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10 Of The Best Ways Games Put Dirty Cheaters In Their Place
2.5.2023
In most games, when a cheater gets caught in the act, they receive their just desserts in the form of a swift ban. Goodbye! But sometimes developers want to have a little more fun at the loser’s expense, go an extra mile to do something a little more memorable and elaborate. Maybe they disable...
Blockbuster Game Development Costs Are Out Of Control
1.5.2023
The production of big-budget games has felt unsustainable for a while now, and all evidence points to major blockbusters only getting more expensive in the years to come. Testimony in the regulatory fight over Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard shows that game publishers are spending...
The Reason Regulators Blocked Microsoft's Activision Deal Makes No Sense
28.4.2023
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) potentially torpedoed the biggest tech acquisition in history this week and hardly anyone understands why. There are plenty of reasons to prevent a giant corporation from trying to buy huge competitive advantages just because it can flood the zone...
UK Blocks Microsoft Activision Deal Over Game Pass
26.4.2023
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced its decision to block Micorosft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard on Wednesday citing concerns it would hurt competition in the growing cloud gaming market where Microsoft dominates thanks to Game Pass. It’s a shocking turn...
Na deskovou adaptaci milionového hitu vybírají pomocí Kickstarteru
25.4.2023
Legendární série stříleček Call of Duty se dočká i svého deskového zpracování. Přestože tato značka vydělala již miliardy, shánějí na ni vývojáři finance pomocí komunitního financování
The Red Cross Challenged Gamers To Not Commit War Crimes
19.4.2023
The International Committee of the Red Cross has partnered up with a bunch of Twitch streamers to encourage gamers to not commit war crimes in popular shooters like Call of Duty. The ICRC hopes that its event, “Play by the Rules,” will educate players on the statutes of actual war. The organization...
Poslední Call of Duty nabízí na týden multiplayer zdarma
19.4.2023
Ruští agenti se snaží infiltrovat hráčské komunity Minecraftu a Call of Duty
19.4.2023
Prezident Microsoftu Brad Smith se v rozhovoru na ekonomickém fóru Semafor nechal slyšet, že stále častěji zaznamenávají pokusy Rusů na infiltrování populárních her, kde šíří svou propagandu
Call Of Duty Is Selling ‘Blatantly Pay-To-Win’ DMZ Skins
13.4.2023
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 just entered its third season, with a brand new battle pass, and plenty of cool-looking stuff in the shop. But there’s a bit of a problem—actually, it’s kind of a big problem. Some of that cool-looking stuff is currently under fire by fans of Warzone 2.0’s DMZ mode,...
Sony Lashes Out At Government For Not Shutting Down Microsoft Activision Deal
6.4.2023
While not set in stone, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) now appears likely to approve Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, and Sony seems pissed. In its latest regulatory filing it blasted UK regulators over their “surprising, unprecedented, and irrational”...
New Call Of Duty: Warzone 2.0 Update Takes Cheaters' Guns Away
6.4.2023
No one likes cheaters, especially not the Ricochet Anti-Cheat team, Call of Duty’s dedicated cheat-busting unit. On April 4, Ricochet put out a brief report detailing how it’s preserving the integrity of the game. They’ve got some pretty hilarious ways of screwing over cheaters, from making their...
Popular Call of Duty Fortnite Map Gets Hyped By Millions After It’s Pulled
4.4.2023
Kotaku reported on March 23, 2023 that Epic Games had outlined specific do’s and don’ts when it comes to what kinds of maps creators can build and publish using Fortnite’s new Unreal Editor. Essentially, any map from another game (including certain Fortnite maps from previous seasons), isn’t...
The Best Call of Duty Battle Royale Isn’t Warzone
29.3.2023
Six or seven days a week, MinerHoboJo fires up his PlayStation 5 and signs into Twitch or YouTube to stream a five-year-old game—Blackout, the first Call of Duty battle royale. By his own estimation, and community consensus, Miner is the game’s global leader in solo wins and kills. (There are...
One Of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0’s Biggest Streamer Is Taking A Break
28.3.2023
Aydan Conrad is one of the biggest competitive Call of Duty streamers with over 3 million followers on Twitch and over a million on YouTube. On March 27, Conrad announced that he intended to take a break from creating content for Warzone 2.0.Read more
Pozůstalí oběti swattingu hráčů Call of Duty dostanou milionové odškodnění
27.3.2023
Pět let starý incident, během něhož byl policejní zásahovou jednotkou zastřelen neozbrojený otec dvou dětí, byl u amerického soudu konečně uzavřen. Pozůstalí dostanou od města odškodnění ve výši 5 milionů dolarů, autor falešného telefonátu si už odpykává dvacetiletý trest
Microsoft Just Overcame A Major Hurdle Blocking The Activision Deal
24.3.2023
Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard inched closer in a big way on Friday. UK regulators announced a provisional finding that the acquisition wouldn’t harm competition, despite previously suggesting the Xbox maker might need to spin-off the Call of Duty business to get the sale...
Deadly Call Of Duty Police Killing Settles For $5 Million Years Later
22.3.2023
On the night of December 28, 2017, police killed Andrew Finch, a 28-year old father of two, shortly after appearing outside his home in Wichita, Kansas. They were there in response to a swatting hoax called in over a $1.50 Call of Duty bet Finch wasn’t even involved in. Five years and a long legal...
Microsoft Says 10 Years Is Plenty Of Time For Sony To Make Its Own Call Of Duty
21.3.2023
As regulators approach their deadline to approve or reject Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, those for and against the mega merger are filing every last argument they can think of to try and sway the outcome. My favorite one yet involves Microsoft telling Sony to quit...
Microsoft Signs Another 10-Year Call Of Duty Deal
14.3.2023
Microsoft signed another 10-year agreement to spread Activision Blizzard titles like Call of Duty—this time, to international cloud gaming service Boosteroid, the company announced in a post earlier today. The dogfight that has been Microsoft’s nasty, scrutinized plan to buy Activision Blizzard...
Activision’s Poster-In-Chief Gives Wild Look Inside Microsoft Sony Fight
9.3.2023
Over a year after it was first announced, Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal is being picked apart under a microscope by regulators. It still appears to be crawling towards its inexorable conclusion, but things are getting very messy, and incredibly silly, in the process.Read more