INFINITY
WARD
RE-LAUNCHES
INFINITYWARD.COM
New Website
Provides
Robust
Social
Networking
and Arsenal
of Community
Features
Santa
Monica, CA –
November 20,
2006 –
Calling all
soldiers…for
the latest
intel on all
things
Infinity
Ward head to
the
company’s
new website
located at
www.infinityward.com.
Re-launched
today from
the
award-winning
developers,
the updated
home base
offers a
virtual
armory of
community-focused
features,
including
social
networking,
podcasts,
developer
modding
tutorials
and more.
“We worked
with our
fans to
create a web
site that
speaks to
their
interests,”
said Robert
Bowling,
community
manager for
Infinity
Ward. “We’ve
put an
emphasis on
communication,
networking
and support
tools in
order to
create an
environment
where fans
can stay
informed,
express
themselves
and connect
with one
another.”
The
re-launched
website
offers a
bevy of new
features,
including:
Squad-Building:
Users will
be empowered
to create
and build
their own
squads for
Call of Duty
2. The
customizable
Squad
mini-site
profiles
will include
private
squad chat
rooms and
forums,
along with
rosters,
photos and
profiles and
the ability
to set up
events, send
out
challenges,
recruit and
more.
Social
Networking:
Users can
set up
personalized
accounts and
create/update
their
profile,
build a
network of
friends,
upload
photos, send
email, post
events,
create/manage
clubs,
maintain a
personal
calendar and
more.
Podcasts:
Download
regular
interviews
straight
from the
team at
Infinity
Ward.
They’ll
address
questions
and comments
from the
community,
as well as
offer
featured
interviews.
Developer/Modding
Tutorials:
Tips and
tricks for
modeling,
scripting,
mapping and
modding in
all forms
are
available
here.
FAQ/Suggestion
System: Got
a question
or
suggestion?
Community
members can search for the answer here; if the answer can’t be found,
questions
can be
posted.
Server
Admin./Modding
Sections:
Tips and
tricks, plus
useful
information
and help for
the more
proactive
player.
Montage
Mayhem: A
forum for
members to
show their
skills on
film by
posting
their own
tricked-out
gameplay
movies.
Additionally,
the website
will feature
sections
devoted to
the history
of various
installments
of the Call
of Duty
franchise,
weapon
specifications,
strategy
guides and
top-down
views, RSS
feeds and
IRC links,
as well as
fan/clan web
site tool
kits, among
others.
Headquartered
in Santa
Monica,
California,
Activision,
Inc. is a
leading
worldwide
developer,
publisher
and
distributor
of
interactive
entertainment
and leisure
products.
Founded in
1979,
Activision
posted net
revenues of
$1.47
billion for
the fiscal
year ended
March 31,
2006.
Activision
maintains
operations
in the U.S.,
Canada, the
United
Kingdom,
France,
Germany,
Italy,
Japan,
Australia,
Scandinavia,
Spain, the
Netherlands
and South
Korea. More
information
about
Activision
and its
products can
be found on
the
company's
World Wide
Web site,
which is
located at
www.activision.com.
The
statements
made in this
press
release that
are not
historical
facts are
“forward-looking
statements”.
These
forward-looking
statements
are based on
current
expectations
and
assumptions
that are
subject to
risks and
uncertainties.
The Company
cautions
readers of
this press
release that
a number of
important
factors
could cause
Activision's
actual
future
results to
differ
materially
from those
expressed in
any such
forward-looking
statements.
Such factors
include,
without
limitation,
product
delays,
retail
acceptance
of our
products,
industry
competition,
rapid
changes in
technology
and industry
standards,
protection
of
proprietary
rights,
litigation
and an
informal SEC
inquiry,
maintenance
of
relationships
with key
personnel,
vendors and
third-party
developers,
international
economic and
political
conditions,
integration
of recently
acquired
subsidiaries
and
identification
of suitable
future
acquisition
opportunities.
These
important
factors and
other
factors that
potentially
could affect
the
Company’s
financial
results are
described in
our filings
with the
Securities
and Exchange
Commission,
including
the
Company’s
most recent
Annual
report on
Form 10-K
and
Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q.
Readers of
this press
release are
referred to
such
filings. The
Company may
change its
intention,
belief or
expectation,
at any time
and without
notice,
based upon
any changes
in such
factors, in
the
Company’s
assumptions
or
otherwise.
The Company
undertakes
no
obligation
to release
publicly any
revisions to
any
forward-looking
statements
to reflect
events or
circumstances
after the
date hereof
or to
reflect the
occurrence
of
unanticipated
events.
(c) 2006
Activision
Publishing,
Inc.
Activision
and Call of
Duty are
registered
trademarks
of
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. All
rights
reserved.