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Surely, this will be better than Black Ops 7!

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was announced by Activision and Infinity Ward. The annual Call of Duty title is slated to be released on Friday, October 23, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC.

Today's announcement claims that Modern Warfare 4 "pushes the series into darker and more dangerous territory, bringing long-running storylines to a powerful and emotional breaking point." Note that they...

Just in time for the next-gen consoles to begin their pre-release hype window.

Activision confirms that the next Call of Duty, rumored to be Modern Warfare 4, will not be released on PlayStation 4. This confirmation came from the official Call of Duty Twitter (Nitter link) account in response to a rumor from a supposed Call of Duty leaker.

Over the weekend, a rumor kicked off from supposed Call of Duty leaker Alaix. Alaix claimed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is...

Zampella was just 55-years old.

Game developer and father to three children, Vince Zampella, was killed in a car crash on Sunday afternoon. According to NBC4 out of Los Angeles, the crash took place around 12:45 PM on Southern California's Angeles Crest Highway.

The California Highway Patrol says that the car was heading southbound on the road when it began to veer off to the side. The car "hit a concrete barrier and a passenger was ejected." The car then caught...

But Activision got cold feet.

Oh, what could have been. Paramount and Activision are currently working together to create a film based off of the popular Call of Duty franchise. There is no word on who will direct the film, nor who will star in it, nor even if it will follow the plot of any of the games or be its own thing.

Now we're learning that prior to the deal being made with Paramount, Activision was allegedly in talks with direct Steven Spielberg for a Call of...

Prices have gone up globally.

Effectively immediately, the pricing on all Xbox consoles, controllers, headsets, and other peripherals have been increased. In an announcement made today, Xbox says that the price increase on consoles and accessories begins May 1 with pricing on some Xbox games going up to $79.99 for the holiday season.

These price increases are global, with just one exception: Headsets. Headset prices are going up only in the United States and Canada....

To almost nobody's surprise.

Due to a new policy change with Steam, Activision has had to come clean and admit that, yes, they do use generative AI to create some of the assets used in Call of Duty. It's something that fans have long since suspected was the case for a couple of years now, at least since 2023's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Call of Duty players that possessed a set of working eyes noticed some visual oddities over the past couple of years with some...

Get some new specs and an in-game item.

Gunnar Optiks and Call of Duty just announced a new collaboration that not only offers up a pair of Call of Duty-themed glasses but also a special in-game item. The new Call of Duty Ghost Glasses were released early in the day on October 30th at prices starting at $74.00.

The Call of Duty Ghost Glasses sports "a military aviator-inspired frame made of a premium polymer material, stainless steel temples, and sturdy multi-barrel...

Shut it down. Shut it all down.

An update from Call of Duty says that the Ricochet anti-cheat will now just shut down Call of Duty if a mouse and keyboard player activates aim assist.

The team warns that repeated use of these aim assist tools could lead to "further account action." Presumably this means that these players will be either account banned or hardware banned from Call of Duty.

Naturally, the responses to this news include people complaining...

A quick hit of the latest gaming rumors.

Let's take a quick look at some of the week's biggest rumors, at least the biggest rumors for the week thus far. This new RumorBits includes word that Star Wars Eclipse won't be out until 2026, some new first-person Fortnite screenshots, and a little something about Red Dead Redemption getting a new rating in Korea. Star Wars Eclipse in 2026A new rumor from Tom Henderson suggests that the Quantic Dream developed Star Wars title may not be rea...

This approval "represents a significant improvement for cloud gaming."

Hot on the heels of the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocking the merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard comes the approval of the merger from the European Commission (EC). This approval brings Microsoft's $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard that much closer to being completed.

Interestingly, the European Commission had very similar conclusions and concerns...

At least this one isn't about cloud gaming.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard on the grounds of how it would stifle cloud gaming competition. As absolutely ridiculous as that sounds, that wasn't the only weird thing the CMA decreed during yesterday's vote and report.

The CMA also claims in their final report (PDF link) that Nintendo's consoles are not technically capable of running games like Call of...

The deal will bring some titles to Nintendo platforms and Nvidia's streaming services.

Microsoft has agreed to a 10-year deal that will bring Xbox titles to Nvidia's cloud streaming services and to Nintendo platforms. This is being done in an effort to appease antitrust regulators that still feel as though Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard would lead to anti-competitive behavior or even a monopoly.

In the deal with Nvidia, games like Minecraft...

The Gamersâ„¢ are rising up.

About two weeks back, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that they have filed a lawsuit in an effort to block the $69 billion (USD) acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. Yesterday, a new lawsuit was filed in an effort to stop this acquisition, this time by a group of Call of Duty players, or "video gamers" as the suit refers to them.

This new lawsuit is a private consumer complaint from 10 players. The suit claims...