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Yesterday Microsoft announced a new deal with a competing cloud gaming provider in an effort to convince regulators that its acquisition of Activision Blizzard won't squeeze the competition out of the market. Today, the company is announcing yet another deal, this time with a more widely known cloud gaming company.  …

In recent weeks, Microsoft has signed legal agreements to bring Activision Blizzard titles to additional platforms, including Nintendo consoles and Nvidia's rival cloud gaming service, GeForce Now. Microsoft is looking to pile on here with additional deals with competing companies. While Sony isn't playing ball with Microsoft's 10-year agreement, other …

The planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft has not been smooth sailing, with the entire ordeal getting messier with Sony trying its hardest to convince regulators to block the deal, while Microsoft is doing everything it can to get it approved. One of the biggest talking points has been what …

While Microsoft has signed a legal agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo consoles if the Activision Blizzard acquisition goes through, there has been doubt as to whether or not we'd see Call of Duty on the Switch. As it turns out, Microsoft is pretty confident that it could get a native version of the game working, even on the Switch's ageing hardware.

The past couple years have seen the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles experience a resurgence with the release of a classic games compilation in the form of The Cowabunga Collection as well as a brand new entry – that being TMNT Shredder’s Revenge. Speaking of Shredder, the iconic villain is set …

After spending years away from the platform, Activision finally announced that it would bring all future published titles to Steam. This began with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II late last year and since then we have seen a number of missing Activision titles added to the platform. Though not …

During its investigation into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, the CMA conducted various surveys, including one that found that roughly 15 percent of PlayStation users would switch to Xbox if Microsoft made Call of Duty exclusive. Microsoft conducted its own study on this, finding that the amount of users that would …

Yesterday, Microsoft had a meeting with the European Commission to further discuss the Activision Blizzard acquisition. Shortly after, Microsoft held its own press briefing to answer a few questions about the deal and the ongoing process. During this, Microsoft President, Brad Smith, was asked if the company would be open …

While Call of Duty has been a big part of the discussion around Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard, regulators have also expressed concern regarding the cloud market. To help with that, Microsoft has now entered an agreement with Nvidia to bring all of its Xbox PC games to GeForce Now.

As Call of Duty has become the focal point for regulators scrutinising Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the company decided to put all of its cards on the table, promising to keep the series multi-platform and even sending out 10-year agreements to Sony, Nintendo and even Valve to ensure the …

It is no secret that Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard is on shaky ground, with regulators seemingly wholeheartedly buying into Sony's objections to the deal, while also having concerns about the future of the cloud gaming market. According to a report this week, Microsoft is now preparing its ‘last-ditch' …

We have increasingly seen video game developers moving away from major publishers in order to go independent and create their own studios. Such is the case with Wildlight Entertainment – a brand new indie studio formed by a plethora of ex-Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainement developers. Taking to Twitter, Wildlight …

For months now, we've been hearing that Activision plans to release an expansion for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 this year, in lieu of a brand new Call of Duty game. As it turns out, those plans have now changed. According to new reports, Sledgehammer's expansion has since grown …

Activision will be doing something a little different with Call of Duty this year. While the company has confirmed plans for a ‘premium release' in 2023, sources have claimed that this will be an expansion for Modern Warfare 2, giving the game an extra year of life before Treyarch releases …

In recent days and weeks we have seen an increased focus on the backlash surrounding Microsoft’s desire to acquire publishing giant Activision Blizzard. In order to help the transaction to pass, Microsoft previously claimed that they would keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for the next 10 years. Now, they …

The last week has been a rollercoaster for the gaming industry, as Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard has continued to make headlines. A few weeks ago it was reported that the FTC would sue to block the deal, but then a subsequent report claimed that the panel scrutinising the …

Call of Duty hasn't had much of a presence on Nintendo systems over the last decade, but that is about to change. Microsoft has now committed to bringing Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles for at least ten years. The same arrangement is also in place with Valve and the …

A few weeks ago, it was reported that Microsoft offered Sony a ten-year deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. While neither company had confirmed this at the time, Microsoft has now made this public, and the company plans to formalise this with regulators too.  Regulators around the world …

Season 1 of Call of Duty MWII / Warzone 2.0 feels like it has only just begun, and yet we are already hearing about Infinity Ward’s plans for the game’s second season. Months ahead of its launch, the key art for Season 2 of MWII has leaked, revealing among other …

Modern Warfare II (2022) represents the latest and greatest from Infinity Ward and Call of Duty, serving as a reimagining of this now 13-year-old game – offering the tried-and-true COD experience while evolving the player movement and controls in order to make it what I believe is the most mechanically perfect multiplayer FPS yet...

We've known about a few of the complaints Sony has been sending to regulators in regard to Microsoft's planned Activision Blizzard merger for a while now. As the UK's CMA moves on towards its Phase 2 investigation into the deal, Sony's complaint filing has been made public, revealing some of …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 broke a number of franchise records when it first launched a few weeks ago. Now, that momentum has helped push the launch of Warzone 2.0 to new heights, surpassing 25 million players in less than a week.  The original Warzone was a huge release …

Just last week, Xbox head, Phil Spencer, stated that he would be comfortable offering Sony a long-term contract to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation should its planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard go through. At the time, he did confirm that there would be no contract that states Call of …

With video games evolving to require increasing amounts of internet data usage, it is quickly becoming one of the greatest contributors to internet service providers’ traffic – both due to online play and game data downloading. One of the biggest gaming launches of the year – Warzone 2.0 – was …

Despite having the functionality since all the way back in the PS3 days, few games take advantage of the PlayStation controller’s gyroscope support. Fortunately, one of the biggest franchises in the world – Call of Duty – has now added the ability for both PlayStation and PC players. As discovered …

Last month, sources claimed that Infinity Ward is planning a massive expansion for Modern Warfare II sometime after launch. We heard this would include many classic Call of Duty maps for multiplayer and new campaign content. According to an updated report, the new campaign content will be developed by Sledgehammer …

Call of Duty Modern Warfare II launched on the 28th of October to massive success, with the game breaking multiple franchise and platform records. This is all despite the fact that the game’s first Season of content has yet to go live. With Season 1 set to arrive on the …

Since its release on the 28th of October, Call of Duty Modern Warfare II has continued to break records all over the place, with us having previously reported that the first-person shooter not only managed to achieve the biggest launch in PlayStation Store history, but also in the history of …

While some years see multiple major FPS games launching in the holiday season, this year we only have two and funnily enough, both have come from Activision. In October, Overwatch 2 finally launched and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II arrived, delivering the largest opening weekend in COD history. Many of us only have a limited amount of time to sink into a game, so which one should you pick this holiday season? 

Call of Duty Modern Warfare II seems to be breaking franchise records left, right and centre, with us having previously reported that the first-person shooter not only managed to achieve the biggest launch in PlayStation Store history, but also in the history of the franchise itself too. Now, MWII has …