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Pour One Out For The Bosses: Activision Blizzard Loses Second Union Vote
2.12.2022
Activision Blizzard’s playbook came up short again. Despite delays, legal appeals, and threats to workers that organizing would lead to lower pay raises, quality assurance developers at the Diablo production studio Blizzard Albany voted 14-0 to unionize today. The Game Workers Alliance Albany...
Warzone 2.0's Revive Pistol Lets You Torture Players For Endless XP
1.12.2022
Like a Hans Zimmer soundtrack, the latest Call of Duty: Warzone glitch (or exploit, if you ask me) involves spamming the same tactic over and over, potentially reaping rewards with no end in sight. All you need is a revive pistol and the willingness to be obnoxious—a tall order, I’m sure, for Call...
This Atari Retrospective Sets A New Standard For Game Anthologies
1.12.2022
Yesterday in a Twitter thread, the gaming historian Frank Cifaldi said this about the work done by his organization, the Video Game History Foundation: “We all know where the ROMs are hiding online. We don’t need games, we need CONTEXT to tell stories.” It helped me realize why I think Digital...
Video games & the fractalization of attention
28.11.2022
Also: the latest Xbox Activision shenanigans, & lots more news
Report: Microsoft To Offer Sony 10 Years Of Call Of Duty To Close Activision Deal
28.11.2022
Another day, another report or story about Microsoft doing whatever is needed to make sure its purchase of Activision Blizzard is allowed to happen. This time, it’s reported that Microsoft is willing to offer some concessions to regulators to get the deal approved, including a deal to keep...
Call Of Duty Money Glitch Is Making DMZ Players Unfairly Rich
28.11.2022
To say the in-game economy of Call of Duty’s DMZ mode is funny is an understatement. $40 bucks for a roll of tape? A picture of a dog for $10? $100 for soothing hand cream? (watch out, Sephora). A recently discovered glitch, however, is flooding players’ backpacks with substantial amounts...
Sony Dumps On EA From A Great Height In Latest Court Docs
24.11.2022
The endlessly silly debacle between Microsoft and Sony, regarding the former’s attempt to buy Activision Blizzard King, offers as a new lowlight every day. Yesterday we had Microsoft declaring that it has rubbish exclusive titles compared to Sony, and today Sony has just loudly dissed...
Report: Feds 'Likely' To Fight Microsoft's Purchase Of Activision Blizzard
24.11.2022
Politico are reporting that, “according to three people with knowledge of the matter”, the Federal Trade Commission is “likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft’s $69 billion takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard”.Read more
Call Of Duty Removes Armor-Piercing Effects From…Armor-Piercing Ammunition
23.11.2022
Yesterday, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0 got their latest patch. The notes indicate the usual tweaks and bug fixes one expects of long-term live-service games, but one change to weapon ammo has fans scratching their heads. Armor-piercing ammunition, it seems, no longer (checks...
Xbox Admits PlayStation Exclusives Are ‘Better Quality’
23.11.2022
In its latest written response sent to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) group, Microsoft uses a lot of data to show that its buying of beleaguered publisher Activision Blizzard isn’t going to hurt Sony or Nintendo. In fact, as its bizarre frenzy of self-negging continues,...
New Modern Warfare II Movement Trick Is Turning People Into Speedy Lil Goblins
22.11.2022
A group of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II players have been breaking the game’s movement system and their latest creation is something they’re calling the “G Walk.” The trick looks very frustrating to play against, leading to some controversy among the game’s community over the new exploit. Read...
Ubisoft Back On Steam Just In Time For Assassin’s Creed Valhalla's Final Update
21.11.2022
Ubisoft was one of many publishers in the last few years to ditch Steam for its own storefront or Epic’s launcher. And like so many, including Activision, Ubisoft is now coming back to Steam with the upcoming release of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on the platform, after 2019 comments from...
Warzone 2.0 Players Think They’re Being Killed By Invisible Foes
21.11.2022
We’re less than a week into the life of Warzone 2.0, an upgraded version of the hit free-to-play battle royale spinoff for Call of Duty, and players already think they’re dying at the hands of invisible opponents. While Activision hasn’t officially acknowledged the potential bug, players...
No, You Don’t Need To Buy Modern Warfare II To Play Warzone 2.0
18.11.2022
Warzone 2.0 has been out for a few days and it’s a damn good time once you get past the most challenging part of the game: Navigating a UI that seems like it was coded in the fires of digital hell. Aside from being clunky, obtuse, glitchy, and not even remotely helpful for finding what you’re...
Surprise! Warzone 2.0 Launched At Least An Hour Early
16.11.2022
This afternoon, Activision’s anticipated shooter Warzone 2.0 launched earlier than expected in certain regions, in a shocking break from the live-service launch tradition of everything getting delayed by a few hours. We’re looking at you, Overwatch 2.Read more
Žádná pauza, příští rok vyjde "prémiové" Call of Duty, říká Activision
8.11.2022
Ačkoliv se už několik měsíců objevují zprávy, že v roce 2023 si dá Call of Duty pauzu, aktuální finanční zpráva potvrzuje, že příští rok vyjde "prémiový", tedy placený díl Call of Duty
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Donates $50,000 To Republican Who Protested 2020 Election
8.11.2022
While it’s normal for prominent business people to donate to both sides of the political aisle, so that whoever wins an election they can call in some favours, as the Republican Party lurches further to the right some of the candidates being supported are deserving of a bit more scrutiny than...
Activision Unleash Dystopian Candy Crush Drone Fleet Into Skies Above New York
6.11.2022
Late last week 500 drones were dispatched into the air above New York City, lighting up the Manhattan skyline on Thursday night so the world could see...a Candy Crush advertisement.Read more
Call Of Duty Composer Leaves, Says MW2 Soundtrack Is 'Not My Artistic Intent'
4.11.2022
Sarah Schachner, one of the most prolific and well-known composers working in video games, has issued a statement today saying that she will no longer be creating any music for Modern Warfare II or Warzone.Read more
No More Launchers For PC Games, Thank You!
4.11.2022
The was once a golden age of PC gaming where you could open up Steam (or even just launch an executable yourself!), boot up a game and the next thing you would see would be the game itself. For many big (and small) releases those days are now long gone, replaced by an era of launchers that are,...