Author: Sarah Connor
As the World Cup kicks off, video game publishers have of course devised strategies to cash-in on the hype. EA has an officially licenced World Cup mode in FIFA 23, while Epic has some not-so-official World Cup skins in Fortnite. Activision falls under the latter category with what is possibly the most creative (or bizarre) tie-in I have ever seen. In Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2/Warzone 2.0, players can now vote on which team they think will win future matches. Those who guess correctly get 10,000 XP, that national team’s flag as a Calling Card, oh and a remix…
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we’re discussing the PlayStation 6 – specifically, Sony’s concerns about Call of Duty not being available on the upcoming platform, which we now know will debut sometime from 2027 onwards. It’s been another week dominated by news of Microsoft’s $68bn Activision Blizzard takeover attempt, which is currently being scrutinised by the UK’s anti-competition regulator. Partially-redacted documentation from this process has now been made public, revealing some eyebrow-raising arguments from Sony – which is trying to block the deal. Both Sony and Microsoft have gone on the defensive to make themselves look the smaller fish…
A Modern Warfare 2 dataminer has revealed a character model for Call of Duty’s Ghost that shows his unmasked face. Ghost’s face has been one of Call of Duty’s biggest mysteries since his introduction. Just who is it that hides behind that slightly unnerving facial covering? Well, this mystery is a mystery no more, as Ghost has – quite literally – been unmasked by Redditor Crafty-Astronomer905 (thanks PCGamesN). Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Modern Warfare 2 players are paying real money on eBay to unlock a hard-to-gain weapon in-game. The M13B Assault Rifle is contentiously locked behind a challenge in Warzone’s DMZ mode and is a massive pain in the bottom to complete. However, players have also found a neat trick that means that only one person in your group of friends has to complete the challenge. That player can then “drop” the weapon for other members of the squad to pick up, extract, and unlock. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is…
Fresh details of the legal battle between Disco Elyisum creatives and their former bosses have emerged, as part of a hearing held in an Estonian court. To recap on the story so far: a trio of high profile staff behind the first Disco Elysium game were fired from developer ZA/UM following the company’s takeover by Estonian businessmen Ilmar Kompus, who is now ZA/UM’s boss and controlling shareholder, and Tõnis Haavel who was previously convicted of investment fraud. On the one side, some of the staff – including Disco Elysium game director Robert Kurvitz and art director Aleksander Rostov – have…
EA has apologised after the Need for Speed Twitter account branded a fan as a “milkshake brain”. The exchange followed news that players who pre-order the forthcoming Need for Speed Unbound: Palace Edition will receive three days of early access ahead of release. One particular fan criticised this, which began an argument in which the official account called the fan “milkshake brain” and told them to “cry about it bro or buy regular price idc”. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit…
When you think of Call of Duty, you think of John “Soap” McTavish. Along with Captain Price and Ghost, his is just a name that immediately springs to mind whenever you talk about Activision’s shooter. But while Soap is certainly a key part of the series, there are still some aspects of his persona that are left untold. Well, this list of unknown attributes just got a little shorter, thanks to his Modern Warfare 2 bio. Here, it is revealed that Soap got his nickname not because he is fastidious in the shower, but because he is good at “cleaning…
UPDATE 3pm UK time: Activision Blizzard exec Lulu Cheng Meservey has hit back at yesterday’s report which suggested the FTC will “fight” to challenge Microsoft’s deal. Making a statement on Twitter, Meservey said any notion the deal would be anticompetitive is “absurd” and that the “merger will benefit gamers and the US gaming industry – especially as we face stiffer competition from abroad”. This could be referring to moves made by Sweden’s Embracer Group and China’s Tencent to acquire more studios and IPs. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is…
Sony has dunked on EA’s Battlefield series in its arguments against Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard. In documents released as part of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority review into the potential merger, Sony argues that Call of Duty “is not replicable” and that other games cannot compete with its success. It then calls out the Battlefield series as a major rival, but says the franchise “cannot keep up”. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
CD Projekt’s long-promised next-gen update for The Witcher 3 is almost upon us, and ahead of its PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC arrival on 14th December, the studio has shared a first look at the various enhancements it’ll bring. As far as technical improvements go, CD Projekt positively whistled through them during its first-look livestream, but PC players can expect to see support for the likes of raytracing, DLSS, and FSR, alongside a selection of new Ultra Plus graphics options, boosting background characters, level of detail, and more. Indeed, there are visual touch-ups across the board, including a…