The new season for Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Vanguard is officially live for PC and consoles, bringing in plenty of fixes and new content.
Current and former Treyarch developers who worked on the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Black Ops Cold War have spoken about their experiences with crunch at the studio.
Activision recently announced that Call of Duty: Warzone 2 is in development, but it seems a mobile version of the battle royale experience might be in the works as well.
Infinity Ward co-studio head Patrick Kelly has confirmed that all games in the series going forward will run on the same engine.
Both games are "designed together from the ground-up" and will use a new engine, with the Warzone sequel being billed as "a massive evolution of battle royale."
Improvements will be made to movement, bugs, performance and streaming, connectivity, and much more.
It seems a sequel to the battle royale shooter is going to be announced soon. It is allegedly built from the ground up for current-gen consoles.
Microsoft says it intends to keep releasing Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games as multiplatform titles even beyond existing agreements.
Overwatch 2 has been in the works for a long time, but recent developments might be pointing to an incoming beta for the hero shooter.
"The responsibility for that definitely hits home," Xbox boss Phil Spencer says about the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Industry analyst Michael Pachter Sony purchased Bungie "out of desperation" in response to Microsoft's string of purchases.
Activision says 2022 will see Blizzard Entertainment deliver "all-new mobile Warcraft content into players’ hands for the first time."
A full-fledged sequel to the free-to-play battle royale shooter is allegedly in the works, and will release for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.
A Bloomberg report states that contractual obligations will see Activision releasing at least three new Call of Duty games on PlayStation despite its impending acquisition by Xbox.
Sony needs to act fast to realign.
Staff at Raven Software, after having been on a strike for a number of weeks, has announced that it's officially unionizing.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick suggests that Microsoft will be able to do more with certain franchises than they've been able to until now.
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier also notes that there's "cautious optimism" about the merger and Bobby Kotick's departure along with a "fear of layoffs."
Phil Spencer says that, "We had to look at that forward plan and ensure we had a kind of confidence in that” when pursuing the acquisition.
"Sony is an important part of our industry, and we value our relationship," says Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who recently had conversations with Sony leadership.
