Esports organization Optic has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard. The reason was the Call of Duty esports league, over which the studio allegedly had an “illegal monopoly.” As compensation, the “victims” demand that they be paid $680 million. The...
A few weeks ago, the European Union approved a multi-billion dollar deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, for which it was criticized by the British regulator, which sided with Sony. The head of the European Commission, Margrethe Vestager, spoke at a press conference...
Now is not the best time for Call of Duty modders as Activision has cracked down on its second fan-made PC project within two weeks. Following the shutdown of SM² last week, the popular modified CoD client team called X Labs also...
Xbox Series S is equipped with a 512 GB SSD, but in reality, users have only 364 GB of storage available for content storage. With modern games weighing more and more each time, the console’s internal storage can fill up very quickly. This was...
As of April 28, the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard has been approved by antitrust regulators in eight countries, Ukraine being the latest so far. On April 27, 2023, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine gave permission for Microsoft to establish control over Activision Blizzard....
Netizens believe that Sony Interactive Entertainment will soon officially announce the purchase of Deviation Games, headed by Jason Blundell, a veteran of Treyarch, known to a wide audience for the Call of Duty series. The reason for the speculation was the photos of the new office...
Nintendo was required by the US Federal Trade Commission to disclose the details of the agreement to release Call of Duty with Microsoft. The representative of the American branch of the publishing company, Steve Singer, was sent a subpoena – antitrust regulators ask him to give him at...
Ascendant Studios has released a six-minute video showing the first gameplay demonstration of Immortals of Aveum. The development of the magical first-person shooter was spearheaded by Dead Space and Call of Duty creative director Bret Robbins. The video showed battles in two locations using different abilities. The...
Sony considers agreements with Microsoft about the future of Call of Duty meaningless if the series goes under the wing of Xbox since it is not clear who will follow up on the fulfillment of all the promises of the team of Phil Spencer and Satya...
Activision has announced a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II multiplayer free weekend. They will start today, April 19, and end on April 26. Players will be given limited content. It includes innovations that have been introduced since the start of the third season, including...
Recently kicked off the third season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2, which brought a lot of changes to online games. They touched, among other things, the DMZ mode, however, the fan community remained unhappy with the update due to...
A 15-minute video Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has appeared on the network, showing a new raid. It is worth noting that the launch of the next episode is expected only in the middle of the third season, so it...
Microsoft has announced a new 10-year agreement with British cloud provider EE. It provides access to EE Limited customers to Xbox games, and in the long term and Activision Blizzard projects if the deal is approved. Microsoft has previously worked with the British company to offer Xbox Game Pass...
In December, an initiative group of American players opposed the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, suing the corporation and accusing it of trying to destroy competition in the console market. Three months later, the court dismissed the suit, citing a lack of hard...
The preliminary decision of the UK Competition and Markets Authority on a deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard does not suit Sony, as its representatives notified regulators in a new set of documents. In particular, Sony hastened to convey to the antimonopolists the...
