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Article: Fans answer the siren call of 'Duty'.(Daily Break)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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By Barbara Ortutay
The Associated Press
NEW YORK
This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year's record $155 million opening weekend for "The Dark Knight."
But this blockbuster is not a movie.
It is "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," a video game that Activision Blizzard Inc. is releasing today. Fans worldwide are expected to spend at least half a billion dollars on the game in the first week.
That would at least match last year's "Grand Theft ...