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Kotaku: Amazon Seeks "Call of Duty-est" Town in America [Modern Warfare 2]
G4 TV - TheFeed: Amazon Looking For "Duty-est" Town
The Escapist : Latest News: Modern Warfare 2 is GameStop's Most Preordered Game Ever
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Grand Forks, North Dakota is currently the Call of Duty-est town in the US: http://bit.ly/392qcg - Funny idea. :) 23 days ago |
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What is the "Call of Duty-est" town in America? Look>>> http://is.gd/4KnRd 24 days ago |
Amazon Seeks "Call of Duty-est" Town in America [Modern Warfare 2]
Kotaku —
... numbers. Winning city gets a $5,000 Amazon gift card donated to a charitable organization serving that area. Lots of college towns dot this board, no surprise there. As of its most recent update, the most noticeable military city I could spot is Twentynine Palms, Calif., although admittedly I don't know where every Army installation is. The city, home to a big Marine Corps base, is in 11th place. My pick for the town most answering duty's call? Bedford, Va. The Call of Duty-est Town in America [Amazon, thanks reader Blain D.] ...
Amazon Looking For "Duty-est" Town
G4 TV - TheFeed —
After all the recent controversy regarding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, please enjoy the following friendly story about the game; it contains no controversy.
Amazon.com is holding a contest looking for the "Call of Duty-est Town in America." Using the most recent U.S. Census data for U.S. towns and cities with a population of more than 5,000 people, Amazon is looking for the town that has pre-ordered the game more times than any other. Right now, Grand Fork, North Dakota is number one with Urbana, Il coming in second. Check out the full list.The winning town will have $5000 in Amazon credit donated to a charity that benefits the town.
See? There is no controversy here! But feel free to create some by ...
Modern Warfare 2 is GameStop's Most Preordered Game Ever
The Escapist : Latest News —
Not even raging controversies can stop the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 behemoth - GameStop has reported that the title has the most preorders of any game in its history. Now, it's safe to say that Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 is an extremely controversial game , and it hasn't even come out yet. Nevertheless, controversy appears to do nothing to stem the flood of gamers eager to answer the Call of Duty . Tony Bartel, Gamestop's executive vice president for merchandising and marketing told USA Today's Game Hunters that demand for the title was a literal peak for the specialty retailer: "By all indicators, we anticipate Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be the biggest entertainment launch of all time ... As of today, the number of pre-order ...
Controversy Doesn’t Affect MW2 Pre-Sales
GamePolitics News —
The seemingly constant storm clouds surrounding the upcoming Activision published and Infinity Ward developed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have not done much, if anything, to negatively influence pre-sales of the title. Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter thinks the title can reap global sales of in excess of $500 million in its first week of release reports Industry Gamers. Pachter also believes that the game could sell over 10.0 million units in this year’s fourth quarter. Across the pond, MCVUK talks about the Modern Warfare 2 selling 1.7 million units in its first week at retail in the UK, citing pre-order numbers for the game at around 500,000 already. Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV currently holds the UK mark for unit ...
Grenade Spam Or Not, MW2 Sets Pre-Order Record
GayGamer.net —
... Activision's devoted campaign to sell the game also has 2,600 Walmart stores holding midnight launches, while the people at Amazon have been ordered to search for the most Call of Duty-est town in America and the $5,000 charity contribution which that title will earn the "lucky" town. (The list is a little scary.) ...
