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Black Ops 6 Reveal: First Impressions

Having recovered from the Black Ops 6 blowout at the Xbox Showcase last weekend, I wanted to share my first impressions of the game. Surprise, surprise: I’m feeling pretty positive! Campaign The campaign reveal trailer was an epic blend of archival news footage and gameplay, soundtracked by Firestarter by…

June 11, 2024July 6, 2024

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Black Ops 6 Direct Preview: The Truth Is Nigh

The reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is imminent, and maybe it’s just me, but there’s a rare feeling of optimism throughout the Call of Duty community. While the “COD cycle” – where fans jump from hating the present product to getting excited for the next one –…

June 2, 2024July 6, 2024

Call of Duty Zombies

Seven Things to Make Black Ops 6 Zombies a Success

It’s roughly three weeks until the reveal of the next Call of Duty, and for many, it’s business as usual: a ritual or a habit more than something to get excited about. Those outside the CODsphere remark, “Another Call of Duty?!” and move on with their lives. But for those…

May 19, 2024July 6, 2024

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Modern Warfare Zombies Review: A Bold New Step Into the Dark Aether

Much was said about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III’s “Modern Warfare Zombies” before release. Perhaps too much. Many wrote it off and assumed it would repeat the mistakes of the half-baked Zombies mode found in Call of Duty: Vanguard. The reveal confirmed that the mode wouldn’t be round-based, further…

November 19, 2023August 10, 2025

Call of Duty Zombies

BO3 is EIGHT // Modern Warfare Zombies

Black Ops III is eight years old. Time does fly. While there’s certainly a lot of revisionist history surrounding it – omissions of major frustrations at launch, rough DLC launches with game-breaking bugs, and the Revelations ending and “super EE” debacle, to name a few – the game was undoubtedly…

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

Call of Duty Zombies

The Dark Aether Storms Towards Call of Duty NEXT

When Black Ops 4 Zombies concluded with Tag Der Toten, many questions arose about the future of the cult-followed mode. What has followed has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, as Zombies tries to find its footing in the “Modern” Call of Duty landscape. One thing is for sure,…

October 3, 2023July 6, 2024

Call of Duty Zombies

MW3 Zombies: The Next Chapter of Dark Aether Starts with a Huge Revelation

When Modern Warfare 3 was revealed to have a Zombies mode that followed the ongoing story of Zombies, we were unsure of how Treyarch was going to approach establishing a third time period in the fast-growing narrative of the Dark Aether saga. We finally received our first look this week…

September 23, 2023July 6, 2024

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Modern Warfare Zombies Has the Potential to Surprise Us All

For the first time in Call of Duty history, Modern Warfare will have its own Zombies mode as part of Modern Warfare III. Headed up by Treyarch, the mode looks to be a combination of Cold War’s Outbreak – an objective focussed mode where players travel from region to region…

August 20, 2023August 20, 2023

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Modern Warfare 3: First Impressions

Modern Warfare 3 was finally revealed yesterday, and we received a surprising amount of information on all three pillars of this year’s Call of Duty. Below are some brief first impressions of the game, and I’m pleasantly surprised at my own positive response to the reveal, after what can only…

August 18, 2023August 18, 2023

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We are on the Brink of MW3

With the reveal of Modern Warfare 3 less than a week away, a trailer was released this past week to set the tone for the latest Call of Duty iteration, which is now confirmed to be headed up by Sledgehammer Games. A tattooed figure walks through a gulag, as campaign…

August 13, 2023July 5, 2024