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Michael Phelps Has CoD: World At War And You Don't

So what do you need to do to score a copy of Call of Duty: World at War from Activision two months early? Simple. Just dominate a sporting event on the global stage, bringing home a record-breaking 8 gold medals from the Olympics, and that baby is yours. This is a video from CBS's The Early Show, which shows U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, otherwise known as The Seahorse, receiving a copy of the game for the PlayStation 3 at the end of the segment. Perhaps by the time the game comes out in November he'll actually have time to play it.

PoSTedUP5727d ago

awesome activision, i respect you guys a whole lot more. Michael Phelps said that he like video games and thats an awesome gift for him right there and phelps deserves it ya know what he did was HUGE and i congratulate him, i watched most of his races and i am really happy for him. you guys should see how much this dude EATS! 12,000 calories a day! omg hes a BEAST!

mintaro5727d ago

12,000? Are you kidding me?

Anyways good for him, ridiculous athlete

UNCyrus5727d ago

not 12,000... he said he fluctuates between 8000-12000 calories a day... still it's a lot...

Nevers5727d ago

gotta agree that he should definitely get the props... but this could simply be another showing of his super/godlike powers.

Timetravel...?

Greater Video-game Developer Persuasion...?

The f'n Force...?

Who knows... but damnit, he's gonna pwn my ass on CoD:WaW with all the xtra time he gets; and since it's based on the Pacifi OCEAN battles, that will already give this Mer-man a huge advantage.

Kami5727d ago

8000 to 12000? thats good. its good to increase a little of muscle or just maintain it.
when i stated bulking and eating 30000+ cals a day i felt so bloated, i cant even describe it.
didnt he also say that he trained for 8 hours or something like that? now that's impressive

IzKyD13315727d ago (Edited 5727d ago )

he eats so much because he trains for a hell of alot of hours and supposedly burns 4000+ calories a workout (I read it on yahoo)

shazam5727d ago

i hope you're being sarcastic. thats like a gallon of gasoline. the only way you could possibly reach that is to eat nothing but butter and whipping cream all day. no other edible substance has enough caloric density.

Bonsai12145727d ago

props for phelps. the man is a god. he eats, sleeps, swims, and plays guitar hero and other video games. that's his life.

like his breakfast is more food than a village in africa gets in a week..

Sitdown5727d ago

Ummm...why do you respect activision a whole lot more......cause of a publicity stunt? They are not the first to do it, and will not be the last.

mikeslemonade5727d ago

He said he has trouble maintaining weight even at 12,000 calories and he's about 195 lbs only. For dinner I remember he eats 1 large pizza and 16 oz of pasta.

Overr8ed5727d ago

yea i need to find out his Work-out, i wish i can eat that much.

Bonsai12145727d ago

his workout is just thousands and thousands of meters in the pool every day. thats it.

SolidAhmed5727d ago

I Can conclude that the Ps3 Version is done before the X360. humm nice job.

CrazyMystical5727d ago (Edited 5727d ago )

well at least we know where he games at

he may be jumping in water but he loves to play beyond

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chaosatom5727d ago

So they are holding back the game for two months??

UNCyrus5727d ago

they want it to be a holiday release.... that, and people are still obsessing over CoD:MW

Deviant5727d ago

phelps got drugs and you do not :(
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Blackmoses5727d ago (Edited 5727d ago )

and it's the PS3 version...not that this means anything...lol!!!
I'm surprised no one here pointed that out!!!

-black

UNCyrus5727d ago

yeah, i pointed that out in the gamer zone... shows that Phelps has good taste

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies8d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken8d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing699d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker9d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing699d ago (Edited 9d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt8d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken8d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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65 Year Old Gamer Racks Up Ridiculous Stats After Playing 1 Game for 15 Years

A very devoted fan of Call of Duty: World at War racks up incredible in-game stats while playing regularly for the past 15 years.

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franwex303d ago

Well, he definitely got his money’s worth.

Abnor_Mal303d ago

Same as Shirley Curry playing Skyrim for years. In the next Elders Scrolls game they should have her in the game as some form of npc.

andy85303d ago

She is, I read she will be a character. Not a dig in any form but I hope she's alive when it releases

Relientk77303d ago

That's over 7,000 hours geez. What crazy stats

nitus10303d ago

Actually it is very easy to up the number of hours you have been playing a game. Basically all you need to do (assuming you have a PS4 or 5) is to place the console into stand-by without exiting the game, so if you do this a one hour gameplay actually becomes a 24 gameplay or longer.

boing1303d ago

What? So the game is still runinng when you put it to sleep? What?

EvertonFC303d ago

It's actually sad not an achievement but hey we need the full story details.

Knushwood Butt302d ago

There's someone on my friend list that has more than 6200 hours on Uncharted 4.

vTuro24302d ago

7k hours over 15 years isn't that crazy. The fact that he's been playing the same game for 15 years is more impressive.

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anast303d ago

And then you got people that want to finish a game every week.

Rhythmattic302d ago

Nailed what is the Spectrum... For good and bad, Quality or Quantity..Or the unreasonable to reason for. ;)

jznrpg303d ago

Of course you will hit a ridiculous stat after 15 of anything.
My main character for Everquest had over 500 days played in the first 6 years of the game. I was young then and had a lot of time on my hands. I don’t think I could duplicate that again until I retire and not sure I could match it if I tried.

EvertonFC303d ago

500 days in 6 years is nothing lol, you do realise how many days in a year right ?

poppatron303d ago

I might be getting the maths wrong here, I think 500 days in 6 years works out at an average of just over 6 hours every single day. For 6 years. That’s pretty serious

EvertonFC303d ago

Edit: wrote this early this morning, I understand it's lots of hours now lol at myself 😂🤣😜

RedDevils303d ago

The only way to achieve this, is by having no life outside of video game lol.

Outlawzz303d ago

Strange choice of game but hey that's some devotion. Congrats to them!

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Call of Duty: Vanguard VS World at War Map Comparison

Gamespot : Call of Duty: Vanguard launches with 20 multiplayer maps, three of which are actually remakes from 2008's Call of Duty: World at War. Let's take a look at how the maps have changed with this side-by-side comparison.

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RebDomine2906d ago

waw is the best with no feminism or black. it's a real ww2 game