A new Activision patent suggests that Call of Duty players may soon be able to share their custom weapon loadouts directly to social networks. As reported byGameRant, thepatentdescribes a method “for creating and sharing customized video game weapon configurations in multiplayer video games via one or more social networks is provided.” The feature could allow popular Call of Duty streamers to directly share their game builds with followers. The patent would apply to Call of Duty’s Gunsmith, a feature which enables users to customise their weapons with attachments, perks and special ammunition types in recent instalments such asWarzone,Black Ops Cold WarandModern Warfare....

Activision has revealed some of the new content coming to Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone in Season 5. Launching on July 24, Season 5 will introduce WWE Operators including Rhea Ripley and cel-shaded multiplayer maps, among other features. The Season 5 launch trailer, which is viewable below, also shows new multiplayer maps Bait and Yard, plus map variants Toonoxide (Rust) and Celship (Shipment) Superstore, a popular point of interest from originalWarzonemap Verdansk, is coming to current map Urzikstan too....

Capcom says it’s “considering how to approach” making new Mega Man games in the future. While a number of retro compilations of older Mega Man titles have been released in recent years, entirely new entries in the series are few and far between. The releases of Mega Man 9 in 2008, Mega Man 10 in 2010 and Mega Man 11 in 2018 have marked the only major Mega Man games in the past 15 years....

Konami has released Castlevania Dominus Collection, its latest compilation of classic Castlevania games. The compilation brings together the three Castlevania games released for theNintendo DS: Two bonus titles are also added: the original arcade version of Castlevania called Haunted Castle, and a reimagined version called Haunted Castle Revisited. The collection is available to download now onSwitch,PS5,Xbox Series X/SandSteamat a price of $24.99 / £19.99. Each game features new quality of life features including quick save and rewind....

Console Wars, a new card game published by gaming outlet Xbox Era, has been announced. “to win the Console Wars, content is king, and intellectual property ownership of the best games is everything,” reads a description for the game. “In order to emerge victorious, players will need to battle for ownership of four full sets of IP across multiple genres, from action-packed first-person shooters, iconic platformers, and deep, complex RPGs”....

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course has debuted a new theme song to open the game’s DLC. The Delicious Last Course, which will finally release this week after having originally been scheduled for release in 2019, brings with it all-new bosses and levels, in addition to the new theme song for the game. The original intro music, which became popular when the game first released in 2017, has been replaced with a song featuring Ms....

CD Projekt Red is still planning to release Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer features and at least two game expansions, according to a datamine of the game’s latest patch. Cyberpunk 2077 version 1.3– the game’s biggest patch to date – was released last week and made more than 40 GB of changes onPC. According to an analysis of the update’s game files by content creatorTyler McVicker, the 1.3 update has made sweeping changes to Cyberpunk and its engine....

Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase expects development of the second entry in the project to be “more efficient” than the first. The episodic project was announced at E3 2015, but aMarch 2020 release datefor part one ofFinal Fantasy VII Remakewasn’t confirmed until earlier this week. It’s still unclear how many releases the project will span, but in excerpts from an upcomingSquare Enixinterview,Kitase saidthe level of content being created for each entry is comparable to that of a full game....

Electronic Arts is to launch a cloud gaming trial as part of a technical test of its Project Atlas technology. In a Mediumpost, Ken Moss, chief technology officer atEA, called the closed trial an important milestone in the company’s journey towards a future where its players “can engage and enjoy anytime, anywhere, and on any device”. Featuring FIFA 19,Titanfall 2,Need for SpeedRivals and Unravel, the trial will be focused on cloud gaming onPC....

Electronic Arts has added a further 23 patents to its ongoing ‘patent pledge’. The pledge was initially launched in August 2021, withEAoffering to share five of its previously protected patents which improved accessibility for players. This has grown to 15 patents over the past few years, and now a further 23 have been added, bringing the total to 38 patents. According to EA, any other game developer can use these patents without having to pay any money or risk being sued....

EA has said it will “move beyond linear, sequential Sims releases” as it sees the future of the series as more than one title. Outlining its vision for the franchise on Tuesday, the companysaidit plans to create a number of new Sims experiences while continuing to support The Sims 4 in a big way. The most recent numbered entry in the series was released 10 years ago this month and is played “by more than 80 million people”, according to its publisher....

EA has released the first F1 24 gameplay, which is viewable below. There’s over 13 minutes of footage, showcasing a range of weather conditions and camera angles across five circuits: De Spa-Francorchamps, Monaco, Silverstone, Lusail International and Shanghai International. Featuring anew handling model and a revamped Career mode,EA SportsF1 24will be released on May 31forPS5,PS4,Xbox Series X/S,Xbox OneandPC.

Stellar Blade’s Steam port has been a huge hit, managing to smash PlayStation’s concurrent player count on PC for single-player games. PlayStation‘s biggestPCsuccess isHelldivers 2, which launched last year. The game, which was released on both console and PC concurrently, reached 458,709 players at its peak. However, the newly released PC port ofStellar Bladehas quickly become PlayStation’s biggest PC single-player success. The port, which was released last week, reached 192,078 concurrent players according toSteamDB....