Activision just announced their latest financial results, where profits were up from $381 million to $503 million for the last three months.

Much of this was down to downloadable map pack First Strike, which broke Xbox Live launch records with 1.4 million downloads in the first 24 hours. Sales are currently 20 per cent up on Modern Warfare 2's map packs - so much for the idea of people getting fed up of the series.

So obviously the sheep that keep buying these things Activi$ion will still squeeze every bit of money out of people.

I still have a play on my PS2 took me ages to clear the cobwebs! But I still love playing "Black" fantastic game.

'EDI' From Mass Effect.

Mine.

From Gamecentral,Not a joke apparently---

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The mega publisher also reminded investors that it was working on a free-to-play and microtransaction filled spin-off created specifically for the Chinese market. Again there were no real details but repurposing existing games for Asia in this way is already a common tactic amongst other Western publishers such as EA and THQ.

Activision was in such chatty mood because they've just announced their latest financial results, where profits were up from $381 million to $503 million for the last three months.

Much of this was down to downloadable map pack First Strike, which broke Xbox Live launch records with 1.4 million downloads in the first 24 hours. Sales are currently 20 per cent up on Modern Warfare 2's map packs - so much for the idea of people getting fed up of the series."

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/862837-call-of-duty-gets-online-universe-and-microtransactions#ixzz1Lz9jfiBe

From Gamecentral---"Activision did spare a few words for the new game though, insisting that: 'The creative excellence and sheer scale of the game we are making, and the unprecedented online universe that will accompany it, will reset the bar for this genre, giving players a new level of immersion, connectivity, community and, of course, epic action.'

Heard that one before Activision!:roll:

I hardly go by reviews,If i like a game i like it no matter what any reviewer says,This is what "Eurogamer" say

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Brink is an exceptional team shooter, smart, supremely well balanced and with a unique, exciting art style. Splash Damage struggles to ease the player into its workings – evidence, perhaps, of the studio's background creating free mods for hardcore Quake players, who never needed much hand-holding.

But the clean menus and HUD have a slickness and simplicity of interaction that elevate the squad-shooter genre to a new level of style and polish. Likewise, in moment-to-moment play, this is often a more engaging, tighter experience than Valve's Team Fortress 2. For those who can leap that first hurdle, Brink should run and run."

8/10

[url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-10-brink-review[/url]

Lovely stuff!