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News Call Of Duty: MW3 Gets Surprise 48-Hour Xbox Discount For Black Friday
A slight saving if you're interested
As you're probably well aware, over 1000 games were discounted for Black Friday 2023 on the Xbox Store last week, but we've had a few more since then - including a surprise discount for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Yes, even though this wasn't advertised ahead of time, Call of Duty: MW3 is currently 15% off...
News Call Of Duty: MW3 Sets 'New Modern Warfare Engagement Records'
A "historic launch" under the Xbox banner
Although Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 didn't have the best reception at launch and reportedly had a rushed development cycle, it's still performed like no other game in the series before, setting all-new records. According to a
Poll Which Call Of Duty Title Will You Be Most Excited To Play On Xbox Game Pass?
Microsoft is working on bringing them over
Eventually, lots of Call of Duty games will head to the Xbox Game Pass library thanks to Microsoft's mammoth Activision Blizzard deal. The team is still working behind the scenes to get CoD on Game Pass, but it'll happen eventually once everything is worked out by Xbox, Activision and al
News Call Of Duty: MW3 Removes Some Maps Due To Unfavourable Spawns
The team is investigating the issue
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 arrived on the Xbox and various other platforms this week, and it seems there have been some teething issues. One, in particular, that has created some problems for players is a multiplayer spawn glitch, where players restart in the same location over and over again. Activision and...
Report Modern Warfare 3's Campaign Had 'Shortest' Dev Time For A New Call Of Duty In Years
It was assembled in "roughly 16 months"
Alongside the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 today, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier has published a story about the game's rushed development. One bit of information, in particular, is the mention of the campaign's development cycle. Prior to the "harsh reviews", developers were "forced" to finish...
News Here Are The First Impressions Of The Call Of Duty: MW3 Campaign
What do the critics think?
As you likely know by now, "early access" for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 campaign is now underway and we've even got some early reviews from a number of outlets, sharing their first impressions. Unfortunately, it's not going down very well so far, with some critics now beginning to reveal their own thoughts on the...
News Activision Explains Larger File Sizes For Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
"Due to the increased amount of content"
If you're struggling to find space for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on your Xbox, you're probably not alone. In fact, Activision has now issued a statement via social media addressing the game's file sizes across all platforms. The reason it's so much "larger than last year" is tied to the "increased...
News Some Xbox Fans Aren't Happy About 'Intrusive' Call Of Duty: MW3 Ads
Boot up your Xbox and take a look
The marketing for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is well and truly underway, and now that Microsoft has finalised the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it seems it's even getting in on the action. Today, alongside the "early access" preload and campaign launch of Modern Warfare 3, Microsoft is running large ads...
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Campaign 'Early Access' Is Now Live
"The next chapter in Modern Warfare is here"
Update [Fri 3rd Nov, 2023 00:05 GMT]: The campaign "early access" for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has officially gone live. You can choose between the Vault Edition and cross-gen / standard edition. Original story [Thu 2nd Nov, 2023 01:00 GMT]: The release of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is...
News Xbox Adds Another New Dynamic Background For Xbox Series X|S Owners
Celebrating the arrival of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
To celebrate the arrival of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this month, a new MW3-themed dynamic background is now available to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S owners. To apply it, you'll need to head over to the Settings menu > Personalisation > My Background > Dynamic Backgrounds...
"Drop into two painstakingly-recreated Battle Royale maps"
For quite a while now we've known that one of Xbox's biggest goals with its Activision Blizzard acquisition is to grow in the mobile gaming space, and a new Call of Duty blog post shows us a little bit about why that goal is already coming into view. As part of the Call of Duty franchise's...
Reaction Seriously, Microsoft Doesn't Care About Using Call Of Duty To Sell Xboxes
"We have no goal of trying to use Call of Duty to get you to buy an Xbox console"
We've seen Microsoft move away from the goal of sheer console sales for years now - the team has almost given up the ghost with PlayStation and has accepted that Sony is likely to sell more systems for the time being. Having said that, the acquisition of Activision...
News Phil Spencer Welcomes PlayStation's Call Of Duty Fans, Confirms No Xbox Exclusive Content
"I want you to feel part of the community"
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been talking a bit more about Call of Duty plans in today's interview on the Official Xbox Podcast, including what PlayStation players can expect from the franchise in the future. As he's said before, Spencer reiterated that he wants PlayStation fans to feel part of the Call...
