This report from Gamasutra should erase any and all doubts lingering in your minds about just how successful Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii) truly is. The three DLC packs that the game released digitally for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles "only" managed to push 6.5 million units between the months of March and Mid-August 2009. How's that for a big performer?

Here's some good news for the stalwart Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii) players out there. Treyarch will be instituting a special Double XP event for the Labor Day weekend.

With the first two map packs scoring over four million downloads, Treyarch is making sure that the third map pack for Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii) will live up to the standard set by its two predecessors. For that, they made this little trailer right here to get you to hit the download button once the DLC goes live.

The third map pack for Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii) has big shoes to fill seeing as its two predecessors made quite a killing. Since their release, map packs 1 and 2 have scored more than four million downloads on Xbox Live and PSN combined.

Treyarch is also getting in on 4th of July celebrations in the US with a double XP weekend event for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii versions of Call of Duty: World at War. This isn't restricted to the US too; it's worldwide. Also kicking off this weekend is the PS3 Weekend Warrior competition. More details are in the full article.

Despite criticisms that Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS) isn't as good as its predecessor Modern Warfare (PS3, Xbox 360, PC), Treyarch should still be happy with this outcome - the fifth installment to the Call of Duty franchise has sold over 11 million units since its launch back in November 2008.

Treyarch has released the second map pack for Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS) earlier, just in time for the Double XP Weekend that ends 10AM PST on Tuesday. As an additional incentive to go and get the US$ 9.99 download, the devs themselves will be gearing for battle and you can pit your skills against the masterminds that brought you the new map pack.

War is hell, for attack dogs and humans alike. Just because dogs happen to be cuddlier than humans doesn't mean that they were spared the horrors of war. Activision has responded back to PETA's complaint about killing hostile attack dogs in Call of Duty: World at War.

Details after the link.

It doesn't even have to be a real dog. Apparently, killing a dog in a video game is disgusting enough. This is according to the Animal Rights Club of the Academy of Notre Dame, who is protesting the canine killing spree in Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS), saying that killing animals should not be a form of entertainment. Wow, the game nitpicking doesn't stop.

Because of the online success of Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS), Activision is handing out gifts for all you CoD fans: Nazi zombies and double EXP for this weekend! Now you can pull a holocaust on their undead asses, and you get twice as much EXP to boot! Great weekend coming up, after the jump.