Activision may have had a good quarter overall, but it looks like the numbers for its monthly active users are slipping. The company published its Q1 2023 financial results this week, boasting about a 35% rise in revenue compared to the same period last year.
]]>Last Stand, the fifth and final season of Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone, arrives on August 24 for a finale full of content.
]]>Activision released its Q2 financials for the current fiscal year overnight, noting a decline in net revenue due to "lower engagement" in Call of Duty.
]]>Activision and Sledgehammer Games have kicked off a week of free access to multiplayer modes in Call of Duty: Vanguard, as well as the Zombies experience.
]]>If you haven't jumped into Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer, you can do so from today through May 24.
]]>Activision’s latest Call of Duty effort, Vanguard, didn't have a good start to life. Earlier this year, it was reported that the game enjoyed 36% fewer sales than its predecessor – Black Ops Cold War – in the UK in it's first few months on sale.
]]>A new anti-cheating technique in Call of Duty: Vanguard makes it so that other players are invisible to the cheaters when playing online.
]]>Classified Arms, the third season of Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone, kicks off on April 27 and brings with it two new multiplayer maps, four new weapons, the Trophy System, updated Points of Interest on Caldera, and more.
]]>Now, this is something I never really expected to see, but Call of Duty is no stranger to having seemingly random household names make an appearance. See: Lewis Hamilton, Fidel Castro, and Jeff Goldblum. As of April 19, with ample time for the musicians favourite holiday, we now have Snoop Dogg himself as an Operator in both Vanguard and Warzone.
]]>A new trailer for Call of Duty Warzone & Vanguard Season 3 has been released, showing off small teases of what to expect in the future months. This trailer, entirely cinematic without any actual gameplay, moves along the Warzone Pacific story with events on Caldera taking a turn for the worse.
]]>Try out multiplayer in Call of Duty: Vanguard for two weeks for free, including new Season Two maps, a new objective mode, and a featured Playlist.
]]>This April, a new Operator is coming to three Call of Duty games: Call of Duty: Mobile, Vanguard and Warzone, and it's none other than D O Double G himself.
]]>As you know, Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone Season 2 will deploy on what is deemed the most romantic day of the year, and to get you pumped for it, Sledgehammer Games has provided information on what to expect out of the season.
]]>Microsoft has committed to keeping games like Call of Duty on PlayStation platforms.
]]>Raven Software workers in charge of quality assurance on Call of Duty: Warzone have formed a union dubbed the Game Workers Alliance which is part of the Communication Workers of America (CWA).
]]>Will Call of Duty stay on PlayStation consoles now that Microsoft has announced its plans to purchase Activision Blizzard? In a new tweet addressing players' concerns about the game going Xbox-exclusive, Phil Spencer has basically said 'don't worry, CoD isn't going anywhere'.
]]>Announced yesterday via a Tweet from Call of Duty's official account, Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone are having their season two updates pushed back until February 14. The reason given is that the current state of the game takes priority and requires more time to work on, especially in regards to polish, game stability, bugs, and gameplay optimisation.
]]>Sony expects Microsoft to keep Activision Blizzard's roster of games available on PlayStation platforms. In a new statement issued to the Wall Street Journal, a spokesperson for the company noted: "We expect that Microsoft will abide by contractual agreements and continue to ensure Activision games are multiplatform."
]]>On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard. This is a platform holder buying one of the biggest games publishers and one of the world's biggest games. Call of Duty, Activision's flagship product, has suffered some declines in recent years, but it remains a massive series. And more significantly, it is one of the most popular games on PlayStation.
]]>Before the New Year, we saw Call of Duty Warzone get a pretty significant overhaul; a new map was added to the title, new mechanics were added to the game, and we got a big new battle pass to complete, too.
]]>Christmas is the season of giving, and what better way to celebrate than fragging strangers over the internet? Disgraced publisher Activision is doing its bit to drum up a bit of positive PR, letting players who don’t own Call of Duty: Vanguard play the game’s multiplayer for free for the next six days.
