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Call of Duty’s bloated HQ launcher — now officially 'decoupled' by Activision — here's what you need to know

Call of Duty's HQ launcher for Warzone, Black Ops 6, Modern Warfare 2, and Modern Warfare 3 was a bloated disaster. Activision has finally decoupled legacy titles from the launcher, with no effect on shared Warzone progress.

Windows Central

Call of Duty is finally freeing some of the older games from the CoD HQ launcher nobody likes

Be free, Modern Warfare 3! (You too, MW2.)

PC Gamer

Battlefield 6's skins have apparently leaked, and EA appears to be steering clear of Fortnite and Call of Duty's wacky collaborations for now with no crossover cosmetics in sight

I'm sure the Hulk Hogan skin will be arriving within the first year, though

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Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 are being removed from Call of Duty HQ to become standalone downloads

Activision has announced new changes to Call of Duty HQ that will see the removal of two games.

TechRadar

Battlefield Already Has The Blueprint For A Megahit

'Battlefield 6' can reclaim its glory by embracing the classic ideas and innovations of the series' past.

Inverse

With Call of Duty's obsession with cringe-inducing pop culture skins, 'Battlefield 6' has a very real opportunity to offer the alternative — will EA deliver?

EA has every opportunity to capture an audience desperate for a grounded military shooter experience. But EA's history of actually, you know, delivering for fans is incredibly spotty.

Windows Central

Call of Duty is firmly in its slop era, and now it's Battlefield 6's game to lose

Battlefield has a chance to eat Call of Duty's lunch, but we'd be fools to believe EA will stick the landing.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 rated by the ESRB — and it looks like we're not going to be free of the weed-themed skins any time soon

The ESRB's rating summary of Black Ops 7 includes mentions of a rifle with a bong attachment and player characters "smoking joints".

Windows Central

CoD reportedly getting new subfranchise in 2027, as if there haven’t been too many of them already

Please, just one year without CoD. It's all I ask for.

Destructoid

"Gameplay is Japanese developers' strongest suit": Indie developer behind incredible anime FPS series reckons Japanese devs keep flubbing shooters by chasing Call of Duty too hard

"Japanese developers tried playing in a field that they were inherently not great at, and they failed"

GamesRadar

Xbox says all the games shown in the 2025 Showcase are still coming — but why should we believe them?

This past week has been a bloodbath for the upcoming Xbox catalog, making it hard to take a promise that recently showcased titles are safe at face value.

Windows Central

Activision takes Call of Duty: WWII offline after hackers apparently disrupted the game with RCE exploits — malicious code wreaks havoc on PC gamers as bad actors take complete control of your computer

Call of Duty: WWII has been taken over by hackers likely running RCE exploits to display all sorts of wild things. Activision has taken down the game in order to fix issues, but damage has already been done.

Tom’s Hardware

Just days after joining Game Pass, the Xbox PC edition of Call of Duty: WW2 is taken offline for "an issue"

Call of Duty: WWII launched on Xbox and PC Game Pass just a few days ago, but RCE hackers wasted no time hitting new players with exploits and taking over PCs. The Call of Duty team has temporarily taken the PC edition of WWII offline to investigate the exploits, but…

Windows Central

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – All the key details on the next Call of Duty

Activision is double-dipping on Black Ops in 2025.

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This Call of Duty game just hit Xbox Game Pass, but it's infested with RCE hackers — I'd take cover and avoid playing until there's a fix

The latest Call of Duty game to come to Game Pass is WWII, but its arrival on the service has been tarnished by reports of RCE hackers and exploits.

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CoD Beavis And Butt-Head Event: Olympia, Pickaxe, and more rewards

Comedic event, but packs some serious rewards.

Windows Central

Battlefield 6 devs plagued by "extraordinary stress and long hours" — changes to compete with Call of Duty, Fortnite are wreaking havoc, and I'm worried

Electronic Arts' ambitions with Battlefield 6 are massive, but changes to its development process have resulted in "extraordinary stress and long hours" for its developers.

Windows Central

7 details you might have missed in that Black Ops 7 teaser

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has been confirmed with a three-minute teaser trailer, but you might have missed out on the significance of some of those series Easter Eggs.

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'Call of Duty: Mobile' x 'Gundam' Crossover Confirmed: Freedom Gundam and More Coming in Season 6

Call of Duty and Gundam's collaboration is heading to the mobile game, bringing the Freedom Gundam and more.

TechRadar

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is expected to launch just one year after its predecessor, and I’m worried it’ll repeat these three Modern Warfare 3 blunders

These are the pitfalls that need to avoided in order for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 to impress.

Destructoid

Another Call of Duty is coming to Game Pass, and it’s an underrated PS4-era sleeper

Take a trip way into the past with this one.

GamesRadar

"I would have done things differently": Splitgate 2 director would be "less controversial" if given the opportunity to repeat his Summer Game Fest antics

He hopes fans put off will "reconsider"

PC Gamer

Splitgate 2 boss blames a former Call of Duty developer for $80 bundle, says he 'didn't intend for it to come off as shifting blame'

1047 Games head Ian Proulx says he has implemented a new process so that it doesn't happen again.

GamesRadar

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – Everything you need to know about the new shooter

Black Ops 7 is finally here and returns us to BO2's dark, tech-dominated future

Windows Central

Xbox's Call of Duty devs say "we're committed" to Nintendo Switch 2 releases, but what about Black Ops 7?

Xbox announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 this past weekend, but Nintendo Switch 2 wasn't listed as one of its platforms. However, the devs say they're still "committed" to Call of Duty on Switch.

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