Computer games are spying on you
Data gathering
It turns out that computer game’s companies are collecting shedloads of psychological data on players and there is concern about its use.
Activision sues German cheat makers
Claims EngineOwning outfit evaded anti-cheat tech
Activision has filed a federal lawsuit against German cheat makers EngineOwning and associated individuals for "trafficking in technologies that circumvent or evade anti-cheat technologies used by Activision to protect the integrity of Call of Duty games."
Microsoft worried about Activision Blizzard’s reputation
Head of Xbox is reviewing the relationship
Microsoft's head of Xbox said he's "evaluating all aspects of our relationship with Activision Blizzard and making ongoing proactive adjustments", in light of the recent revelations at the video game publisher.
Activision Blizzard walk out over boss’s “cover-up”
Failed to inform board of abuse allegations
A group of Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout and demanded the resignation of CEO Bobby Kotick after a Wall Street Journal report claimed Kotick failed to act decisively or inform his board of directors of widespread abuse allegations.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets system requirements
Up to 250GB of storage and RTX 3080 for Ultra RTX settings
Activision and Treyarch have released the new official PC trailer, as well as detailed full system requirements for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, scheduled to launch on November 13th.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets RTX trailer
Ray Tracing and DLSS 2.0
During its Geforce Special Event, Nvidia revealed a new Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War ray tracing gameplay trailer and the game will feature RTX effects as well as DLSS 2.0 support.
Call of Duty in far right conspiracy controversy
Gives rather too much attention to Yuri Bezmenov
Activision is in hot water over its Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s debut trailer which gives rather a lot of airtime to Soviet defector Yuri Bezmenov and become a rallying cry for far right conspiracy theories and the morons who peddle them.
Activision Blizzard flees GeForce Now
Is not saying why
Activision Blizzard is pulling all of its games from Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service and is not saying why.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare scores $600 million in sales
In the first three days of sales
Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare managed to beat previous records by raking in sales of $600 million in just three days.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare gets PC system requirements
Geforce RTX 2060 recommended for ray tracing
Both Activision as well as Nvidia have released updated PC system requirements for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare game and while not a lot has changed since the beta phase, there are some adjustments in system requirements.