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  • Microsoft Makes Massive Cuts to Xbox - 9,000 Employees Laid Off, Perfect Dark and Everwild Cancelled

    Phil Spencer's legacy continues to grow.

    Microsoft has confirmed that they are laying off upwards of 9,100 employees. This accounts for roughly 4% of its total workforce. This is also the third round of layoffs made at the company over the past few months.

    Microsoft's Xbox division and slew of owned development studios, collectively known as Microsoft Gaming, are hit the hardest. Several games, both announced and not announced yet, were cancelled.

    King,...
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  • Treyarch Moves on from Call of Duty Zombies Development

    Treyarch Moves on from Call of Duty Zombies Development

    Sledgehammer Games will take care of the rest.

    Treyarch is moving on from development of Call of Duty Zombies for Modern Warfare as the studio sets sights on future game development. Speaking with CharlieIntel, Treyarch says that they are moving "focus to something exciting on the horizon." That sure sounds like they are about to really buckle down on working on this year's Call of Duty, which is presumed to be Black Ops Gulf War.

    New content for the Zombies...
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  • Microsoft Lays Off Employees from Toys for Bob and Sledgehammer Games

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    Microsoft Lays Off Employees from Toys for Bob and Sledgehammer Games

    162 people have been laid off across both studios.

    More layoffs have occurred this week at Microsoft owned studios. A report by the San Francisco Chronicle states that 86 employees of Toys for Bob and 76 employees from Sledgehammer Games have been let go. Microsoft recently announced that 1,900 employees were being let go from Microsoft owned gaming divisions.

    In 2021, it was reported that Toys for Bob employed 180 people. In 2021, Sledgehammer Games reportedly employed...
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  • Activision Pulls Modern Warfare 3 Maps Due to Horrible Spawns

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    Activision Pulls Modern Warfare 3 Maps Due to Horrible Spawns

    A number of multiplayer maps feature horribly bad player spawn locations.

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 just came out today and already Activision has had to step in to remove a number of maps from the multiplayer. These maps were pulled because some of the spawn points often led to situations where players would repeatedly respawn at the same location, leading to an easy spawn camping farm for other players.

    So far, Activision has pulled Quarry, Rundown, Scrapyard,...
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  • Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual Misconduct; Employees Walk Out Demanding Resignation

    A damning report says the Activision Blizzard CEO knew for years about horrific incidents and did nothing.

    Employees are calling for the resignation of Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick following some new and very damning revelations into the role he played in the toxic workplace culture at the studio. On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal published a detailed report about how Kotick handled, or failed to handle, the sexual-misconduct lawsuit filed by the California Department of...
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  • Call of Duty Bans May Persist Across Across Titles

    Call of Duty Bans May Persist Across Across Titles

    Maybe just don't cheat in the first place.

    Activision has recently updated their security enforcement policy to say that any "extreme or repeated violations" may result in a permanent suspension from every Call of Duty title. Oh yes, this most certainly includes those Call of Duty titles that aren't even out yet but we all know are coming because Call of Duty is inevitable.

    This new policy was revealed by way of a recent Ricochet status update. For those unaware,...
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  • Open Beta for Call of Duty: Vanguard Begins in September

    Open Beta for Call of Duty: Vanguard Begins in September

    An alpha test is also slated to begin this weekend.

    Last week, Activision officially revealed 2021's Call of Duty release. It's called Call of Duty: Vanguard and it takes place in an alternate history WWII setting. An alpha test for the game's multiplayer is scheduled to begin on August 27 and run through to August 29, but this is exclusive to PlayStation consoles.

    This alpha will feature the new Champion Hill multiplayer mode, seen in the trailer below. This mode is "a...
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  • Call of Duty: Vanguard Official Reveal

    Call of Duty: Vanguard Official Reveal

    Reveal trailer omits "Activision."

    The full reveal for Call of Duty: Vanguard happened today. There is a three-minute long trailer for it you can find below if you're so inclined. One thing that really isn't mentioned in the trailer is who is publishing the game. It seems like Activision is really nowhere to be found in the trailer, even at the very end there's a weird omission of the Activision logo.

