “new” engine for the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts. The question was bound to come up sooner or later though: Which game looks better out of the two?

A YouTube user VidxHD took it upon himself to find out, and created a side-by-side comparison video of the two games, with Battlefield 4 on the left and Call of Duty: Ghosts on the right. Specific moments have been edited in such a way to showcase aspects of both games that can be compared, such as the facial animation and destruction. Check it out below.

We still think it’s too early to say, but for now, our money is on Battlefield 4. DICE has had a history of pushing for powerful visuals while Infinity Ward goes for graphics that can work on even the lowest configurations.

Of course, the latter’s approach to only include new graphical elements into the engine if the experience warrants it means they won’t be pushing to do things other games haven’t thus far. Let’s not forget that the Battlefield 4 footage from GDC 2013 was pre-alpha.

Currently, Battlefield 4 is set to release on October 29th in North America while Call of Duty: Ghosts releases on November 5th worldwide.

Port Royale 3: Pirates and Merchants Now Available

Ravi Sinha — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:52:39 +0000

Port Royale 3: Pirates and Merchants is now available for PC and current generation consoles. Never heard of it? Well, players can take control of France, England or Spain as they do naval battle across the Caribbean. Because this is a time of diplomacy via cannon fire, and it is glorious.

Interestingly, Port Royale will feature a campaign of two different paths: adventurer and trader. Adventurer is of course the most action packed route with raids, piracy, bounty hunting, plundering and city conquering required to rewrite the world map to your will.

Trader, though, is the more economic route, as players establish trade routes, production facilities and build cities in order to become the most powerful tycoon in the Caribbean.

With 16 different ship types, 60 cities and a free-play mode when you get bored of killing in the name of plot, Port Royal 3 offers enough plundering and book balancing for the best of ’em.