The Call of Duty franchise has been a staple in the gaming industry since its debut in 2003. It’s been a consistent sales juggernaut and appearing on the best sales list each year, recent reports state that the next Call of Duty game may skip a year for the first time since 2005. Bloomberg reports that Activision has delayed the …
Time to start deleting that folder where you keep video files that you hope your mom will discover, because Call of Duty: Modern Warfare just got even bigger.
It’s competent remaster, giving a decade-old game a suitable level of spit-and-polish. While Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s campaign has been given a significant graphical overhaul, but its corridor-shooter structure and worn animation give its age away. Nostalgic fans of the series might get a kick, but the barebones remaster isn’t a fantastic value proposition for anybody else.
After a weird soft launch, Call of Duty mobile is finally available to all and sundry. I gave it a spin last night, and to my surprise, it’s a superbly polished, fun take on Call of Duty’s multiplayer formula. Yes, of course it’s riddled with microtransactions and grind, but that’s expected and perfectly fine for a free to play game. It’s already off to a seriously strong start.
This week, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 got a little microtransaction injection – and it’s leaving fans of the game rather upset. While Call of Duty games have had some form of point-based in-game currency that can be bought for real money for ages, the implementation in this year’s game is being labelled as especially predatory and greedy.
Some fans of the Call of Duty franchise may have left, but Black Ops 4 is arguably the best time to come back. This may be the best instalment of the franchise yet.
Call of Duty is getting their hands dirty with their own Battle Royale mode called Blackout, and it's retaining the core shooting and ridiculoous weapons to create something that looks rather special.
Two seperate reports paint a grim picture for Call of Duty's single-player campaigns, stating that Black Ops 4 will do away with the mode and replace it with a Battle Royale component.
It would be naive to say climate change is not real — or that …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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