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Call of Duty: Warzone isn't in a great state, and it doesn't matter if you're playing on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, or Xbox Series X. Not only are cheaters and hackers still leaving a negative imprint on the game, but the content hasn't been coming fast and hard enough. It's still printing money, and as long as it continues to do this, there's not a whole ton of incentive to spend the ...read more
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The Xbox division generated its highest ever annual revenue of $16.28 billion during the 2021 calendar year. As noted by Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad, the figure beat the previous record, set by Microsoft’s gaming division a year earlier, by 17.07%. Hardware revenue rose 63.3% year-over-year to $3.7 billion, with Niko Partners estimating that Xbox Series X/S consoles sold to ...read more
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Halo Infinite has enjoyed the best launch in the franchise’s history, according to Microsoft. During Microsoft’s second quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the game has been played by over 20 million players since its Xbox, PC and Game Pass release in December. Forza Horizon 5 has also attracted 18 million players since its release for the same platforms ...read more
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Activision Blizzard is reportedly committed to releasing at least the next three Call of Duty games for PlayStation consoles. That’s according to Bloomberg sources said to be familiar with the publisher’s plans following its pending $69 billion acquisition by Xbox maker Microsoft. Prior to the announcement of Microsoft’s takeover plans, Activision had already agreed to make another ...read more
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Blizzard is working on a survival game for PC and console set in "a whole new universe." The untitled project marks a whole new direction for the studio best known for the classic action-RPG Diablo, the MMORPG World of Warcraft, the real-time strategy StarCraft, and the team-based shooter Overwatch.
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Gran Turismo 7 has garnered plenty of excitement from long-time fans of the franchise. The upcoming title will be the first numbered Gran Turismo title since 2013's Gran Turismo 6 released in the twilight of the PS3 era and the first game in the series since 2017's Gran Turismo Sport. Now, with the announced release date less than two months away, recent events have a prominent leaker speculating ...read more
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Elden Ring from developer FromSoftware and Bandai Namco is set to release next month on February 25th for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, and PC. As has become fairly standard for big releases over the years, the developer has confirmed that there will be a day one patch. This was announced as part of a lengthy special broadcast from Bandai Namco that ...read more
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Techland has detailed the first months of post-launch support for Dying Light 2, which is arriving in just over a week. The devs have already pledged five years of content support for the sequel, but fans won't have to wait too long for the first story DLC to arrive, as it is scheduled for launch this June. On Twitter, the Polish studio revealed what to expect from Dying Light 2 shortly after ...read more
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Battlefield 2042 has dropped out of Xbox‘s ’50 most played games’ chart, less than two months after its release. As spotted by ResetEra user Theorry, the Microsoft Store’s list of the 50 most played Xbox games in the US no longer features EA‘s latest shooter. It doesn’t fare much better on the UK list, where it’s sitting at 44th place, which is uncharacteristically low for a ...read more
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The popular battle royale game PUBG recently changed business models and became a free-to-play game. That switch proved to be very successful, with developer Krafton announcing today that the game saw a 486% increase in new players in the week after the switch to free-to-play. That outpaces the player growth rate from back when PUBG initially launched in 2017. Krafton also announced that the ...read more
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