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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has been out for a couple of days now, giving fans of the franchise the opportunity to play through Specialist missions, battle it out in the online multiplayer mode, try to survive in the Blackout battle royale mode, and of course, face off against the undead hordes in Zombies. The game launches with three Zombies maps available in the standard edition, but there is actually a fourth Zombies maps that players can get right now if they have the cash....

Since the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, a vocal portion of console players have continually suggested that there are some serious problems with looting in Blackout. Treyarch has has been responsive to these concerns, and Studio Design Director David Vonderhaar has recently provided specific details on the fix that the company has planned. Taking to Twitter, Vonderhaar has confirmed that Treyarch is currently working on a new Stash UI for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s battle royale game mode....

Members of South Korean superstar girl group BLACKPINK will play PUBG Mobile in a gameplay stream later this month. The group partnered with the popular mobile game in September, bringing BLACKPINK-themed items to the game. The group will now team up with South Korean singer Kim Hee-chul and streamers DDEDDEDDEDDE and BEENU for PUBG Mobile’s “Fun Match” gameplay showcase stream. The PUBG Mobile Fun Match will be streamed on the game’s official Facebook and YouTube channels later this month....

Several months ago, the American interactive entertainment company Activision Blizzard officially announced its decision to partner with LEGO Group to produce licensed LEGO sets based on the team-based shooter Overwatch. Now, the companies have decided to provide fans with their first look at what they should expect the game’s heroes to look like in LEGO form, by putting out a short little trailer for the new toys. As seen in the mini-trailer below, Overwatch fans can get an idea of how the playable characters will translate to the LEGO world, with game director Jeff Kaplan putting together a Tracer figure that then comes to life....

Blizzard has finally provided a statement as to why eight Hearthstone cards received new art, and in some cases new names, during the July 1st update. The absolute avalanche of news and content dumped on our heads Monday may have caused you to miss the changes, but suffice to say these cards were all categorically “toned down” of their violence and sexuality. The statement, provided to Kotaku, is fairly standard corporate-speak that doesn’t provide specifics into why these specific cards were updated and others were not....

This post is sponsored by When Brandon Sanderson wrote The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive series, he was ready to give up on publishing. Throwing away any ideas of what the market wanted, he decided to write something instead for himself. Now, 18 years later, Rhythm of War, the fourth book of The Stormlight Archive, marks Sanderson’s 25th novel (in addition to assorted novellas, short stories, and graphic novels), and something over seven million words of published fiction....

2020 has been the boss level from hell so far, but at least the gaming industry is rewarding the community with a fulfilled holiday season. Square Enix’s Bravely Default 2 could be joining the lineup very soon, as the Australian Classification Board has given the anticipated installment an M (Mature) rating. The title has yet to receive an official release date. The JRPG’s third title was announced in December 2019, and has since received a Nintendo Switch demo which appeared in the eShop back in March....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies has been making fine use of its intel system, constantly adding new documents and recordings for lore lovers to collect. The new Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War mode Outbreak is no different, as players can find plenty of new items to add to their collections. While Firebase Z fans have been given a few new transmissions and audio logs to hunt down as part of Season 2’s intel lineup, a vast majority of the additional items are found within Outbreak....

Activision just released a ton of new information concerning the second season of Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, and all on the heels of announcing the upcoming season’s release date, February 25. The information pretty much covers everything players should expect from the approaching season, including — but not limited to — new maps, operators, and the debut of the popular Call of Duty mode Gun Game in Black Ops Cold War....

The Call of Duty rumors are seemingly endless. With the nature of the series–and the games themselves–transitioning to live games as a service model with constant content, the community continually digs into data, reports, and more for upcoming information; this is very true with a recent rumor for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Whether it be Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty Mobile, or the upcoming Call of Duty title in 2021, rumors, speculation, and information continues to come forth....

Activision launches free, five-day trial for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare so new players can experience this futuristic sci-fi shooter for themselves. Activision has announced that this coming weekend (from Thursday, December 15 through Tuesday, December 20) it will be offering a free trial of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare on the Xbox One and PS4. The trial is for the full game and includes the campaign, online multiplayer, and also the zombie mode....

As is typical of Tuesdays, Infinity Ward has released a brand new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare update, with this one changing up the playlists in the game significantly. Upon downloading the new update, Modern Warfare fans will be able to try out a new Gunfight variant as well as play on some of the most popular maps, 24/7 style. The new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare update adds regular Gunfight back to the mix, along with Gunfight 3v3 - Knives Only, which replaces the snipers only variant that has been in the game for the past couple of weeks....

Now that Call of Duty: Warzone has been available for nearly a month, players have had the opportunity to test every weapon and check the data to see which are most effective in the heat of battle. The idea of course is to see which weapon can most effectively break through all plats of armor, which is the base amount for a fully healed player and represented 250 points of health....

Call of Duty: Warzone has embraced all the best parts of the chaos a battle royale game can bring. The frenetic pace of the game can often offset the downtime inherent to its brand of open arena shooter battle royale. Moments like blowing up a helicopter with a truck are not commonplace, but not unheard of either, which is usually a good thing in a fast-paced FPS. Because the game is a battle-royale shooter invested in keeping players on board, it updates very often by necessity....

Today marks the final day of Call of Duty 2020 teases in Call of Duty: Warzone (apparently, anyway), and it is marked with the opening of the final bunker. Activision has released yet another bunker code for Call of Duty: Warzone players, with this final bunker being arguably the most interesting of them all. The final bunker in Call of Duty: Warzone is located at the F8 quadrant of the map, just south of Park....

Call of Duty: Warzone Season 6 will kick off on September 29, and it’s bringing with it a slew of new content for fans to try. Activision has released a new Call of Duty: Warzone Season 6 trailer highlighting all of the new content that will be available in the game when the update goes live at 2am ET, but fans will have plenty to look forward to a bit later on as well....

Even though Call of Duty: Warzone remains incredibly popular it has no shortage of glitches and other issues. The Ghost perk has been causing all sorts of confusion lately as fans felt to popular perk was broken and not protecting them from heartbeat sensors. While Infinity Ward has identified the issue is the killcam not displaying information correctly, the studio has also confirmed another nasty bug that is majorly impacting players while attempting to bring back teammates....

If there’s one thing gamers can count on every year, it’s that a brand new Call of Duty will grace their systems every fall. The series has been annualized for the better part of a decade now, and fans have been anxiously waiting for a reveal, with rumors of another Modern Warfare game circulating for quite a while. However, it appears that we now have some confirmation that Modern Warfare will be this year’s Call of Duty....

Throughout the larger gaming industry, fans have seen major events like E3 2020 get cancelled or reschedule left and right because of the growing concern for public safety due to the coronavirus. Now, it seems like Call of Duty fans might be the next major community to be impacted by the virus. Naturally, organizations are taking extreme caution when it comes to having massive amounts of people gather together during this time....

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick claims that the company will always release Call of Duty Games, though the platforms on which they’re played may change. The Call of Duty series is one of the most popular video game franchises in history, but recently the first person shooter has been criticized for over-saturating the market with a new game every year. Many feel that this “game-a-year” release strategy forces the developers to innovate the games in extreme and sometimes unpopular ways just to distinguish themselves from the previous years’ titles....