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REPORTED · BLACK OPS 7Your Black Ops 7 season clock just got its first real tick.Call of Duty has a Haunting launch trailer queued for Black Ops 7 and Warzone, and Detonated reports it goes live at 8 AM PT on September 8 as the…READ → CONFIRMED · PRIVATE MATCHYour scrim lobby now needs the internet.Activision's own Modern Warfare 4 support page states that the game uses texture streaming across all game modes, and that a continuous internet…READ → REPORTED · MOVEMENTInfinity Ward says the slide was never meant to win every fight.Infinity Ward multiplayer technical director Jack Hoppus told Gamereactor the studio built Modern Warfare 4 movement to be the most fluid…READ → REPORTED · SWITCH 2The Switch 2 parity claim, and the queue filter under it.Infinity Ward and the studio porting Modern Warfare 4 to Switch 2 sat down with Gamereactor at gamescom and described the Nintendo build as…READ → REPORTED · LEGACY CODThe legacy PC lane might finally be safe to load into.Activision told Windows Central that an update released this week addressed all known vulnerabilities in Modern Warfare 2, the 2009 game whose Steam…READ → CONFIRMED · ANTI-CHEATThe cheat devs behind Zenith and Devware just shut down for good.Call of Duty says the developers behind the Zenith and Devware cheats have apologized to the community and permanently closed their cheat services…READ → REPORTED · ANTI-CHEATThe anti-cheat perma-banned a clean account. Then it took the ban back.Dexerto and CharlieIntel report that Call of Duty's community account explained a permanent ban issued during the Modern Warfare 4 beta as a unique…READ → CONFIRMED · PLATFORMSYour last-gen teammates cannot follow you into MW4Modern Warfare 4 launches October 23 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch 2, and supported PC. Activision's own platform update…READ → CONFIRMED · LEGACY CODThe Cold War date is official. The mode list is not.Xbox has published the post we could not open last week. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War joins Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game…READ → CONFIRMED · MW4 BETAThe beta got 12 more hours. Our close time was wrong.Activision pushed the Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta 12 hours past its scheduled finish on September 1, moving the close from 10:00 AM PT to 10:00 PM PT…READ → CONFIRMED · TIME TO KILLThe beta is done. Infinity Ward says the tuning is not.Infinity Ward closed the Modern Warfare 4 beta on September 1 with a post-beta note in the official patch notes, and it did not read like a victory…READ → CONFIRMED · OPEN BETATwelve more hours on the beta clock.The Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta was scheduled to close at 10:00 AM PT on September 1. Infinity Ward and the official Call of Duty account both posted…READ → REPORTED · LOADOUTSYour bullets now carry a tracking deviceModern Warfare 4's ISO Nightshade unlocks an Apex attachment called the ISO Trace: RFID rounds that tag whoever they hit and feed that player's live…READ → CONFIRMED · MW4 BETAThe last tuning pass before the beta goes darkInfinity Ward has published Day 4 patch notes for the Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta, the last full day before the servers close Tuesday at 10:00 AM PT…READ → REPORTED · OPEN BETAThe open door drew a smaller crowd than the paywall did.Modern Warfare 4 threw its beta open to every platform for free on August 28. CharlieIntel reports the Steam concurrent peak that weekend landed at…READ → CONFIRMED · OPEN BETATwo new playlists land in the final days of the MW4 betaDay 3 of the Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta added two playlists to the board: a dedicated Transit 213 rotation and 6v6 Gunfight on Kill Block. Search and…READ → CONFIRMED · MW4 BETAThe last full day to actually hold the Level 30 kitInfinity Ward has turned on Double XP and Double Weapon XP for the rest of the Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta, live Sunday at 10:00 AM PT. The beta…READ → CONFIRMED · MW4 BETAWarzone got the handling pass. Multiplayer got a hold.The later of Saturday's two Modern Warfare 4 beta updates is filed entirely under Warzone: faster ADS strafe, quicker sprint to fire on most guns…READ → CONFIRMED · MW4 BETAYour FOV choice is back. Your PC settings might not be.Infinity Ward's day two Open Beta update quietly returns one of the settings competitive players actually argue about. The choice between Independent…READ → CONFIRMED · MW4 BETAThe aim assist cut landed with no numbers attachedWe said on August 27 that the aim assist answer was coming in