News Activision Blizzard Reveals Plans For Bringing Games To Xbox Game Pass
"We’ve been getting some questions"
It's looking very likely that this will be the week that Microsoft announces the closure of the Activision Blizzard takeover, and ahead of that point, ActiBlizz has taken to Twitter to reveal what Xbox fans can expect on Game Pass. In a nutshell, it seems we won't be getting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or...
News Call Of Duty's Biggest Ever Xbox Sale Is Now Live, 40+ Deals Included
Celebrating its 20th anniversary
Call of Duty fans, this is your moment! Xbox is hosting the biggest ever Call of Duty sale in its history this week to celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary, with over 40 deals included across many classic CoD titles. Unsurprisingly, this includes a bunch of the popular Xbox 360 games as well as more modern...
News Xbox Backwards Compatibility Had A Major Effect On July's UK Charts
Two Xbox 360 games made the top ten!
Last month marked the Xbox Ultimate Game Sale for 2023, and we mentioned at the time how Call of Duty had essentially taken over the "Top Paid Games" list as a result, with many of the series' Xbox 360 titles selling very well. That's now translated to the official UK gaming charts for July 2023, which saw...
News Call Of Duty Game Page Update Confirms Modern Warfare 3 For Xbox One
Past-gen platforms are still in Activision's sights
There's reportedly been some confusion about the platforms Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming to later this year and whether or not this upcoming release includes Xbox's previous generation hardware. According to IGN, the official Xbox game page for the new entry in Activision's first-person...
News Xbox 360 Call Of Duty Titles See Huge Player Spikes Following Server Update
The classics are still poppin'
Last week, we caught wind that the folks over at Activision and their various Call of Duty studios had made some positive changes to how the old Xbox 360 games were running online, so naturally, we went back and had a look to see how things were going. As it turned out, online matchmaking did seem to have improved (we...
News Microsoft & Sony Sign Binding Agreement To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation
Phil Spencer confirms
Update: It's now been confirmed Microsoft has committed to a 10-year deal for Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony has also confirmed this with Axios. "While Microsoft’s initial announcement doesn’t mention 10 years for Call of Duty on PlayStation, Kari Perez, head of global communications at Xbox, confirmed the 10-year
News Classic Call Of Duty Matchmaking Appears To Have Drastically Improved On Xbox
That's some coincidence
The Call of Duty series in particular has been a hot topic since Xbox moved to acquire Activision Blizzard, and for good reason - it's still hugely popular and would be a great get for Xbox. Well, that popularity extends as far back as the early Xbox 360 days, and funnily enough, those titles seem to have received an...
News Xbox's ActiBlizz Deal Seems Closer, But Some Game Pass Arrivals Could Be Delayed
A recent CMA report mentions COD on Game Pass
Following yesterday's blockbuster news that the FTC's attempted injunction against Microsoft has been denied, the Activision Blizzard deal going through feels closer than ever. Even so, the acquisition is still not confirmed by any means, and a remaining authority that still needs winning over has also...
News The Original COD: Warzone Is Shutting Down, And Fans Aren't Happy About It
"RIP to the greatest BR ever!"
In the latter part of last week, it was announced that Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera — otherwise known as the original version of Warzone before 2.0 came along — would be shutting its servers on September 21st, 2023. In a message to fans, it was explained that the focus was now on "future Call of Duty content...
News Xbox Boss Promises To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation (Again)
As long as Sony is up for it
Head of Microsoft's gaming division Phil Spencer has today been asked a lot about the future of Activision Blizzard under the Xbox banner. One question, in particular, that came up was in regards to Call of Duty, and whether or not the company would continue to release the series on PlayStation. As long as Sony is...
News Jim Ryan Wasn't Overly Concerned About Call Of Duty Xbox Exclusivity
"We’ll be OK, we’ll be more than OK"
There's been a narrative for some time now that PlayStation was worried about Microsoft pulling Activision's blockbuster Call of Duty away from its own market. However, in a Microsoft FTC trial update, a private email from PlayStation boss Jim Ryan to former SCEE president Chris Deering, quoted during the...
News COD Going Xbox Exclusive 'Would Not Significantly Harm Competition', Says EU
The European Commission weighs in
Well, Xbox's huge Activision Blizzard deal has been officially approved in the EU! The region is happy with the concessions Microsoft has made in regards to cloud gaming, and going off some of the statements in its new report, the European Commission wa
News Call Of Duty 2023 Reveal Reportedly Coming In August, Zombies Mode To Feature At Launch
Update: The game is reportedly 'Modern Warfare III'
[Update - Thurs 7pm]: The same source at Insider Gaming is now reporting that Call of Duty 2023 will indeed be titled 'Modern Warfare III' - a direct sequel to 2022's Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This year's game will reportedly contain "campaign, multiplayer, zombies, and a new Warzone 2 map...
