Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is due for release before the end of the year, but Activision hasn’t yet revealed the game in any capacity, rethinking how it markets its titles following the success of the free Warzone game. As Warzone becomes a platform, it intends to use it to not only tie future releases like Black Ops Cold War together, but also as a location for marketing events, much like Epic’s Fortnite....

Those with the Season Three Battle Pass will find 100 Tiers of new content, including two new free weapons: the M1916 Marksman Rifle and the Nikita AVT Assault Rifle. If you purchase the Season Three Battle Pass, you’ll get Task Force Harpy Operator Mateo Hernandez instantly at Tier 0. Two other Harpy Operators, Florence Carter, and Kim Tae Young will appear later in the store. Completing in-game challenges will earn you two more weapons: the Sledgehammer and the H4 Blixen SMG....

During this time you will have access to over 20 maps and 10 modes including the new Mayhem Multiplayer map, Arms Race, Ship Haus, and others. In Mayhem, you get to stomp around a 1950s monster movie set on this new map. Despite its tiny layout, you’ll feel large as you battle through a small-scale replica of a metropolis. You will fight around skyscrapers in the center of the map, surrounded by an outer path where you can traverse an ocean or move off-set....

In the patch notes for the Call of Duty: Warzone Season 3 update, Raven Software has confirmed that Warzone will add Nvidia DLSS support, after it was promised by the company back in January 2021. Better yet, the company has published a video showing off exactly what you can expect. It boasts that you could see a performance boost of “up to 70%” if you turn DLSS on, which is a pretty significant hike....

This comes from The Verge, which recently received a statement from head of Xbox Phil Spencer. “In January, we provided a signed agreement to Sony to guarantee Call of Duty on PlayStation, with feature and content parity, for at least several more years beyond the current Sony contract, an offer that goes well beyond typical gaming industry agreements,” wrote Spencer in the statement. It had already been noted that the next three Call of Duty games would launch on PlayStation, which obviously includes the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2....

It’d be nice to see the machines focus less on hitting another resolution bump to 8K and instead see them double-down on performance, for instance. When it comes to game franchises, I think Microsoft has a real golden opportunity to dig deep and bring back or reboot some old franchises - Fable, Perfect Dark, Banjo. But you know what I really want from the next generation, unlikely as it may be?...

Japanese publishing giant Capcom allegedly instructed staff to work in the office despite covid restrictions after the publisher fell victim to a ransomware hack. That’s according to local publication Business Journal – as reported by Kotaku – which claims that this took place even though Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency in some parts of the country. This instructed people to work from home or only have limited staff in an office due to concerns about the spike on covid-19 cases....

Polish games firm CD Projekt is facing fury from its own staff over its recently-launched Cyberpunk 2077. That’s according to Bloomberg, which reports that the firm’s board was met with employees frustrated about the state of the game in a video meeting held yesterday (Thursday, December 17). CD Projekt management faced questions about the company’s reputation, the unrealistic deadlines that were set for development as well as the long periods of crunch that staff had to endure....

The trailer shows off how the game will look on the console, which is a welcome thing to see after the publisher has opted to show PC, PS4 or Xbox footage of the game off previously. The trailer takes us on a quick tour through the world based on Ancient Greek mythology, showing us some of the gods and monsters we’ll have to fight as we uncover the game’s secrets....

The Joker will be the latest fighter to join the Mortal Kombat 11 roster on January 28 as part of the early access period for Kombat Pack owners. Kombat Pack owners will also have access to new DC-themed character skins that same day, including Time Lord of Apokolips kins for Geras and the Elseworlds Skin Pack featuring the Darkest Knight Noob for Saibot, reptilian Killer Kroc for Baraka and Katwoman of Outworld for Kitana....

The game, which you can pre-order from today via the Nintendo eShop, will launch on the system on April 7. You will be able to turn off enemy encounters in the game, as well as play that eponymous Radical Dreamers portion of the game – a side story that connects both Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger. Until now, we’ve not been able to play this game outside of the SNES adapater that was only available in Japan....

