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The RPS Selection Box: Hayden’s bonus games of the year 2022

January 1, 2023RockPaperShotgun

These honourable mentions lists are a lovely little wrap up of games we couldn’t squeeze into the 2022 Advent Calendar, and mine is also a useful reminder that I didn’t just spend the entire year playing Elden Ring. Lots of time was spent as a lowly tarnished, getting smacked around by big fucken madlads with a dragon for an arm, sure. But I also got lost in a thrilling narrative adventure, laughed at flatulent renditions of our national anthem, swept up loot in Al Mazrah, and became enamoured with a lil gator. Here’s to 2022, everyone. Read more

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Modern Warfare 2 suplexes Christmas with festive multiplayer makeover

December 20, 2022RockPaperShotgun

Shipmas arrives in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 tomorrow, with the game’s Christmas update for multiplayer. The reimagined version of the classic Shipment map – introduced with last week’s Season 01 Reloaded midseason update – will be festooned with decorations, along with the bodies of your enemies. COD now has its own Santa, too, and I wouldn’t want to tangle with him. You can see what I mean, and catch a glimpse of the holiday version of Shipment, by watching the trailer below. Read more

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Warzone 2.0 gets a temporary Rocket League mode on Wednesday

December 12, 2022RockPaperShotgun

Football may not have come home this year, but it is coming to Call Of Duty: Warzone 2.0. A limited-time mode introduced with Season 01 Reloaded’s launch on Wednesday will see two teams of three knocking a big football about on ATVs equipped with special pulse abilities, in classic Rocket League fashion. The developers are also bringing back Mini Royale, popping up a new building in the DMZ mode, and adding a new map to the multiplayer mode that you actually need to own Modern Warfare 2 for. Read more

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Call Of Duty Warzone 2 review: a worthy successor

November 23, 2022RockPaperShotgun

Not long ago I watched my Warzone Legacy, a two-minute-long compilation of my best stats from the first game, which included my K/D ratio and hours played and the like. It was undoubtedly produced by AI to feed the social media machine, yet the cold, hard numbers transported me back to the warm embrace of Verdansk, a battle royale map my mates and escaped to almost every evening as the pandemic raged. The silly 120 second video shot me right in the feelings. My history with the first game means that I enter Warzone 2 with an embarrassing tangle of…

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Warzone 2 patch makes armor piercing ammo no longer pierce armor

November 23, 2022VG247

In one of the strangest updates we’ve seen to Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty has decided AP rounds no longer PA. What do you call armor-piercing ammo that doesn’t pierce armor? That’s the question hot on the lips of the Call of Duty community right now as it comes to terms with a very strange update from the latest patch in Warzone 2. Have you seen Warzone 2 in action yet? We’ve already taken a look at what the Modern Warfare 2 patch notes contain over in our dedicated article, but there’s another set of changes…

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The Cha Cha Slide arrives in Warzone 2

November 22, 2022RockPaperShotgun

Warzone 2 is many things: battle royale, free-to-play, chock-full of guns. One thing I hadn’t thought of it as, at least until now, was a dance simulator, but then I’ve never used Tiktok. A cunning Warzone 2 player has managed to convince the enemy team to abandon their hostilities and indulge in a spot of shuffling to DJ Casper’s classic turn of the millennium hit Cha Cha Slide. It’s an odd choice, particularly considering they’re jumping around in a cemetery, but each to their own. Read more

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Bad news, Warzone 2 players: the Cronus still works, and it’s ready to make your life hell

November 18, 2022VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The peripheral that provided unfair advantages in the first Warzone is still working. Bad news for those who hoped to avoid hardware-enhanced players in Warzone 2. The Cronus Zen — which allows owners to mod their equipment to provide unfair advantages — seems to work in Warzone 2.0 and Modern Warfare 2. One Youtuber — Lethal Panda — has multiple videos uploaded on the Cronus Zen, including one that shows how to set up a “soft aimbot” for Warzone 2,…

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Warzone 2.0’s loot system has players stumped and frustrated already