News Call Of Duty: MW2 Multiplayer Is Now Free-To-Play For A Full Week On Xbox
Dive into the Season 3 content
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 is in full swing as Infinity Ward finally starts adding sizable chunks of content to the game's multiplayer mode. To celebrate its latest DLC drop, the team is unleashing a free trial version of MW2 multiplayer today, and it's available for one full week. You'll probably want...
News Jim Ryan Fears 'Serious Damage' If Xbox Degrades Call Of Duty For PlayStation
"Our business would never recover"
As we've already highlighted on Pure Xbox, the UK CMA recently announced it was no longer concerned about the impact of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover on the console market, which led to a response from Sony suggesting the findings were "surprising, unprecedented, and irrational". As part of this, Sony...
News Activision Won't Allow Sony's 'Disappointing Behaviour' To Impact Long Term Relations
Bobby Kotick says they're doing it for the players
The ongoing battle between Microsoft and Sony has been a long and difficult process with Activision Blizzard essentially caught in the crossfire. It's notably stalled Activision's own plans, and has evidently taken its toll on some of the company's key figures (with Sony refusing to sign the Call...
News Sony Has 'Sufficient' Time To Develop Call Of Duty Alternatives, Says Microsoft
When taking a 10-year deal into account
The UK CMA has published another new document related to the ongoing Activision Blizzard saga this week, this time focusing on Microsoft's responses to the CMA's questions at a recent remedies hearing. You can take a look at the
Random Xbox's Phil Spencer Finds The Humour In Ridiculous Call Of Duty Meme
"Ok, that's pretty good"
We've seen Microsoft handing out a lot of 10-year deals to guarantee Activision Blizzard games (and particularly Call of Duty) on a variety of platforms in the future, so unsurprisingly there are plenty of memes cropping up! One of those memes actually caught the attention of Xbox boss Phil Spencer earlier this week, when...
News Xbox Teams Up With 'Ubitus' For Latest 10-Year ActiBlizz Partnership
"Our commitment is to give more players, more choice."
Following yesterday's agreement with Boosteroid to bring Xbox and Activision Blizzard games to the service in the future, Microsoft has penned another 10-year deal today with cloud gaming provider "Ubitus". Xbox boss Phil Spencer says the deal will allow Ubitus to take advantage of Xbox PC...
News Microsoft Isn't Currently Talking To Sony About The Call Of Duty Deal
Other companies are happy to sign 10-year deals
Microsoft yesterday signed another 10-year deal with cloud platform 'Boosteroid' - similar to the 10-year deals it did with Nintendo and Nvidia for Call of Duty. Sony's offer is apparently still on the table, but it seems it's come to a complete halt. In a small update via a story by The Wall Street...
News Modern Warfare 2 Free Update Trailer Showcases First 'All-New' 6v6 DLC Map
Along with a bunch of classic COD game modes
Activision and Infinity Ward have just dropped their official launch trailer for Modern Warfare 2 Season 2 Reloaded, and it gives us a proper look at the game's latest free map and what else is coming in this update. 'Himmelmatt Expo' is a brand-new 6v6 multiplayer map arriving with tomorrow's free...
News Microsoft Is Running Full-Page Newspaper Ads About Call Of Duty On Xbox
"More games, for more players on more platforms"
We've seen that UK regulators have been some of the toughest to convince for Microsoft, so the company is going on the offensive to convince the nation that its Activision Blizzard deal will be good for gaming. As spotted by The Verg
Report Xbox Feels UK CMA Has 'Significantly' Overestimated The Impact Of COD Exclusivity
If it ever happened
The UK Competition and Markets Authority is one of the various regulatory bodies currently overseeing Xbox's Activision Blizzard deal, with the authority consistently hypothesising why the deal could, and possibly should, be blocked. One of those reasons is related to Call of Duty, with the CMA even suggesting that
News Phil Spencer: Xbox Won't 'Play The Game' Of Adding Exclusive Content To Call Of Duty
"I know this is part of the industry..."
Xbox boss Phil Spencer appeared in a new interview earlier today with the YouTube channel Xbox On, where he talked about a variety of topics including the games he's been playing, January's Xbox Developer Direct and much more. Primarily though, the interview was centred around Microsoft's ong
News Xbox Says It's Offering 'Better Deal' Than Sony's Current COD Contract, Which Expires In 2024
"It's a better deal for Sony than the one they have right now"
Microsoft has been very upfront about offering Sony 10 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation following Xbox's Activision Blizzard acquisition, an offer also extended to Nintendo this week. Even though the likes of Nintendo have now accepted the deal, the PlayStation owner is yet to accept...
