Call of Duty: Heroes hits 30M downloads (update)
Call of Duty is a juggernaut on home gaming consoles and PCs — and it’s finding players on mobile as well. Activision announced today...
Call of Duty World League champions look back on a year of Black Ops III esports
The road to the Call of Duty Championship isn’t an easy one. It’s filled with gut-wrenching losses, surprise upsets, and an ever-shifting play field...
Optic Gaming takes North American finals for Call of Duty World League
Optic Gaming won the finals of the North American Stage 1 Finals for the Call of Duty World League esports tournament. Over the weekend,...
How Treyarch and MLG got Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s live-event viewer working in 3 weeks
Starting today, publisher Activision is kicking off the finals for the first stage of its Call of Duty World League competition, and the company has...
Here’s why King gave away its 2D mobile game engine Defold
‘Tis the season of giving for game engines. King Digital Entertainment acquired the Defold game engine back in 2014 to make two-dimensional mobile titles....
E3’s organizer says that its show isn’t dead yet
At least four major video game publishers have dropped out of the show floor for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the giant gaming extravaganza...
Activision joins EA in abandoning the Electronic Entertainment Expo’s show floor
The publisher exodus from one of the gaming industry’s biggest trade events continues. Activision announced today that it is going to have the new Call...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Activision closes King deal, and new Pokémon announced
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Fire Emblem: Fates is a hit, we learn more about the Iron Maiden mobile game, and...
Activision Blizzard adds a few hundred million users as it closes $5.9B King acquisition
Call of Duty and Candy Crush Saga are now married. Activision Blizzard today completed its $5.9 billion acquisition of King Digital Network, the maker of...
Call of Duty saw double-digit growth in 2015, now has more players than ever before
Nothing can stop Call of Duty. Activision Blizzard revealed that its popular shooter franchise is alive and well while releasing the financial results for...