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Call of Duty Vanguard has arrived. Like clockwork, a new Call of Duty has been released for the year. For Call of Duty fans, it’s a quick buy with no hesitation. But for everyone else who is still on the fence, we’ve gathered Call of Duty Vanguard‘s review scores from different game reviews outlets. Check out the scores below. Call […]

Activision Blizzard finally revealed the Call of Duty Vanguard Release Date. That’s just in time as many people are already wondering exactly when is COD Vanguard coming out. Thankfully, the game’s release date was finally unveiled when it was introduced during a Warzone event. But when is it coming out, exactly? Call of Duty Vanguard Release Date: November 4 The Call of Duty […]

Overwatch‘s iconic cowboy, previously known as Jesse McCree, gets a new name as Cole Cassidy. By renaming the hero, the developers hope to separate the character from the controversies surrounding the Blizzard Entertainment developer he was named after. Alongside this, players will also get a chance to change their BattleTag across Blizzard games free of […]

For former Overwatch pro Felix “xQc” Lengyel, an early look into Overwatch 2 has not left the best of impressions. On Twitch, he even commented “it’s the same game” while watching a snippet of pro players showcasing some early gameplay. His reaction on stream was less than excited as he watched the gameplay video. “I […]

Warzone content creator rushman360 appeared on Call of Duty‘s Twitter page, featuring in an anti-cheat ad where he is shown losing access to his Warzone account. Rushman360 took to TikTok to share how his device got hardware banned. This means that even if he makes a new account, he still won’t be able to join any Warzone matches. Most cheating software […]

Activision Blizzard and the Overwatch developers announce that they’re changing the name of the Overwatch hero formerly known as McCree. The gunslinger was named after Blizzard senior employee Jesse McCree. In a statement on Overwatch’s official Twitter, the developers announced that they will change McCree’s name to “something that better represents what Overwatch stands for.”  […]

The Activision Blizzard lawsuit just keeps getting worse. With everything going on, one would think they’re on the path to redeeming themselves. Well, that isn’t quite the case. See, Activision Blizzard is now getting accused by the California DFEH or Department of Fair Employment and Housing of shredding abuse evidence. According to Axios, the DFEH stated […]

Ever since the United in Stormwind expansion dropped, The Hearthstone meta just got chaotic. In the first couple of days since the expansion went live, players saw the birth of the “Speed Hearthstone” meta. Players kept using combo decks to easily complete the new questlines from United in Stormwind. The questlines required players to kill their […]

A promotional poster on the PlayStation Store revealed an upcoming event for Call of Duty Warzone. The new Call of Duty game of 2021, Call of Duty Vanguard, will finally be officially unveiled this coming Thursday. It will be announced by Activision through a trailer in Warzone, similar to how Black Ops Cold War was announced a year prior. That’s right – […]

Activision Blizzard has definitely seen better days. With everything going on, it’s hard to keep track of what’s what and who’s who. So without further ado, here’s everything you need to know about the Activision Blizzard lawsuit. Timeline of the Activision Blizzard Discrimination Lawsuit It’s fairly well-known by now what really goes on behind Activision […]

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Remastered isn’t something we can look forward to. Not at least until Activision changes their mind. Late last week, Activision dispelled rumors that they are working on a COD MW3 Remastered game. Rumors about the remaster have been in the air since the release of the COD MW2 Campaign Remastered came out alongside the Modern Warfare reboot […]

Blizzard announces the delay in the release of their mobile game, Diablo Immortal, to 2022. Diablo Immortal went into a technical alpha test in December last year. Content creators and members of the media gained access to the alpha build of the game. While the game is infamous for the whole “What, do you guys have no […]

Activision Blizzard COO Daniel Alegre announced Blizzard President J. Allen Brack’s departure from the company in an email sent to investors today. A copy of this email is available on the official post. In addition to that is the announcement of J. Allen Brack’s two new replacements. Former Vicarious Visions head Jen Oneal is now […]

