EA Trolls Modern Warfare 3

dmcg · 12 Jul 2011 at 02:31

I thought it was funny :cool:

EA has been throwing trash-talk punches throughout the development of Battlefield 3, however now they've taken the fight right to the digital doorstep of their enemy, purchasing a domain named after Activision's upcoming shooter.

By navigating to ModernWarfare3.com, users are then re-directed to the official website for Battlefield 3 covered in advertisements to pre-order the game on Origin.

Whilst it's a smart move and sure to garner a number of sales for EA, it also wouldn't take Activision much to have the domain handed over on legal grounds.

no hotlinking

Danny091 · 12 Jul 2011 at 02:38

I must say that is pritty epic.

gronf · 12 Jul 2011 at 02:38

Guess I'd have to actually give a **** about the 'BF3 vs MW3' thing..

Emlyn_Dewar · 12 Jul 2011 at 02:46

Seems a bit petty, isn't this just as bad as the folk that camp on domain names hoping to make money out of them?

Van Hellseek · 12 Jul 2011 at 02:51

Smells like an act of desperation to me.

J-FRO · 12 Jul 2011 at 03:07

I think it's quite funny, hopefully it will get a bit more interest towards BF from the MW crowd.

I'm still going to get both, but I'm converting from MW to BF and think others should give it a bash too.

Kurisu Makise · 12 Jul 2011 at 03:38

Overslop · 12 Jul 2011 at 04:09

I wonder if perhaps this hasn't been done by EA, but rather a CoD hater or BF fanboy.

Quite funny whatever the case.

Indy500 · 12 Jul 2011 at 04:25

That domain isn't associated with EA...

http://www.who.is/whois/modernwarfare3.com/

Overslop · 12 Jul 2011 at 05:03

Guess I was right then.

kylew · 12 Jul 2011 at 05:53

Van Hellseek said:
Smells like an act of desperation to me.

With the crap that Activision keep churning out and slapping "Modern Warfare" or "Call of Duty" on, I don't think anyone else is desperate for what ever they've got going on.

Destination · 12 Jul 2011 at 07:06

sr4470 said:
That domain isn't associated with EA...

http://www.who.is/whois/modernwarfare3.com/

How do you know, as far as i know godaddy are just a hosting company.
I am reasonably sure that we've stuff registered through them.
EA trolololol could have done the same quietly, but even so, its EA, anything they do involves evil and ruin for others.

orderoftheflame · 12 Jul 2011 at 07:23

Pathetic seems like more the word to me.

PapaLazaru · 12 Jul 2011 at 07:25

Bad move. I don't want MW nabs moving to BF3 and trying to get their heads around teamwork.

Indy500 · 12 Jul 2011 at 07:50

Hikari Kisugi said:
How do you know, as far as i know godaddy are just a hosting company.
I am reasonably sure that we've stuff registered through them.
EA trolololol could have done the same quietly, but even so, its EA, anything they do involves evil and ruin for others.

Check how long the domain's been up. Besides, it was reported as a source of spam before that...seems unlikely that EA suddenly decided to use it now.

Gimpymoo · 12 Jul 2011 at 08:20

ROFL at the other sites hosted from the same DNS.

DEFINITELY NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH E.A

Frapple · 12 Jul 2011 at 08:28

PapaLazaru said:
Bad move. I don't want MW nabs moving to BF3 and trying to get their heads around teamwork.

They've put a TDM mode in & keeping rush in for them.

Just stick to conquest & you'll be fine

linktoinsanity · 12 Jul 2011 at 08:35

lol. Doesn't matter who did it, it's still funny.

Marky · 12 Jul 2011 at 08:46

That all sounds pretty pathetic to me...

A desperate move by EA...

MooMoo444 · 12 Jul 2011 at 08:50

Strikes me as a bit of fun, just friendly rivalry

Dont see any desperation here.