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A Call Of Duty Movie Is Coming From Paramount And Activision
2.9.2025
The theater of war is a pun I've half-stolen from IGN for this strapline
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Kevin Spacey Was ‘A Little Weird’ While Making COD Advanced Warfare, Director Claims
28.8.2025
There was a lot of fake laughter happening around Spacey while making the sci-fi FPS
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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7‘s Final Campaign Mission Will Reportedly Be A Big Multiplayer Battle
14.8.2025
This is part of a push to let players progress their battle passes and earn XP in all modes
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Battlefield 6 Just Smashed Call Of Duty‘s Player Records In Two Days
11.8.2025
The open beta for BF6 drew in over half a million concurrent players
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Call Of Duty Finally Admits What We've Been Saying All Along: The Install Size Is Too Damn High
29.7.2025
In theory, an all-in-one launcher to manage a massive franchise like Call of Duty probably makes sense. When you have multiple campaigns, multiplayer modes, and regular updates to live-service games like Warzone to manage, sure, you could convince me that a one-stop shop where I can find...
Report: Laid-Off Staff At Candy Crush Maker Say They've Been Training Their AI Replacements
15.7.2025
Candy Crush maker, King, which Microsoft acquired along with Activision Blizzard back in 2023, was the first hit when mass layoffs were announced across the company earlier this month. Now some impacted staff say morale is at an all time low, as AI they’ve been training for years is potentially...
Switch 2 Players Are Begging For A Nintendo Direct And One Is Reportedly Coming Before The End Of July
14.7.2025
The Switch 2 has been out for over a month. Hype levels are starting to run dangerously low. While Donkey Kong Bananza is shaping up to be a big shot in the console’s launch window arm later this week, the rest of the Switch 2's first year is filled with question marks right now. Fans desperate...
THPS 3 + 4 Puts Guitar Hero In The Trash, Devs 'Investigating' How This Happened
14.7.2025
Developer Iron Galaxy is “investigating” an Easter egg fans spotted involving a trash can and a Guitar Hero clone in the recently released Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4.Read more
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4: The Kotaku Review
11.7.2025
I’m not sure heaven is real. But when I die, if there is a big oasis in the sky waiting for me, I’ll be happy to meet up with old family and friends. And then I’ll ask them where the room is that contains all the (good) Tony Hawk games. If heaven is truly paradise, a place where I’ll be happy...
The Subnautica 2 Saga Just Keeps Getting Messier Amid New Lawsuit And Alleged Leaks
11.7.2025
The mysterious firing of Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds’ founders earlier this month keeps taking unexpected turns, and the latest is that the veteran game developers are now suing publisher Krafton over the dismissals, which occurred with a $250 million payout on the line. Caught in...
Call Of Duty: WW2 Pulled From Microsoft Store Just Days After Joining Game Pass Because Of Players Getting Hacked
9.7.2025
Call Of Duty: WW2 joined Game Pass on June 30, including for PC subscribers who could now access the game through the Microsoft Store. Days later, that version of the game had to be taken offline amid reports of players getting hacked and trolled with pop up messages on their PC, which seems very...
Battlefield 6 Reportedly Has A Massive Budget Of Over $400 Million
3.7.2025
The next Battlefield game, often referred to online as Battlefield 6, looks to be a return to the franchise’s modern warfare roots, and that has many fans, myself included, excited to play it. However, behind the scenes, EA reportedly has wild expectations for the game, which might cost as much...
Microsoft Cutting 9,100 Jobs As Latest Mass Layoff Hits Xbox Beginning With Candy Crush Maker King
2.7.2025
Reports and rumors of massive layoffs at Xbox have been building since late last month and the first blood has now been spilled. Bloomberg reports that Candy Crush maker King is cutting 200 employees, or roughly 10 percent of its 2,000 person headcount, with layoffs also underway at other European...
Report: Xbox Bracing For Another Mass Layoff
24.6.2025
Microsoft’s gaming business is seemingly in for another round of mass layoffs. The fresh cuts would be coming just as Xbox seems to be in full retreat from its long-standing console hardware business as it invests more in Windows gaming and bringing first-party exclusives to PlayStation 5. Read more
At Least One Band Is Bummed To Be Cut From THPS 3+4
19.6.2025
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 will include some of the original songs found in the original PS2-era skating games. But not everything is making the leap to the remaster, including one Alien Ant Farm song, a move the band understands, but still called a “bummer” in a recent interview. Read more
Xbox Continues Quietly Abandoning Physical Games
13.6.2025
While Microsoft is publishing more games than ever before, fewer and fewer of them are getting physical editions on its home turf. Microsoft-owned Oblivion’sThe Outer Worlds 2 will get a standard disc option on PlayStation 5 but only a code in a box for Xbox Series X owners. It’s the latest example...
The Villain From Tony Hawk's Underground Is In THPS 3+4
11.6.2025
Players will be able to find a classic skater villain in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 when it launches in July on consoles and PC. And they’ll once again be able to defeat the asshole who first appeared back in Tony Hawk’s Undeground. Read more
The THPS 3+4 Demo Is Great, And People Are Already Pulling Off More Than 100 Million-Point Combos In It
10.6.2025
The new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 demo is now live on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. And folks, after playing it, I’m really excited to check out the full game next month. And I’m excited to see people set new records in it. Read more
11-Month Battle Over AI Finally Ending As Striking Game Actors Reach Tentative Deal
10.6.2025
A nearly year-long battle between SAG-AFTRA game actors and the major publishers over AI protections for performances is set to end, after both sides reached a tentative agreement this week. Details of the deal haven’t yet been released, but the union says it includes “necessary AI guardrails”...
Summer Game Fest Shows That The PS4 Ain't Dead Yet
9.6.2025
The PlayStation 4 was released nearly 13 years ago. In the world of video games, it is a dinosaur. And yet, in 2025, during Summer Game Fest’s many shows and directs, new PS4 games were being announced alongside PS5 and Switch 2 games. Turns out this old machine still has some life left in...