Call of Duty Elite: List of Fixes (Febuary 12, 2012)

From CODCommunity.com:


Yes Call of Duty Elite has flaw, yes it has bugs and glitches that need to be fixed, but fear not as the people at Beachhead Studio know more about their own product than you think.
While many of you are waiting for the Clan Operations to finally work properly, Beachhead Studio addressed the following issues which went live on February 12:
Career

• Adjusted the Custom Class wizard to better support localizations and the winter camo option.
• Fixed an issue that would sometimes prevent the YouTube linking dialogue from appearing in the Modern Warfare 3 vault.
• Addressed an issue with YouTube linking that prevented some users from properly linking their Vault to their personal YouTube account.
• Fixed a bug where the Treyarch player emblem was being incorrectly displayed on the site.
• Fixed a bug in Weapon Performance where weapons were not being filtered across tabs.
• Updated the way that statistics data in the Recent Matches section is parsed. This corrects an issue where kills earned during the final moments of a match were not properly displaying in Recent Matches.
• Updated support in Recent Matches for objective-based game modes, correcting an issue where an incorrect value for plants and defuses was displayed.
• Addressed an issue where a small number of users were erroneously receiving a message that they had no MW3 data present.
• Corrected a bug in the ELITE showcase where some users were not seeing all of the digital badges earned during an operation.

Connect

• Additional Clan Privacy Settings – Clan Leaders should now be able to hide the Clan Feed.
• Hiding the Clan Roster/Leaderboards using privacy settings will now display this information for Clan Members.
• Fixed Roster sorting on Clan Detail page.
• Improved support for Comments using IE8.
• Minor update to the layout of the Clan Overview page.

Improve

• Updated Improve to display additional map-specific information, such as average KDR/SPM and sorting for the maps based on these values.
• Added thumbnails and links to the ELITE TV weapon videos for all Modern Warfare 3 weapons.

Drop Zone – Magazine

• Numerous text fixes and adjustments to Drop Zone content.
• Several localization updates for Drop Zone to better support French and German-speaking users.

Miscellaneous

• Corrected a display issue with special characters when viewing the site in French or German.

MW3: Calll of Duty ELiTE Clan Ops in Final Testing

From Charlieintel:

Beachhead Studios has finally given us an update to the much anticipated EliTE “Clan Ops” for Modern Warfare 3. Screenshots should be coming any day now along with an official launch date. We’ll let you guys know when we hear more:

“Clan Operations are in final testing and once it’s been verified by our QA team, we’ll be able to provide a specific date. In the meantime, we’ll be sharing screenshots in the coming days to give you a sense of what the experience is like so you can hit the ground running with your Clan when we launch.”

SOURCE: Beachhead Via Official Call of Duty Forums

Modern Warfare 3: ***Breaking*** PS3 ELiTE Subscribers Getting DLC Feb.

From Charlieintel: 

UPDATE: PS3 is also getting a title update this evening.

Fix Includes:
-improved voice chat quality
-theater fixes
-weapon rebalances.

EA (Battlefield 3) To Follow Activision’s Call Of Duty: Elite

From SFX-360:

EA will eventually launch its own premium subscription based Battlelog service in a move to emulate Activision‘s Call of Duty: Elite, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter has predicted.

Elite launches on November 8 alongside Modern Warfare 3, while Battlelog is a free service for this October’s Battlefield 3. On a free level, each service offers comparable statistic tracking, friend management and social networking.

However, Pachter believes the success of Elite will convince EA to follow suit.

“We expect the $50/year premium Elite membership plan to be very popular with Call of Duty’s hard core gamers,” wrote Pachter. “At $50/year, Elite membership is a no-brainer for those who plan to purchase all of Modern Warfare 3′s DLC, as the annual spend will presumably decrease by at least $10 (last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops had four map packs that cost $15 each, for a total spend of $60).

“There were 18 million map packs sold in the first six months this year, comprising three different packs: we believe that 1 million consumers bought all three, 3 million bought two packs, and 9 million bought one apiece. Thus, we expect that at least 1 million will sign up for the premium Elite membership by year end. The Call of Duty network effect may be amplified by premium Elite, such that if a gamer’s friend purchases premium Elite and gets access to premium maps, the gamer may feel compelled to purchase premium Elite in order to compete as early and as often as possible. We expect the network of premium Elite subscribers to grow to critical mass within a few years, with 3 million likely subscribers by year-end 2012 and 5 million by year-end 2013.”

He added: “Although Battlelog and non-premium Elite memberships are free and offer many similar features, we think that many hard core Call of Duty gamers will opt for premium Elite, particularly if the total DLC spend for Battlefield 3 is expected to exceed $50. Ultimately, we expect Electronic Arts to emulate Activision and charge for Battlelog by including map packs with the service for a $50 fee.”

Special Thanks and hat tip to SFX-360 for breaking this story!

What do you think about this move by EA? Do you think they are a little late to the game? 

Battlefield 3 Hands-On Report

From Playstation, Sid Shuman // Senior Social Media Specialist: 

"War has changed. And fortunately, it’s changed for the better. Not long ago, Jeff and I went hands-on with an early, pre-alpha PS3 build of Battlefield 3’s multiplayer mode. Building on the positive buzz behind the smash hit Battlefield Bad Company 2, developer DICE is crafting a muscular follow-up that leverages new animation and rendering tech, revamped online features, and a rough-and-tumble feel to create a new breed of military shooter.
During the multiplayer battle, Jeff and I found ourselves on opposing sides (my side won, naturally). Following our all-too-brief hands-on session, Jeff and I compared notes on the finer points of Battlefield 3’s multiplayer mode."

Check out the rest of the story at Playstation.blog

Call Of Duty Elite Beta Pictures...

Thanks go out to Modernwarfare247 for these awesome "insider" peeks at the Call of Duty Elite Beta: here's the link.

Battlefield 3's Battlelog Revealed In Images from G4TV

From G4TV:

Battlefield 3 is getting its own stat-tracking social network, an apparent spinoff of Autolog called Battlelog, just like Call of Duty will have with its Elite service. Electronic Arts and DICE already confirmed the presence of features like friend lists, clan-like platoons, chat, stat-tracking and other features. Now the first images are online, thanks to an accidental early posting of Battleblog #3 on the game's German site, rescued by Battlefieldo before they could be removed.