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ModernWarfare3.com, site taken down; domain not owned by Activision

The website had reached over 7,000 Facebook Likes in the weeks following the announcement of Modern Warfare 3 and looked confusingly similar to Activision’s official MW3 site.  And the site even added new features in the past couple weeks including a newsletter for announcements, videos, pre-order links, and a forum that was slated to launch. But now the […]

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ModernWarfare3.com gets thousands of Facebook fans, growth continues. Site not affiliated with Call of Duty

The owner of ModernWarfare3.com has gained thousands of fans on Facebook and is adding hundreds per day following the news that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be released this November.  The domain name and website, which I have written about previously here and here, has been adding new features in the past few days […]

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ModernWarfare3.com: Cashing in on the buzz of top-selling videogame franchise

Some companies just don’t get it when it comes to domain names. Back in January I wrote about Activision missing out on Modern Warfare domain names.  Though the company does own ModernWarfare2.com, the company doesn’t own ModernWarfare.com and it missed out on a slew of other domain names early on.  Not owning the exact match domain names […]

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Beware: Fake ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ beta websites already springing up online

Another new video game announcement, and with it comes the scammers. Activision officially revealed Call of Duty: Ghosts this week, and now a number of fake beta websites are already online promising unsuspecting users free beta keys to the game. Not only do the sites use the game’s artwork, but the operators of these websites […]

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Fake “Modern Warfare 4 Beta” site launches on web address of the same name [UPDATED]

There never seems to be a shortage of scams online. As speculation grows that Activision’s next installment in the Call of Duty series will be “Modern Warfare 4”, the number of fake sites will grow that prey on people hoping to get an invite to the beta version of the game. This week, the so-called […]