Infinity Ward Earns Second Diamond Award

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INFINITY WARD EARNS SECOND DIAMOND AWARD

Modern Warfare® 2 Surpasses 10 Million Video Views

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - October 14, 2009 - GameTrailers.com (GT), the premier provider of video for gamers and a division of Viacom Inc.’s (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) MTV Networks Entertainment Group, announced today that Infinity Ward’s upcoming blockbuster Modern Warfare® 2 the newest installment in the popular Call of Duty® series, has earned the GT Diamond Award for exceeding an astounding 10 million video views.
“To surpass 10 million views is a testament to our fans’ support and the GameTrailers community,” said Vince Zampella, CEO of Infinity Ward. “The team has been focused since the beginning, so as we get closer to November 10th, it means a lot to us to have such strong interest and continued following from our fans.”
“Modern Warfare®2 has been one of the most talked about games this year and one of the most popular games on the site,” said Shane Satterfield, editor-in-chief of GameTrailers.com. “The response from our users has only been matched by Infinity Ward’s last game and we congratulate them for achieving this distinction so early in the game’s development cycle.”
The figures for the GameTrailers Diamond Award were compiled by Stream Stats, a proprietary tool that gives gaming industry professionals insight into which games the GT audience is interacting with the most in order to anticipate upcoming sales and analyze post-release performance. To learn more, visit http://stats.gametrailers.com.

About Modern Warfare® 2
On November 10, 2009, Activision Publishing, Inc. will release Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare® 2, the most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare®. Modern Warfare® 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse. Modern Warfare® 2 will be available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Windows® PC, and is rated “M” (Mature - Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence and Language) by the ESRB.

By Ian Ratledge Posted Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 9:31 pm
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4 Comments »

  • jesse said:

    and thas just one web site we go a whole of other web sites it was played on as well not to forget xboxlive

  • Dommie G said:

    Yeah - Publiicity for Modern Warfare 2 is huge.

    I wonder if it beats GTA IV from last year.

  • Steeye1993 said:

    Uncharted 2 is doing pretty well so far. But its still nothing compared to the hype for Modern Warfare 2

  • stiffy said:

    well i shall not be buying another infinity ward game cod mw2 is great single player. so then what, u want to play multiplayer omg how bad is that no dedicated servers cannot connect to host,server timed out, and to top it all steam wont kick cheaters

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