]]>The NPD group recently released sales figures for game and hardware sales made in November, and unsurprisingly, Call of Duty dominated, with its latest entry, Vanguard, seizing the top spot of the charts and immediately taking the second slot in the year-to-date chart behind its older sibling, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Notable is the fact that this is the 14th consecutive year a Call of Duty game has taken the top slot.
]]>Call of Duty: Vanguard players with the Season 1 Battle Pass can unlock three new options across all Vanguard Loadouts, which are “set to rival” the already stiff competition between the Lethal Equipment and Perk 1 and 2 slot choices: Serpentine - Perk 1, Tier 21 and Intuition - Perk 1, Tier 44.
]]>There's quite a lot going on in Call of Duty world this week; whether you're jazzed about that huge Warzone Pacific update that brings a big new map, the wealth of weapons that are being added to the battle royale, or the new battle pass, you've certainly got something to get your teeth into.
]]>December is often a quiet time for new releases, with the Christmas month thought of as being a bit late in the year to unleash blockbuster titles. December 2021 is a bit different as one stonkingly huge game is arriving, having been delayed from its planned release in November 2020. That's right. Halo Infinite finally unleashes its campaign on December 8.
]]>Fall 2021 is officially FPS season, as we’ve had major entries from the big three industry shooters all drop in the same short span of time. Call of Duty: Vanguard dropped first, followed by the surprise launch of the Halo: Infinite multiplayer, and the release of Battlefield 2042. However, with all three series’ representing big at the tail-end of the year, we had to ask the decades old question…
]]>If you’ve not tried out Call of Duty: Vanguard yet, or are an existing player looking to grind out levels for your favorite guns, now might be a great opportunity to do so. That’s because, as part of a free weekend promotion currently ongoing for the title, players can earn double XP for everything in game!
]]>Call of Duty: Vanguard is proving to be a tricky game for Combat Shotgun users. With few spots with tight corners and small spaces to lurk in, it’s easy to be picked off from afar out in the open. Worse yet, with the speed at which assault rifles and submachine guns can take you out, you’re given few opportunities to go wild as you’d like.
]]>The time-to-kill in Call of Duty: Vanguard is crazy quick, and often times it can feel like a daunting task just to hit those higher-up killstreaks. After all, if you’re constantly being rushed down by MP40 users, or feel a bit guilty about sitting in the same spot with your tent up, how is one supposed to call Dogs or Forward Intel in?
]]>Sledgehammer Games has rolled out a new update for Call of Duty: Vanguard on all platforms. The list of fixes isn't super exciting, but the patch does address a few of the problems players have been coming across since launch.
]]>Aside from one or two of the assault rifles causing trouble right now, you'll be unlikely to see a more beloved gun in Call of Duty: Vanguard than the MP40. Not only is this smg available at level one, it’s a powerhouse in close quarters combat almost immediately. With attachments, this amazing primary weapon somehow manages to become even more deadly in capable hands.
]]>As sure as the sun rises every morning, Activision will release a Call of Duty game every year. Come hell, high water, or world-ending pandemic – you can count on a new entry into the biggest shooter franchise in gaming to entertain you in November or thereabouts.
]]>Call of Duty: Vanguard players have had it with one particularly annoying problem they thought they wouldn't have to deal with again in multiplayer. That being collision with teammates.
]]>If you’ve played Call of Duty: Vanguard since its launch, you’ll know just how popular the STG44 is. Not only is it a gun you have access to at level 1, it also packs decent damage and great levels of customisation thanks to its 10 attachment slots. The STG44 is an all rounder, but there are ways to turn it from a fairly good gun for leveling up, to a trusty primary weapon you’ll not want to play an online game without.
