Call of Duty

The Weekend In Esports: Call Of Duty World Championship And More

Stay inside, turn on the air conditioning and watch gamers pwn one another to your heart’s content over the weekend, because there are a crap ton of high profile esports tournaments going on. Call of Duty: WWII Call of Duty’s annual championship takes places this weekend in Columbus, Ohio at the Nationwide Arena. For those tired…

A private beta for the battle royale mode of Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4, called Blackout, will begin September 10 for PlayStation 4, Activision said today. It’ll feature solo, duo, and quad play. An Xbox One and PC beta will launch at a later date.

Black Ops 4 Heist Mode Gives Call Of Duty A Payday-Style Twist

The new “Heist” mode for the Black Ops 4 beta is a more tactical take on Call of Duty, one that feels inspired by games like Counter-Strike and Payday The new game mode is a no-respawn, round-based, tactical challenge that requires your team to steal a bag of cash before your opposition does, then reach…

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 will have a “Heist” mode, Treyarch said today. You’ll fight to steal a bunch of cash and extract it when the mode hits the game’s private beta, running from August 10-12 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

Black Ops 4‘s Beta Is Fast-Paced, Frantic Fun

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is now in closed beta for PlayStation 4, and it’s an addictive, fast-paced, fresh change to the formula. 2016’s Infinite Warfare’s high-speed jetpacking catered to a newer generation of Call of Duty players but isolated many old school fans of boots-on-the-ground gameplay. 2017’s WWII brought the franchise back to…

COD: WWII‘s Latest Map Is A Sandbox—Literally

Heard of “sandbox games?” Well, now it’s literal: You can play as tiny, plastic soldiers in a sandbox as part of Call of Duty: WWII’s Days of Summer event. The seasonal fun also spans across Black Ops III, Modern Warfare, and Infinite Warfare, but this particular map is exclusive to WWII, and is one of…

Blind Call Of Duty: WWII Player Has Racked Up 7,600 Kills

A YouTuber by the name of “tj the blind gamer” recently posted his accomplishments on the Call of Duty: WWII Reddit, happily reporting that he’d reached over 7,600 kills in WWII—without being able to see the game. A visually impaired gamer, TJ further explained in the Reddit thread that he uses in-game sound cues to play…

Call Of Duty: WWII Will Finally Get Top-Level Rewards, 8 Months Later

Rewards are finally coming to players who reach the highest ranking in Call of Duty: WWII. The long-awaited and overdue Master Prestige rewards were finally teased on Sledgehammer Games’ Weekly Livestream earlier this month. Sledgehammer Games previously introduced players to Master Prestige rewards by adding them to their 2014 title Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.…

The Best Call Of Duty Zombies Players Throw Down Next Month

The Zombies World Championship is returning on Sunday, August 5, and the future looks positive for competitive Call of Duty Zombies. Highly-skilled finalists will compete for an increased prize pool in a tournament that promises to be more polished than last year’s inaugural event. The Call of Duty Zombies community loves a good challenge, whether…

Call Of Duty: WWII‘s ‘Tortured Path’ DLC Isn’t The Usual Zombies Mode

Call of Duty: WWII’s latest Zombies DLC is quite different from what you’d expect—instead of an endless mode with waves of zombies that assault you until you’re dead, it’s a more objective-based experience with an actual ending. “The Tortured Path” arrived on June 26 as the Zombies portion of the “United Front” map pack for…

NBA Rookie Also Video Game Marketing Rookie

DeAndre Ayton is projected to be the #1 pick in this year’s NBA draft. He’s going to have all summer to get ready for the 2018-19 season, but he (or his social media person) might also take that time to put in some work on their video game marketing skills. Earlier today, doing some promo…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has finally joined Xbox One’s backwards compatibility list. If you didn’t keep your old Xbox 360 disc, the digital game is currently on sale for $14.99 with this week’s Deals with Gold.

Call Of Duty Mod Replaces Soldiers With JRPG Girls

Here is a very good mod that takes the gruff military characters from Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and replaces them with the cast of the Neptunia JRPG series. Even in the singleplayer campaign, even in zombies mode. Specifically, in case you were a fan and were wondering, the models have been borrowed from…

Call of Duty Fans In Uproar Over Black Ops 4‘s Season Pass

Activision is changing the way that DLC will work for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and fans are not thrilled. On June 11, Activision announced that Black Ops 4‘s DLC would be delivered via what it calls the “Black Ops Pass.” While the full details haven’t been revealed, the paid DLC pass will still…

Nuketown will be in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Treyarch said during a livestream demoing more of the game’s multiplayer today. Jungle, Summit, and Firing Range from Black Ops, as well as Slums from Black Ops 2, will also be returning, although the new class-based mechanics will no doubt change how they play.

COD: WWII’s ‘Infected’ Mode Was Fun, But Unbalanced

Zombies have invaded Call of Duty: WWII multiplayer for the month of June. Week one’s Infected mode was fun, even if it didn’t always feel balanced. The Attack of the Undead event arrived on May 29 with an eerie update to the game’s Headquarters social space, adding fire and caged zombies. The event brings new…

Here’s A Textbook Wall Bang, Which Is Totally Not A Sex Thing

Call of Duty World League matches move fast, especially in a mode like Hardpoint, which involves instantaneous respawns for both teams. With waves of enemies pouring at each other in constant droves, it’s easy to blow past the more impressive shots that pros pull off—like wall bangs, which require some ingenuity and planning. Every Call…

The Best Ever Call of Duty Zombies Map Is Getting Remade For Black Ops 4

The fan-favorite Call of Duty Zombies map Mob of the Dead is getting remastered treatment for Black Ops 4 and the Zombies community is losing their collective mind. The Black Ops 4 reveal on May 17 showed a brief teaser for a visually enhanced Mob of the Dead map, now titled Blood of the Dead,…

A Look Back At Black Ops III‘s Strangest Level

Call of Duty: Black Ops III mixes the series’ familiar first-person shooting with a wild cyberpunk storyline. The narrative breaks apart the further the player progress unless it finally explodes in a level that mixes World War II, zombies, and dying dreams. That level, Demon Within, is both the high point of the campaign and…

Nobody Is Saying How Many People Call of Duty‘s Battle Royale Will Support

When the makers of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 announced yesterday that the upcoming game will come with its very own battle royale mode, Blackout, they refrained from answering one big question: How many people will it support? The answer, it appears, is that developer Treyarch just doesn’t know yet. Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds…