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Activision donates $1M to help US veterans find jobs
Activision donates $1M to help US veterans find jobs
| Posted By:
Witness
@ Nov 9 2009, 04:56 PM |
Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard on Tuesday will donate $1 million to military veterans via the new Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), which intends to help stem the high unemployment rate among vets. Unemployment may have hit double digits in the nation last week, but for veterans, finding a job has always had its challenges. The unemployment rate among people who served in the military since 2001 was 11.6 percent in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Other government and private studies show that the percentage of unemployed veterans has been historically higher than the percentage among civilians. Eighteen percent of veterans who left the military in the past one to three years were unemployed, according to a 2008 Department of Veterans Affairs employment survey.
Of those veterans who had found work, 25 percent earned less than $21,840 per year, the VA study said. Fifty-eight percent of recent veterans worked in the private sector and 36 percent had government jobs, according to the study.
"The joblessness rate that [veterans] should have should be far less than the national average, not more," said Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick. "How do you expect people to actually join the military if when they leave the military they can't integrate back into the free market they're supposed to be protecting?"
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The foundation will make its first donation of $125,000 to the Paralyzed Veterans of America to help open a vocational rehabilitation center, the company said.
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Source: The Washington Post
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More info about Modern Warfare 2. Two words: Heartbeat Sensor
More info about Modern Warfare 2. Two words: Heartbeat Sensor
| Posted By:
Witness
@ Sep 16 2009, 08:59 AM |
 Tyler Wilde over at GamesRadar has a sneak peek review of the Modern Warfare beta that he played for a bit. Let's get his overall assessment out of the way first: Modern Warfare 2 is the absolute fucking shit.
Some of the new perks included in the game are Bling (allows you to have two attachments on a weapon at once - red dot sight plus suppressor anyone?), Scavenger (allows you to pick up ammunition and grenades from dead soldiers on the ground) and Commando (provides an extra large kill radius for melee attacks). Perks will be upgradeable in ways only dreamed of before. Secondary weapons aren't just sidearms - machine pistols, shotguns and various rocket/missile launchers are among the new choices. Attachments have been expanded as well to include a thermal scope, tactical knife and the aforementioned heartbeat sensor for those players (like me!) missing their old pal from the Rainbow 6 series of games.
In short, it looks like Modern Warfare is going to be the fucking shit. And personally, I can't wait for it to come out. Come on November 10th! 
Read the entire article here.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2
| Posted By:
TourGuide
@ Sep 7 2009, 04:45 AM |
September 5, 2009 - Who doesn't love a carnival? The intoxicating smell of cotton candy, the whirling lights and cacophonous sounds.......the flesh-eating zombies.
In keeping with its recent trend of revealing new maps and monsters at each of the year's gaming trade shows, Valve Software brought its co-op zombie shooter to the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo to show off the Dark Carnival map. You could wait in line for more than an hour to play the demo at the show, or you could read this preview instead. Smart choice.
Let's clear one thing up. This is not a carnival that any sane person would want to attend. What was once a serene scene of merriment and mirth has degenerated into a dangerous cesspool of rotting flesh and abject terror. The rides have ground to a halt, and military vehicles sit abandoned, their floodlights illuminating an eerie landscape of horror.
A cheap motel that looks like it would have been a sketchy place before the zombocalypse is now overrun with the undead. A stopped Ferris wheel now represents terror rather than fun. The world has gone to hell, and it's up to you and your three surviving companions to make it out of the Dark Carnival alive.
By now, you know the drill with Left 4 Dead 2. Valve's zombified co-op shooter sequel takes over where Left 4 Dead left off, adding new characters, different maps, and more weapons/items/zombies than ever before. In the Dark Carnival demo, Valve showed off a new special zombie called the Jockey, a terrifying little bastard who jumps onto your back and rides you around like a lame horse. Your only course of action is to move around with it, trying to stay on a safe path while waiting for your companions to knock the thing off. All the so-called "specials" in Left 4 Dead 2 are creepy, but the Jockey is especially so. It's so invasive, hopping onto you like a human-sized parasite. Kind of makes you want to beat it to re-death with a big piece of wood.
As any little leaguer knows, nothing cracks skulls quite as effectively as a baseball bat. And Valve has thoughtfully built a slugger into Left 4 Dead 2. The developer showed off the baseball bat (did I really just write that?) in L4D2 at PAX, so I gave it a few satisfying swings. And I'm happy to report that it pops heads in a seriously satisfying way. Get the hang of this hefty hunk of hardwood and you'll soon be batting 1000 against the horde.
The bat is a nice addition, but I still prefer the guitar, which also smashes noggins effectively but does so with a pleasing twang that sounds like The Who tuning up at Wembley. I also have to mention an unwelcome addition to Dark Carnival: the new "uncommon common" zombie clown. I hate clowns that are alive, and now I can confirm that I hate dead ones even more. As this creep moves around the map, he squeaks his oversized clown shoe, drawing the horde. He'll always show up at the most inopportune times (just like a real-life clown), making your life even more of a living hell than it already is. I highly recommend hitting him in the face with a melee weapon.
Look for Valve to continue releasing details about Left 4 Dead 2 as the game gets closer to launch. And make sure to check out our hot new direct-feed video of Dark Carnival.
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Call of Duty: MW2 gets akimbo pistols perk
Call of Duty: MW2 gets akimbo pistols perk
| Posted By:
Witness
@ Aug 25 2009, 03:22 PM |
According to Robert Bowling from Infinity Ward a new perk coming in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been confirmed called Akimbo which will allow the player to dual wield sidearms. Currently, it appears the perk allows any sidearms to be dual wielded - as referenced in this article at IGN where Robert was able to pick and use dual Desert Eagles... There are obviously some balancing concerns that go along with the new perk that need to be figured out. Read the full article here
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