November 17, 2022VG247

Numerous complaints are flooding online? Is there substance here? Or just salt? Warzone 2.0 has a new looting system, thanks to an expanded backpack feature that offers greater space and as such looting options when you manage to kill someone or come across something tasty lying around Al Mazrah. The question on some players’ minds — is it too complicated? This comes only a day since the launch of Warzone 2.0, as the community runs around and plays with the habits fostered thanks to two-plus years of the original Warzone and its frantic and hasty looting system. Whereas before items…

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The original Warzone is going offline (but will return as Warzone Caldera)

November 10, 2022VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Activision is not shutting down Warzone entirely, but you won’t be able to play it for a few days soon. The original Warzone will not be sunset, after all. Activision has confirmed that, with the impending launch of Warzone 2.0, the existing game will not be replaced. However, it will be going offline for a time to make room for Warzone 2.0. For starters, the old game will be renamed to Warzone Caldera, to distinguish it from Warzone 2.0. That…

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Call Of Duty: Warzone’s limited-time Rebirth Of The Dead mode lets you become a zombie, arrives today

July 27, 2022RockPaperShotgun

If you were after an unhealthy dose of the undead with your Call Of Duty: Warzone, today’s the time to get stuck in as the Rebirth Of The Dead limited-time mode will arrive alongside Warzone’s big Season 4 Reloaded event. Developed by Beenox, it’s a revamped version of Zombie Royale with some tweaks to make it even more chaotic. Read more

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This Black Ops grenade launcher kill is a reminder of Call of Duty’s legacy of stylish trick shots

July 5, 2022VG247

An unbelievable shot brings back fond memories of trick shots long past Remember Call of Duty: Black Ops, the military First Person Shooter released from the clattering cages over at Raven Software and Treyarch all the way back in 2010. For some, it stays a fan-favourite for those with a taste for a touch of retro Call of Duty action, general nostalgia, or the heyday of trick shots with a variety of sniper rifles and of course the trusty grenade launcher. Memories of this golden age of spinning shots and mouse-trap-esque grenade routes across the many maps present in the…

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Xbox’s Phil Spencer reiterates company will recognize Raven’s union once Activision Blizzard deal is complete

May 27, 2022VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The company doesn’t have a relationship with the Communication Workers of America or Gamer Workers Alliance which supports Raven. Microsoft has reiterated it will support Activision Blizzard employees at Raven who voted to join a union. Back in March, the company said it would honor Activision Blizzard employees’ right to choose whether to be represented by a labor organization. Yesterday during a meeting, as reported by Kotaku, Phil Spencer said once the merger with Activision Blizzard is completed, the company…

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Gaming Gets Its First Union At A Major U.S. Studio

May 23, 2022Kotaku

Despite months of negative talking points by Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard, quality assurance staff at its Raven Software studio voted to unionize Monday, becoming the first union at a big studio in the U.S. The successful vote comes with talk of labor organizing picking up across the gaming industry as developers call for better pay, job security, and corporate accountability.

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Call of Duty: Warzone – When does Operation Monarch go live?

May 10, 2022VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Godzilla and King Kong are nearly here… Operation Monarch is just around the corner, the latest big event taking place in Call of Duty: Warzone PacificWarzone Pacific. In it, we’re due to see two legendary monsters show up on the shores of Caldera – KIng Kong and Godzilla! During this event, players will actually be able to take control of these monsters, using their abilities to wipe out the map using their distinct abilities. If you’re excited for this event,…

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Activision Blizzard shareholders approve the company’s $69 billion acquisition by Microsoft

April 29, 2022RockPaperShotgun

Shareholders in Activision Blizzard approved overwhelmingly to accept Microsoft Corporation’s offer of $68.7 billion (£54.66 billion) to acquire the company at yesterday’s Special Meeting of Stockholders. More than 98% of the shares voted in favour of the buyout offer, Activision Blizzard confirmed in a statement released on their website. The largest payment for a technology company in recorded history, toppling Dell’s acquisition of EMC Data Storage from 2016, it’s now expected the deal will conclude during Microsoft’s fiscal year, which ends on June 30th 2023. Read more

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