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Following leaks, rumours and datamines, Call of Duty Black Ops 1 and 2 have been officially announced to be coming to modern PlayStation platforms.

After more than two decades at Treyarch, Studio Head Mark Gordon has announced his departure from the Call of Duty Black Ops developer.

Following the announcement of Spyro: A Realm Beyond, studio Toys For Bob revealed that the Reignited Trilogy remake has sold over 11 million copies since 2018.

Following the recent announcement of Spyro: A Realm Beyond, insiders claim that Microsoft has greenlit a brand new Crash Bandicoot project.

Multiple bits of evidence suggest that the classics ‘Call of Duty Black Ops 1 & 2’ are being ported over to modern PlayStation platforms – namely PS4 and PS5.

Spyro: A Realm Beyond will hopefully be the first in a long line of Spyro entries, with studio Toys For Bob wanting “not just one new game, but many new games.”

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 is promising to remain “grounded” and “authentic” with “no Lady Gaga. No Omni-Man. No Teletubbies” and “no SpongeBob” skins.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) famously once said: “The three absolutes in life are death, taxes and a new Call of Duty coming out every single year”. Sure enough, the US founding father has yet to be proven wrong, with Activision and a dozen studios having ensured that come the tail-end of any given year, there will be a new COD ready to release. And so, what can we expect from the franchise later this year? What about 2027, 2028 or even 2030? By looking back at the past two decades of Call of Duty games, their trends, progression and regression, I believe I can predict the next 5 years worth of annual COD entries.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has been announced, with the current-gen exclusive coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2 this October.

After acquiring Activision a few years ago, Microsoft formed a new studio under the Activision wing known as Elsewhere Entertainment. We didn't know what this team was working on for a long time, but that finally changed this week with new job listings pointing towards an RPG.  While Activision used …

Microsoft has just shelled out another $250 million as part of the Activision Blizzard acquisition. The deal, which had already cost the company more than $70B to complete, drew in a lawsuit, which Microsoft has now paid a hefty fee to settle out of court.

Right up until Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 in 2025, Activision has continued to support last-generation consoles, bringing new titles to Xbox One and PS4 systems well into the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 lifecycle. That is finally going to change this year. 

Despite leaks claiming that the game would be current-gen only, insiders have discovered evidence of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 being tested on PS4.

Black Ops 7 Season 3 officially launches next week, adding tons of new content, including a surprise crossover with RoboCop.

Insiders have claimed that Microsoft is considering removing future Call of Duty entries from its day-one Xbox Game Pass program.

A second major Call of Duty leaker / dataminer has now revealed that they will be stepping away following contact from Activision.

Perhaps the most notable insider in the Call of Duty space is stepping away from leaks following legal demands from Activision.

For pretty much its entire existence, Call of Duty has operated using a familiar model, with the FPS franchise seeing a brand new title released on an annual basis from one of the 3 core COD studios. While this has worked in the past, Black Ops 7 seems to have been a breaking point for some. According to known insiders, Microsoft is now considering a major shake-up, including a standalone Zombies game.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile has been on the market for just under two years. However, the game has not met Activision's expectations and as a result, it will soon be shutting down. 

Overwatch is seeing a major influx in players on Steam ahead of the game’s overhauled relaunch, achieving the highest CCU since the game's initial release.

Celebrating 115 Day, Treyarch have teased upcoming maps, modes and more coming to Black Ops 7 Zombies with the launch of Season 2.

Call of Duty appears to be coming to the Switch imminently, with data miners discovering direct references to Nintendo’s console in the latest update.

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 x Fallout has been officially unveiled, featuring plenty of cosmetics alongside new map variants, modes and more.

According to insiders, Sledgehammer Games have been tasked with developing COD 2027 – said to be a brand new sub-series set in the 1990s/2000s.

In the past, Activision kept things fresh for Call of Duty fans by switching between one of its ‘mainline' series every year. You would get Black Ops one year, Modern Warfare the next, and then another title like COD: WWII or Advanced Warfare thrown into the mix as well. That …

The full roadmap for Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Season 1 has been revealed, including countless additions across all game modes.

Mojang has officially announced Minecraft Blast, a new free-to-play mobile puzzle game developed in collaboration with King, the studio behind Candy Crush Saga. The announcement confirms that this is a separate project and will not interfere with or delay future updates for the core Minecraft game, such as the upcoming …

A franchise as big as Call of Duty will always be hampered by its own size, with the series having its hands tied left and right so as to not deviate too far from what has made Activision (now Microsoft) Billions on an annual basis. The most recent Black Ops 6 is in some ways the best entry in the franchise, and in other ways, the worst. With Black Ops 7 coming around the corner, the team at Treyarch seem to be saying and doing all the right things in the lead-up to its release. Unfortunately, the duality of Call of Duty ensures that no future entry will ever truly be the best it can.

Following its official announcement in September, the writers and director for Paramount’s live-action Call of Duty film have been revealed.

Treyarch have started to tease Season 1 for Call of Duty Black Ops 7, confirming 6 new multiplayer maps; 3 zombies experiences and more.