{"id":15142,"date":"2011-08-26T10:33:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T00:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=15142"},"modified":"2011-08-26T10:33:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T00:33:56","slug":"kanye-west-headlining-call-of-duty%c2%ae-xp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=15142","title":{"rendered":"KANYE WEST HEADLINING CALL OF DUTY\u00ae XP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hip-Hop Icon To Perform In Front of Thousands Closing Night\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sydney, Australia \u2013 August 25, 2011 &#8212; In his first public performance since the release of his fifth #1 album, the global smash \u201cWatch the Throne,\u201d Kanye West is set to close <strong><em>Call of Duty\u00ae XP<\/em><\/strong>, the only full-immersion fan experience for <em>Call of Duty\u00ae<\/em> gamers. West will take the stage at 8PM on Saturday, September 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, capping an impressive roster of firsts for casual and hardcore <em>Call of Duty<\/em> fans alike, including the world premiere of <strong><em>Call of Duty\u00ae: Modern Warfare\u00ae 3<\/em><\/strong> multiplayer, the first public hands-on with the title, the finals of the Call of Duty\u00ae\u00a0$1 Million tournament sponsored by Xbox 360\u00ae, <em>Call of Duty<\/em>-inspired live action-experiences and much more. <strong><em>Call of Duty XP<\/em><\/strong> takes place September 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2011, in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pulling out all the stops,\u201d said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. \u201cWe promised our attendees and fans around the world a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the first <strong><em>Call of Duty XP<\/em><\/strong>, so we\u2019re thrilled to have Kanye on board.<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>Everything about XP will be as epic as the games themselves.\u00a0 Whether you\u2019re competing for one of the open slots in the $1 million tournament, playing <strong><em>Modern Warfare 3<\/em><\/strong> for the first time, dodging paintballs in a spectacular life-size recreation of <strong><em>Modern Warfare 2\u2019s<\/em><\/strong> Scrapyard level or just mingling with developers and fellow gamers, <strong><em>Call of Duty XP<\/em><\/strong> is a celebration of one of the greatest games in the world.\u00a0 So what better way to top it off with one of the greatest artists in the world?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Call of Duty XP<\/em><\/strong> will take place at the Call of Duty compound in Playa Vista, located at 5600 Campus Centre Dr., Los Angeles, Calif., 90094.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activision.com\/\">Activision Publishing, Inc.<\/a> (Nasdaq: ATVI) will donate 100% of the sales to The Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit, public benefit corporation that seeks to help returning soldiers transition back to civilian life, find work and establish careers. For more information about <strong><em>Call of Duty XP<\/em><\/strong>, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.callofduty.com\/xp\">www.callofduty.com\/xp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-Hop Icon To Perform In Front of Thousands Closing Night\u00a0 Sydney, Australia \u2013 August 25, 2011 &#8212; In his first public performance since the release of his fifth #1 album, the global smash \u201cWatch the Throne,\u201d Kanye West is set to close Call of Duty\u00ae XP, the only full-immersion fan experience for Call of Duty\u00ae<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=15142\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15143,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142\/revisions\/15143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}