Microsoft worried about Activision Blizzard’s reputation
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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”
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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
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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
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Wednesday, 02 September 2020 14:02

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
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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
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Wednesday, 12 February 2020 10:38

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
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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
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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.

More games hop on Nvidia Ray Tracing train
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Including Cyberpunk 2077, Watch Dogs: Legion, COD: Modern Warfare, and more

Nvidia was quite keen to announce that some of the big AAA game titles like Cyberpunk 2070 and Watch Dogs: Legion will be ray traced with CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 as one of the biggest names around.

Activision Blizzard securities fraud investigation started
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Is a first person court-room shoot-up on the cards?

Law firm Pomerantz has issued a shareholder alert and, it says, is investigating Activision Blizzard and its “officers” for possible securities fraud or other “unlawful business practices”.