News Microsoft Signs Binding Contract To Bring Call Of Duty To Nintendo
Update: Brad Smith clarifies his comments
Update (Tue 21st Feb, 2023 23:55 GMT): As part of today's European Commission hearing, Microsoft's Brad Smith clarified his comments from earlier in the day to explain that his mention of a "contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo's gamers" was focused around Call of Duty. You can see what he said down...
News UK Authority Proposes Excluding Call Of Duty From Xbox Activision Blizzard Deal
Amongst other potential changes
The UK CMA has today published a new report on its ongoing investigation into Xbox's ActiBlizz deal, and there's a lot to unpack here in regards to the likelihood of the purchase actually going through. While there are plenty of wrinkles to this report, much of the focus is once again centred around Call of Duty. The...
News Call Of Duty 'Full Annual Premium Release' Set To Launch In 2023
Water is wet
Activision Blizzard's latest financial report is now out for public viewing, or at least a summarised version of it is via the company's investor website. New ActiBlizz financials means one surefire thing - plenty of talk about Call of Duty. Alongside lots of boasting about how much money last year's Modern Warfare 2 made — along...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (December 15-18)
For Odin
Xbox has unveiled its latest set of Free Play Days titles for the coming weekend, and we've got a pretty fantastic selection across Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S! Ubisoft's mammoth open world RPG Assassin's Creed Valhalla is here, alongside 2K's latest WWE title and Dragon Ball: The Breakers. Assassin's Creed Valhalla
News Microsoft President Talks 'Disappointment' With FTC Over Call Of Duty Proposal
Report says Microsoft's offer was "shrugged off"
The latest update on the Activision Blizzard deal has arrived this Wednesday courtesy of a report from Bloomberg, along with some comments from Microsoft President Brad Smith at the Microsoft Annual Shareholders Meeting 2022. According to the report, Microsoft offered to sign a lega
Report Microsoft Offers Sony The 'Right' To Include Call Of Duty On PlayStation Plus
But the deal hasn't been accepted yet
We've heard on many occasions that Microsoft has proposed a 10-year deal to Sony to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, but now a new report is suggesting that PlayStation Plus might be involved as well. According to Bloomberg, Microsoft has offered Sony "the right to sell
News Gabe Newell: Valve Trusts Microsoft, 10-Year Call Of Duty Offer 'Wasn't Necessary'
"Phil and the team have always followed through..."
Yesterday, Microsoft announced it had "committed to continue to offer" Call of Duty on Steam after the planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard. As reassuring as it is, it seems Valve co-founder and CEO Gabe Newell was never really worried in the first place. Speaking to Kotaku, Gabe revealed...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Explains How Call Of Duty Will Work On Nintendo
It'll take a while to "get into the rhythm", he says
Microsoft dropped a big announcement on us earlier today in relation to Nintendo, confirming that a 10-year commitment would see Call of Duty coming to that platform - as long as the company is successful in acquiring Activision Blizzard. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has revealed a bit more about...
News Microsoft Enters '10-Year Commitment' To Bring Call Of Duty To Nintendo Platforms
CoD will also continue to be offered on Steam
Following on from yesterday's news about Microsoft offering Sony a 10-year deal to keep the Call of Duty franchise on PlayStation, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has now delivered another huge update. In a brief post on social media, the Xbox boss announced Microsoft had entered into a "10-year...
Brad Smith gives his views
Yes, it's another one of these stories! Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith has today been discussing the potential of an FTC lawsuit over the company's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, confirming in the process that Microsoft has not only offered Sony a 10-year deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, but...
Feature Warzone 2.0 Is A Massive Visual Improvement Over Its Predecessor On Xbox Series S
Proper 'next-gen' support!
So, we've been playing quite a lot of Warzone 2.0 since its launch on Xbox last Wednesday, and the good news is that both the 'battle royale' and the 'DMZ' modes are a ton of fun so far! Our playtime has been split fairly evenly across both Xbox Series X and Series S (in part due to the brilliant xScreen), and the game is...
Guide Best Warzone 2 Settings: Xbox Series X And Xbox Series S
Dropping in
Warzone 2 has been out for a few days now, and we've already dropped into Al Mazrah plenty of times on both Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The good news is that both versions of the game are very solid, although our opinion on the best Xbox settings does vary a little bit between the two current-gen consoles. So, here are our best...
