Activision has released a Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War trailer showing off one of the game’s new multiplayer modes, Fireteam: Dirty Bomb. The 40-player mode sees 10 teams of four players competing to locate and deposit uranium into bombs before detonating them. “Each detonation causes radiation to leak out to large areas of the map, scoring points for the team that ignited the bomb and transforming huge portions of the map into radioactive hazards for everyone,” according toTreyarch....

Activision has launched a new Call of Duty Vanguard multiplayer free access period. While previous free access promotions have included a selection ofVanguard’s multiplayer content, the latest one includes the game’s entire online experience. It’s running now through 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm BST on May 24. Call of Duty Vanguard and Warzone Season 3, which is called Classified Arms, launched on April 27. Vanguard introduced a new multiplayer map called Mayhem, which is set in a 1950s monster movie set, while Warzone’s ongoing Operation Monarch eventunleashed King Kong and Godzilla on Caldera....

A pair of Call of Duty: Vanguard writers have said they want to help create two sequels to the game. Discussing the upcoming shooter and its prequel comic during a New York Comic Con panel,Sledgehammer GamescontractorSam Maggssaid she hopesVanguard’s characters can become new mascots for the blockbuster franchise over multiple series entries. “We came into this process saying, ‘how do we make the iconic CoD characters?’ because you don’t really have that in Call of Duty right now,”she said....

Capcom has responded to Dragon’s Dogma 2 players who have criticised the game’s use of microtransactions as well as performance issues on PC. While the gamereceived glowing pre-release reviews, following today’s launch it has had a ‘mixed’ reception onSteam, where just 40% of over 9,300 user reviews are positive. Players discovered on Friday thatthere are 21 separate DLC purchasesavailable on day one. Disappointment appears to stem from the fact that some of them are for things that players feel should be easier to obtain in-game for free....

Charizard Tera Raid kicks off again today, Thurdsday, December 15, in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. This marks the second weekend that the “Unrivaled” Charizard will appear. ThePokemonpromises to be the strongest in any raid battle in Scarlet and Violet, with an expected level of 100. Because Charizard can’t normally be found in Paldea, catching this Pokemon is going to be a huge task. Players will only be able to do so once, although they can battle it infinitely....

The developer of increasingly controversial MMO The Day Before has finally released a promised gameplay video, a week after it was delayed under what was perceived by some to be suspicious circumstances. Developer Fntastic delayed the second most wishlisted game onSteamby eight months last week, after what it claimed to be a surprise copyright claim on the name of the game. This statement came hours after the studio said The Day Before’s Steam page had disappeared due to a “minor technical difficulty....

CD Projekt Red has explained how gender customisation works in its highly-anticipated RPG Cyberpunk 2077. Level designer Max Pears told VGC atTokyo Game Showthat players will be able to mix and match gender voices and body types, but that genitalia will be defined by the latter. Cyberpunk is set to feature fully nude sex scenes. Pears also revealed that one way the game is attempting to be inclusive for all players is by having NPCs refer to the player character, V, by name instead of gender....

The recent Cyberpunk 2077 resurgence has now seen the game register a higher concurrent player count on Steam than The Witcher 3’s all-time record. As noticed by analyst @BenjiSales, the game has attracted 104,827 players concurrently, whereasThe Witcher 3’s all-time peak player count is 103,329. Therecent spike in playersfollows the launch of the game’s1.6 patch, which added various new features and improvements, and coincides with a half-price discount onSteam....

Disney CEO Bob Iger’s deputies are reportedly pushing him to consider acquiring a major game publisher like Electronic Arts. That’s according to a newBloombergfeature examining the current state of Disney, which claims senior executives want Iger to explore the possibility of transforming the company from a gaming licensee to a gaming giant with major first-party capabilities. However, Disney’s boss is said to have been noncommittal about the prospect of acquiring a game publisher....

Latest update7th Jan 2025 / 1:00 pm There’s a new Dragon Soul code for the new year. Dragon Soul codescontinue to drop as the bold and colourful anime adventure picks up steam onRobloxwith near-weekly updates. Dragon Soulis an action role-playing game that switches up the usual goal of adapting the One Piece franchise by using Dragon Ball instead. It’s a typical bandit beater with a new lick of paint, butnew Dragon Soul codescan keep it feeling fresh....

Players who bought the Early Access version of Dreams will be able to unlock the full game three days ahead of its official release date. The pre-release version of the game – which was available to purchasebetween April and December 2019at a reduced price – will be upgradeable to the full version via a patch releasing on February 11 at 12pm UK (4am PT / 7am ET),Sony saidon Tuesday. ThePS4exclusive, which is developed by LittleBigPlanet and Tearaway studioMedia Molecule,officially launches on February 14....

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson says it’s “all in as a company” on Battlefield 6, and that it “isn’t just a product” but the start of a new platform. In a Q&A during its earnings call following the publication of its Q1 results for FY2016, Wilson was asked to talk aboutEA‘s marketing strategy forBattlefield 6and how it differs from that of previous editions. Wilson replied that this time the company isn’t treating Battlefield 6 as a single product, but rather as the start of a Battlefield platform, with more details to come later this week....

Fallout 76 has hit a major player milestone, according to publisher Bethesda. “Thank you to the over one million of you who adventured with us inFallout 76in a single day,” the publisher said on Tuesday. “… and almost five million across all Fallout games in a single day,” it added in a follow-up post onX. “It’s amazing to see the large influx of new Appalachian Adventurers, and how our awesome community has welcomed them!...