"Someone who is more than close enough to know such things has tipped us off over the weekend that, yes, Treyarch are indeed hard at work on Call of Duty 5. And that, yes, the series is heading back to World War II. That's the stuff we'd heard already. What we didn't know is that, according to this tipster, the game's set in the under-utilized Pacific theater, something only one major WWII shooter - the awful Medal of Honour: Pacific Assault - has tried before. While (if true) the move back to well-worn WWII is mostly disappointing, if this game can branch out and explore some of the less "popular" aspects of the conflict (China, Burma, New Guinea), it might not be so bad."

"This is the release of the v1.3 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™ patch by Infinity Ward.

This patch addresses the issue reported by community member Uzi Kidding which now catches some files bypassing the pure client test. In addition this update will set properties so that Anti-lag is always enabled upon map loads, an optimization for Sniper Rifle accuracty at certain distances, as well a fix so text chat between rounds of multiplayer will no longer cut out at the end. The 1.3 patch will also include all previous fixes from previous patches."

"Christmas comes a little early, December 19th, as Xfire and AT&T Blue Room bring you Tour of Service: Double Duty Event. For four hours you'll be able to play Call of Duty 2 and Call of Duty 4 with some of the best pro teams in the world. Xfire users with the pro team accounts added as friend will have a random chance to win an Xfire T-shirt!

Schedule:

- 5:00 - 7:00pm: Call of Duty 2
- 5:00 - 9:00pm: Call of Duty 4

To register for the events, head to the Double Duty page."

"Log into the PlayStation Network on Wednesday, December 5th at 4pm PST for your chance to riddle the GameSpy crew with bullets (and grenades, and C4, and...). All you need to do is send a friend request or message to one of the following GameSpy editors' gamertags:

- Gabe Graziani: GabeSpy
- Sterling McGarvey: GSI_Sterling_M
- Patrick Joynt: GSIJoynt
- Bryn Williams: sh33py666

Log on and one of us will invite you to the game come go-time. See you online!"

"Hey Everyone --

Wanted to give you a heads up that we've added even more to the upcoming patch / update thanks solely to ALL of your feedback on the Sniper Rifle, and ACOG Scope.

We have fixed the bullet registration "Accuracy" of the Sniper Rifles and ACOG Scope thanks to your feedback, so you will now have improved hit detection when using those weapons / attachment.

Again, thanks to everyone who sent in emails, posted on the forums, made videos, or let us know in any other way about this. It's fixed now and will be in the upcoming patch for 1.3 Patch for PC along with a few other updates / fixes. Full patch notes will be posted of course, once we have them finished."

"This patch optimizes the Lean view offset issue, addressing the glitch reported by several community members and documented and sent in directly by community member GaretJax which is commonly referred to as the �Left / Vertical Lean� Glitch, in addition to preparing files for compatibility with the future release of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™ Mod Tools. This patch will update all previous versions of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™ to v1.2."

"Porting is an inexact science.

Anyone that's watched one of those house-flipping shows on HGTV can tell you that if you ask someone to build you a building can say "it will take X time" but if you ask them to rework an existing structure...some times you find termites, or asbestos, etc, and the original time estimate becomes something between overly-optimistic and pure fantasy.

So it goes.

We have the server running on Linux now. It will be released soon (a few days, at most, I hope). Just need to get the greenlight to put it out there and we're good to go."

"Announcing the first PC tournament of the year!

Xfire and their community of 8.5 million gamers are hosting First Strike, an exclusive series of events centered around Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The four-on-four team tournament kicks off Nov. 15th with a live online chat and COD4:MW gaming session with developers from Infinity Ward. You'll then be able to join the IW team for some PC game time on Nov. 16th with an exclusive Xfire Live Online Gaming Event!

If you've been waiting to compete for big prizes, wait no more -- Xfire First Strike Tournament is for you. Join hundreds of other North American teams to battle it out for more than $32,000 in prizes including:

* Grand Prize: 4 Voodoo Liquid Chilled Omen PCs (worth $7400 each!)
* Second Place: 4 XFX NVIDIA 8800GT Video Cards
* Third Place: 4 Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series Sound Cards
* Fourth Place: 4 Fatal1ty Gaming Headsets

The fun begins on November 15th when teams of four will go head-to-head to see who will ultimately be the last team standing at the event finals. All of these COD4:MW activities, like all Xfire events, are completely free! Don't hesitate, register now! Registration ends at 11:59 PM on Wednesday, 11/14."

"As both a U.S Marine and British S.A.S. soldier fighting through an unfolding story full of twists and turns, players use sophisticated technology, superior firepower and coordinated land and air strikes on a battlefield where speed, accuracy and communication are essential to victory. The epic title also delivers an added depth of multiplayer action providing online fans an all-new community of persistence, addictive and customizable gameplay."