writing the next morning. It came. The August 28 beta patch notes say aim assist was…READ → CONFIRMED · KILLSTREAKSEvery Killstreak got more expensive. The UAV got easier to kill.Infinity Ward's Weekend Two beta update did not stop at movement and time to kill. It raised the cost of every Killstreak in Modern Warfare 4 by one…READ → CONFIRMED · MOVEMENTTac Sprint is off by default. The beta just got slower.The loudest competitive complaint of Weekend 1 was pace. Infinity Ward answered it on August 28 by removing Tactical Sprint as a default ability…READ → CONFIRMED · SEARCH AND DESTROYBoth teams could hear the bomb. Weekend 2 fixes it.Infinity Ward's August 28 Modern Warfare 4 beta patch notes carry a two line audio entry with a long shadow for Search and Destroy. Bomb pickup and…READ → REPORTED · CDLA new owner for Boston, and a leaner deal for every CDL teamM80 has taken over the Boston Breach slot in the Call of Duty League and will run it as M80 Boston when the next season opens on December 5, the…READ → CONFIRMED · MOVEMENTCall of Duty built you a warmup range.Activision's official Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta post describes a Mobility Course: a dedicated training facility with guided tutorials and timed runs…READ → CONFIRMED · OPEN BETASearch and Destroy is on the Open Beta menu, in writing.Activision has published the Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta content list on callofduty.com, and for the first time the beta's mode lineup is official…READ → CONFIRMED · OPEN BETAWeekend Two opens to everyone, and Switch 2 is in the lobby.The Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta starts Friday, August 28 at 10:00 AM PT and runs to Tuesday, September 1. No beta code, no pre-order, and for the…READ → CONFIRMED · BETAInfinity Ward names spawns, TTK and movement as its between-weekends focusInfinity Ward closed the Modern Warfare 4 Early Access Beta at 10 AM PT on August 25 with one last entry in the official patch notes. It says the…READ → CONFIRMED · MW4 BETAThey said updates were done. Then the spawns moved.Infinity Ward said Monday's patch notes closed out the Modern Warfare 4 Early Access beta. Early Tuesday it pushed one more update anyway: the first…READ → CONFIRMED · LOADOUTSThe Riot Shield is cover now, and it breaksBack in June this was a hands-on rumor: a riot shield you could plant instead of carry. Activision's official beta reference now states it plainly…READ → CONFIRMED · BETAInfinity Ward says the TTK is not right yet, and starts turning it downThe Modern Warfare 4 beta update Infinity Ward promised on Friday night landed Saturday, and the patch notes go further than the teaser did. Enemy…READ → CONFIRMED · HARDCOREHardcore Search and Destroy made the launch listActivision's Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer deep dive, published August 21 as the Early Access beta opened, itemizes the launch mode list and marks…READ → CONFIRMED · BETANinja is quieter, not silent, and it shares a slot with GhostActivision's full Modern Warfare 4 beta reference went live on August 21, the same day Early Access opened. It spells out the Pick 3 perk system in…READ → REPORTED · BETAThe pros got their notes in before you got the beta.Infinity Ward multiplayer design lead Jacky Reynolds told IGN he met Call of Duty League players at the Esports World Cup in Paris roughly two weeks…READ → REPORTED · MOVEMENTNo classic playlist is planned. The door is not closed either.Infinity Ward studio multiplayer creative director Geoff Smith told GameSpot the studio has not planned a classic-style playlist for Modern Warfare…READ → CONFIRMED · MW4-BETAActivision makes its matchmaking case with numbers, two days before betaOn August 19 the official Call of Duty account published Activision's own quit rate, kill per minute, win rate, and survey data comparing Standard…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK-OPS-7The AN-94 rework is official, and the handling pass comes with itActivision has posted the Black Ops 7 Season 05 Reloaded multiplayer patch notes for the August 20 mid-season update, and the reported AN-94 rework…READ → REPORTED · WEAPON TUNINGThe AN-94 gets its teeth back, and they are all in the upper bodyBlack Ops 7 Season 05 Reloaded lands August 20, and reporting on the multiplayer patch notes says the AN-94 trades most of its maximum damage range…READ → CONFIRMED · MW4-BETAClear the PC bar now or watch Friday from the lobbyActivision published the Modern Warfare 4 beta readiness post on August 19, and for PC players it is the whole checklist in one place: minimum and…READ → REPORTED · CDLAnother name hits the board, and