"A 46-year-old father of three has admitted to court officials that he attacked a teen boy who killed off his "Call of Duty: Black Ops" character. Mark Bradford, of Plymouth, England, became unhinged after his character was murdered, but also because he said the 13-year-old who took the shot called him a name. The two were playing the game over the Internet, and using microphones to talk. Bradford knew where the boy lived, stormed over to his house and grabbed the boy's throat with both hands, according to the youngster's mother, who came to his rescue, says a report in The Mirror.

The last Call of Duty likely did not please PC players, largely in part because of a lack of dedicated servers. But Treyarch chief Mark Lamia tells the website Computer and Video Games expect them to return for Call of Duty: Black Ops when it releases November 9. "I think dedicated servers are excellent," Lamia tells CVG. "I don't see any reason not to see them unless... well, I just don't see any reason not to." Black Ops will also be available on Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

"Approximately thirty-five others" have left Call of Duty series creator and Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward since owner Activision fired the studio's two lead executives, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said today, with more expected to follow.

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Kotaku brings word of four more resignations at Modern Warfare 2 studio Infinity Ward, which has already lost most of its lead developers. The new departures are: