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Monday22nd Jan 2024
News Developer Raven Apologises for Busted Call of Duty: Warzone Update, Explains What Went Wrong
Sitrep
Developer Raven Software is one of several Activision studios responsible for Call of Duty, with the company considered the face of maintaining and managing the ongoing Warzone side of things. Last week, we brought you word of the game's vaunted Season 1 Reloaded update buckling the game, and Raven has issued an apology, explaining what went...
Tuesday17th Oct 2023
News Call of Duty Serving Up Scares in Modern Warfare 2, Warzone Halloween Event
Fight or fright
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone players can look forward to some Halloween-themed fun, with a free content update kicking off a limited-time event called The Haunting on 17th October. Serving as a mid-season refresh, The Haunting introduces new game modes, balances guns and quashes bugs. Operation Nightmare offers a...
Tuesday11th Jul 2023
News The Boys Come to Call of Duty Tomorrow in Violent, Comedic Crossover
I am done being persecuted for my strength
The Boys, it seems, are back in town and coming to Call of Duty with the launch of Season 4. Handsome heroes Homelander, Black Noir, and Starlight are all making their FPS debut tomorrow,12th July, and we got a fun, in-universe reveal straight from Vought International. The Boys in question will be added...
Thursday4th May 2023
News For Some Reason NBA's Kevin Durant Is Coming to Call of Duty
Nothing but net
Amid all the handwringing over Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the background story is that Call of Duty has become a bit of a basket case. The series is still infinitely popular, of course – although it is shedding numbers – but in chasing Fortnite’s crown it’s started doin
Friday14th Apr 2023
News Call of Duty Warzone 2 Players are Calling Season 3 DMZ Bundle 'Pay-to-Win'
Immediately no
Activision is in the crosshairs again, with Call of Duty and Warzone 2 players accusing the monolithic publisher of introducing a "pay-to-win" bundle into the game's real-money marketplace. Added alongside yesterday's Season 3 update, a new progression system was added to DMZ, which is described in the patch notes thusly:...
Friday3rd Mar 2023
News Xbox Execs Eager to Save Call of Duty Fans from PS5, PS4 Exclusive Perks
Advantage no more
For the past few years, Sony has had a marketing arrangement with Activision which has seen PlayStation prioritised by the publisher, resulting in perks for Call of Duty players on PS5 and PS4. This followed on from the deal that Microsoft introduced during the Xbox 360 era, which would see map packs release first on the Redmond...
Thursday2nd Feb 2023
News Warzone 2.0 Ashika Island Map, Resurgence Mode Will Be Perfect for High-Risk Hot Drops
Let's get spicy
Season 2 of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 is set to drop on 15th February, after having been delayed in order to address community feedback. A new, more compact map will be available at launch, it's called Ashika Island, and we got our first glimpse of it in a new trailer. In addition, the Resurgence game
Wednesday18th Jan 2023
News Second Season of Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2 Delayed by Two Weeks
Déjà vu
Activision has delayed the beginning of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2's second season of content by two weeks to 15th February 2023. A reason wasn't cited in a post on Twitter, but it's explained the many developers that work on the series have "been making several changes based on what we have heard from our player...
Friday25th Nov 2022
News Call of Duty Wants to Remix Your National Anthem in Honour of the World Cup
Yes, really
Activision has found a rather fun way of cashing in on World Cup hype; right now, players can vote in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0 for which team they think will win in upcoming matches, and if you guess correctly, expect to be rewarded with a bunch of XP the winning countries flag as a Calling Card, and a remix of its...
Wednesday23rd Nov 2022
News Warzone 2 Notches More Than 25 Million Players in First Five Days Alone
Rack em' up
Warzone 2.0 is currently the shooter de jure, setting a new benchmark for polish and AAA fidelity in the now-familiar battle royale genre. As a free-to-play title, and one bearing the Call of Duty moniker, it was always going to attract a massive player base, and publisher Activision has confirmed that Warzone 2.0 drew in more than 25...
Tuesday22nd Nov 2022
News Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2.0 Invisibility Glitch Is Sure to Spike Your Blood Pressure
Pretty convenient excuse, though
Have you ever had one of those moments in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 or Warzone 2.0 in which you are shot from seemingly nowhere and would have sworn the coast was clear just a moment before? It might not just be a convenient excuse, either, because, as it turns out, a glitch is apparently causing some players to...
Thursday17th Nov 2022
News Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2's Max Tokens Battle Pass Bug Under Investigation
Credit crash
Those of you frantically trying to claim your goodies from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s spiffy new Battle Pass system may have been hit by a bug where you’re being told you’ve got Max Tokens. The way the system works is that you earn tokens through gameplay, which you can then trade in for unlocks on a combat map. Each sector...
News Modern Warfare 2 Stealthily Adds Gyro Aiming on PS5, PS4
Tilt to the top
Slowly but surely, developers are opening their minds to gyro aiming as a legitimate control option. It’s not for everyone, of course, but games like Splatoon and more recently Fortnite have proven that it’s a legitimate option. And both the DualSense and DualShock 4 have great motion tracking technology inside them, so why not...
Wednesday16th Nov 2022
News Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2 Battle Pass Adds a Layer of Strategy This Time Around
Time to spice things up
The newly revamped and rather innovative Battle Pass system for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0 has been revealed and, in an intriguing twist, adds an (admittedly thin) layer of strategy to the business of unlocking cosmetics and skins. As you play the game, you will earn Battle Token tier skips, which can be...
Tuesday15th Nov 2022
News Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 Launch Trailer Is Two Minutes of Unadulterated Hype
We get a cheeky peek at DMZ, too
Featuring the best use of Lynyrd Skynyrd's iconic anthem Free Bird in a video game since Guitar Hero 2, the launch trailer for the eagerly anticipated Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 is finally here, and it looks like one hell of a good time. We got two minutes of pure unadulterated hype and a glimpse of the scale on...
Wednesday9th Nov 2022
News Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2 Reveal Huge First Season of Content
New maps! Battle Pass! Weapons!
Activision has revealed what Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 players can look forward to across the two title's first season of content. Starting 16th November 2022 — the release date of Warzone 2 — Modern Warfare 2 users will get two new maps, a fourth co-op mission named High Ground, and CDL...
Tuesday8th Nov 2022
News Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 Promo Features Personalised Highlight Reels
How did you do?
Everyone loves statistics, don’t they? Call of Duty has picked a move from the ol’ Spotify Wrapped playbook to promote the upcoming Warzone 2.0, sending out personalised trailers to everyone who tried the original Warzone with their stats inside. To be honest, ours aren’t overly impressive – we never won a game and only...
Saturday24th Sep 2022
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2.0 to Be Separate But Integrated Installs
Panic on the streets of SSD
The time has come to brace your SSDs for impact, readers: heavy shelling is incoming in the form of potentially humongous Call of Duty file sizes. As you’ll no doubt already be aware, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launches next month, with Battle Royale sequel Warzone 2.0 following on 16th November, 2022. The series,...
Thursday15th Sep 2022
News Call of Duty's PS5, PS4 Exclusive Operator Amusingly Announced Amid War of Words
Character only on Sony's systems until 27th October, 2023
God, could there have been a more amusing moment for Activision to announce an exclusive operator for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on PS5 and PS4?! With Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion buyout of the publisher under scrutiny from government regulators,
News Call of Duty's Impressive Ambitions Unveiled, Warzone 2.0 Drops in on 16th November
Activision unveils FPS' future
Call of Duty’s long-awaited Warzone successor will launch on 16th November for PS5 and PS4, just weeks after the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The two titles – which will be tightly intertwined – will share combat systems and weapon customisation, as Activision’s blockbuster shooter series evolves...
Wednesday7th Sep 2022
News Universes Collide as Umbrella Academy Comes to Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone
Talk about a multiverse
Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone are getting a new injection of content in the form of the Hazel Bundle, which is a collaboration between the monolithic shooter, and the Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy, an adaptation of the comic book series penned by My Chemical Romance frontman, Gerard Way. Fans of the show...
Friday12th Aug 2022
News Activision Removes Plagiarized Call of Duty Loyal Samoyed Skin, Apologises
But the original artist wants answers
Last week we covered the news that an accusation of plagiarism had been levelled at publisher Activision over the Loyal Samoyed skin, an anthropomorphic dog that was to be included in both Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone as a part of the premium Floof Fury Tracer Pack. In a
Wednesday3rd Aug 2022
News Plagiarism Claim Raised Over 'Loyal Samoyed' Call of Duty: Warzone Skin
The similarities are striking
An accusation of plagiarism has been levelled at Activision over an Operator Skin called Loyal Samoyed, which was due to launch alongside the Terminator 2-themed Judgement Day bundle in Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Vanguard. Concept artist Sail Lin claims that the design was plagiarized from a piece they...
Friday29th Jul 2022
News Judgement Day Is Coming to Call of Duty: Vanguard & Warzone
Hasta la vista, baby.
Terminate the opposition with extreme prejudice using these limited-time Ultra Operator skins inspired by Terminator 2 - Judgement Day, for use in both Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone. These iconic machines, as made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger (T-800) and Robert Patrick (T-1000) will be available...
Wednesday27th Jul 2022
News Call of Duty: Warzone's Rebirth Island Is Getting the Zombie Royale Treatment
Press F to vanquish the dead
Battle royal games can get a little stale after a while, and a fun way to spice things up is to introduce some flesh-eating Zombies into the mix. This is exactly the case in Call of Duty: Warzone's next limited-time event, Rebirth of the Dead. In Rebirth of the Dead, 40 players drop onto the Rebirth Island map in ten...
Wednesday29th Jun 2022
News PS Plus Members Can Now Claim a Free Combat Pack in Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone
Talk about a perk
PlayStation Call of Duty players can now claim the Expeditionary Combat Pack for free, which can be used in both Vanguard and Warzone, provided they have an active PlayStation Plus membership. Included in the pack is a Legendary Operator Skin for Halima Zambardi, two Legendary Weapon Blueprints and a double XP token. Check out...
Monday20th Jun 2022
News Call of Duty's Anti-Cheat System Is Punishing Cheaters in a Suitably Hilarious Way
Shame them into legitimacy
For as long as there have been competitive video games, there have been those who have sought to flout the rules, in order to gain an edge. The never-ending arms race between cheaters and developers is a fascinating one to behold, and things just took a turn for the hilarious in the case of Call of Duty: Vanguard and...
Wednesday15th Jun 2022
News Check Out Fortune's Keep, the New Map Coming to Call of Duty: Vanguard & Warzone on PS5, PS4
Fortune favours the bold
A new map is coming to both Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone when Season 4, Mercenaries of Fortune, goes live next week around 22 June (the exact time remains unknown). The map is called Fortune's Keep, and you can see the reveal for yourself in the trailer above. Set on a beautiful Mediterranean tourist island, Fortune's...
Friday23rd Apr 2021
News Call of Duty: Warzone PS5 Version Finally Confirmed by Activision
"Dedicated technology team" working on it
Since launch, PlayStation 5 owners have had to play Call of Duty: Warzone via backwards compatibility. That came with its perks — the gigantic Battle Royale FPS could be transferred to an external hard drive — but you always knew it was just a PS4 game in the back of your mind. That's all about to...
Friday6th Nov 2020
News Call of Duty Combines Progression Across Three Games This December
Warzone, Black Ops Cold War, and Modern Warfare
Well, this is going to be really easy to explain. Following the launch of Call of Duty: Warzone, the free-to-play Battle Royale shooter has become a big enough deal to where Activision feels the need to combine and streamline its progression across another two games. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has...
