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Activision admits the complete Call of Duty experience no longer fits on an original PS4

The latest Call of Duty game collection may now be too big to fit the base 500GB PlayStation 4 hard drive (via IGN). According to the official Call of Duty blog, if you want to have the latest Call of Duty: Warzone update and the full Black Ops: Cold War and Modern Warfare package on… Read more

HGiG explained: what is HGiG? How do you get it? And should you use it?

Home Advice (Image credit: LG / Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sony) While gaming formats such as 4K@120Hz, VRR and ALLM are now getting plenty of attention, one that you may not have heard of is HGiG. That might partly be because HGiG isn’t really a format (at least not yet), but rather a set of… Read more

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remaster coming to PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch

The very good remaster of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 is hitting next-gen consoles and the Nintendo Switch this year. The game will launch on the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S on March 26th, but there’s no specific release date for the Switch release beyond “2021.” The game was first released… Read more

How to watch BlizzCon 2021

After canceling BlizzCon 2020 due to the pandemic, Blizzard is back — earlier than usual in the year — for BlizzCon 2021. Blizzard is actually calling it “BlizzConline 2021.” Expect to hear updates on anticipated titles, including Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, and perhaps a sneak peek at the rumored Diablo 2… Read more

E3 2021 may be digital as ESA says it’s ‘transforming’ the gaming showcase

The Entertainment Software Association has announced that E3 2021 is happening this year, and it could be going digital, according to Video Games Chronicle. The event will be held from June 15th through June 17th. “We can confirm that we are transforming the E3 experience for 2021,” an ESA spokesperson told The Verge. “And will… Read more

GoldenEye’s canceled Xbox 360 remake leaks online, and it’s playable

A remake of the Nintendo 64 classic GoldenEye 007 has leaked online, and it’s playable on PC using an emulator, Video Games Chronicle reports. The game, which was originally destined for the Xbox 360’s Live Arcade service, includes the original single-player campaign, as well as local split-screen multiplayer, but online multiplayer and leaderboards are reportedly… Read more

Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 aren’t launching this year

Blizzard has two huge sequels in the works, but it looks like neither will launch this year. During its most recent earnings call, Activision Blizzard revealed that it doesn’t expect Overwatch 2 or Diablo IV to be part of its 2021 financials, suggesting both will launch in 2022 or later. Technically, this doesn’t represent a… Read more

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 remake studio will now focus exclusively on Blizzard games

Vicarious Visions, the studio that developed Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and the remake for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, has been reassigned within Activision Blizzard, GamesIndustry.biz reports. Moving forward, the studio’s team of about 200 people will now be “fully dedicated to existing Blizzard games and initiatives.” That means for any games… Read more

The Call of Duty League’s second season will kick off in February

The second season of the Call of Duty League will begin play next month. Today, Activision Blizzard announced that the CDL regular season for 2021 will kick off with an opening event from February 11th–14th, though the actual schedule and matchups have yet to be determined. The league debuted last year with an ambitious plan… Read more

Steam Winter Sale 2020 has started – Christmas promotions for PC games. There are also sales at Ubisoft and EA Origin stores

The annual Christmas sale on the popular Steam platform has started. The Winter Sale is considered to be the hottest promotion period on Valve’s digital distribution store, although it has to be admitted that the discounts are getting more modest every year. Finding a good offer is therefore more and more difficult, which does not… Read more

Why Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is my game of the year

I’m not sure if anyone was really asking for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2. I know I wasn’t. The series’s reputation had never been lower after Activision ran it into the ground, first through over-exposure and finally with the disastrous comeback attempt that was THPS 5. In fact, almost the exact same idea… Read more

50 years of video game history in one graph

The video game industry has registered sales for 165 billions of dollars in 2020: a study by Pelham Smithers shows how the success of the sector has increased over time, even if the factors that have decreed it continue to change by Rosario Grasso published 25 November 2020 , at 15: 51 in the Videogames… Read more

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Ray tracing and DLSS performance test

Autumn always brings new versions of immortal tapeworms, among which the most common are Assassin’s Creed, FIFA, Need for Speed and of course a real veteran – Call of Duty. Although the current year brought a lot of serious problems and bitter disappointments, with the power of the powerful Activision, he miraculously spared fans of… Read more

Black Ops Cold War is a great game trapped inside Call of Duty

At 17 years old, Call of Duty is not quite America’s longest war, but it’s close. When I went into the single-player story mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, I knew what to expect: a pleasing shooting gallery with familiar narrative twists (there’s always a nuke about to go off) and re-shuffled… Read more

Black Ops Cold War is four Call of Duty games all competing to take over your hard drive

Image: Activision The new Call of Duty is a bloated mess, even when the individual parts succeed It’s impossible to discuss the new Call of Duty game without mentioning its size. The sheer magnitude of the software, in total gigabytes, has become perhaps the most defining and talked-about aspect of the long-running shooter series since… Read more