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Activision Blizzard Boasts Record Results While Employees Protest Pay Inequity

Activision Blizzard boasted of “record results” for Q2 2020 in an earnings report released earlier today, with an eye on long-term growth thanks to the boost received in the previous quarter from the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. This financial victory lap, however, comes just days after workers collaborated on a spreadsheet designed to highlight pay inequity…

This year’s Call of Duty will be a collaborative effort between Treyarch and Raven Software, publisher Activision Blizzard announced during today’s earnings call. This confirms a Kotaku report from last year, in which sources indicated the Call of Duty for 2020 would be a Cold War-based Black Ops 5

Sekiro Getting Boss Rush, New Costumes, and Message System In Free October Update

From Software’s excellent shinobi adventure Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is getting a free update on October 29 to coincide with the game’s arrival on Stadia, publisher Activision announced this morning The update will add an official boss rush mode to Sekiro (modders already did this last July), as well as brand new outfits for the…

Call of Duty’s Warzone Teasers Hint At Map Changes

Cryptic teasers from Infinity Ward reveal that an upcoming live event could drastically change the landscape of Warzone, including the demolition of the map’s worst landmark. Since launch in early March, Call of Duty: Warzone’s map has seen minimal visual changes, but a series of teases about the game’s upcoming season has fans speculating about…

Let’s Rank The Tony Hawk Games, From Worst To Best

So here I am, doing everything I can, ranking Tony Hawk games and hoping I don’t anger fans. The Tony Hawk franchise started all the way back in 1999 and since that first game, the franchise has been chugging along, releasing over 15 games across nearly every platform out there including the PS1, N-Gage, PSP,…

Activision Is Quietly Reversing Unfair Call Of Duty Bans

A recent wave of bans of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone accounts swept up a number of players who said they were perfectly innocent. Now, Activision seems to be quietly cleaning up the mess. Cheating has been rampant in Modern Warfare since the launch of the free-to-play Warzone battle royale, and its developer…

Crash Bandicoot Gets A New Mobile Runner, Courtesy Of King

Doesn’t Crash Bandicoot seem like a great candidate for a mobile runner? Activision thought so, so they tapped Candy Crush makers King to put one together. It’s not called Candy Crash Saga, though. It’s Crash Bandicoot: On The Run, coming soon to iOS and Android. Crash Bandicoot: On The Run is a free-to-play runner. What…

“OK” Hand Gesture Removed From Call Of Duty

The “OK” hand gesture, added to both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone earlier this year, has been removed from the games, presumably because of its growing association with white supremacists While neither Activision nor developers Infinity Ward have yet to comment on the removal, as Eurogamer report it’s been missing…

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Comes Out October 2

We’re less than four months away from the first numbered Crash Bandicoot game since 1998. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 2,, picks up right where Crash Bandicoot: Warped left off, give or take a couple of decades. At the end of Warped (spoilers?), the villainous…

Crash Bandicoot 4 Is Coming

Between Gematsu discovering listings for the Xbox One and PS4 game on Taiwan’s Digital Game Rating website, a mailing I received from Activision containing a Crash-themed puzzle, and developer Toys for Bob teasing a Monday game reveal, the bandicoot is out of the bag. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is in the works. I…

Bug Causes Some Call Of Duty Players On Xbox To Get Hit With Massive 84 GB Update [Update]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s latest season arrived last night alongside another giant update download. Thanks to a bug, the download was twice as big for some Xbox One players, forcing them to effectively download an entire game’s worth of data to keep playing. “We’re actively investigating an issue for #ModernWarfare where some players on…

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Adds Black Lives Matter Message

Infinity War has added a message about Black Lives Matter and racism in its Call of Duty community to Modern Warfare and Warzone, in a new update following the ongoing nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd and police brutality. When players start either game after installing the update they’ll encounter a message saying…

Some Activision Shareholders Think Bobby Kotick Makes Too Much Money

In a recent filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, an investment group representing some Activision Blizzard shareholders argued that the video game company “finds multiple ways to unnecessarily enrich” chief executive officer Bobby Kotick. More directly, this translates to “Why the fuck is this one dude making so much money?” CtW Investment…

Call of Duty Studio Vows To Crack Down On Racists

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward will take more steps to find and ban players using racial slurs in their in-game display names, as well as other measures to keep racist language out of its game, it said today. Since the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare last year, players have been…

Game Companies Say They’re Supporting Black Lives Matter, But Few Are Offering Specifics

As protests over the killing of George Floyd by police spread throughout the country last weekend, some of the gaming industry’s biggest companies put out statements in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. But while a few have shared some specifics about what they’re doing to help fight systemic racism, almost none of them…

Next Call Of Duty Seasons Delayed Because “Now Is Not The Time”

The latest rollout of new Call of Duty content, for Modern Wafare, Warzone and Call of Duty: Mobile, has been postponed due to the current violent police actions against American citizens A short statement released by Activision says that “while we all look forward to playing” the new stuff, “right now it’s time for those…

Call Of Duty: Warzone Glitch Lets Players Slither Around Like Snakes

A new glitch in Call of Duty: Warzone makes players look like they’re prone even when they’re not, causing absurd-looking moments (see above) and lots of grief as players get shot by opponents they can’t see. If you’ve recently been killed in a Warzone match by someone you couldn’t see it’s probably because you weren’t…

Call of Duty: Warzone’s Terrific New Mode Is Already Gone

Warzone just lost one of its best limited-time modes. The May 26 playlist update axed Call of Duty’s classic battle royale experience, a mere three days after its debut. The limited-time trios mode was called “BR Classic” and was just added to Warzone on Friday. “BR Classic” catered to players looking for more of a PUBG…

It’s Time For A Tony Hawk’s Underground Remake

A new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game is coming out this year and it is a remake of the first two games. This would be more exciting if they hadn’t already done this same thing back in 2012. How about this: Stop remaking those classic games and remake Tony Hawk’s Underground, please. I love those…

Modern Warfare‘s Massive Updates Are Gobbling Up Players’ Hard Drives

Yesterday Call of Duty: Modern Warfare received a new update and additional data pack, adding over a dozen gigs to an already huge game and eating up ever more space on people’s console and PC harddrives. Lots of games want to be the only one you play; Modern Warfare seems to want to be the…