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Entertainment & Sports

Nov. 9, 2011

Fight over popular video game rages

Video gamers packed stores Tuesday to get their hands on the third installment of Activision Publishing Inc.'s wildly popular "Modern Warfare" series. But a contentious conflict rages behind the scenes.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Video game fans packed stores at the stroke of midnight Tuesday to get their hands on the third installment in Activision Publishing Inc.'s wildly popular "Modern Warfare" series.


But the highly anticipated release drops "Modern Warfare 3" game smack in the middle of a contentious legal battle over profits and creative control between the game's original...

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