Destiny 2 announces Forsaken expansion, a shot at redemption
Bungie today revealed plans for Destiny 2‘s second year, which includes a new expansion — Forsaken — for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and...
Game biz analyst Michael Pachter takes on E3, esports madness, and cloud gaming
Michael Pachter, currently at Wedbush Securities, has been an analyst on video games for decades, and he is never shy about sharing his opinions...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 — how and why Treyarch changed multiplayer combat
Game publisher Activision and its development studio Treyarch unveiled Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on Thursday at an event at an aircraft hangar...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 — why Treyarch chose a different path
Rob Kostich manages the Call of Duty franchise at Activision Publishing. And this year, that means he is overseeing Treyarch, the studio that is making this...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will have a battle royale mode with a big map
Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia confirmed something that shouldn’t come as a surprise: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will get a battle royale mode called...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on PC will use Blizzard’s Battle.net
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will use Blizzard Entertainment’s Battle.net online gaming service. The switch from Activision’s own service to Blizzard shows increasing cooperation...
How Fortnite is affecting Activision and Call of Duty
Call of Duty could get a battle royale mode when Black Ops 4 launches in October, but last player-standing shooters like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 gets ‘significant dedicated resources’ on PC
Activision won’t reveal the details of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 until its May 17 event, but it did make some promises about...
Overwatch League viewership is growing, and expansion teams are coming
Viewership for Overwatch League esports broadcasts is growing, and Activision Blizzard is engaged in negotiations to add more expansion teams this year. Blizzard Entertainment...
Call of Duty’s in-game revenues are growing despite Fortnite
The battle royale shooter Fortnite is a pop-culture phenomenon and a juggernaut in the video games sector, but it hasn’t had a detrimental impact...