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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Critical Consensus

Innovations in the campaign don't quite make up for uncomfortable moments in what critics overall deem a fun but imperfect Call of Duty title

Oct. 28, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

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Diablo Immortal launch can't save Activision Blizzard's Q2

Revenues down 28% year-over-year, but franchise's free-to-play mobile debut pushes Blizzard engagement up modestly

Aug. 1, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

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Auto-aim cheat tool shuts down at Activision request

User Vision makers said their "intent was never to do anything illegal"

July 15, 2021 Marie Dealessandri

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Activision takes Call of Duty Warzone trademark fight to court

After 2017 browser game objects to trademark filings, publisher asks a judge to determine rights

April 12, 2021 Brendan Sinclair

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Activision Blizzard sued over Call of Duty character

Film writer Clayton Haugen alleges his concept images were used as a basis for Modern Warfare's Mara

Feb. 4, 2021 Eric Van Allen

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Call of Duty has brought in $3 billion in past year

Activision's shooter franchise breaking records with mainline releases reinforced by Warzone and Call of Duty Mobile

Dec. 4, 2020 Brendan Sinclair

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Nintendo spent over $14m on TV ads in March

No other gaming brand cracked $1 million in TV ad spend last month

April 13, 2020 Rebekah Valentine

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Activision goes after Reddit to expose Call of Duty leaker

DMCA subpoena issued to identify user who posted new screenshot

Feb. 24, 2020 Brendan Sinclair

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Call of Duty tops EMEAA chart for third straight week

Death Stranding debuts in second spot on the charts as Need for Speed: Heat races into third place

Nov. 15, 2019 Brendan Sinclair

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Call of Duty: Mobile surpasses 35m downloads in just three days

Mobile spin-off becomes No. 1 app in over 100 countries on App Store

Oct. 4, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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Bungie - "We need to dispel the notion Activision was some prohibitive overlord"

Destiny 2 developer discusses whether the game's big changes this year were related to splitting from its original publisher

Aug. 26, 2019 Brendan Sinclair

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Call of Duty: Mobile will launch outside of China

Activision and Tencent unveil free-to-play title, confirm launch in North America, South America and Europe

March 19, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Why From Software chose Activision to publish Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

"When From Software knocks on your door and says 'hey, we wanna make a game,' you have only one answer right?"

Aug. 28, 2018 Ivy Taylor

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Call of Duty mobile game in works for China

Activision and Tencent working on free-to-play first-person action game to debut in coming months; Timi tapped to develop game

Aug. 2, 2018 Brendan Sinclair

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Hirshberg stepping down as Activision Publishing CEO

Head of Call of Duty and Destiny publisher leaving in March after eight years in role

Jan. 18, 2018 Brendan Sinclair

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Call of Duty: WWII tops $1 billion worldwide

Activision says military shooter and Destiny 2 are 2017's top grossing console games in North America

Dec. 20, 2017 Brendan Sinclair

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Call of Duty storms back to WWII

Critical Consensus: First reviews for military shooter suggest a return to form after last year's Infinite Warfare, but opinions are split on quality of campaign mode

Nov. 6, 2017 Brendan Sinclair

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Call of Duty World League returns with $4.2 million prize pool

Largest Call of Duty prize pool to date as Activision expands esports offering

Oct. 26, 2017 Ivy Taylor

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Patent that pushes microtransactions through multiplayer granted to Activision

The "exploratory" systems have not been implemented into any games as of yet, publisher says

Oct. 18, 2017 Ivy Taylor

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Destiny 2 hits 1.2 million concurrent players

Bungie's sequel reached that level last Friday, three days after its console launch

Sept. 11, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Activision Publishing cuts staff

Disappointing year prompts layoffs at studios including Infinity Ward and Beenox

Feb. 10, 2017 Brendan Sinclair

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Tesco games exec joins Activision

Jon Hayes new channel controller at COD publisher

Jan. 28, 2016 Rachel Weber

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Destiny: The Taken King breaks PlayStation download record

Expansion is most downloaded day-one game on Sony consoles

Sept. 17, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Disney, Activision both claim landslide victory in toys-to-life category

Publishers highlight dueling sales figures as Nintendo enters race with 2.6 million Amiibos sold in US

Jan. 16, 2015 Brendan Sinclair

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Call of Duty 2015 Championship set for March 27-29

Activision's official Advanced Warfare tourney set for LA with $1 million prize pool at stake

Jan. 8, 2015 Brendan Sinclair