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Report: The Next Call Of Duty Is Call Of Duty: WWII

Eurogamer sources have confirmed that a series of images leaked last week via YouTube are referencing this year’s entry in the long-running series, Call of Duty: WWII. YouTube channel TheFamilyVideoGamers received the images from an anonymous source last week. Both the email received and the images it contained were shown on a video on the…

Destiny Gets The Toys It Deserves

When a game is as pretty as Destiny can be, it deserves more than some Mega Bloks sets. McFarlane Toys sets things right this fall with a trio of Guardians, a fur-lined questgiver, a sporty ride and a $150 replica of a highly sought-after weapon. Announced last week, the official images do not do McFarlane’s…

The Crash Bandicoot trilogy PS4 remaster will be out on June 30, Activision said today. New trailer right here! It’ll be $40 for the package.

Activision Has Big Layoffs Despite Surpassing Financial Targets

Activision Publishing laid off a number of employees across several companies this week, Kotaku has learned. The publisher let go of staff at Infinity Ward, Beenox, and other internal studios as well as their corporate office, according to sources, despite saying yesterday that they had surpassed their revenue targets for 2016. From what we’ve heard,…

Activision Says Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare ‘Didn’t Resonate’ With Fans

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare didn’t live up to Activision’s expectations, the publisher said today, offering a surprisingly candid assessment of the most recent entry in their yearly shooter franchise. On an earnings call, Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg said that Infinite Warfare’s sales underperformed and that the sci-fi setting “didn’t resonate” with Call of Duty…

No New Skylanders Game For 2017

After releasing new installments every year since its 2011 debut, toys-to-life pioneer Skylanders is taking the year off. Announced during Activision’s 4th quarter 2016 financial results conference call, Skylanders is sticking to new toys and digital content for 2017. With a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Paradeand a Netflix animated series recently renewed for…

Destiny 2 Is Still Coming This Year, Activision Says [UPDATE]

There’s no game I get more questions about than Destiny 2, so here’s a little tidbit for those of you who are desperate for news on Bungie’s next big game: It’s still on track for 2017. Said Activision in a slideshow attached to their earnings call today: “Full Destiny sequel in 2017 to broaden the…

Netflix has renewed Activision animated series Skylanders Academy for a third season, airing in 2018. Season two of the show is set to air this year, with actress (and new mom) Felicia Day taking on the role of Cynder the dragon.

The Latest Call Of Duty Zombies Had Me At The Crystal Method

The second installment of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Zombies mode arrives today on PlayStation 4, trading the colorful ‘80s fun park ofZombies in Spaceland with the ‘90s vibe of Rave in the Redwoods. The Crystal Method makes some excellent undead-slaying music. I guess I didn’t know. The fallen movie director (Paul Reubens) who used…

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s first batch of DLC, Sabotage, contains four multiplayer maps and a ‘90s-themed “Rave in the Redwoods” Zombies mode. It’ll be out January 31 for PlayStation 4, with PC and Xbox One following after.

This Week In The Business: No Country For Kool-Aid Men

QUOTE | “If you’re going to be the Kool-Aid Man, you need to be able to bust through everything. There’s nothing worse than saying, ‘Oh, you can do all this stuff except when it’s actually important. And then we’re going to put up unbreakable walls.’” – Stellar Jockeys’ Hugh Monahan explains the fruit drink-inspired design…

Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare: The Kotaku Review

Another year, another trio of divergent games united under the banner of a single Call of Duty release. It’s this triple-pronged approach that allows Infinite Warfare to advance the series while simultaneously standing still. Call of Duty has come a long way since Infinity Ward launched the first game back in 2003. The first several…

Some Diablo III Announcements You May Have Missed

Despite all those silly rumors about Diablo 4, Blizzard has made it clear that they see Diablo III as a live game that they want to keep updating and expanding for quite some time to come. Over the weekend, they made that even more clear. In addition to the big announcements—the Diablo 1 remake and…

Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Dumbest ‘Press X To Feel’ Moment

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s “Press X To Pay Respects” is a infamous example of the series use of button prompts as a narrative device. Infinite Warfare has a couple as well, including this scene, in which a character’s life fades away as you hold the shoulder buttons. SPOILERS AHEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Late…

Infinite Warfare‘s Windows 10 And Steam Versions Don’t Play Together

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare launched today, and while it may be tempting for PC gamers to pick it up through the Windows 10 store at a substantial discount, not being able to battle online with Steam players is probably a deal breaker. The basic edition of Infinite Warfare is $59.99 on Steam. On the…

Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Campaign Is More Sci-Fi Than I Expected

Infinite Warfare’s single-player campaign opens with a stroll across Europa. The sun glints off of the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon, the gas giant looming large in the sky. It’s a fascinating backdrop over which Call of Duty characters do very Call of Duty things. Since its official announcement and subsequent YouTube hate campaign, Infinite…

Netflix is now streaming all 12 episodes of the first season of Skylanders Academy. If it helps, just think of it as Spyro and Friends.

Video Game Actors Once Again Threaten To Strike [UPDATE]

Members of the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) are threatening to strike against eleven game industry employers in a protest seeking changes to their contracts. According to a post from the guild, unless changes are made to voice acting contracts, members will start a strike on Friday against the following…

Skylanders: Imaginators: The Kotaku Review

After a bit of a stumble with last year’s Superchargers, Skylanders is back and ready to go toe-to-toe with Disney Infinity in the creativity side of the toys-to-life battle. Had the competition not folded, Imaginators would have given it a run for its money. Skylanders was always a better game than Disney Infinity. Disney spent…

Toy Time Plays With The First Batch Of Skylanders: Imaginators Figures

Skylanders: Imaginators puts a lot of stock in letting players create their own characters, but they’re only half the battle. The new sensei characters are here to guide freshly-crafted Skylanders on their way. We’ve got the first 17 or so, plus one of the special 3D printed figures. Check them out! Sensei characters serve several…