It has been a while since Nintendo last did a livestream, a Nintendo Direct in June. Hot on the heels of Gamescom 2024 event, Nintendo has now announced a new Nintendo Direct livestream event. And, it’s important to note, that this is not a typical Nintendo Direct. This is a two-part livestream, one is a “Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase” segment, and the other one is a “Indie World Showcase” segment. The new Nintendo Direct livestream will start at 7am PT and will run for 40 Minutes.
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Activision reveals Multiplayer and Campaign gameplay
Microsoft and Activision has been busy this year with a whirlwind of announcements. Microsoft acquired Activision. Microsoft hosted a podcast to announce and get ahead of the June Showcase about their acquisition roadmap. Activision posted an article about how Skill Based Matchmaking actually works.
Activision revealed Call of Duty 2024 as “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.” Treyarch teased the storyline for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Microsoft hosted their yearly Xbox Games Showcase livestream and the event highlighted Call of Duty as a major spotlight. During the event, Activision revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
With days counting down to Activision’s Call of Duty Next event, Treyarch unveiled Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s Multiplayer mode. The new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 trailer highlights what will be in the multiplayer mode.
Also, Activision and Treyarch released a new video to their YouTube channel to reveal Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s Zombies mode, with a cinematic opening. The opening cinematic focuses on “Liberty Falls.”
Furthermore, during Gamescom, Activision’s Raven Software took the stage to reveal more Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 gameplay. This time, the new playthrough focuses on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s campaign mode.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is scheduled to be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and PC on October 25, 2024.
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- Call of Duty Next Showcase – August 28, 2024 Livestream
- Activision talks more about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies
- Treyarch unveils Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies
- Activision announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Multiplayer Beta dates
- Activision introduces the official Call of Duty Podcast
- The biggest announcements from Xbox Games Showcase 2024
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Revealed
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Activision outlines Call of Duty menu changes
Microsoft and Activision has been busy this year with a whirlwind of announcements. Microsoft acquired Activision. Microsoft hosted a podcast to announce and get ahead of the June Showcase about their acquisition roadmap. Activision posted an article about how Skill Based Matchmaking actually works.
Activision revealed Call of Duty 2024 as “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.” Treyarch teased the storyline for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Microsoft hosted their yearly Xbox Games Showcase livestream and the event highlighted Call of Duty as a major spotlight. During the event, Activision revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
On August 15, 2024 – Activision spent too much time writing an article about a menu, so rather than typing everything out, I’ll grab some snippets from the article they’ve posted about the new Call of Duty menu to explain their thought process from designing the new Call of Duty menu. The TL;DR of it is the following…
- A new streamlined interface
- Direct access to games
- More control over your downloads, including Call of Duty: Warzone content
- Expanded streaming technology to reduce file sizes
Simple, right? Well, they spent a lot of time writing this up. Let’s get going, shall we?
Implementing these changes will require a series of updates to reorganize game files and deploy a redesigned UI.
Following these updates and optimizations, future Call of Duty download sizes will decrease. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be a smaller download than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III at launch.
In addition to regular season releases, the calendar of updates are as follows:
- Reorganizing Game Content, Part of the Season 5 Reloaded Update (August 21)
- Black Ops 6 Open Beta (August 30)
- New User Interface (Mid-October)
- Black Ops 6 Launch (October 25)
- Season 1 [Redacted]
Paving the way for these benefits requires a large initial update set to release alongside the launch of Season 5 Reloaded on August 21, introducing:
- Game file reorganization
- Separating Call of Duty: Warzone from the default download for annual titles
- Implementing new texture streaming tech
As reported before, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 will have a Multiplayer Beta…
Move like never before using the new Omnimovement system in a variety of maps and game modes during the upcoming Black Ops 6 Open Beta. The first update as part of Season 5 Reloaded paves the way for a seamless entry into the action.
Players with Call of Duty and the Season 5.5 update installed will automatically receive the Beta as an update to their existing install.
New or returning players without Call of Duty installed can jump into the Black Ops 6 Open Beta by downloading it from their platform storefront.
Players will be able to preload Black Ops 6 Beta content starting on August 28. The fastest way to jump into the Beta immediately is to download the Season 5 Reloaded update and preload the Beta content before August 30.
After the Beta is over, Beta content will be automatically removed during the Season 6 update.
I’m not even gonna waste my time here; This is the new menu…
And here is the Black Ops 6 Menu…
They could have easily made this a video on YouTube and explain this all.. Eh. There’s a video on the website’s blog, but I mean… c’mon now.
When Black Ops 6 launches, it will replace Modern Warfare III, making Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone the featured titles. Players will be able to instantly launch Black Ops 6 and cross-launch into Call of Duty: Warzone.
At Season 1, Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone will remain the featured titles, but players will be able to instantly launch into both Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone.
We will follow up with the associated download sizes for this update and more details around the new user interface before it goes live in October.
To read the full article of this explanation of the new Call of Duty menu, click here.
