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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is adding new content to its popular Zombies mode with a new story mission, Warlord, and more. The mid-season content update for Modern Warfare 3 includes an exciting amount of content, and the new story coming to Zombies promises some fresh action.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has revealed new content coming to Multiplayer with its Season 2 Reloaded update, which includes a new map, map variants, game modes, and more. The major update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 drops on March 6.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are getting a slew of new operator bundles crossing over with some of the biggest entertainment franchises of the year, including Godzilla x Kong, Warhammer, and another Dune bundle. Now at the midpoint of its second season, Call of Duty has just unveiled Season 2 Reloaded, which is set to bring Vanguard's 6v6 Das Haus multiplayer map, a new Juggermosh game mode, and a lot more to Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone.

Activision reveals the full details in Call of Duty: Warzone's Season 2 Reloaded update, which is set to bring about a wealth of changes and new content for players, including a unique map POI. As players have seen over the years, Call of Duty: Warzone is a constantly evolving experience where seasonal updates bring about new content like weapons, operators, playlists, and more. Warzone's maps are also constantly changing, both with new areas and points of interest being added, as well as whole new locations like Fortune's Keep, Urzikstan, and Rebirth Island to name a few.

Marty O'Donnell, the former Bungie composer best known for his Halo and Destiny soundtracks, has announced his intention to run for US Congress as a Republican candidate.

Crash Team Rumble will be turning off its microtransactions once a new content update launches on March 4, but this update will also mark the end of support for the online multiplayer game. The game will also undergo some major changes, since Crash Team Rumble developer Toys for Bob is no longer working on the game.

Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are receiving Warhammer 40K-themed skins sometime soon. The announcement comes after months of leaks and speculation around such an event for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

The Nvidia GeForce Now library has expanded to encompass a handful of high-profile Activision Blizzard games, including Diablo 4 and multiple recent Call of Duty entries. These additions are just the tip of the streaming platform's late winter content iceberg, with GeForce NOW already confirming nearly two dozen new arrivals for March 2024.

Your most commonly visible bones are your teeth, so what better way to worship at the fleshy altar of Doom than by polishing those bones with an electric toothbrush whose little LCD screen is running Id Software's seminal satanic shooter? The latest delightfully weird device rising to the eternal question "Can it run Doom?" is a WiFi-enabled 'smart toothbrush', which is juuust powerful enough to run a version of Doom. You can even control it with your mouse. Here, check this out.

As the video games industry violently contracts to ensure shareholder satisfaction at the cost of making thousands upon thousands of people unemployed, Skylanders studio Toys For Bob have announced they're splitting from Activision Blizzard and Microsoft to go independent. Good for them, but maybe too late for some. Earlier this month, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that it seemed Activision Blizzard were closing Toys For Bob's California headquarters and laying off 86 people. Still, the new independent Toys For Bob say they're working on something new and "exploring a possible partnership" with Microsoft.

Destiny 2 is adding a new kind of vehicle — the hoverboard-esque Skimmer — in its next update due on Tuesday, 5th March.

Crash Team Rumble will have no further content updates after 4th March, less than nine months after its launch.

With Saber Interactive and Gearbox Entertainment reportedly splitting from the Embracer Group, it’s surprising to hear developer Toys for Bob is separating from Activision. The Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time! and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy studio is going private and returning to its roots as a “small and nimble studio.”

With Toys for Bob separating from Activision and going private, its support for Crash Team Rumble is ending. The multiplayer arena title will receive its final content update on March 4th, per a recent in-game message spotted by Redditors.

Toys for Bob — the Activision Blizzard studio behind the likes of Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot 4, and the Spyro remasters — has announced it's parting ways with Activision to become an independent company once more. It also says it's «exploring a possible partnership» with Microsoft as development on its new game gets underway.

Toys for Bob, the developer behind 2020's Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time and 2018's Spyro Reignited Trilogy, has announced that it's leaving Activision and Microsoft and becoming an independent studio. However, Toys for Bob briefly detailed its plans for the future, which might involve a partnership with Activision Blizzard's parent company.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob will split from Activision to become a privately owned studio, the company announced.

Blizzard games may be coming back to China soon via leased servers from South Korea. According to a trusted source, an unnamed Korean company believes it can operate Blizzard games in China through these servers, albeit at a high cost.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has added a new 1v1 playlist and a Walking Dead-themed event with exclusive rewards. While these additions aren't particularly groundbreaking, Activision also made an exciting announcement today related to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

A YouTuber has gained access to one of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 cheating community's most exclusive Discords and revealed one of its more advanced cheats, which can apparently detect when a user is being investigated and disable a user's cheats at certain, important moments. Like many popular FPS games, cheating has been a common issue in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 since its release.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, the iOS and Android version of Activision Blizzard's battle royale hit, is officially getting its worldwide launch on 21st March following a limited release in select counties over the course of the last year.

