Janco Partners' Mike Hickey expects Infinity Ward's upcoming shooter to be the best-selling game of 2009.

In March, Activision revealed that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare had sold 12 million copies after nearly 17 months on the market. If one analyst is right, it might not take very long for Modern Warfare 2 to beat that mark.

In a note to investors today, Janco Partners' Mike Hickey predicted that Modern Warfare 2 would sell through to consumers 11.1 million copies in less than two months. He says the game can achieve that mark with the help of a ramped-up preorder campaign courtesy of Activision, the more-than-doubled size of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 installed bases since the release of the original Modern Warfare, and the series' ... Read more »

Activision confirms David Lee Roth, Wolfgang Van Halen will be the only vocalist, bassist included in hard rock supergroup's game incarnation, which includes 25 Van Halen songs, three Eddie Van Halen guitar solos, and 19 other acts.

During last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, Activision ran a brief trailer for Guitar Hero: Van Halen on the side of its massive booth. The trailer revealed that the game will feature 25 tracks from the hard rock supergroup, as well as three playable solos by its famed guitarist, Eddie Van Halen. The game will also feature 19 other musical acts, including (as previously announced) Queen, Weezer, Blink 182, The Offspring, and Queens of the Stone Age.

After Bungie's public pronouncements of a budget expansion, game now full price; game retailer's bundle to include game-themed green controller.

Following a canceled E3 unveiling, Halo 3: ODST was formally announced at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show by Microsoft and Bungie Studios. At the time, the game had been billed as complementing the overall Halo 3 experience. Speaking to Game Informer magazine last fall, Bungie design lead Joe Bertone described the game as "a three-to-five-hour expansion pack," with cinematic director Joe Staten adding that "we do not view this as a $60 title."