For a long time now, many have justified in-game cash shops with the phrase “it’s just cosmetic.” It’s a sentiment that makes sense on the surface, but I think it becomes harder to justify as games become more and more bent towards pushing those cash shop items. At what point is it too much? For…
Tag: Activision
Looks Like Activision Got Caught Using Al Content Again
Having never been a real fan of Call of Duty, I cannot personally speak to how recent entries in the series stack up to their predecessors. If the feedback from actual players is any indication, however, then it would seem that modern CoD games are no substitute for those of console generations past. Quality appears…
‘Pay-To-Win’ Bundles Cause Trouble in CoD: Black Ops 6
Well,here we are at the end of the year with one last bit of industry news. It’s kind of a shame to be ending things with a negative story, but that’s just how these things go I suppose. The story: Activision’s latest bundle for CoD: Black Ops 6 is causing more than a few players…
The Duck’s Top 5 Events of the Decade: From Sketchy Practices to Movies and Beyond
For the Duck’s own list of the top 5 most important gaming events of the last decade, I’ve got a mix of good and bad. On one hand, certain companies have gotten greedier than ever. In the middle, we have well-intentioned developers who attempted to deliver a good product, failed, then tried their best to…
Listmas 2023: Games for Mythology Fans
Mythology was always one of the most interesting topics I got to learn about in high school and college. It was on these occasions that school didn’t feel like a chore, and these were the few lessons that stuck in my head even into adulthood. Important dates and events in American history? Nope, I forgot…
The Era of Full-Price DLC Arrives with Modern Warfare 3
PC Gamer has confirmed the worst fears of Call of Duty fans and non-fans alike: the game is basically just glorified DLC. It is now confirmed that you must indeed launch Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 through Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The game has its own menus and such, but it must…
Xbox, PlayStation Sign a Call of Duty Deal
It looks like the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft will indeed be happening at some point. The deal took a major step forward this week thanks to a new deal between PlayStation and Xbox regarding Call of Duty. The long and short of it is this: Call of Duty will (for at least a while)…
Looks Like Microsoft is Going to Buy Activision Afterall
For a minute, it looked like Microsoft’s buyout of Activision was going to be averted thanks to the EU not being on board with the merger. Unfortunately, it seems these sorts of mergers are all but inevitable. It was just announced a day or so ago that the EU’s regulatory body, the European Commission, just…
Modern Warfare 2 Follows Missing Feature Trend
Welp, it looks like missing features at launch is just going to be a thing now. Like Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042 before it, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (the second one), is missing a lot of legacy multiplayer features. What the heck.
Modern Warfare May Be Returning to Steam
A banner for Activision’s upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (uh, 2022 version?) has been spotted on Steam recently. In fact, you might still be able to see it for yourself if you head over to Steam within the next few days.
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