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Analysts: Modern Warfare 3 to outsell Battlefield 3

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For the past few months, the war of words between Activision and Electronic Arts over their respective modern military shooters has been intense, to say the least. EA has been eager to unseat Call of Duty from its king-of-the-hill spot and hasn’t shied away from trash talking to do so.

On Tuesday, the company’s best bet to accomplish this — Battlefield 3 — will hit store shelves. And while EA’s marketing machine is about to go into overdrive, analysts say the fight may be over before it starts.

Read more at Yahoo! Games

Gaming’s biggest legal showdown gets a court date

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The fight between the creators of the Call of Duty franchise and their former publisher Activision has a court date.

Jason West and Vince Zampella’s case against the company will be heard before a judge on May 7, 2012. Both parties are suing each other over a variety of charges in a soap opera-like tale of betrayal, cash and skullduggery – but the money at stake – hundreds of millions of dollars – is very real.

Read more at Variety’s Technotainment blog