Due to the allegations levelled at Activision Blizzard last week, several gaming outlets have decided to stop covering their games. Apparently, a culture of rampant toxicity and normalized sexual harassment has been prevalent at Activision Blizzard for years. One of these outlets is Prima Games. They produce in-depth, comprehensive strategy guides and walkthroughs. Aside from […]

Bloomberg has released a deep dive into the troubled development of Warcraft III: Reforged. Concerning news continues to come out from Blizzard this week. This report came in shortly after rampant sexual harassment allegations were brought to light. According to reporter Jason Schreier, the doomed remake of the RTS classic “was the result of mismanagement […]

Gaming giant Activision Blizzard has been sued by the state of California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing. Bloomberg Law was first to report on the case. Activision Blizzard, the developers behind popular games such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, has allegedly fostered a toxic internal culture. This has normalized rampant sexual […]

Rumors about Call of Duty 2021 have been spreading like wildfire for quite some time now. The community and various leakers have named the next COD “Vanguard” that’s supposedly coming out later this year. The upcoming title will most likely tie up with Call of Duty: Warzone. Just recently, more leaks and rumors about Vanguard’s reveal […]

July 15 marks the release of Call of Duty‘s Season 4 Reloaded Patch. It will include various content drops for both COD: Black Ops Cold War and COD: Warzone. “Maur Der Toten” Zombie Map This is the next chapter in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War‘s Dark Aether story. The official website says it […]

An alleged leak from within Blizzard paints the studio’s reaction to WoW‘s decline in a very bad light. Apparently, players flocking in droves from WoW to FF14 has struck a nerve in Blizzard. However, they seem unwilling to acknowledge the reasons why FF14 is more attractive to MMO players today. World of Warcraft‘s latest expansion, Shadowlands, didn’t meet the expectations of long-time […]

In a first for the series, Diablo 4 will finally be doing away with pre-established character pre-sets. “Diablo IV offers players more customization options than ever,” Blizzard said in the most recent Diablo IV Quarterly Update. Diablo 4‘s character creator will give players the option to customize their character’s face, hair, jewelry, makeup, tattoos, and body […]

Tencent’s Lightspeed and Quantum Studios helped designer David Kim put up Uncapped Games. The objective of the new studio? Make a really great RTS game. LA-based Uncapped Games is led by three key ex-Blizzard employees. Lead Designer David Kim worked as a designer for Starcraft 2. With him is Lead Producer Jason Hughes, producer for Diablo […]

Blizzard’s Hearthstone is currently halfway through its current event year – the Year of the Griphon. To celebrate the midway of the year, Hearthstone will be releasing its latest expansion soon. For more information on that, Blizzard prepared a reveal livestream for everyone to watch. The livestream, which will go live on Twitch and Youtube, will start at […]

We just got a brand-new challenge for Overwatch‘s Ashe through a mini-event. This mini-event runs from June 22 – July 5. Players should be looking forward to some explosive rewards including cosmetics, epic skins, player icons, sprays, and of course, the Deadlock Ashe skin. This challenge is quite shorter compared to previous events. To celebrate […]

The Overwatch Cross-Play Beta is now live. First announced earlier this month, the Cross-Play Beta allows console players to opt-in to the Cross-Play feature. It’s entirely optional, and those who want to play with other players from just the same platform may continue doing so. Overwatch‘s Cross-Play will only be affecting Casual formats. Competitive modes will remain […]

When Warzone Season 4 hit the consoles and PC last week, it introduced a couple of bugs and glitches. One of the most notorious issues the new season update introduced was the Warzone “Killer Door.” Found in the Salt Mines, the door would kill anyone that dared touch it. The bad part is that the door is innocent-looking, not […]

Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 dropped on June 17th. Just like every season update, the developers present players with various new content. Oddly enough, there’s one specific ‘feature’ that came with the latest season’s release that didn’t seem to work the way it’s supposed to. A door located in Verdansk instantly kills players that […]

