Four days after launching globally Call of Duty Warzone generates $1.4m

Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap, fresh off multiple Academy Award nominations for its blockbuster hit, Barbie, is taking on a new challenge — a film based on the board game Monopoly. The announcement was made Wednesday at CinemaCon. But unlike Barbie, where the climax centered around the toy’s original female creator as embodied by the diminutive Rhea Perlman, the circumstances behind the creation of Monopoly are fraught for an entirely different reason. Will LuckyChap rise to the occasion with another feel-good hit that opens the door to forgotten history, or will it work to further obscure the game’s origins?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 achieved its highest Steam player count since the launch of Season 1 in December 2023. When compared to 2022's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 appears to be retaining more players and experiencing a higher level of growth over time.

Upon its launch in February, Helldivers 2 got off to a better start than almost anyone could have expected, attracting players on both PS5 and PC in droves and selling at a faster pace than even Sony would have anticipated. Two months on from its release, the co-op shooter is continuing to maintain momentum in impressive fashion.

A recent statement from an Activision representative revealed an uptick in player activity within the Call of Duty community, particularly with Modern Warfare 3. Compared to its predecessor, Modern Warfare 3 has experienced a surge in total player engagement.

New reports and rumors suggest that Microsoft is solidifying its plans to reveal the next major Call of Duty game, which leaks claim holds the Black Ops Gulf War subtitle. The reports come amid a flood of leaks and other headline making developments at Xbox, as the company prepares to reveal its slate of upcoming games, Call of Duty included.

Helldivers 2 players are fearing for the worst as their progress in liberating three Automaton-held planets for the latest Major Order is flatlining.

The Fantastic Four’s cast grew today, as the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie has found the actress that will play its version of .

Julia Garner of Ozark and The Americans fame is joining the MCU Fantastic Four reboot movie as the Silver Surfer, according to a report from Deadline. But rather than playing the original Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd, she'll reportedly be playing a version of the character based on Shalla-Bal, Norrin Radd's lover and the ruler of the planet Zenn-La.

Alex Garland has confirmed his plans to retire just two weeks before his latest pic Civil War is set to hit the big screen.

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Call of Duty Mobile has been a massive money-maker for Activision (and now, by extension, Microsoft) since its launch in 2019, following which it’s been no surprise to see the company attempting to further expand the shooter franchise’s presence in the mobile gaming space. Recently, that entailed the global launch of Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, though the free-to-play battle royale title has seemingly not got off to quite as impressive of a start as the series’ mobile debut did.

Certain Affinity — the renowned Texas-based support studio most recently reported to be working on a Halo battle royale project for Microsoft — has announced a round of layoffs, which will see 25 employees lose their jobs.