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Activision once again draws the ire of players for new Diablo Immortal marketing that appears to have been made with generative AI

The Diablo Immortal community is calling out Activision Blizzard for sharing marketing images on social media of an upcoming Diablo Immortal x Hearthstone event that features telltale signs of generative AI usage.

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Call of Duty’s bloated HQ launcher — now officially 'decoupled' by Activision — here's what you need to know

Call of Duty’s bloated HQ launcher — now officially 'decoupled' by Activision — here's what you need to know

Call of Duty's HQ launcher for Warzone, Black Ops 6, Modern Warfare 2, and Modern Warfare 3 was a bloated disaster. Activision has finally decoupled legacy titles from the launcher, with no effect on shared Warzone progress.

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Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 5 Multiplayer early patch notes

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 5 Multiplayer early patch notes

Enough reasons to get excited.

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Call of Duty is finally freeing some of the older games from the CoD HQ launcher nobody likes

Be free, Modern Warfare 3! (You too, MW2.)

Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 are being removed from Call of Duty HQ to become standalone downloads

Activision has announced new changes to Call of Duty HQ that will see the removal of two games.

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 5 release countdown, zombies finale, and more

Zombies is alive.

With Call of Duty's obsession with cringe-inducing pop culture skins, 'Battlefield 6' has a very real opportunity to offer the alternative — will EA deliver?

EA has every opportunity to capture an audience desperate for a grounded military shooter experience. But EA's history of actually, you know, delivering for fans is incredibly spotty.

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Call of Duty is firmly in its slop era, and now it's Battlefield 6's game to lose

Call of Duty is firmly in its slop era, and now it's Battlefield 6's game to lose

Battlefield has a chance to eat Call of Duty's lunch, but we'd be fools to believe EA will stick the landing.

Pro goals make Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 the best skateboarding game to date, and I can't get enough

Pro goals make Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 the best skateboarding game to date, and I can't get enough

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 is the most complete skateboarding video game package available today.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 rated by the ESRB — and it looks like we're not going to be free of the weed-themed skins any time soon

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 rated by the ESRB — and it looks like we're not going to be free of the weed-themed skins any time soon

The ESRB's rating summary of Black Ops 7 includes mentions of a rifle with a bong attachment and player characters "smoking joints".

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is a faithful, yet safe remake with satisfying visuals, familiar controls and addictive gameplay

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is a faithful, yet safe remake with satisfying visuals, familiar controls and addictive gameplay

I bought a PS5 just to play the new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 remake — and I have no regrets.

Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can't be held responsible for actions of Uvalde, Texas, shooter

Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can't be held responsible for actions of Uvalde, Texas, shooter

A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty is arguing that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting

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CoD reportedly getting new subfranchise in 2027, as if there haven’t been too many of them already

CoD reportedly getting new subfranchise in 2027, as if there haven’t been too many of them already

Please, just one year without CoD. It's all I ask for.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 developer is trying to figure out who put the edgy Guitar Hero gag in the game it made, promises to remove it in the next update even though players want it to stay

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 developer is trying to figure out who put the edgy Guitar Hero gag in the game it made, promises to remove it in the next update even though players want it to stay

Iron Galaxy Studios has "the utmost respect for anyone who makes games," even Neversoft.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is being fully revealed at Gamescom 2025 — here's when to tune in

Activision, Treyarch, and Raven Software are unveiling Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 during Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2025.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 review: "A nostalgic, must-play hit for fans"

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 review: "A nostalgic, must-play hit for fans"

Call of Duty’s exodus among my friends has me dropping solo these days, but I’m probably not alone

Mission failed, and maybe there won't be a "next time."

All challenges and rewards in BO6 Zombies King of the Dead event

An uninspired zzzzombies event.

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Former Xbox boss says Microsoft was "disadvantaged" before the Xbox 360 era where it was able to "flex its muscles" in third-party gaming: "Having developers feel good, make money on your platform was key"

"Microsoft was a platform way before we started talking about platforms in video games"

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Xbox says all the games shown in the 2025 Showcase are still coming — but why should we believe them?

This past week has been a bloodbath for the upcoming Xbox catalog, making it hard to take a promise that recently showcased titles are safe at face value.

Tom’s Hardware

Activision takes Call of Duty: WWII offline after hackers apparently disrupted the game with RCE exploits — malicious code wreaks havoc on PC gamers as bad actors take complete control of your computer

Call of Duty: WWII has been taken over by hackers likely running RCE exploits to display all sorts of wild things. Activision has taken down the game in order to fix issues, but damage has already been done.

Call of Duty WW2 taken offline after players were getting hacked while running the game

Activision is taking steps at resolving "an issue" that everyone knows is the RCE exploit.

Windows Central

Just days after joining Game Pass, the Xbox PC edition of Call of Duty: WW2 is taken offline for "an issue"

Call of Duty: WWII launched on Xbox and PC Game Pass just a few days ago, but RCE hackers wasted no time hitting new players with exploits and taking over PCs. The Call of Duty team has temporarily taken the PC edition of WWII offline to investigate the exploits, but…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – All the key details on the next Call of Duty

Activision is double-dipping on Black Ops in 2025.

Windows Central

Why Microsoft's enshittification of Xbox, Surface, and even Windows itself — are all by design

With Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood placing unrealistic expectations on Xbox and Windows, the damage is becoming increasingly untenable.

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