Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Duty Calls downloaded over 1.25 million times]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/duty-calls-downloaded-over-1-25-million-times/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/duty-calls-downloaded-over-1-25-million-times/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/duty-calls-downloaded-over-1-25-million-times/#comments Last week, a free game called Duty Calls was launched as part of a promotion for People Can Fly's latest, Bulletstorm. The free game is a spoof on the Call of Duty series and is meant to point out the tired mechanics of most first-person shooters, thus hyping the buck-trending qualities of Bulletstorm.

The campaign seems to be going surprisingly well -- the @Bulletstorm Twitter account reveals over 1.25 million have picked up the phone and spoken with duty directly. In fact, if you'd like us to conference you in on the call, you can grab Duty Calls free of charge from our sister site Big Download right now.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Bulletstormduty-callsepic-gamesmicrosoftpcpeople-can-flyplaystationps3xboxMon, 07 Feb 2011 18:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Duty Calls: Bulletstorm spoofs Call of Duty with free game (and we've got the full walkthrough vid)]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/02/duty-calls-bulletstorm-spoofs-call-of-duty-with-free-game/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/02/duty-calls-bulletstorm-spoofs-call-of-duty-with-free-game/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/02/duty-calls-bulletstorm-spoofs-call-of-duty-with-free-game/#comments If Bulletstorm's ad campaign teaches you one thing, it's this: Someone on development team People Can Fly came up with the term "dick-tits" and they put it in a video game. If it teaches you two things, it's the "dick-tits" thing and the fact that Bulletstorm shouldn't be compared to other popular shooters. Yes, if you're reading the contextual clues (smarty), the inclusion of "dick-tits" in the game may have told you that already, but in case you're really thick, the devs have created another expensive spoof for you.

The first time around, Bulletstorm poked fun at Halo 3's famous "Believe" diorama commercial; this time, it's Activision's Call of Duty series, which is reimagined as a free downloadable game dubbed "Duty Calls." You can download the 758MB game file directly from thedutycalls.com (or from our sister site Big Download, if that's more your speed), but we should warn you: You'll need at least 512MB of RAM, a 2+ Ghz CPU, 8GB of hard drive space, eighteen sound cards, three CD-ROM drives, and a subwoofer to play it. So we've done you a solid: Clamber past the break to watch the full four-minute walkthrough.

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JoystiqDuty Calls: Bulletstorm spoofs Call of Duty with free game (and we've got the full walkthrough vid) originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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