    Maybe they're just trying to distance the game from, you know,...
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  • Call of Duty: Vanguard Official Reveal on Thursday

    Call of Duty: Vanguard Official Reveal on Thursday

    Until then, enjoy this short teaser.

    The long rumored, and already kind of leaked, release of Call of Duty for 2021 is almost ready for its official reveal. On Thursday, August 19 at 10:30 AM (PT), Call of Duty: Vanguard will be officially revealed through a trailer. That trailer will make its debut in Call of Duty: Warzone first and foremost.

    The teaser trailer, seen below, seems to confirm that it's a WWII setting for the game. It also seems to fall in line with the...
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  • Call of Duty: Vanguard Art and Editions Leaked

    Call of Duty: Vanguard Art and Editions Leaked

    Artwork, logo, and editions for Call of Duty: Vanguard have leaked via Black Ops Cold War.

    A game update for Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War contained far more than anybody really bargained for. Tucked away in the game files were the logo, key art, and information about the various editions of the still as of yet not officially announced Call of Duty: Vanguard.

    Oh right, the 2021 Call of Duty game is called Call of Duty: Vanguard in case that wasn't plainly obvious...
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  • Call of Duty Warzone is Getting a New WWII Map Later this Year

    Call of Duty Warzone is Getting a New WWII Map Later this Year

    Verdansk will have some competition when the new Call of Duty releases later this year.

    It appears as though Call of Duty Warzone will finally get a fresh map for players to dive into. When Call of Duty: Vanguard launches later in 2021 it will ship with a single player campaign, traditional multiplayer, and Zombies modes set in European and Pacific theaters of World War II.

    According to VGC, this new Call of Duty release will also include a significant tie-in to the ever...
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  • Sledgehammer Confirmed as Call of Duty 2021 Developer

    Sledgehammer Confirmed as Call of Duty 2021 Developer

    This year's release will feature a campaign, multiplayer, and co-op.

    It's a new year (relatively) and that means a new Call of Duty is in the works. Though there are several rumors circling about this year's release, there is one thing that we know for certain: Sledgehammer Games is the developer for this year's release. Activision made the confirmation just a short time ago today during the Activision-Blizzard Q1 earnings call.

    Activision says that the game is "looking...
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  • PUBG Corp Snags Former Dead Space Creator Glen Schofield

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    PUBG Corp Snags Former Dead Space Creator Glen Schofield

    Set to lead new studio.

    PUBG Corp, the development studio behind PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is working on spreading its wings. The company launched a new California based studio, Striking Distance, and with it has come a somewhat unexpected new hire.

    Leading Striking Distance as the new CEO is industry veteran Glen Schofield. Schofield is best known for having co-founded Sledgehammer Games, one of the studios that currently works on the Call of Duty franchise. He was...
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  • Call of Duty Shakeup - Call of Duty 2020 is Another Black Ops and Is Modern Warfare 4 Going Free-to-Play?

    Reports include talk of arguments between Sledgehammer and Raven.

    There are reported some massive changes happening behind the scenes of the Call of Duty franchise. According to a new report from Jason Schreier of Kotaku, Call of Duty 2020 is no longer being developed by Sledgehammer and Raven. It will instead be handled by Treyarch and it will be another entry in the Black Ops saga.

    This is the first major change in the development cycle of the Call of Duty franchise...
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  • It's Time for Call of Duty to Ditch PC and the Single-Player Campaign

    It's Time for Call of Duty to Ditch PC and the Single-Player Campaign

    Yesterday, it was revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII was going to ditch the single-player campaign due to unspecified "development issues." This begs the question: Is this the beginning of the end for the single-player Call of Duty experience? More importantly, should this be the end of single-player campaigns for Call of Duty?

    In short: Yes.

    According to PSNProfiles, only 31.34% of all PlayStation 4 owners beat Call of Duty: WWII's single-player campaign....
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