Rumor: Call of Duty Could Be Crossing Over With Warhammer 40K Franchise

We have a new rumor on Sony’s next upcoming State of Play.

Fortnite may be in talks for its next indie game collaboration, with recent rumors suggesting that the mega-popular battle royale will be crossing over with The Binding of Isaac. Throughout the life of the Epic Games battle royale, the beloved shooter has become known for its plethora of crossover content with many of the biggest media franchises. Epic Games would recently introduce Family Guy's Peter Griffin to Fortnite after years of speculation, while also teaming up with anime like Jujutsu Kaisen and Naruto. Now, one of the game's next crossovers might have been teased.

An Animal Crossing: New Horizons fan online has shared their adorable diorama, which pays tribute to Stitches by using a Nintendo DS as a decoration. Animal Crossing: New Horizons features plenty of adorable villagers, but Stitches remains a fan-favorite.

Cities: Skylines II developer Colossal Order has a uniquely close relationship with its community. The original Cities: Skylines came out in 2015 and gobbled up the audience that was left behind by EA’s SimCity, which came out in 2013 and was a busted mess. Cities: Skylines scratched that urban-planning itch, plus it cost just $30. The game came first to PC, Mac and Linux with modest hardware requirements, and it hit consoles within two years. Critically, Cities: Skylines also supported mods through the Steam Workshop, allowing players to add their own tools to the game and share those features with others.

One particular item in Baldur's Gate 3 can prove to be very useful when playing through Tactician or Honour Mode, and it took five hundred hours for a player to come across it for the first time. It's no secret that Larian's latest release has seen a surge in popularity after winning Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023, as the player count for Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam is still going strong. While the branching narrative and diverse class options can inspire fans to try a new playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, the community's latest obsession has undoubtedly been Honour Mode.

Details about a potential reveal window for the leaked Xbox controller codenamed «Sebile» have been given additional substance by an industry insider. The Sebile controller was just one part of a larger court document that leaked during Xbox's battle with the FTC over the $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which has since been finalized in Xbox's favor. A cylinder-shaped disc-less Xbox Series X and several years of Bethesda's development plans also appeared in the leaked document.

A new Call of Duty: Warzone playlist update disabled the controversial Maelstrom Dual Trigger attachment for the Lockwood 300 shotgun. The update brought relief to many Call of Duty: Warzone players on social media, since the attachment was capable of giving other players an unfair advantage.

If the latest rumors are to be believed, a Final Fantasy 16 port could be in the works for Xbox Series X. Final Fantasy 16 is one of the few true PS5 exclusives available at the time of this writing, meaning it can only be played on Sony's newest console and has no cross-gen presence or availability on any other platforms.

The galaxy of Warhammer 40,000moves at a glacial pace, with major narrative threads frozen in place for years, sometimes even decades at a time. That’s been true of one of the game’s most popular factions, the green-armored Dark Angels Space Marines, basically since they were introduced to the game in the 1980s. But in March 2023, Lion El’Jonson, the long-lost leader of the Dark Angels, returned from the dead. His reappearance in the Imperium of Mankind is now making waves inside the First Legion, as it’s known, for the first time in 10,000 years. And it could be a prelude to something even more divisive to come.

A notable Sega leaker has stated that the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is getting a spin-off game that is allegedly similar to Mediatonic's Fall Guys. The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise had an excellent 2023, between the release of Sonic Superstars, Sonic Frontiers' post-launch updates, and the launch of the Apple Arcade exclusive title, Sonic Dream Team. Expectations for Sonic's 2024 are set pretty high as well, with the premiere of various TV shows and the third theatrical live-action film. On top of Sonic's multimedia efforts, a new spin-off game could also be coming out this year too.

The Las Vegas Open is always a good source of reveals, and this year it's wheeled out an all-new Warhammer 40K Kroot army – and judging by social media, the fans are very on board.

Call of Duty added the controversial Gaia skin, also known as the «evil Groot» skin, back to the game. This addition comes alongside Call of Duty's substantial, but problematic, Season 1 Reloaded update.