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Court docs show Activision-Blizzard helped a gun manufacturer market to ‘young consumers’ in Call of Duty title
Just when you thought that Activision-Blizzard news might finally slow down now that Microsoft's officially acquired it, no less than the Wall Street Journal...
Destiny 2 adds new weapons, details Checkmate mode updates, and confirms Season 23 gunsmith tweaks
The end of the week always means a newsletter from Destiny 2, and this edition of the post features another round of updates for...
Destiny 2 opens threads for PvPer input, tests new PvP modes, and promises PvP playlist restructuring
PvP players in Destiny 2 are very often the sort to have opinions, so in order for Bungie to leverage that input without exposing...
Activision announces rollout of AI-assisted voice chat mod tools for its Call of Duty series
Keeping toxic voice speech under heel in FPS games might sound like a Sisyphean effort, but Activision is giving it the old college try...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming shares some multiplayer SWAT action from Ready or Not
Backseat Streaming is back once more with another new-to-us title: the multiplayer tactical SWAT FPS Ready or Not. Join MOP's Chris and MJ live...
Arcadegeddon is a multiplayer roguelite PvPvE shooter all about saving a hometown arcade
How far would you be willing to go to save a gaming arcade? Would you be willing to inject yourself into a "super-game" to...
Hawked is a new team vs. team PvPvE extraction shooter that’s entering PC open beta August 3
Are you ready for another PvPvE extraction shooter to come over the horizon? Whether you are or not, MY.GAMES is rumbling forward with Hawked,...
Bandai-Namco will sunset Gundam Evolution after barely a year
We've got some bad news for fans of Gundam Evolution: Bandai Namco is already shutting it down, and though the company doesn't give a...
Overwatch 2 recaps Flashpoint, talks balance, and teases next hero
The Invasion update of Overwatch 2 continues to be the topic of conversation for the shooter's director Aaron Keller in his latest dev blog,...
Free-to-play PvPvE shooter The Division Heartland confirms closed beta test for PC on June 27
Back in May 2021, Ubisoft unloaded a whole slew of plans for its shooter series The Division, including the reveal of The Division Heartland,...
Overwatch 2 brings story missions, hero mastery missions, and a new support hero August 10
While Overwatch 2 has certainly made plenty of gesticulations towards competitive Season 5, a lot of what Blizzard initially claimed as the reason for...
Fortnite’s latest season adds dino riding, Optimus Prime, and the ‘this is fine’ meme
If that headline isn't already a clue, the new season of Fortnite that was announced earlier this week has a lot going on. And...
Post-apocalyptic MMO shooter Ashfall opens registrations for July’s closed beta
Announced last fall, Ashfall raised some curious eyebrows with its post-apocalyptic "adventure shooter MMORPG" format. We've only heard a little bit about it since...
Fortnite celebrates Ramadan with Lantern Fest 2023 as players start releasing Unreal Creator content
The celebration of Ramadan might primarily be about introspection and religious restraint, but it also is marked with lanterns lighting the streets, and it's...
First impressions of Destiny 2’s Lightfall – through the lens of a long-lapsed player
Destiny 2 and I have a long and kind of weird history. I was along for the ride when this game first launched primarily...
Ashfall provides a brief peek at its crafting system and some of the high-level items players can make
The NetEase post-apoc MMO shooter Ashfall is back once more with another quickie dev blog that's all about crafting. Or at least a short...
The Front is a new survival shooter coming in 2023 with 10 ‘distinct survival indices’ to track
Heads-up, folks, we got a new MMO acronym comin' in hot: survival-open-world-crafting aka SOC. Will it stick? Well, Samar Studio's new "SOC" called The...
Team Fortress 2 promises ‘a full-on update-sized update’ for its next summer event
By all accounts, Team Fortress 2 is just another cog in Valve's wider automatic money printing machine, devoid of any of those pesky things...
Destiny 2 plots adjustments to seasons, challenge, and activities to fight against perceived predictability
According to game director Joe Blackburn, Destiny 2 updates have become a bit too consistent, leading to the sense that updates are predictable and...
Dysterra announces a free weekend on Steam, launches Season 2 update with new maps, weapons, and items
Dysterra might have made its early access release just this past November, but it apparently is rushing forward into Season 2, which is the...
