Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 appears to be sticking to its announced November 14 launch, despite a wave of social-media-led speculation that the game could arrive a week earlier — and when you untangle the evidence, logistics, and publisher behavior, the conservative conclusion is the most...
Glen Schofield’s off‑hand worry at Gamescom Asia — that Call of Duty could lose its identity and creative momentum now that it sits inside Microsoft’s gaming empire — has become more than an industry conversation starter; it forces a closer look at how megacorporate ownership, subscription-first...
Activision says the Black Ops 7 beta delivered a meaningful drop in cheating, with Team RICOCHET reporting that nearly 99% of matches were cheater‑free by the end of the beta — a result the company frames as the strongest beta anti‑cheat performance in Call of Duty history.
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Activision’s anti‑cheat team says the Black Ops 7 beta delivered an order‑of‑magnitude improvement in match integrity — and if the early numbers hold, players may finally see the kind of cheater‑free experience the franchise has struggled to provide in recent years.
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Treyarch has given players one more reason to keep their controllers charged and their killstreaks ready: this week’s Black Ops 7 beta has become a live laboratory for rapid changes, community-driven adjustments, and a high-profile anti-cheat stress test — and while one outlet reported the open...
The Black Ops 7 beta is handing out a tidy collection of cosmetics and a couple of hidden Dark Ops calling cards — and they’ll move with you into the full game if you earn them during the test window. Whether you’re dipping in for a handful of hours or settling in to grind levels or rounds of...
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta went live this week—and within hours a widespread launch blocker had already surfaced: players who should have Early Access are being refused entry with a blunt message that reads, “You don’t have access to the content.” The error has appeared across PC and...
Steven Spielberg nearly directed a Call of Duty movie — and the story of how that almost-happened illuminates a larger, unavoidable tension at the intersection of blockbuster Hollywood and corporate-owned videogame IP: creative auteurs want the freedom to shape tone and audience, while...
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Call of Duty’s relentless march toward ever more advanced technology has reached a new inflection point: with the official announcement that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will strictly require both TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot enabled on PC. This move, instituted by Activision and implemented through a...
Call of Duty: WWII, a World War II-themed first-person shooter released in 2017, enjoyed a renaissance in player numbers this July as it landed on PC Game Pass for the first time, drawing in a vast new wave of players lured by nostalgia and the allure of a “new” classic. But in what is now a...
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The recent announcement of "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7" at the Xbox Games Showcase 2025 has sent ripples through the gaming community, marking a significant milestone in the franchise's evolution. Developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, this installment is set to launch in 2025, continuing the...
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I spent a good chunk of the recent long weekend plowing through Call of Duty—not solely because the adrenaline of narrowly escaping digital demise is preferable to, say, mowing the lawn, but because there's never a dull moment in this ever-morphing, sometimes confounding shooter universe. Yet...
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“Smells like a new car,” remarked one hopeful commentator on this tantalizing development in the Call of Duty universe. And we have to admit, it might just smell like freshly upgraded servers, leveling up Call of Duty's notorious latency issues. Let’s break this down.
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Windows 11 users, brace yourselves. If you’ve recently encountered a notification promoting the newly-released Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 or even suggestions to sign up for Microsoft Defender using a Microsoft 365 subscription, you’re not alone. This latest move by Microsoft to push game and...
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