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While Microsoft’s number of first-party studios far outweighs PlayStation’s, Sony has been putting a great deal of work into cultivating partnerships with independent studios. Following partnerships with Kojima Productions, Haven Studios and more, Deviation Games – formed by ex-Call of Duty developers – have now partnered with Sony to create …

According to reports this week, Activision won't be bringing Call of Duty to E3 this year. Instead, the team is working on a new map for Warzone, as well as various teasers for the next mainline game through Warzone.  According to VGC's sources, rather than revealing this year's Call of …

One of the toughest parts of making a competitive online game is keeping cheaters at bay. Developers are constantly battling against cheaters in Call of Duty: Warzone, and so far, Raven Software has managed to catch and ban over 500,000 cheaters. This follows on from a story in April, where …

While Call of Duty: Warzone has been receiving all of the attention, with the PC and console battle royale game seeing over 100 million players, its mobile counterpart has been quietly dwarfing that figure, with Activision now confirming that Call of Duty: Mobile has surpassed 500 million players. Making the …

Call of Duty is one of the biggest franchises in all of video games, with over 400 million copies sold. This doesn't even include Warzone and COD mobile, each of which have over 100 million players. In order to keep up with its size and scope, Activison will be tripling …

Activision is finally opening up about its plans for Call of Duty in 2021. During a financial call that took place last night, the publisher confirmed that Sledgehammer Games is leading development for this year's game.  Speaking on this year's plans, Activision Blizzard COO, Daniel Alegre, stated: “Development is being …

Call of Duty is bigger than ever, with more and more developers working on the games each year. While good for the franchise, it has led to some studios being reduced to supporting these massive titles. Such is the case with Toys for Bob, who are now working on Call …

This year's Call of Duty game could be in some trouble. According to a notable leaker, the game has been encountering development issues for sometime now and as a result, Activision has reportedly lowered its expectations for the release and already has a ‘recovery roadmap' planned months ahead of time. …

When Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launched late last year, it offered a native next-gen version, which took advantage of many of the new consoles’ enhancements including 120fps support, FOV sliders and much more. Activision’s arguably more popular Call of Duty game, Warzone, did not receive such treatment. …

Though Call of Duty may not have as much of a positive reception as it did during the height of its popularity, the franchise continues to be one of the best selling every single year. In the years since the first game launched all the way back in 2003, the …

This week, Call of Duty: Warzone was finally patched to support Nvidia's DLSS technology. Modern Warfare had limited RTX support at launch with ray-traced shadows but lacked Nvidia's performance saving AI-driven technology, but that changes today. Call of Duty Warzone, which uses the same engine as 2019's Modern Warfare, now …

One of the toughest parts of making a competitive online game is ensuring that all players are acting fairly. This becomes exponentially harder the more popular the game is. Call of Duty: Warzone is currently one of the biggest active Battle Royale games, and so sees its fair share of …

When it comes to competitive shooters, there are often a lot of ‘hidden' stats that are tracked but not presented in-game. To make up for that, those really looking to improve often head to fan sites to see more detailed performance metrics. These type of stat trackers exist for Counter-Strike, …

It looks like this year's entry to the Call of Duty franchise is beginning to leak. According to reports this week, this year's game is known as Call of Duty WWII: Vanguard and is being developed by Sledgehammer Games.  Sledgehammer Games' last entry into the franchise was Call of Duty …

While each year sees an abundance of new and innovative video games released into the world, it is almost a guarantee that the best selling game of the year will be Call of Duty, a sports game, or a Rockstar title. Such is the case with 2020, where the top …

It looks like Treyarch is cooking up a new mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The new mode is known as Outbreak and its existence leaked via the Call of Duty app and website.  Ad spots in-game and on the Call of Duty website went live for …

Ever since around 2014, the Call of Duty franchise has been operating on a three year development cycle. Between Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, the Call of Duty series has offered a decent amount of variety through the unique gameplay and story stylings of each development studio. Though this …

Many online multiplayer titles offer sporadical free weekends, allowing those who have yet to purchase a game to experience what they may be missing out on. Call of Duty is no stranger to offering free weekends. Interestingly however, this time it is the Zombies mode that will be made free – …

At the beginning of each new year, it is always interesting to take a look back at the past 365 days and reflect upon the games that came out during that time. For the UK market, it has now been revealed which games managed to make it to the top …

When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was released last year, it was met with a great deal of enthusiasm due in part to its focus on modernising the game’s engine, while also offering free and consistent content updates. Though each year is met with a new entry, talk surrounding Modern …

For a couple of months now, Nvidia has been running a promotion to give away free copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War to buyers of RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 graphics cards. This free game offer was due to end this month, but it is now being …

Despite the fact that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has now been released, Infinity Ward’s Warzone Battle Royale mode continues to be more popular than ever. In an announcement, it was revealed that the free-to-play Battle Royale mode has now surpassed 85 million players, with ‘200 million’ people …

Though the game launched in November, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s first season won't be beginning until this month. While we were only a few days from release, the game’s first season has now been delayed from the 10th of December to the 16th. Making the announcement on …

As the PlayStation 5 finally launched in the UK last week, many who managed to get their hands on the console likely also picked up one of the PS5’s launch titles. One of the biggest games to launch alongside the console was Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. That …

Ever since Call of Duty first hit it big, the franchise has consistently topped the charts, both during its launch week, as well as throughout the year. It therefore came as a major surprise when Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which launched in the same week as Black Ops Cold War, actually …

With many live service games spanning years – and now generations – it would make sense that developers would use the increased power of newer systems to make for an improved gaming experience. Such is the case with Call of Duty’s Battle Royale game ‘Warzone’ which has seen an Xbox …

The launch of any new major game often comes with a great deal of downloading, due to the sizes of patches and updates. This bandwidth usage is increased tenfold with the launch of a new console however. According to internet service providers, there was record demand for bandwidth on Tuesday …

One of the most unique aspects to the PlayStation 5 is the DualSense controller. With advanced haptics and adaptive triggers, developers can take advantage of the DualSense in order to create new and interesting gaming experiences. While it was already announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War would …

Though we have seen a general increase in files sizes with each new generation, the Call of Duty titles consistently appear to be some of the worst offenders in that respect. While many had hoped that the introduction of SSDs would allow for less duplication of files, lowering overall file …

We've known for a while now that Call of Duty: Warzone will persist between annual Call of Duty games, but details on exactly how that will work have been slim. We are finally starting to get some answers this week though.  Warzone will remain its own separate game, incorporating elements …