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 like myself, this year means much more. A new Call …
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With E3 Gone, the Big Three Look On
The video game industry is a fast-moving beast. Trends appear overnight and disappear just as quickly. Development studios close at the click of an executive’s finger. The game of the moment becomes tomorrow’s afterthought. One constant, however, is the period in early summer, when publishers, developers, and hardware manufacturers showcase plans for the rest of the year and beyond, …
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 splintering opinion. I was more optimistic. As a fan …
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 the golden age of Call of Duty Zombies. It combined …
This Week at Bungie: Fire, Everywhere
It’s been a red-letter week for Bungie, the studio behind Destiny 2, with almost 10% of its staff made redundant, reports of the live service game missing financial and player retention targets by large numbers – 45% below projected revenue – and the all-but-confirmed delay to the next Destiny expansion, ‘The Final Shape’. Players have been unhappy with the direction …
We’re All Drowning in Video Games. It’s a Nice Feeling.
It’s been an overwhelming year for video games — and it’s not finished yet! October and November are rammed with games from across the genres releasing on an almost daily basis. We’ve even had some titles delayed until next year to escape the madness, like the Alone in the Dark remake starring Jodie Comer and David Harbour, and some delayed …
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, though. The undead mode just will not die! The first …
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 with the Modern Warfare 3 Zombies cinematic reveal trailer, following …
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 – and Modern Warfare 2’s DMZ – an extraction mode …
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 be described as a massive buzzkill of a year, which …