Robert Bowling, from Infinity ward, directed everyone who follows him on twitter to a self help site that announces Modern Warfare 2 maps are coming March 30th.

See the Tweet here.

Are you suffering from Mapathy?

Vince Zampella and Jason West are bringing a lawsuit against Activision for breach of contract and other claims, after Activision terminated their employment on March 1.

Remember those two Infinity Ward heads that were recently removed by Activision, well they are filing a lawsuit against Activision, stating that they were removed right before Activision payed the royalties to them that were due.

“Instead of thanking, lauding, or just plain paying Jason and Vince for giving Activision the most successful entertainment product ever offered to the public,” attorney Robert Schwartz said, “last month Activision hired lawyers to conduct a pretextual ‘investigation’ into unstated and unsubstantiated charges of ‘insubordination‘ and ‘breach of fiduciary duty,’ which then became the grounds for their termination on Monday, March 1st.”

(That paragraph up there basically says why they were fired, I’ve linked to Wikipedia for the bigger words. Kids, remember, never ever use Wikipedia for your papers in school, I am a very bad influence)

The lawsuit not only seeks compensation, but also seeks to try to gain the rights that Zampella and West previously owned within Infinity Ward.

What is everyone’s verdict? Should Vince Zampella and Jason West win their lawsuit?

THE FINALLY DID IT !! THEY FINALLY DID IT !!

Today Robert Bowling from Infinity Ward… most of you know him as @Fourzerotwo announced over on the Infinity Ward Forum and also via twitter that the Care Package patch is finally out.  Players should be receiving this update as soon as they start up Modern Warfare 2.  It took them long enough to get it sorted but hey its here.  So that’s one less thing we need to worry about now. 

Have a read below on what has been fixed :

We’ve updated the PS3 & Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 2, including the following fixes:

Note to PS3 Player: The PS3 still needs to receive one additional fix, regarding the infinite care package exploit – not included in this patch – which will come in the near future.

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Good times !!!!   We also have some great news relating to Modern Warfare 2.  Capsule Computers will be hosting a Xbox Live Community event in March.  Stay tuned for the exact dates very soon.  So get practicing as you’re all gonna need it

Let us know what you think about the care package fix and also about the Community Event

Doom on you MR TANGO !! & anyone else that stands in our way !!

Capsule Computers has sent through an application to host a Xbox Live Community event for Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2.  Hopefully if all goes well, Xbox give us the go ahead we can all get on and play Modern Warefare 2 from 8pm to 11pm AUS EST on Friday 19th March.  Now this date might change as it’s up to the Xbox team to approve the date.  But STAY TUNED !!  For now get on Xbox Live whack in Modern Warfare 2 and practice !! As your gonna need it !!  The Capsule Computers Team are ready to take you all down

STAY FROSY

If you have any questions leave a comment below.  We’ll keep you all posted here as well as Twitter.

Finally, MS has responded to the cheaters in MW2.  The Prestige boosters out there, watch out, you will get caught and you will be banned, then you can go cry to mummy.

Check out this article on the official Xbox forums – which has a link to the following:-

“People who have obtained prestige illegitimately, will be given suspensions.  People soliciting other people to gain prestige (whether for free, or for points) will be permanently suspended.”

To all those users who are attempting to play MW2 without cheating, please have faith.  Hang in there, because the cheaters are being caught and the game will be patched.

p.s., it doesn’t matter if you gained 10th prestige, 2nd, or 1st: illegitimate game play = suspension”

Now I hope they extend this to the Care Package cheaters, as Prestige rank does not affect gameplay.  I seriously don’t know why anyone would want to pay to get to 10th Prestige.  It’s only a title, and I actually think the symbol for 10th Prestige is a little dull.

Looking further on in the article “The Pro” actually bans someone who stupidly posted on the forums – http://forums.xbox.com/31084648/ShowPost.aspx – I laughed for a very long time over this one.

That’s it from me now, glad MS are actually doing something about it.. but.. IW/MS please patch this stuff as soon as you can.

@DuraRoc

Well it seems like if you hassle Infinity Ward enough, they will eventually get peeved and fix the exploits, glitches whatnot in MW2.

A recent post on Twitter from @fourzerotwo – http://twitter.com/fourzerotwo/status/8515972177

“Ugh. This care package exploit is becoming the bane of my existence, but not for long. @infinityward is working on a permanent fix for it.”

What?  they are going to fix it?  This cheat (and yes it’s the only thing to call it) is so sad.  Last night I counted someone calling in over 20 Care Packages in a single game, the sky always had aircraft in it.

Back in the lobby, I asked the cheater why he cheats?  I got called all sorts of names in return.  I persisted though – why do you cheat?  Are you that bad that you can’t shoot, knife throw grenades like everyone else?  The names continued – again I asked the cheater, why do you cheat?  He eventually left.

95% of games in MW2 now have someone doing the Care package cheat.  Now we wait for IW to fix the cheating – then we wait for MS to certify the fix.  So maybe at least 2-3 weeks?

Xbox360 players of MW2 are still waiting for the Multiplayer matchmaking fixes which the PS3 and PC versions got late last year?  Considering Xbox360 owners pay for the right to play online, what is taking so long?  @fourzerotwo, do you like playing MW2 with lag?

I suppose this is what happens when there is no public beta to the biggest game of the year.  Look at Battlefield: Bad Company 2, it is having a public beta and people are finding issues and I would expect Dice are going to fix them.

