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CultureCall Of Duty Players Are Getting Quick Nukes Thanks To Spawn Camping On New Map
Tactical nuke kill streaks are supposed to be hard to get in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, but some players have been getting them incredibly fast thanks to bad spawn points on the game’s Shipment map. Over the weekend the TapXNation YouTube channel put up a video showing a player by the name of Streaking…
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OpinionImpressionsGet Kills Or Go Kaboom In Modern Warfare’s New ‘Cranked’ Mode
Modern Warfare’s newest mode is a return to the fast-paced, addictive multiplayer we expect from Call of Duty. It forces players to move around for kills, or else go kaboom. This week’s update for Modern Warfare added new Special Operation missions and more multiplayer maps, but the new mode, called Cranked, was by far the…
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CultureModern Warfare Will Show You Your Kill-Death Ratio For $20
Modern Warfare finally offers players the ability to see their death count during matches, but what was once a staple Call of Duty feature now comes at a price. In past Call of Duty games, the in-game scoreboard for a standard multiplayer mode like Team Deathmatch would show each player’s kills, deaths, and assists. At…
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OpinionImpressionsModern Warfare‘s Battle Pass Is Surprisingly Good
Modern Warfare’s new Battle Pass gives Call of Duty the reward system it needed, while the new cosmetic store leaves room for improvement. Modern Warfare received its first major content drop on December 3, including new maps and modes for the “Season One” event that runs from now until January 28. This first season also…
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CultureModern Warfare Is Denying Players The Time-Honored Tradition Of Stomping Noobs
Some Call of Duty players are deliberately tanking their stats to try and place themselves in better lobbies, testing for any exploits they can find in Modern Warfare’s strict matchmaking. One of the Call of Duty community’s greatest debates since the launch of Modern Warfare in October is about its skill-based matchmaking. The game looks…
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CultureSome Call Of Duty Players Find Themselves Spawning In Mid-Air
Call of Duty matches can be fast-paced slaughterhouses, which is why the game usually respawns you away from other players and, uh, on the ground. Recently, players have been noticing that’s not always the case. “Incredible, just incredible,” Reddit user McNugg2710 said in a November 22 post of a video showing them respawning out in…
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CultureCall of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s Camera Angles And Hitboxes Are Still Pretty Broken
Post-launch updates are slowly improving Modern Warfare, but there are still major issues that need to be addressed to make it a less frustrating Call of Duty Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s multiplayer plays much more slowly than other recent entries in the franchise. Unless you’re playing the tiny “Shoot House” map, which has become…
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OpinionImpressionsModern Warfare‘s New Maps Are A Lot Less Campy
Today’s big Modern Warfare update brings two new maps, and the free content feels like a small step forward for the heavily criticized multiplayer aspect of the new Call of Duty As promised with the new Modern Warfare, all maps are going to be free for everyone, and released across all platforms simultaneously. But after…
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CultureNow’s the Best Time to Get Loot in Last Year’s Call of Duty
A major overhaul is coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Black Market. While loot boxes aren’t going away, players will finally have a better way of earning cosmetics. Yesterday, Treyarch announced changes that are coming on November 12 to Black Ops 4’s highly-criticized Black Market—you know, that cosmetic marketplace that wanted to sell…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s Giant, Chaotic Maps Are Frustrating
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launched on October 25, bringing changes to the multiplayer that the community once only dreamed about, like free maps for all. But the design of those maps isn’t playing out very well. For the first time ever, this year’s Call of Duty features cross-play functionality to bring players together across…
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Migos’ Offset Mourns The Loss Of Call Of Duty Player Who Got Him Into Esports
Up-and-coming Call of Duty competitor Eric Pedro Cruz, who played under the names “Philosophy” and “Losophy,” passed away on August 18. Though he was just 18 years old, he left behind a legacy in the world of esports, which included forming connections with superstars like Migos rapper Offset. “I used to play the game and…
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Call of Duty Mobile Is Fun Even For Hardcore Players
Call of Duty: Mobile is an addictive multiplayer game that even the most casual mobile player can enjoy, but also one that even hardcore console players like myself might find to be surprisingly compelling. Developed by Tencent’s TiMi Studios, Call of Duty: Mobile launched worldwide on October 1 as a free-to-play game for Android and…
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