Sony has announced its PlayStation Plus games for March.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will finally launch on March 21 for Android and iOS mobile devices. The Call of Duty franchise has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success with its mobile efforts, as Call of Duty: Mobile has proven to be an incredibly popular destination for fans of the series. While Call of Duty: Mobile has offered its own battle royale modes, soon fans will get a mobile CoD fully dedicated to BR.

Call of Duty fans can officially begin playing the hit battle royale Warzone mode on mobile devices beginning next month, with Activision announcing on Wednesday.

Former Call of Duty: Black Ops design director David Vonderhaar has established BulletFarm, a new AAA game studio, following his departure from Treyarch last summer.

Activision may be working on upcoming Star Wars content, as per an update from Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best. The Disney-owned franchise has been gaining popularity in the gaming sphere in recent years, particularly thanks to the success of Respawn's Jedi Fallen Order, and Jedi Survivor titles. While multiple Star Wars projects are already in the works, the possibility of Activision's involvement with the IP bounds to pique interest among fans.

Underbarrel launcher attachments are currently disabled in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone due to a frustrating new exploit that allows users to abuse them. Recent patches in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 suggest that the development team could fix this issue in a reasonable amount of time.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone fans have been gifted free double XP tokens. This comes as part of an apology for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's recent issues.

Call of Duty: Warzone's newest edition, Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, is expected to be released worldwide soon, and a new gameplay video has shown off its impressive graphics. The new version of Call of Duty: Warzone has been available for some time in certain regions, but Call of Duty's biggest regions have been left out of the picture so far.

Fans of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are calling for the long-lost Gunfight Tournaments mode to make a return in the new game. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 continues to experiment with various limited-time modes, and the return of Gunfight Tournaments would make some players extremely happy.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone fans can now claim the Saddle Up bundle for free, given that they're subscribed to Amazon Prime. Over recent months, Prime Gaming has given Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 fans an assortment of extra rewards, in addition to in-game bonuses in other titles.

When dramatic parents panicked over the satanic influence of Doom in the 90s, maybe they had a point. Doom has burned through people's souls and minds, filling them with a desire to play Id Software's seminal shooter on every device they can. The question "Can it run Doom?" has driven these demonic vassals to make it playable on everything from tractors to teletext. These hellbound hearts are even daring to corrupt the totemic device of American liberty: the lawnmower. Come April, you will be able to play Doom on the Husqvarna Nera line of robotic automowers. Is nothing sacred?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are experiencing major technical issues that surfaced in the early morning hours of February 23, leading multiple fan-favorite modes to be temporarily taken offline. The unfortunate news follows Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's recent Season 1 Reloaded update, which also introduced major problems.

Activision has announced new security updates coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Warzone after banning more than 6,000 cheaters across both games earlier this month. Cheating in Call of Duty has already been bad before this, but a recent incident this February resulted in a massive surge of malicious players trying to exploit the game.

Raven Software has explained that it selects Call of Duty: Warzone's weekly playlists by combining hard data with community opinion. The studio also unveiled next week's Call of Duty: Warzone playlists, which include the return of a unique mode.

Developers Sledgehammer Games and Treyarch have detailed the latest updates for Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. Deployed on February 21, 2024, the patches address a variety of issues in both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, as well as adjusting weapon and equipment balance.

Sledgehammer Studios has added three new playlists for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 fans to enjoy in Meat 24/7, Hordepoint: Mimic Mania, and Best of '09. This is a predictable update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which often adds new playlists on a weekly basis.

Hidetaka Miyazaki didn't envision originating an entire genre. Yet such is the popularity of the Dark Souls games — right up to the more recent Elden Ring — that they've become collectively known in the gaming community as Soulslikes. That's shorthand for games with calculating combat, high levels of challenge and repeated death, though this is of course reductive of the awe and grim majesty Miyazaki's games evoke.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has released a Monster Energy-themed operator skin that can be used in Warzone as well. The new skin can be claimed by all Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone users and is not locked behind a battle pass.

Activision Blizzard is reportedly planning redundancies at its Irish office located in Blackpool, Cork.

A new update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone has nerfed the TAQ Evolvere. The LMG was made surprisingly powerful following a recent patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone.

