Technically a game can’t be delayed if it never had a release date, but if you were expecting to play Diablo 4 or Overwatch 2 in 2021 then buddy do I have some bad news for you.

While this year’s incarnation see’s Infinite Warfare’s Infinity Ward (try saying that five times fast without tying your tongue in a Gordian knot) step up to the plate for a rumoured new Modern Warfare 4, next year’s chapter in the franchise will see Sledgehammer back in action. Or maybe not.

In a new blog post, Sledgehammer says that it’s temporarily making the HQ a solo space while it kicks its servers about for a bit. They’ll also be disabling leaderboards in the interim, though they do say that data is being recorded anyway. These changes have apparently fixed connectivity issues for now.

In an effort to think outside of the box, publishers have instead jumped straight back into them. Forza Motorsport7, WWE 2K17 and Shadow of War are just a few of the games squeezing fans for a few dollars more with their take on random loot which can be delivered via a credit card shortcut. Now, Call of Duty: WWII is hopping on that trend with “Zombie Crates”.

"We really believe this is the year where the PC is going to excel. This is the year that we're going to give it our best shot to win the hearts and minds of the PC community"

Games like Call of Duty made grenades a more interesting resource that was available in abundance. A small ball of explosives and shrapnel was never far away, to the point where attempting to throw a grenade as revenge in the final milliseconds before death caught up to you became second nature. Grenades are pretty much an afterthought in the genre, albeit an expected feature. Call of Duty WW2 wants to change those expectations, especially in the audio department.

Couldn’t get into the Call of Duty: WW2 beta, no matter how hard you tried? There’s a fix for that. All you have to do is hit up the Hong Kong PlayStation store where the glorified demo is available for free.

Call of Duty is back in the trenches this year with a return to World War 2. While there will be plenty of Nazis to kill, you’ll have to double up on putting a hit on Hitler’s best boys. Here’s the first official trailer for Nazi Zombies, in case you ignored that other video that leaked out earlier this year.