Tag: Call of Duty

  • Call of Duty Removes Popular Esports Figure Nickmercs Skin

    Call of Duty Removes Popular Esports Figure Nickmercs Skin

    The culture wars surrounding pride month have reached the gaming world. Nickmercs is a content creator for – and co-owner of – FaZe Clan, a popular esports company. According to his profile on the FaZe Clan website, he has 4 million YouTube subscribers, 6.2 million Twitch followers, 2.5 million Instagram followers, 2 million Twitter followers,…

  • Summer Game Fest Showcase Roundup

    Summer Game Fest Showcase Roundup

    This year’s E3 substitute is underway with Summer Game Fest, a weeklong showcase of game trailers, announcements, and awkward devs talking on stage. The opening show went live today, and boy, did it have some interesting things to show (sarcasm, maybe?) Here’s the breakdown: Street Fighter 6 As usual, this year’s Summer Game Fest is…

  • Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion

    Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion

    Microsoft has added publisher and developer Activision Blizzard to its arsenal of titles, including the majorly popular Call of Duty franchise, for a cost of $68.7 billion. The announcement on Xbox Wire states, “As a team, we are on a mission to extend the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We all…

  • REVIEW: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020)

    REVIEW: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020)

    The Starbucks latte of first-person shooters is back again, and similar to last year’s soft reboot/prequel of Modern Warfare, in 2020, we have a soft reboot/sequel to Black Ops. Call of Duty campaigns never fail to deliver the big-budget thrill moments, but their quality varies pretty widely when it comes to gameplay, design, and story.…

  • REVIEW: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)

    REVIEW: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)

    I have been a fan of Call of Duty my whole life, but I sadly stopped purchasing the games in the past couple of years because I wasn’t a fan of buying yearly installments. Now, after four years of not playing Call of Duty, I have sunk multiple hours into Infinity Ward’s newest addition to…

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare First Impressions

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare First Impressions

    This year’s installment of Call of Duty is a new and interesting change to the standard Call Of Duty formula the previous games have used. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare changes up the structure that the other games built off, making this one feel different in both a refreshing but frustrating way. Multiplayer is jam-packed…