Major game publisher Activision is currently being sued by a Call of Duty esports team for perpetuating an alleged monopoly over its competitive scene. The Call of Duty games are a hit among pro FPS players, which is why they are crying out over the way the company has been handling tournaments and organized play.

Microsoft's top brass revealed the release window for 2024's Call of Duty game at a recent meeting, according to a report. Previous rumors have already provided the supposed setting for the series' next game, which is expected to be developed by veteran studio Treyarch.

Microsoft confirmed that Call of Duty is coming this year as early as October.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has released three new playlists for users to enjoy. This is the second fresh set of playlists since Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Season 2 update.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 2 is well underway and players have been hopping into new maps and modes, unlocking the BP50 assault rifle and RAM-9 submachine gun, as well as welcoming back Fortune’s Keep. Speaking of new game modes, even more are set to arrive with the mid-season update, keeping multiplayer fresh. To learn all about the upcoming Juggermosh mode in Modern Warfare 3, read on.

Hearthstone just revealed some amazing plans for the Year of the Pegasus, including a refresh to the Core set and the Whizbang’s Workshop expansion. Though the first card set of this Hearthstone year releases on March 19, players can log in now and experience a part of the whimsy right away.

A new update has been released for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. The patch rebalances an assortment of weapons, fixes some common bugs, and makes a significant change to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Ranked Play.

The release of the Stash House multiplayer map for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has proven divisive among fans. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has regularly introduced new content through seasonal updates, with Stash House being the latest addition. While welcomed by some seeking thrilling action, others feel the frequent close encounters reduce strategic playmaking overall.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has added a new Zombies-themed skin bundle and fans are not happy about it. Fans of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Zombies mode have had other reasons as well to grow frustrated recently.

Popular streamer Dr. Disrespect became part of the first team in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0's Season 2 to achieve a nuke win, immediately uninstalling the game after the accomplishment. Since his streaming debut in the early 2010s, Dr. Disrespect has become one of the internet's most prolific gaming personalities, boasting millions of subscribers on his YouTube channel and regularly streaming FPS games. The beloved streamer has even branched out into other ventures, including writing a book and starting his own video game studio in Midnight Society. Now, the streamer has achieved a major Warzone milestone.

The Lunar New Year is upon us and to celebrate you can earn some free cosmetics in MW3 and Warzone, with the ultimate reward being a Dragon Scales camo. This guide will show you how to unlock the camo, along with the rest of the rewards that feature in the event.

Microsoft completed its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October, though life under new ownership has got off to a rough start for the latter. Last month, Microsoft announced that it was cutting 1,900 jobs across its entire gaming division, with Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, and Xbox all set to be impacted.

Activision execs offered Infinity Ward staff a 50 percent pay increase and told staff to «take the money and get over it» after the publisher dramatically fired the developer's founders Jason West and Vince Zampella in 2010.

Microsoft has rejected the Federal Trade Commission's recent complaints about the mass layoffs at Activision. The regulator previously argued that the move could be used as the basis for reversing Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which was completed in October 2023.

Prepare for a massive drop of new content with the arrival of Season 2 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone. Introducing new maps, modes, weapons, a new Zombies story mission, the return of Fortune’s Keep, Resurgence Ranked Play, and more, there’s plenty to challenge players across all modes.

Activision Blizzard's Crash Bandicoot and Spyro studio Toys for Bob lose 86 employees as a result of layoffs.

The one thing that keeps me from playing Warzone constantly is the high level of play. Even if I have any game-changing perks, things often go south. From a distance, it seems like one needs to keep calm and be able to multitask. But for the second season of Modern Warfare 3, it seems like Sledgehammer Games is listening to the low-skilled players (AKA, me). It seems like the developers overhauled on health regen on Warzone. To find out how we got all the details below. 

The latest Call of Duty: Warzone update is causing parts of the map to bend upwards in a bizarre distortion of Ashika Island. The Call of Duty: Warzone battle royale has been home to Al Mazrah, Verdansk, and the Pacific Caldera, but the current map has been torn apart by a new patch.

Gameplay from the canceled Call of Duty: Future Warfare has surfaced online, showing off gameplay and the futuristic setting of the canceled 2011 shooter. While the massively popular shooter franchise has largely been known for its modern military and World War 2-themed settings, the developers have sometimes branched out into other settings. The franchise has experimented multiple times with futuristic gameplay, with games like 2016's infamous Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Now, a newly surfaced video shows off an earlier take on a futuristic Call of Duty.

Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob and Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games have reportedly lost around 40 per cent and 30 per cent of their staff, respectively.

Just days after laying off 1,900 workers under the recently acquired Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has become only the second company ever to reach a $3 trillion market value. The recent layoffs by Microsoft were met with inquisition from audiences concerned about the company's profits, though it would seem Microsoft is showing no signs of declining value.

Following the most recent round of layoffs from Microsoft's Xbox division, details about Blizzard's in-development survival game, Odyssey, have now leaked online. Microsoft first announced the major layoffs earlier this week, reporting that 1,900 employees from the company had lost their jobs as a result. The layoffs reportedly saw particularly heavy impact on Microsoft's gaming division, with Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax reportedly seeing the brunt of the layoffs. Now, one of the casualties of the layoffs comes as an in-development survival game from Blizzard.

The final set of weekly challenges are live in MW3 and Warzone, with an Urgent Business MTZ-762 battle rifle blueprint up for grabs.

Microsoft will let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week, it said on Thursday, the latest cuts in the technology sector that has extended massive layoffs over the past years into 2024.

The recent layoffs across the various Microsoft studios include the vast majority of the customer service team at Blizzard. This means the multiple live service games run by Blizzard are currently operating with next to no moderators, game masters, and customer service representatives.

2023 was a brutal year for the games industry with its never-ending wave of layoffs, but 2024 is somehow turning out to be significantly worse. Less than a month into the year, the industry has already seen thousands of jobs being cut, and another significant number has now been added to that total, with IGN reporting that Microsoft’s gaming division is cutting 1,900 jobs out of its total workforce of about 22,000.

Sony’s latest PlayStation 5 system update appears to have blocked the controversial Cronus Zen device from working with the console.

Microsoft has made the decision to lay off a massive 1,900 staff from its gaming division. While the majority of the Microsoft layoffs are coming from Activision Blizzard, staff at Xbox and ZeniMax are also believed to be affected.

Microsoft has laid off 1,900 employees from its gaming division—mainly roles at Activision Blizzard King, but also some at Xbox and ZeniMax Media.

An insider revealed that Call of Duty's 2027 entry will be developed by Sledgehammer Games. Following the studio's reportedly rushed development of Modern Warfare 3, it will hopefully have ample time to create its next Call of Duty.

Some World of Warcraft players think a new Druid Wrath spell effect used in the Gilneas Reclamation questline might be a teaser for the Hero Talents coming in The War Within. While fans can’t be sure yet, it is possible World of Warcraft Druids may gain access to this lunar-themed spell in the Elune’s Chosen Hero Talent when the next expansion drops.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 made three new playlists available to its players: Shipment 24/7, Modern Warfare 2 Mosh Pit, and Team Gunfight. The new modes represent some classic playlists returning to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, as well as some interesting new additions.

Before Doom became the lean, mean murdermachine we know and love, Id Software had far bigger plans for their seminal satanic FPS. Ideas dropped during development include a big focus on story, four playable characters, elemental shields, demonic weapons, and more. The mod Doom Delta brings to life many such ideas from sources including an old design document and leaked alpha builds, which I think makes it fanfic? A new version of Doom Delta launched last week, offering a curious vision of the many Dooms Id didn't make.

Call of Duty added the rubber ducky-themed Bath Time skin, which is part of a larger bundle. This continues Call of Duty's trend of occasionally releasing fantastical, unrealistic skins.

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.

Some unpleasant members of the gaming community are ruining the fun for others by screwing up contracts in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Zombies matches. Since launching last November, the latest iteration of the long running shooter series has received a lukewarm response from fans and critics. Despite this disappointing reception, however, the game's zombies mode has arguably stood out as a bright spot with a Call of Duty exec claiming Modern Warfare 3’s Zombies is the highest rated “third mode” in years.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has balanced one of the game's most overpowered attachments in an attempt to nerf it, by giving it one huge downside. It may still be one of the best attachments in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but there's a reason for players to think twice before using the JAK BFB Muzzle.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 1 Reloaded has arrived. The update saw the return of the Champion’s Quest, allowing those who are up to the challenge to nuke the Urzikstan map. There are a range of rewards up for grabs that are exclusively acquired by completing the Champion’s Quest, with the most sought after being a weapon camo and an operator skin. This guide contains all the rewards you’ll earn for dropping a nuke in Warzone, so you know what to expect before you activate the contract.

Call of Duty Warzone developer Raven Software has apologised for «the disruption» caused by Warzone's Season 1 Reloaded launch.