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Army Planned To Spend Millions On Twitch And Call Of Duty To Recruit Gen Z
2.12.2022
The U.S. Army’s gamer to soldier pipeline is hardly a secret at this point, but new documents show its recent, detailed plans to spend millions to recruit Gen Z through gaming-related sponsorships and ad campaigns. The partnerships ranged from Call of Duty Twitch streamers to sponsoring content...
This Atari Retrospective Sets A New Standard For Game Anthologies
1.12.2022
Yesterday in a Twitter thread, the gaming historian Frank Cifaldi said this about the work done by his organization, the Video Game History Foundation: “We all know where the ROMs are hiding online. We don’t need games, we need CONTEXT to tell stories.” It helped me realize why I think Digital...
Report: Microsoft To Offer Sony 10 Years Of Call Of Duty To Close Activision Deal
28.11.2022
Another day, another report or story about Microsoft doing whatever is needed to make sure its purchase of Activision Blizzard is allowed to happen. This time, it’s reported that Microsoft is willing to offer some concessions to regulators to get the deal approved, including a deal to keep...
Microsoft Explains Why Elder Scrolls VI Will Be Exclusive And Call Of Duty Won't
23.11.2022
The court proceedings to justify why Microsoft should be allowed to acquire Activision Blizzard are still currently ongoing. In a response to the UK market regulator’s statement about the acquisition, the publisher suggests that it makes good business sense for them to make a “mid-sized” game like...
Report: There Might Be A Horizon MMO In the Works
8.11.2022
Guerrilla Games and Sony’s popular open-world sci-fi franchise, Horizon, already has one confirmed spin-off in the works, a brand new VR adventure for PSVR 2. But now a new report claims Sony is working with NCSoft on an MMO set within the universe as last year’s Horizon: Forbidden West. Read more
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Donates $50,000 To Republican Who Protested 2020 Election
8.11.2022
While it’s normal for prominent business people to donate to both sides of the political aisle, so that whoever wins an election they can call in some favours, as the Republican Party lurches further to the right some of the candidates being supported are deserving of a bit more scrutiny than...
Activision Unleash Dystopian Candy Crush Drone Fleet Into Skies Above New York
6.11.2022
Late last week 500 drones were dispatched into the air above New York City, lighting up the Manhattan skyline on Thursday night so the world could see...a Candy Crush advertisement.Read more
Activision Nickel-And-Dimes New Union As Call Of Duty Enjoys $800 Million Weekend
3.11.2022
Quality assurance staff at Call of Duty studio Raven Software unionized back in May, but over five months later the developers say progress is almost nonexistent on the first union contract at a major gaming company. Activision is apparently still denying unionized staff the raises given to...
Hyped Mystery Square Enix Game Turns Out To Be NFT Junk
3.11.2022
While several big gaming companies have flirted with the idea of non-fungible tokens, none has embraced the crypto scam with as much blind confidence as Square Enix. Now the Final Fantasy maker has finally revealed its first NFT stunt, Symbiogenesis, crushing fan hopes that the previously leaked...
Activision Tries To Get Civil Rights Lawsuit Thrown Out Again, Fails Again
26.10.2022
For the second time since this year, publisher Activision Blizzard—the subject of historic allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination—has tried to get the case against it thrown out. And for the second time, it has failed.Read more
Diablo 3's Most Hated Feature Stuck Around Because Of Its Box
25.10.2022
Diablo 3’s 2012 launch was a disaster thanks to its always-online requirements, broken servers, and a real-money auction house that nobody liked or wanted. Today, a decade later, we know that eventually Blizzard got things back on track with Diablo 3 and ended up creating a damn fine ARPG. But...
Activision Bans Top Call of Duty Twitch Streamer From $100,000 Tourney Over Marriage Prank
18.10.2022
Activision hosted a Call of Duty tournament this weekend, and the top competitive player was noticeably absent from the lineup. In a now-deleted tweet, Doug “Censor” Martin revealed that the publisher had banned him for competing in Fortune’s Keep, citing that he had “harassed [Nadia Amine].”...
Minecraft Just Dropped Big News—Here's Everything You Should Know
17.10.2022
Mojang live streamed its annual Minecraft Live update event on October 15. With it came a bevy of details for what the sandbox game’s developers have so far only identified as the 1.20 update. Read more
New Activision Lawsuit Makes Revenge Porn, Sexual Harassment Allegations
13.10.2022
Over a year after the first reports and government investigations into the company began, publisher Activision Blizzard is facing fresh lawsuits over what is described in this latest case as a “pervasive ‘frat-boy’ workplace culture that is a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination...
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Promotes Game With Millionaires After Excluding Fans With Fewest Means
11.10.2022
Pour one out for your homies because the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reboot—and new accounts for 2019's Modern Warfare—currently requires a registered phone number to Battle.net, publisher Activision announced. This requirement follows a similar move made by publisher sister series Overwatch...
Blizzard: Overwatch 2 'Launch Experience Has Been Frustrating For Many'
8.10.2022
Overwatch 2 has not been having a good time. After undergoing two attacks by external parties that made it nearly impossible to play, the hero shooter came under fire for its bad cell phone policy. Then, many had issues trying to play Overwatch 2 with friends. Blizzard worked to ease these pains...
Overwatch 2 Twitch Drops: What To Know About Scoring Kiriko's Exclusive Goodies
7.10.2022
Overwatch 2 landed this week with a bunch of changes compared to the first game, not the least of which were its new heroes. And if you’re looking to kit out the game’s latest support hero, Kiriko, you don’t want to miss out on Overwatch 2’s first Twitch Drop. Kicking off today, October 7, at 2:00...
CEO ‘Extremely Sorry’ About Shutting Down PS5’s Worst Game
6.10.2022
Babylon’s Fall is one of the worst games of the year and a massive warning to anyone preparing to make or buy an always-online live service game. Despite bold plans for season content and continued updates, publisher Square Enix announced last month the action-RPG would be removed from store...
Overwatch 2's Phone Requirement: 'It's Like Being Punished For Being Poor'
5.10.2022
“It feels like being punished for being poor,” Overwatch player Richard Meunster told Kotaku over email. Along with 19 million other people, Richard and his brother both use Cricket Wireless, one of the prepaid phone services that Overwatch 2 will not accept for its newly instated, mandatory...
Bush-Era Torture Apologist Steps Down From Call Of Duty Publisher
1.10.2022
In a past life, Frances Townsend defended the legal basis for the torture method called waterboarding during George W. Bush’s war on terror. In a more recent one, she helped lead Activision Blizzard’s initially tone-deaf response to a major sexual harassment lawsuit by the state of California....