Gulf War apparently the first. Word on the street is that future Call of Duty games will expand their single-player offerings with open world campaigns. The first of these will be this year's entry, which is supposedly Black Ops Gulf War. That's according to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, who has heard from sources that the open world-style missions in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be built upon for subsequent releases. Gulf War will apparently be the first game built with this structure in mind. Read the full article on pushsquare.com ..read more

From the Tony Hawk dev Neversoft. Footage from a scrapped Call of Duty game has surfaced online, revealing in development gameplay of its single player and multiplayer offering. The project was reportedly meant to take the Call of Duty: Ghosts slot in 2013 and would have been the franchise's first entry set in the future before it was cancelled. The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater studio Neversoft was producing the game. In the two videos published on the internet, a series of single player missions can be seen and then two minutes of video showcases a level on the moon. You can catch that below, and t ..read more

Sitrep. Developer Raven Software is one of several Activision studios responsible for Call of Duty, with the company considered the face of maintaining and managing the ongoing Warzone side of things. Last week, we brought you word of the game's vaunted Season 1 Reloaded update buckling the game, and Raven has issued an apology, explaining what went wrong. Raven posted its mea culpa on Twitter, and the developer said it had been caught with its pants down, "laying the groundwork for the return of some fan favourite features in upcoming seasons", part of which inadvertently went live in the upd ..read more

Self-inflicted. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone players excited to jump into the shooter's vaunted Season 1 Reloaded might want to hold off, as it appears some fairly catastrophic bugs have broken containment. Players have been sharing their experiences of the update so far, which really must be seen to be believed. IGN has been chronicling the affair, which has players unable to get into games, and when they do, are being hit with gameplay glitches and strange visual issues. It's quite surprising to see the AAA shooter in such a state, but developer Raven Software is already on the ..read more

This timeline is confusing. The Call of Duty machine will keep chugging along, whether the games are well received or not. This year's entry may not go down as a favourite, but perhaps a future one will regain your interest. Not only have we had reports about 2024's Call of Duty, we're now also seeing word about where the series is heading in 2025. In a new report from Insider Gaming, it's said that the Call of Duty game planned for release in 2025 will be a direct sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and set in the year 2030. It'll be a return to the near-future setting after a long stretch o ..read more

Ready for deployment. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is locked and loaded for a 10th November release, and it’s Sledgehammer's turn in the spotlight. At Gamescom, we were treated to a "campaign premiere", which looks predictably slick and may entice us for that aspect alone, just as last year's Modern Warfare 2 managed to do. We're shown the opening minutes of the first campaign mission, called "Operation 627". Players will return to Verdansk, although this time, seeing it from a new perspective and facing a new threat. A direct sequel to Modern Warfare 2, it picks up immediately after the eve ..read more

"It's just been such a sh*t year for games". Call of Duty developers that levelled criticism at Kratos voice actor Christopher Judge for joking about the length of Modern Warfare 3's campaign at The Game Awards have walked their initial comments back, citing frustration at the industry's current state. After Judge's joke (which was self-deprecating at its core, making light of how long he spent on stage last year), several Tweets from Call of Duty developers went viral, with plenty of strong opinions from fans of both franchises thrown in for good measure. Read the full article on pushsquare.c ..read more

Judge and jury. Kratos’ voice actor Christopher Judge has p*ssed off the Call of Duty team, after he roasted Modern Warfare 3’s campaign prior to presenting the Best Performance award at this year’s The Game Awards. The actor – who infamously rambled for several minutes when he grabbed a gong last year – said: “Fun fact, my speech was actually longer than this year’s Call of Duty campaign.” The latest from Sledgehammer Games has attracted strong criticism for its half-baked single player mode and recycled multiplayer maps. In our Modern Warfare 3 PS5 review, we described it as a “truly anaemic ..read more

Historic, allegedly. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is not a good game – in fact, it may be one of the worst entries in the series, aside from spin-offs like the abysmal outsourced PS Vita release. With a Metacritic score of just 56 for the PS5, this dismal edition of the annual first-person shooter series is tussling with titles like The Lord of the Rings: Gollum as one of the worst of the year – not exactly the kind of accolade you’d expect to be attributed to a billion-dollar blockbuster brand. <related ids="158372"> Read the full article on pushsquare.com ..read more

Desert Shield, Desert Storm. With the bloated, undercooked, and outdated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 still fresh in our collective consciousness, it's only fitting that a new report would out next years offering well in advance. Developed this time by Treyarch, Call of Duty 2024 will reportedly be another entry in the Black Ops series, set during the First Gulf War. According to multiple sources, Windows Central's Jez Corden reports that Call of Duty 2024 will focus on the CIA and explore the United States's role in the often-overlooked conflict. Additionally, previous leaks indicate a retu ..read more