Call of Duty: Modern Warfare didn’t have the smoothest of rollouts this past month. The game has been in a pretty buggy state since launching, and despite patches, problems remain. Users are still buying the game like gangbusters though, as it continues to be a huge launch for Infinity Ward and Activision. The popular franchise
The newly released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare title is pretty controversial, there’s no doubting that. There’s also no doubting that controversy sells. The developer and publisher expended a ton of effort trying to hype up just how edgy their game was, and it appears to have worked just like they wanted. A big part
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has made some announcements this past week that have fans both curious and anxious about how infamous publisher Activision will handle monetization. A lot of gamers were concerned that the maligned Supply Drops mechanics would be returning from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. In a blog post, the company
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Special Ops is the new mode built into the upcoming FPS title from Activision, and it joins the other multiplayer modes as a newer addition to the franchise aimed at offering a new experience. The game is obviously going for a much more violent tone than previous entries, pushing envelope
Once again, another example of AAA greed in the video game industry has reared up its rotten and bloated head, only to rend another chunk out of our nostalgia and enjoyment of games. This time Activision strikes again to shovel in microtransactions into Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. Yes, a game based on a 20 year-old
There’s been a lot of buzz around Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the upcoming reboot of the now-legendary shooter franchise. This new entry both returns the FPS titan of a series to its roots, while also innovating and improving upon the formula from top to bottom. The games industry is eagerly awaiting more news about
The devs behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare are pushing for a ton more realism in the newest FPS iteration. And it’s not just about having incredibly violent and disturbing content that portrays war in the horrible light it deserves. In a blog post on the official site, Infinity Ward has revealed plans to push
The upcoming launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the reboot of the iconic entry into the long-running shooter franchise, has gamers wondering just what might be different from what they remember. Campaign gameplay director Jacob Minkoff and art director Joel Emslie recently spoke to Kotaku about the prospect of how the story or its
Call of Duty Modern Warfare is generating plenty of hype. And a lot of that hype is based around the fact the developers are making an attempt to return to a more realistic take on warfare, but concerns are surfacing over how they intend to tell this story. One thing that the game might well
New gameplay details about Call of Duty Modern Warfare have been revealed which are sure to delight and anger some fans in equal measure. The upcoming FPS is of course the reimagining of the iconic series of games which took a uniquely story-driven approach to modern military shooter games. The franchise quickly deviated from that
Rumblings about low pay, poor morale and toxic corporate culture have been around in the games industry for decades. With sustained periods of crunch becoming more pervasive, while low pay and high costs of living force employees into working unhealthy hours, the games industry could be headed for either disaster or a period of rebirth.
So a big AAA release in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has finally been confirmed. We even know that the new FPS is essentially a much more realistic revisiting of the original Modern Warfare series of games. It lacks a zombies mode, returns to a singleplayer experience, and strips down the multiplayer experience to a
The Spyro Reignited Trilogy may be about to land on PC, based on ratings data spotted online. A ratings report out of Taiwan has leaked the PC port of the retro collection from Insomniac. And while Activision has not outwardly confirmed the leak, it’s a pretty strong argument that the collection is in fact coming to
So there’s a new update coming to Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled. Sony and Activision are partnering up to show off this new mode as well. The new mode is actually a pretty impressive addition called Adventure Mode, and it will allow players to take their chosen racer through a variety of races, each increasing in
Activision has revealed that the publisher is skipping having a booth at E3 2019, likely due to lack of major AAA releases. Gamers can still expect some kind of showing from Call of Duty at the show, but that’s about it. The huge publisher will be present at this years E3, they just won’t have
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is smashing sales expectations, and the patience of gamers, worldwide. The FromSoftware title has sold more than two million copies in it's first two weeks on the market.
With the most recent update to the game, Spyro Reignited Trilogy has made some gains in the accessibility area, that’s because the game now finally has subtitles built-in. Players have been asking for this feature since the game launched. And frankly, it’s absurd that the games industry somehow hasn’t established a standard for these basic
A set of three new gameplay teasers for various iconic characters in the Crash Bandicoot trailers have been released this weekend. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is boosting toward release, and Beenox and Activision aren’t pumping the brakes on the hype machine just yet, as there’s a way to go before the finish line. The publisher
The games industry is nothing if not cyclical, and on cycle that I am really tired of, and frankly angry about seeing, is this unsustainable trend that’s currently playing out once again, this time with Activision. What am I talking about? We’ve got another case of a major company firing employees and cutting costs in
Activision has admitted the failure with Guitar Hero Live, and has announced that the program will soon be shuttered entirely, and that gamers who bought into the service are entitled to a refund. The refunds are open to those who purchased Guitar Hero Live on or after December 1, 2017 through January 1, 2019 in
Rumors are now swirling across the internet that the Nintendo Switch is getting its own version of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy this year. Gamers are hopeful for a Summer release, according to the current wave of buzz. The wave of hype started after some folks spotted a listing for the port on GameStop Germany (via
There’s some new bad news for one of the larger companies in the gaming scene. As of reports earlier this week, Activision is apparently gearing up for a round of downsizing that will see hundreds of employees laid off from their jobs. While these reports have not been confirmed, it’s pretty much a guarantee that
It was announced today that, Amrita Ahuja, Blizzard’s current CFO, would be leaving the company to join up with Square, the mobile payment processor. Ahuja replaces former Square CFO Sarah Friar who announced she was leaving the CFO post in October. That departure saw a major drop, nearly 30%, in the stock price for Square.
According to a new article from Kotaku, Activision isn’t happy with the performance of Destiny 2 since launch. During the same earnings call, Activision Publishing boss Coddy Johnson revealed that the company wants to “improve the pace of innovation and cadence of in-game content.” This interpretation is further cemented by the fact that the game
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