]]>Heads up to those getting deep into Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer at the moment, there’s a certain attachment that’s taking over the game mode at the moment due to how quick the time-to-kill becomes on guns it can be found on. As it is right now, it’s safe to say it’s in need of its damage getting tweaked a little bit, so try and make the most of it while you can!
]]>Many players looking to jump right into the exciting events of Call of Duty: Vanguard’s campaign may be running into a strange issue where the single player content you’ve gotten hype for is locked away, unable to be accessed for mysterious reasons.
]]>If you’ve played any amount of Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer since its release, you know too well how popular the MP40 is. The SMG packs a massive punch and high rate of fire, allowing you to dash around the map quickly and wipe out the enemy team with haste.
]]>Anyone who played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 a decent amount will remember a specifc exploit that allowed you to charge forward – completely ignoring the rules of thermodynamics – and execute enemy players with a killer lunge.
]]>If you're a fan of quick, dirty and intense firefights, we've got some wonderful news for you: Call of Duty: Vanguard is introducing a 24/7 playlist for Das Haus, the smallest and most hectic map in the game.
]]>There’s some bad news for Call of Duty: Vanguard players looking to grind out camos or fully customize their guns. Two small but hugely detrimental bugs are making unlocking certain cosmetics or reticles impossible to obtain.
]]>You’re at home sitting on your sofa, gaming chair, or most comfortable plastic crate excited to jump into another online game in Call of Duty: Vanguard. But when you do, all you get are pesky Packet Burst issues that really brings the mood down and threatens to ruin your evening.
]]>Whenever a new Call of Duty game releases, it’s a cause for celebration across all the dedicated sub-communities of Warzone, multiplayer, the campaign, and of course Zombies. However, for those with a place in their heart for battling hordes of the undead, it seems like Call of Duty: Vanguard may have bumped this trend with a lacklustre experience, courtesy of the new map Der Anfang.
]]>Call of Duty: Vanguard reviews have started to land and we have rounded a few up for you.
]]>We know what you’re dealing with. Call of Duty: Vanguard just came out and you’re struggling to figure out the best loadout to take into multiplayer. Guns are one thing, but perks are the real make-or-break choices that splits the okay loadouts from the great ones.
]]>With every new CoD game we get a whole new range of weapon camos to work towards, and Call of Duty: Vanguard is no different! If you’re trying to show off to the rest of your multiplayer lobby and flex a little, mastery camos are the way to go.
]]>Call of Duty: Vanguard has been out for a little under a week now, and already we’re seeing the strongest guns shifting around significantly. As such, you might be wondering if the weapons you’re using are still the best?
]]>It's only one day until the launch of Call of Duty: Vanguard, and we’ve been treated to a closer look at the upcoming Caldera Warzone map via exclusive jackets given out at the game’s World Premiere event. Sewn into the inside of these snazzy olive green jackets is a tactical map showing off the names and locations of key points across the island of Caldera.
]]>It’s an exciting day for Call of Duty fans! Only a day before the launch of Call of Duty: Vanguard, a cinematic trailer for the game’s Zombies mode has dropped that introduces our big new antagonistic Oberführer Wolfram Von List, and a new chapter to the ongoing Zombies storyline.
]]>A new cinematic trailer has dropped for the new Warzone map coming soon after the release of Call of Duty: Vanguard, showing how exactly we get from an ravaged soviet city to a luscious pacific island… in the past. The trailer acts as the first major link we’ve seen between the two maps, and has managed to answer the community's biggest question regarding how we get to Caldera, while creating loads more questions to scratch our heads about.
]]>Activision Blizzard released its Q3 financials, showing a heavily fragmented company utilizing its patchwork nature to boost its fortunes as it prepares for the imminent release of its annual flagship title. It also shows broadly how the company is run in general.
]]>Are you excited? We’re nearing Call of Duty: Vanguard’s November 5 release date. For those worried about whether or not their PC setup can run the upcoming WW2 shooter, there’s still time to check through your parts to see if you’re ready for launch day.