Shotzzy says OpTic is not movingThe Call of Duty League account posted on August 18 that Toronto KOI's InsightGawd is an unrestricted free agent, adding one more name to a board…READ → REPORTED · CDLAn org owner just offered to buy the league its main-stage PCs.Insider Gaming reports that OpTic boss Hector Rodriguez, better known as HECZ, has offered to personally fund eight top-end PCs for the Call of Duty…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 7Season 05 Reloaded lands one day before the MW4 betaActivision has dated the Black Ops 7 mid-season drop: Season 05 Reloaded goes live August 20 at 9AM PT with a new small 6v6 map, a returning Cranked…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 2Black Ops 2 gets another security pass and a Custom Games toggle worth havingActivision's official updates channel says a new Black Ops 2 update is rolling out on PS4 and PS5, carrying more security work, a Depth of Field…READ → CONFIRMED · LEGACY CODAnother security pass for Black Ops 2, and a switch for Custom GamesActivision pushed another update to the Black Ops 2 PlayStation ports on August 14. Along with more match security work, it adds a Depth of Field…READ → REPORTED · MW4 BETAThe Nitro back door into the early beta weekend is openDiscord Nitro is handing active subscribers a one-time code for the Modern Warfare 4 Early Access Beta weekend, August 21 to 25, with no pre-order…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 7Turbo Tilt lands August 20. Ranked and Search wait on patch notes.Activision has posted the Black Ops 7 and Warzone Season 05 Reloaded rundown. The mid-season update lands August 20 at 9AM PT with one brand-new…READ → REPORTED · ESPORTSThe crowd is calling your defuseAt Call of Duty LAN events, arena crowds have started screaming the moment they see a plant or a defuse going down behind a team's back. Insider…READ → REPORTED · KILL BLOCKThe build everyone judged MW4 on was an alphaInfinity Ward put out the sixth episode of From The Ward on August 10, a behind the scenes look at the Fanatics Fest event in New York where the…READ → SPECULATION · MATCHMAKINGPlayers say the matchmaking win just got walked back.Three weeks after Black Ops 7 Season 05 put classic-inspired matchmaking into Quick Play, Party Games, and Black Ops Classic, Dexerto reports players…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 7OpTic take the last Black Ops 7 crown, and Search decided the swings.OpTic Gaming closed out the Black Ops 7 competitive era in Paris, beating Team Heretics 5-3 in a best-of-nine grand final at the Esports World Cup…READ → REPORTED · RICOCHETHardware bans got teeth. Now they come with a receipt every week.Call of Duty posted a Team RICOCHET update on August 7 saying hardware bans have been strengthened, and promising a public anti-cheat report every…READ → CONFIRMED · OPEN BETAThe countdown finally has a clock: 9AM PT, August 21.Activision has put a start time on Call of Duty NEXT. The Modern Warfare 4 showcase airs August 21 at 9AM PT, and the Early Access Beta opens…READ → REPORTED · SWITCH 2The Switch 2 build gets its first public look.Nintendo published its gamescom 2026 booth lineup on August 5 and Modern Warfare 4 is on it. CharlieIntel reports the game will be playable on Switch…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 7Resolved in about an hour. Still no notes on what either update did.Roughly an hour after saying it was investigating PC stability issues from the August 6 PC-only update, Call of Duty's official updates account said…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 7The Search meta did not move this weekCall of Duty rolled out a Black Ops 7 and Warzone update across all platforms on the evening of August 5 and published the notes the same hour. For…READ → REPORTED · LEGACY CODThe legacy Black Ops lobbies are not a nostalgia blipIndustry analyst Rhys Elliott puts the Black Ops 1 and Black Ops 2 PlayStation ports at more than 11 million combined copies in under a month. That…READ → CONFIRMED · KILL BLOCKMW4 is on the floor in Paris this week, and Kill Block is the buildInfinity Ward says Modern Warfare 4 is playable at its booth at the Esports World Cup in Paris from August 5 to 9, with Kill Block as the map on…READ → RUMOR · OPEN BETAThe cheap Discord tier reportedly does not get you in.The Discord Nitro route into the Modern Warfare 4 beta picked up a detail that costs money to get wrong. A new guide says full Nitro at ten dollars a…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 7Exposure is out of the EWC pool, one day before Paris.The Call of Duty League says Exposure has been removed from the map pool for the