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Damn It, Is 'Call of Duty' Cool Again?

Looking back, it’s hard to believe that there was ever a time before Call of Duty. Omitting the gap year between the first two entries, Call of Duty (2003) and Call of Duty 2 (2005), there has been a full mainline game released in the franchise every year since, and …

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'Yars Rising' Reinvents Atari's Forgotten Hit

At the dawn of video gaming in the early Seventies, there was one name that dominated the scene: Atari. For years, the house that Pong built was synonymous with the arcade scene and home consoles, but like many of the biggest players from the old days not named Nintendo, the …

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Why the PlayStation 5 Pro Announcement Has Everyone Mad

It’s official, the worst kept secret in gaming this year has come true with Sony’s announcement of the PlayStation 5 Pro. In a pre-recorded presentation run live on PlayStation’s YouTube channel, PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny laid out the new futures of the upgraded version of Sony’s current generation console, …

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What Killed PlayStation's Multiplayer Shooter, 'Concord?'

PlayStation’s Concord launched on Aug. 23; as of today, it’s dead. Conceived eight years ago by former Bungie developers (Destiny, Halo) by then working at Firewalk Studios, Concord and its team were brought into Sony PlayStation’s first-party portfolio in April 2023. The goal was to help bolster the live-service strategy …

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