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Former Nintendo Of America President Warns Devs That Companies Doing Mass Layoffs Is ‘A Red Flag’
4.5.2026
'What it says is, they're probably willing to do it again.'
Activision Isn’t Celebrating Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7‘s Launch The Way It Normally Does
21.11.2025
The annual Call of Duty release has stiff competition this year
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Call Of Duty Black Ops 7: The Kotaku Review
18.11.2025
This year’s entry in Activision's long-running FPS series is a massively weird mess
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Activision Responds To Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7‘s AI-Generated Artwork
14.11.2025
Fans quickly spotted some bland looking art that features six fingers and other telltale AI-generated traits
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Netflix Is Reportedly Making A Crash Bandicoot Series And He Better Not Talk
27.10.2025
Don't repeat the sins of the Skylanders animated series
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EA Keeps Deleting Call Of Duty Maps From The Battlefield 6 Portal
23.10.2025
Activision doesn’t want you playing zombies in Battlefield
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Call Of Duty Fans Can’t Believe Activision Reportedly Passed On Having Spielberg Direct The Movie
5.9.2025
The publisher didn't want to give up creative control to the Saving Private Ryan director
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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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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