Call of Duty Warzone‘s Season 4 update brought nice surprises, especially for PS5 users. But not all surprises that came with the package were pleasant. Instead, some users have reported a glitch where players who entered and left the Big Bertha armored truck turned invisible. This isn’t the first time that players discovered a bug […]

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands‘s first major update: Chains of Domination finally arrives this June 29. First revealed during Blizzconline 2021, the major 9.1 update for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands finally has a reveal date: June 29, 2021. It includes a new raid, the Sanctum of Domination, where players will have to battle against a corrupted Sylvanas Windrunner. If you’ve been […]

Call of Duty Warzone has had support for 120FPS on the Xbox One version of the game when played on the Xbox Series X. Meanwhile, Activision claimed that it’s impossible to do so on the PS4 version, being played on the PS5, to do the same. This is because of some back-end issues on how PS5 […]

Blizzard’s remake of Diablo 2: Resurrected finally has an exact release date. This year, players can return to Sanctuary with a new-and-improved engine and additional features. Diablo 2: Resurrected release date falls on September 23, 2021, on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and the Nintendo Switch. Playing Diablo 2: Resurrected on next-gen consoles will allow players to experience the […]

Activision confirmed last May that Sledgehammer Games will be developing the next Call of Duty (COD) title. There is no official title yet for the next installment of the game. However, there have been rumors that Treyarch is pitching in for the title, and that it will be called Call of Duty: Vanguard. The game […]

Los Angeles Thieves finds themselves in a short pickle, placing 5th right now out of 6 in their group for CDL Stage 4. They’re at (1-2) right now, with two more matches lined up for this week. To increase their chances of finishing with a higher seed, LA Thieves changes up their roster once again. […]

It’s not like we’ve been hearing about Call of Duty: Vanguard in recent weeks. Hence, it doesn’t come as a surprise that Activision decided to skip E3 2021 this year for their next Call of Duty title. Still, we could have used even just a small glimpse of what is to come. However, it might just be the right […]

You can now add your friends to your friends list on Battle.net, regardless of which servers you are in. The Battle.net launcher received a massive update, which they announced with a blog post earlier today. “We’ve always envisioned Battle.net as a place for players to connect, collaborate, and play their favorite games,” Blizzard writes. “Now, […]

Blizzard has finally taken the steps to introduce cross-platform play for Overwatch. The developers initially had misgivings about allowing cross-platform play for the game. They cited the difference between mouse-and-keyboard gameplay and controllers being the primary reason why they don’t want to feature cross-platform play. “Mixing mouse/keyboard and controller can have balance and competitive issues,” Blizzard […]

Activision announces in an update that they have banned over 350,000 Call of Duty players from their games. The ban wave affects players across Activision’s different Call of Duty titles. This includes Warzone, Black Ops Cold War, Modern Warfare, and COD Mobile. Activision shares that the 350,000 banned players have broken the game’s rules on toxicity and racism. The company shares that […]

The Overwatch community is at odds with the biggest change in Overwatch 2‘s PvP. Blizzard’s decision to reduce the number of players per team from six to five has caused quite a stir. The decision came in, as the devs explained it, as a way to balance Tanks. The new team composition loses the second Tank, leaving us […]

Not a lot of games can claim that they’ve had a lasting impact on the gaming industry. Not a lot can say that they’ve helped shape legislation in some countries. However, most of the time you actually wouldn’t want to. But that’s where Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm finds itself in now. While neither Blizzard nor Heroes […]

Activision announces their brand-new global tournament for Call of Duty Warzone, the World Series of Warzone (WSOW). The tournament will have a historic $1.2 million prize pool across four tournaments – two for NA and two for Europe. The unprecedented prize pool comes with an unprecedented ruleset. Here is everything you need to know about the COD […]