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Activision teases Call of Duty: 2020 in a basement in Warzone

Activision has teased its Call of Duty 2020 game, believed to be Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, in the Call of Duty: Warzone battle royale spinoff. The publisher hasn’t revealed it yet, but Doritos accidentally leaked information and the title about the next game, corroborating others that point to a 1960s Cold War setting, similar to 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. In case you haven’t…
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EA rebrands its subscription game services as EA Play

Electronic Arts rebranded its subscription game services — EA Access and Origin Access — under the EA Play brand name. The big video game publisher said that the EA Access and Origin Access subscription game services would get this new name and look starting August 18. The change suggests that EA cares about what consumers think about the name and that EA considers subscription game services…
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Apple has finally met its Fortnite match

Epic Games executed its most ambitious Fortnite live event yesterday, leading both Apple and Google to remove one of the world’s most popular games from their app stores. It was a well choreographed sequence of events designed to highlight the power Apple and Google hold…
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Ubisoft fires former Assassin’s Creed Valhalla creative director following an investigation

Ashraf Ismail, the former creative director for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, has been fired by Ubisoft, Bloomberg reports. Ismail stepped down from his role and took a leave of absence in June after a fan accused Ismail of lying about his marital status in order to pursue a romantic relationship with her. “As a result of investigations, Ashraf Ismail has been dismissed from Ubisoft and is no…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 review: time for a change

Five years since the first Apple Watch and a full seven years on from Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, we know what a smartwatch is. We know that it’s not going to replace your smartphone anytime soon, that it will need to be charged every day or two, and that its best functions…
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July 2020 NPD: Paper Mario and Ghost of Tsushima have strong debuts

Consumers are still turning to video games for their entertainment in the United States. While hardware sales have come back to Earth after a peaking sharply during the early parts of the pandemic, game content helped push total spending to $3.6 billion during July, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. July 2020 Dollar Sales, Millions Jul’19 Jul’20 Change Total Video…
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