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Comments below : I’d love to hear them

Senior Editor at Capsule Computers : Duraroc is BACK once again with more information on Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer gameplay problems and glitches faced by everyone playing online especially XBOX 360 owners.  Once again there are some very good points and most of all it’s a very informative and interesting read, check it out and let us know what you think of it.  Leave a comment below.

Well here we are, another day and oh look another MW2 glitch. Yes that’s right another one! I suppose this is what happens when you have over 8.5 million people playing this game.

I am not one for advocating glitches. I think they are cheating, despicable and ruin the fun for other people who want to play fair. But they are better out, the more people that know about them, the more people will use them and the quicker Infinity Ward will fix them.

This glitch is another unlimited Care Package glitch. Youtube video below.

As you can see, it can bring a real disadvantage to the opposing team.

Now this rant is directed at all your people who use glitches in MW2. This one, the Care Package marker run like your superman etc. You WILL get busted one day soon. You WILL use it one too many times and someone from the Xbox Live Enforcement team will see it and then ban you from Xbox Live. To you, cheating scum, I say good riddance. Sure it is fun to do, but seriously, do you think it makes you a better player? What is the real reason you are using the glitches in the game? Why can’t you just shoot, stab, throw grenades like everyone else?

There are NO excuses for using a glitch in a game – if I see you use it – I WILL file a complaint against you for Tampering/Cheating and if you have the guts to stay in the lobby after the game, I will ask you why you were doing it.

Have fun, play fair.

Games Com Colonge Germany 2009 was a very successful event.  As we are all aware it was previously hosted at Leipzig Germany by a different organization.  This year was the first outing for Games Com and I must say it was a great success.  Thousands of people passed through its doors and many happy gamers played and got to see what will be released in the comming months.

Yesterday I covered Capcom’s presence at Games Com today I will go through the remaining software developers and games that were at the festival.

Enjoy the photos

First cab off the rank we have HALO – ODST :

ODST in Action

Blizzard made an appearance as well with one of the most anticipated titles : DIABLO III

Diablo III : Check out the official website :  www.diablo3.com

The new World of Warcraft: Cataclysm was also announced at Games Com this is going to be huge : Check out the official website :

 www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/

Another popular release is Rock Band Beattles,  due out on the 9th of September.

Check out the offical website here :  www.thebeatlesrockband.com/

Activision’s DJ Hero hit the stage as well with some in-game game play.  Want to know more check out the DJ Hero’s official Website :

 www.djhero.com/

Next up we have : Battlefield Bad Company 2 from EA.  Looks like some of the troop left a carton of fruit juice and a magazine hanging about

Check out the official Bad Company 2 webiste below :

badcompany.ea.com/

And who do we have here ???? Any takes ??

On sale right now is the Gears Of War Novel : Aspho Fields

Available at all good book stores.  Grab your copy now.

2K Games were also here with Mafia II and Boarderlands.  Mafia II is shaping up to be quite a unique and original game. 

Check it out at : www.mafia2game.com/

Borderlands official webiste at : www.borderlandsthegame.com/

 One for the Lego fans : Lego Rock Band.  Looks very cool

Bandai Namco also were here with a few great looking releases.  One of them is the highly anticipated TEKKEN 6

Another title to keep an eye out for is : Dragon Ball Raging Blast

Check out both titles here.

Tekken 6 Official Website : tekken.namco.com/

Dragon Ball Raging Blast :  www.namcobandaigames.com/

Tekken 6

 The Nintendo Booth looked very impressive.

Ubisoft Stand

 And the big contender for Game Of The Year : Modern Warfare 2 from Infinity Ward

Check out the official website : modernwarfare2.infinityward.com/

Another game thats looking great is James Cameron’s Avatar

Check out the official website and the ingame footage here :

avatargame.au.ubi.com/

 Apple Iphone games booth

Konami Booth : lots of cool games to play.

Sacred 2 : Risen

NeonRED Group

Tony Hawk Ride is looking very impressing with its revolutionary skateboard is due for a release date of 17th November 2009

Check out the official Website :

thride.com/

The Sony booth had a large number of interesting things.  The biggest of them is God Of War 3.

Check out the God Of War 3 Website and trailer here :

www.godofwar.com

God Of War III

 SingStar

Playstation @ home network.  This is very cool and is constantly being updated wit the latest games for your avatar to visit.

Check out the official @ Home network : 

www.us.playstation.com/PSN/Home

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This ends our journey at GamesCom Colonge 2009.   We look forward to coming back next year.

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If you attended Gamescom let us know what you enjoyed the most, even if you didnt attend, let us know what games your looking forward to play.  All comments are welcome.

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Thanks.

Capsule Computers

www.capsulecomputers.com.au/

Modern Warfare 2 – Activision and Infinity Ward have something special in store for us

Engadget has done a great review of the Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition box set which comes with working Night Vision Goggles !

Check out the article below :

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/modern-warfare-2s-prestige-edition-includes-fully-functioning/

You will be able to pre order The Prestige Edition from all good gaming outlets. Such as Gamestop, EB Games, Game. But we warned .. its not cheap. Its going to set you back $200 Australian Dollars ($150 US). So you start saving up your hard earned cash if you want this one.

Video :

Modern Warfare will out and available on the 10th of November.