Players of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will likely already be familiar with the HARP (a.k.a. High-Altitude Reconnaissance Plane). It’s been one of the most popular killstreaks — technically called scorestreaks these days — in BOCW since it was introduced in that game’s first season. Warzone players wanting to join the fun should act as soon as possible to try out the HARP for themselves. How to get the HARP killstreak in CoD: Warzone In order to get the HARP, you need to complete a satellite uplink at one of the Sat-Link locations around the map in Verdansk....

Yes, admittedly this is an odd comment, but one that producer Yoshinori Kitase appears to be making in reference to the original PSP version of the game. “If a game’s original hardware is no longer manufactured, it can be difficult to play the title. Crisis Core is an example of that,” Kitase explained in a PlayStation Blog interview (thanks, GamesRadar). “Of course, it would be possible to use cloud technology to play the game at its original specs, but the truth is that after Final Fantasy VII Remake fans have higher expectations towards the graphics....

Earlier this year, Square Enix sold off a number of its IPs and a few of its studios to Embracer Group, which included the rights to Legacy of Kain, as well as Crystal Dynamics. Of course, that led some fans to hope that this could mean some kind of revival for the series, as what better time is there than now? Well, Kain fans might be in luck, as Crystal Dynamics has released a survey (which you can fill in here) asking some questions that certainly make it seem like it’s interested in bringing the series back....

CD Projekt Red announced today it has moved its Cyberpunk 2077 stream to June 25, after originally being planned for June 11. The delay was noted via the game’s official Twitter account. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) June 2, 2020 During the stream, we expect a new look at gameplay and possibly the developer’s plans for DLC which, according to the company’s last call to investors, will be similar in scope to what was released for The Witcher 3....

As you’d expect, it’s been rated M for mature. The description of the rating lets us know how the board came to this decision, and among all of that information there’s a bit about character customisation, in which you can apparently choose the size of your bits. I’ll go for a modest wang please, game. Here’s the section in question: “The game contains nudity and sexual material: Players can select a gender and customize their character; customization can include depictions of breasts, buttocks, and genitalia, as well as various sizes and combinations of genitals....

The big CD Projekt Red data leak that occurred at the start of the week seems to be causing even more trouble now as more details emerge about the game’s development process. As uncovered over on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, the censorship flags seemingly point towards the company using the character to refer to content that’d have to be cut in China. In case you’re out of the loop, Winnie the Pooh became a lighthearted way for people across China to mock their president, Xi Jinping, a few years back....

From pre-order sales alone, Cyberpunk 2077 has already recouped all costs from the game’s development and marketing. This has been confirmed by the management board of CD Projekt S.A. A short financial report states that “the estimated licensing royalties receivable by the Company in association with pre-order sales of Cyberpunk 2077 across all of its digital distribution channels have exceeded the sum total” of both “development expenditures related to the game” as well as “the game’s marketing and promotional costs borne by the Company - either already incurred or anticipated for the remainder of 2020....

Compared to the edgier, grittier and action-packed trailers for Cyberpunk 2077 seen so far, this takes a more mature and sombre tone, heightened by the song playing over it, a cover of Samurai song ‘Never Fade Away’, performed by P. T. Adamczyk & Olga Jankowska. “Test of a person’s true value?” asks Keanu Reeves’ Johnny Silverhand in its opening. “Death - facing it, staring it down.” The trailer is light on specific plot details, focusing instead of some moody close-ups on a number of key characters you’ll meet in Night City....

Joint CEO at CD Projekt Red, Adam Kicinski, explained during the studio’s latest earnings briefing that calling the multiplayer facet of the game a ‘mode’ is, in fact, something of a misnomer. According to Kicinski, CD Projekt Red is actually viewing multiplayer more as a ‘standalone product’. “So, first, we don’t call it modes,” Kicinski stated during an earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha. “It’s a separate dedicated production, a big production....