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- Activision talks more about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies
- Treyarch unveils Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies
- Activision announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Multiplayer Beta dates
- Activision introduces the official Call of Duty Podcast
- The biggest announcements from Xbox Games Showcase 2024
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Revealed
- Xbox Games Showcase followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct
- Summer Game Fest 2024 Livestream
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Opening Night Live 2024 – August 20, 2024 Livestream
Gamescom is a yearly games expo that takes place in the heart of Germany. Gamescom this year is set to take place online and in-person at Gamescom 2024 on August 20 through 25. However, Geoff Keighley kicked off Gamescom on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. Geoff made game announcements and game reveals during his “Opening Night Live” event. Here’s the livestream that will be hosted…
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Doom and Doom II is now available
Bethesda just hosted and wrapped up their annual QuakeCon event – which took place on August 8, 2024. [Recap] The biggest announcement from QuakeCon 2024 is undoubtedly the new Doom + Doom II re-release for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The new re-release was co-developed by id Software, Nightdive Studios, and MachineGames. The new re-release is now powered by the KEX Engine with the following upgrades…
- PC: Maximum supported by video card/display
- Switch: 720p at 60 FPS (Handheld), 1080p at 60 FPS (Docked)
- PlayStation 4: 1080p at 60 FPS
- PlayStation 4 Pro: Native 4K at 60FPS
- Xbox One: 1080p at 60 FPS
- Xbox One X: Native 4K at 60 FPS
- PlayStation 5: Native 4K at 120 FPS
- Xbox Series X|S: Native 4K at 120 FPS
For the PC version, the system requirements are…
PC Minimum Specifications (1080p/60 Hz)
• Win 10 64-bit version
• Intel Core i5-3570 @3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @3.5 GHz
• 8GB System RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 TI (2GB) or AMD HD 7750 (1GB)
• 1920×1080 Resolution
• Minimum 2GB free space on hard drive
• High speed broadband connection required for online play
PC Recommended Specifications (4K/120 Hz*)
• Win 10 64-bit version
• Intel Core i5-6600k @3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.2 GHz
• 8GB System RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) or AMD RX Vega 56 (8GB) or Intel Arc A 280
• 3480×2160 Resolution
• Minimum 2GB free space on hard drive
• High speed broadband connection required for online play
*Compatible display required
Here is the announcement trailer…
You can either buy Doom + Doom II in a bundle, or buy the individual games and you will still get the Doom + Doom II bundle. In fact, if you previously purchased the Doom and Doom II games from 2019 (article), you get the Doom + Doom II bundle, which also features the following games, and DLC:
- DOOM
- DOOM II
- Master Levels for DOOM II
- TNT: Evilution
- The Plutonia Experiment
- No Rest for the Living
- SIGIL
- Legacy of Rust
- PLUS a new Deathmatch map pack
More info here.
And here is the beginning of QuakeCon 2024…
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Treyarch unveils Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies
Microsoft and Activision has been busy this year with a whirlwind of announcements. Microsoft acquired Activision. Microsoft hosted a podcast to announce and get ahead of the June Showcase about their acquisition roadmap. Activision posted an article about how Skill Based Matchmaking actually works.
Activision revealed Call of Duty 2024 as “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.” Treyarch teased the storyline for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Microsoft hosted their yearly Xbox Games Showcase livestream and the event highlighted Call of Duty as a major spotlight. During the event, Activision revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Activision and Treyarch released a new video to their YouTube channel to reveal Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s Zombies mode, with a cinematic opening. The opening cinematic focuses on 6 characters within an island, called “Terminus.”
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Activision announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Multiplayer Beta dates
Microsoft and Activision has been busy this year with a whirlwind of announcements. Microsoft acquired Activision. Microsoft hosted a podcast to announce and get ahead of the June Showcase about their acquisition roadmap. Activision posted an article about how Skill Based Matchmaking actually works.
Activision revealed Call of Duty 2024 as “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.” Treyarch teased the storyline for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Microsoft hosted their yearly Xbox Games Showcase livestream and the event highlighted Call of Duty as a major spotlight. During the event, Activision revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
On July 15, 2024 – Activision announced the multiplayer beta will take place two days after Call of Duty: Next, Activision’s yearly event that highlights the upcoming games for the years with regards to Call of Duty. On August 30, 2024 – Activision is going to host a multiplayer beta for the weekend. Microsoft has already announced that ALL platforms will get the beta. No exclusivity to a platform for early access to the beta. You will have to pre-order the game in order to get the early access to the beta. Black Ops 6 Early Access will run from August 30, 2024 to September 4, 2024. The following days, Black Ops 6 Open Beta will begin September 6, 2024 to September 9, 2024.
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Activision introduces the official Call of Duty Podcast
Microsoft and Activision has been busy this year with a whirlwind of announcements. Microsoft acquired Activision. Microsoft hosted a podcast to announce and get ahead of the June Showcase about their acquisition roadmap. Activision posted an article about how Skill Based Matchmaking actually works.
Activision revealed Call of Duty 2024 as “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.” Treyarch teased the storyline for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Microsoft hosted their yearly Xbox Games Showcase livestream and the event highlighted Call of Duty as a major spotlight. During the event, Activision revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
On July 15, 2024 – Activision announced an official podcast for Call of Duty, dubbed “COD POD.” The first official Call of Duty Podcast episode is live now, and it brings some new information and tidbits about the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
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Xbox Games Showcase followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct
It has been a while since Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King, and it has been a while since the last Xbox Games Showcase. This year, there is a lot of mystery around what Microsoft is planning, except that Microsoft announced during a podcast video, that Microsoft is set to release a new Xbox Series console SKU “soon.” Along with this Xbox Games Showcase livestream, Microsoft plans to unveil Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which has recently been leaked via newspaper. Activision launched a website called TheTruthLies.com to unveil Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s story. Well, Microsoft is scheduled to host Xbox Games Showcase on June 9, 2024 at the following times…
- PT: June 9, 10am
- ET: June 9, 1pm
- BST: June 9, 6pm
- CET: June 9, 7pm
- JST: June 10, 2am
- AEST: June 10, 3am
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Ubisoft Forward 2024 – June 10, 2024 Livestream
Ubisoft is hosting a new livestream. Their last major livestream was in 2023, it was the last hurrah before the storm. Assassin’s Creed: Shadow has already been announced, and have been shrouded in controversy. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been released to great praise. What awaits us when UbiSoft hosts a new livestream on June 10, 2024?