]]>VGC reports that next year’s Call of Duty game, already rumored to be Modern Warfare 2, will feature a morality system similar to that seen in Red Dead Redemption 2, as well as other unreleased details in a new set of leaks.
]]>November 2021 is a big month for video games, with CoD Vanguard, Battlefield 2042, Forza Horizon 5, and Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Pokemon Shining Pearl all releasing.
]]>Call of Duty: Vanguard hits the shelves in a week's time, and when the latest entry in the long-running FPS series finally arrives, we're also going to see the most widespread changes to Call of Duty: Warzone since the free-to-play battle royale companion launched.
]]>Shortly after Activision announced the new Call of Duty anti-cheat, Ricochet, it came out that a build of the new software got leaked, and that cheat creators were already reverse-engineering it.
]]>Earlier this week, Activision and Call of Duty developers excitedly unveiled Ricochet, a new kernel-level anti-cheat software for Warzone and Vanguard. The tech is supposed to be the developer's answer to the cheating pandemic in Warzone, but it's not off to a good start.
]]>It wouldn't be a Call of Duty game without a Zombies mode, and that is exactly what Vanguard is getting courtesy of Treyarch.
]]>The Call of Duty blog announced that a new anti-cheat system, dubbed Ricochet anti-cheat, will be put in place in Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard. This encompasses a robust new system for sniffing out cheaters as well as a kernel-level driver that will help identify cheaters and increase the security of the game. The kernel-level driver will be coming to Warzone first, then Vanguard at a later date.
]]>We're getting a first look at Zombies mode in the upcoming Call of Duty: Vanguard tomorrow. The timing of the reveal is a little weird, however, because it's exactly the same as the Battlefield 2042 Hazard Zone premiere.
]]>Now that the Call of Duty: Vanguard beta has wrapped up, developer Sledgehammer Games and publisher Activision Blizzard are focusing on the single-player side of things. To that end, we've got a fancy new Story Trailer to enjoy.
]]>The Call of Duty: Vanguard beta has officially ended, following a 48-hour extension. As expected, developer Sledgehammer Games posted an update about the problems and issues it's tracking, based on player feedback and reports.
]]>The Call of Duty: Vanguard beta's second weekend kicked off last Thursday, with the beta going fully open on Saturday on all platforms. Given that players who did not pre-order the game only had two days to play, Activision decided to give everyone a little more time.
]]>Call of Duty: Vanguard isn't due to launch for another few months yet, but already players are reporting that cheaters have infiltrated the game – and they've been ruining this weekend's cross-platform beta test.
]]>A tweet from known industry insider Tom Henderson suggests that the next Call of Duty will be a sequel to 2019’s well-liked Modern Warfare. “It looks like Call of Duty: 2022 is codenamed Project Cortez,” Henderson said. “It’s expected to be a sequel to Modern Warfare 2019.”
]]>A look at Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer was shown off today in both a straight up trailer, and one that goes a bit in-depth.
]]>After an underwhelming reveal, Call of Duty: Vanguard has returned today with a new look at its post-WW2 campaign. At gamescom Opening Night Live earlier, we got treated to a few minutes of gameplay.
]]>Call of Duty: Vanguard's first ever public demo is taking place this weekend. As we've come to expect from recent Call of Duty games, this test will be exclusive to PlayStation consoles, and will run for a limited time.
]]>Activision revealed the new Call of Duty overnight, following a Warzone event. It's called Call of Duty: Vanguard, as we've known for months now thanks to various reports.
]]>Call of Duty: Warzone is getting new content and something it sorely needs later this year.
]]>Call of Duty: Vanguard has been handed a release date alongside the reveal trailer.
]]>Any players that log into tomorrow's Call of Duty: Vanguard reveal event in Warzone will net themselves some free gear, Activision has said.
]]>UPDATE: It's official. Activision has announced Call of Duty: Vanguard, and it'll be revealed properly in Warzone later this week.
]]>
