Activision Can’t Make Up Their Mind
Some rather trivial news seems to have caused a stir.Published 10/07/2009 at 1:00 by djhsecondnature
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After the crazy day that I’ve endured, I get back to this news? Are you kidding? I heard there was some massive news about Modern Warefare 2. I was expecting a brand new trailer or that it was now a Wii exclusive, something huge, and all I got was this.
It seems that Activision are as indecisive with their game names as they are to their commitment to Sony’s black box. Perhaps the fear of losing so much revenue from the loss of recognition having dropped the Call of Duty name didn’t sit well either. Regardless, Infinity Ward’s Rob Bowling has just YFrogged the first image of the Modern Warfare 2 box. Well, it’s the first image of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 box art. That’s right, it seems that the Call of Duty name is back in. Hopefully this will be the end of this facade and we can just proceed to get excited about the title released this November.
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C_S15 | 10/07/2009 01:31
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The “Call of Duty” looks ugly. If they’re going to put it back in, make it look good!
baconsarnie | 10/07/2009 07:52
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Does look a bit odd, although the fonts are the same as COD4 box. Think they just need to resize them a bit.
YOURMUMANDME | 10/07/2009 07:57
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It’s maybe the American layout , I got GRAW from America and it looked ever so slightly ‘off’ as well .
C_S15 | 10/07/2009 08:01
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It’s the resize. It’s like the box had MW2 across it and they just thought “Oh turd, we forgot the Call of Duty part” and just stuck it above it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds
The rule of thirds says that putting objects of interest along those lines and more specifically where those lines meet, will make the photo more aesthetically pleasing.
The MW2 is straight across the middle. Have a look at the older box arts and you’ll see they’re placed differently.
BioEye | 10/07/2009 01:40
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Who designed that? The layout isn’t exactly great.
markglynne | 10/07/2009 08:02
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to be honest i think i could proberly do better than that
Pookinator | 10/07/2009 18:52
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It was probably made in paint, you know how the economy is at the moment, they have to keep the costs low.
Snebjnr | 10/07/2009 01:44
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Doesnt look like a good quality design for a front cover.
I hope they change it, and make the COD part bigger
Pemberton_ | 10/07/2009 02:04
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Could be better.
But I’ve seen worse.
a inferior race | 10/07/2009 04:19
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Is this the EU box art or the US.
nofi | 10/07/2009 06:43
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Davs, your first paragraph might not be that far off – just found something odd…
C_S15 | 10/07/2009 06:59
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It’s Wii exclusive, isn’t it?
nofi | 10/07/2009 08:09
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http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2009/07/10/modern-warfare-2-wheres-the-ps3-version/
YOURMUMANDME | 10/07/2009 07:54
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Wow , are you allowed to show pornography like that on TSA !
Mick939 | 10/07/2009 08:06
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I prefer the call of duty name on it
DarthSharkey | 10/07/2009 10:08
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I don’t think it looks any good, quite a boring cover.
Cjdamon042 | 10/07/2009 10:39
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I would make the CoD reach to the end of ‘Modern’, but that’s just me and my obsession with having everything lined up lol
gazzagb | 10/07/2009 10:52
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I reckon if they have it til the end of the ‘a’ in ‘warfare’ it would look better. The COD logo is just too small.
Timesh1993 | 10/07/2009 11:04
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I’ll agree with you there, i think it would make it look a whole lot better.
I have that obsession with everything being lined up.
OCD FTW!
graphixmaster | 10/07/2009 13:39
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Just the worst cover. From a distance you can’t even see the #2 .. WaW was better. Hopefully it’s just a draft.
jonny_bolton | 10/07/2009 13:52
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I didn’t really understand why they dropped the Call of Duty from it in the first place anyway. I mean the majority of the people who bought COD:MW won’t have the faintest idea about games or gaming news (it was voted the best game ever by Radio 1 listeners) and dropping the COD will just confuse them. My cousin for example is 14 and doesn’t follow PS3 news and so had no idea that MW2 was coming out…
rockerboy007 | 12/07/2009 00:12
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“Exclusive To Wii” hahahaha.
Anton668 | 12/07/2009 08:03
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Meh, its just box art. doesnt affect gameplay at all. and i’ll hardly ever see it as only the spline shows when their in the entertainment center.
joooo | 14/07/2009 11:14
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yeh i dont care i just want to play this lol
C_S15 | 10/07/2009 08:22
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