A common complaint by many gamers who grew up through the NES era is that although games have evolved as an art form in terms of design, storytelling, and even control schemes, many developers have sacrificed the difficulty in the hopes of reaching a larger, more casual audience. Though that’s not necessarily a bad thing in some cases, many of us still pine for those punishing arcade ports and debilitating marathons on games without save files. In tribute to a bygone era, EGM looks at some of their favorite challenges from back in the day. READ MORE

While the rest of the casual world eats up every new entry into the Call of Duty franchise, some cries from the hardcore side have been asking for something different for sometime now. READ MORE

Peanut butter and jelly, cookies and milk, Call of Duty and PS Vita -- what do these things have it common? Apparently, they go really well together. READ MORE

Steam is building behind the rumor that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will become a reality this year. READ MORE

Activision has promised that this year's Call of Duty entry will boast "meaningful innovations." READ MORE

Activision has announced a new play mode for the Community Playlist, it's calling Infection. READ MORE

With so many sequels having come out recently and with more great ones on the horizon, we here at EGM got to thinking about our favorite sequels that not only furthered an already awesome story, but likely turned the franchise on its head and helped catapult the franchise to superstar status in our hearts. READ MORE

David Vonderhaar, Game Design Director at Treyarch, recently spoke to fans about weapon balance in Call of Duty and whether stopping power could be the answer. READ MORE

Activision has finally managed to secure the domain name for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, reigniting the rumors that Treyarch's entry this year will be a direct sequel. READ MORE

The Call of Duty franchise owned Xbox Live in 2011. READ MORE

For gamers, Scott Langteau is known for his work on early “Medal Of Honor” and “Call Of Duty” games, and for being one of the founders of Spark Unlimited, the makers of “Turning Point: Fall Of Liberty” and “Call Of Duty: Finest Hour.” But for gamers’ kids, he’s the guy who wrote the childrens' books “Soft Boy” and “The Question,” the latter of which has just been released in hardcover and on Barnes & Noble’s Nook, as well as in the Real Aloud format for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, with an ebook coming to Amazon’s Kindle soon. READ MORE

Treyarch has listed a number of job openings, indicating they have begun staffing up to for a new Call of Duty game. According to the software company's website a number of positions are open, including a Gameplay Combat Designer and a Scripter, among others. READ MORE

On this, the release day for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick made a shocking statement today about the future of the Call of Duty franchise. READ MORE

I’m not too keen on the idea of really shooting another man in the head with an AK-47 in the horrific heat of war, but isn’t it a wonder how our fantasies take us to some pretty heavy territory? I have a terrific time being a soldier in a world war in Modern Warfare 3. Some people hate the idea of a game like this, and I kind of understand where they’re coming from. But I’m not here to debate the rights and wrongs of war in our videogames—I’m here to proclaim Modern Warfare 3 the most intense, the most convincing first-person shooter I’ve ever played. READ MORE

It was a weekend truly unlike any other I've had in gaming. From zip-lines to paintball in the Pit, from Dropkick Murphys to Kanye West, Call of Duty XP 2011 was an experience that needed to be lived to be believed. But possibly more important than the memories of standing in line for two hours for a CoD t-shirt with my Gamertag on it, was all the new information that was given to us about Modern Warfare 3. So, incase you missed gleaning all the information that flooded out of the event about MW3, click here to catch up on everything you may have missed. READ MORE

With all of the news and information that came out during the weekend's Call of Duty XP event, it was terribly easy to miss out on some of the not-as-groundbreaking things to come from the show. One of those is Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish, a six and a half minute fan film based around Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 that Activision presented at Call of Duty XP. READ MORE

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Juggernaut Recon is an 18-point support strike chain where a set of Juggernaut armor equipped with a riot shield and USP. READ MORE

A lot of great information comes out via the back and forth nature of Twitter, but unfortunately, quite often a decent chunk of that information can be totally missed. READ MORE

Check out this video showing a run through of a real life version of The Pit from Modern Warfare 2. READ MORE

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 creative strategist Robert Bowling faces one of his biggest challenges—revamping the series’ multiplayer offerings. We had a chance to talk to him about some of the new aspects of the multiplayer as well as where the story for Modern Warfare 3 will take us. READ MORE