Activision Blizzard appears to be struggling these days, as revenue and earnings fell compared to the same quarter last year. Let's take a look at the headline numbers, and see what those metrics can tell us about Activision stock today and in the future. Management commentary on some of the details may help us understand the struggles facing the company. Revenues and Earnings Get Clocked In the...
By CCN: Face it: No one plays Call of Duty for the single-player campaign. So gamers should take heart that the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer preview teases Infinity Ward's most ambitious multiplayer experience to date. Traditionally, the Call of Duty games have allowed for competitive multiplayer matches generally sporting about 6 to 12 players per mode. However, the next title in the...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fans, rejoice! Infinity Ward is bringing back killstreaks, but in keeping with the game's controversial rollout, what should have been a universally-popular announcement has many questioning whether Activision went too far. Killstreaks were a staple of the Call of Duty franchise before they inexplicably disappeared in favor of snooze-worthy "scorestreaks." Modern...
Not satisfied with Sekiro's heavy focus on themes of death amid an ultra-violent world of otherworldly specters and sword-wielding apes capable of downing the player with one fell swoop, a modder has taken it upon themselves to replace our favorite resurrecting shinobi with none other than Woody from Toy Story. Sekiro Toy Story Mod Turns Woody Into a Murderous Psychopath That's right, the anxious...
Infinity Ward has released new footage for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, slated to hit stores on Oct. 25, which hints at the most mature and sophisticated CoD entry to date. The raw footage follows on from last week's tedious reveal stream featuring a handful of YouTubers navigating the 2v2 Gunfight mode with infantile squealing and asinine comments to match. After a backlash from uninspired fans...
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is hard - unforgivably hard. If you stand among the countless players who've given up in the face of Sekiro's inherent difficulty, then a new easy mod may be just what the doctor ordered. The freshly-released PC mod developed by modder Tender Box allows players to drastically scale down the difficulty of From Software's latest and fastest-selling IP. Among the tweaks...
In the wake of mass layoffs that saw over 800 employees leave the company back in early 2019, Blizzard is once again hiring for identical positions in what ex-employees are branding a cynical move. A job opening for a Hearthstone community manager listed on Blizzard's careers portal earlier this week sparked the controversy. Among the divisions that felt the full force of the axing was the...
