call of duty

Call of Duty still sits comfortably near the top of the U.S. console play charts while Battlefield 6 — despite being the best-selling shooter of the year — has cooled on consoles and even slipped out of Circana’s recent top-ten weekly engagement snapshot. This divergence between sales and...

The Fallout crossover is live in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone — and if you want the free Sturmwolf 45 SMG and the premium Ghoul operator as fast as possible, the shortest path is a focused XP sprint that stacks every legitimate multiplier and repeatable objective available. Background /...

Vince Zampella’s death in a single‑vehicle crash has sent shockwaves through the games industry: the veteran developer, co‑founder of Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainment and a driving force behind Call of Duty, Titanfall, and Apex Legends, died at 55 after a high‑speed collision on the...

Microsoft has begun rolling out Gaming Copilot — a Copilot‑branded, voice‑first AI assistant embedded into the Windows Xbox Game Bar — that promises to learn from what you play and give contextual, in‑game help using screenshots, voice, and your Xbox account history. Background / Overview...

A Windows Central reporter reached Prestige in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 using only multiplayer in roughly 15 hours of in‑game time — a sprint that exposes both how fast modern Call of Duty progression can be pushed and why that speed comes at a real cost to players’ time, attention, and...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 ships with the largest Mastery‑camo ecosystem the franchise has offered in years — 16 unique Mastery camos spread across Campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone — and the unlock patterns are both more player‑friendly and more sprawling than recent entries, meaning...

The launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has landed with a thud for players who expected a traditional single‑player experience — the campaign is built as an always‑online, co‑op‑first mode with no pause, no persistent out‑of‑session checkpoints, aggressive AFK handling, and live updates that can...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s “New Zealand trick” — changing your console or account region to New Zealand so local midnight unlocks become available earlier in North America — is a practical shortcut being shared across gaming communities, but it carries technical caveats, platform quirks, and...

Microsoft’s Xbox schedule for the week of November 10–14 lands like a seasonal double‑feature: a blockbuster, subscription‑first shooter in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, paired with a flood of ports, remasters, and indie arrivals that together illustrate how Xbox’s platform strategy now mixes...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 lands on Xbox Game Pass this week, arriving as the biggest headline in a jam‑packed slate that pairs blockbuster first‑person action with a surprising number of cozy indies and strategy staples — and the week’s mix underscores the highs and limits of a...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 arrives on PC with a clearly tiered set of system requirements, an enforced firmware-level anti‑cheat posture, and a timed preload window — all of which matter for anyone planning to play at launch or in the first few weeks after release. Background / Overview Beenox...

Microsoft’s November Game Pass cadence opens with a heavy hitter and a handful of sharply contrasting indies: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will arrive as a day‑one Xbox Game Pass release on November 14 across Cloud, Console, and PC, while an eclectic lineup that includes Dead Static Drive (November...

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. Background Call of...

Battlefield 6 arrives on October 10, 2025, riding the highest pre‑launch wave the franchise has seen in years — a blockbuster open beta that drew hundreds of thousands of concurrent players on Steam — and with that excitement comes the same hard questions the series has faced after several...

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. Background / Overview Call of...

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...