Black Ops 7 Esports World Cup, posted a day before the tournament…READ → REPORTED · ESPORTS WORLD CUPTwo days out, the EWC group stage series length is still unsettled.Black Ops 7 at the Esports World Cup starts August 5 in Paris with sixteen teams split into two groups of eight. What is not settled is how long the…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 2Activision finally moves on the Black Ops 2 port. Expect false ban notices.Call of Duty says it has released backend updates for the Black Ops 2 PlayStation port to improve match security while it reviews accounts carrying…READ → REPORTED · LEGACY CODSnipers reportedly behave again, and your party stops splittingIron Galaxy shipped a Black Ops title update for PS4 and PS5 on July 31. The Call of Duty updates channel had posted the two fixes the night before…READ → RUMOR · LEGACY CODSeven million copies, if the number is real. That is a legacy scene with a pulse.CharlieIntel says sources familiar with the figures put combined sales of the Black Ops and Black Ops 2 PlayStation ports above 7 million units since…READ → RUMOR · OPEN BETAA Discord sub might be the back door into the early beta weekendA Discord datamining account claims Nitro subscribers will be handed closed beta redeem codes for Modern Warfare 4, which would put them inside the…READ → SPECULATION · LEGACY CODThree maps keep winning the vote. That is not a map pool.The Black Ops 2 PlayStation port pulled a big crowd, and that crowd is voting the same three maps into the ground. Players are pushing back on…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 7Your players-remaining count was lying to you. Season 05 fixed it.Treyarch's Season 05 patch notes for Black Ops 7 carry a short list of interface fixes that will never make a highlight reel and matter every single…READ → CONFIRMED · BLACK OPS 7The AN-94 loses its four-shot kill, and the gunfight meta reopensBlack Ops 7 Season 05 went live July 23, and buried in the patch notes is the weapon change competitive players will feel first: the AN-94 hyperburst…READ → CONFIRMED · RANKED PLAYRanked Search and Destroy got a new map pool and a steeper climb up topBlack Ops 7 rolled out Season 05 on July 23, and the patch notes carry a Ranked Play update aimed straight at competitive Search and Destroy. Five…READ → REPORTED · MATCHMAKINGThe matchmaking fight is back, and MW4's beta lands in the middle of itActivision just added a new classic-inspired matchmaking system to Black Ops 7 with Season 05, and confirmed the Modern Warfare 4 beta will offer the…READ → REPORTED · TTKMW4's time-to-kill: slower than MW2, faster than BO7, by early numbersAn early time-to-kill breakdown of Modern Warfare 4 from stats analyst TheXclusiveAce, reported by Dexerto, drops MW4's gunplay into a familiar…READ → REPORTED · ESPORTSSearch and Destroy decided Champs 2026. FaZe Vegas won it. MW4 is next.FaZe Vegas beat OpTic Texas 5-2 in the Call of Duty League Championship grand final on Sunday, denying OpTic a three-peat and taking the last Black…READ → REPORTED · BLACK-OPSThe Black Ops ports finally got a real patch. Not every problem is fixed.Two weeks into the Black Ops 1 and 2 PlayStation re-releases, Iron Galaxy and Activision pushed a July 17 patch that brings Domination and Demolition…READ → SPECULATION · GUNSMITHMeet Gunny, the MW4 loadout helper the community cannot agree onModern Warfare 4 is adding Gunny, a widget that auto-builds weapons from the attachments you have unlocked. Some players called it an AI chatbot…READ → REPORTED · VISIBILITYMW4's reveal muzzle flash was a bug. The real test is the beta build.MW4's first public multiplayer gameplay hit the internet from Fanatics Fest, and the loudest reaction was that players could barely see through their…READ → REPORTED · OPEN BETAWatch CoD Champs on Sunday, earn your way into the MW4 beta earlyActivision is turning Championship weekend into a beta on-ramp. Reporting on the Call of Duty League Championship says watching the CoD Champs grand…READ → CONFIRMED · KILL-BLOCKKill Block launches Gunfight only. Search and Destroy waits for a later season.Call of Duty has put an official stamp on the Kill Block question we flagged as unsettled. The reconfiguring West Bridge map ships on October 23…READ → REPORTED · LEADERBOARDSYour MW2 and MW3 stats are getting permanently wiped before MW4.Activision has told players it will permanently disable the leaderboards and combat records in Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3, saying it is…READ → REPORTED · BLACK-OPSThe old Black Ops ports are outselling everything on PlayStation right nowThe Black Ops 1 and 2 PlayStation ports we have been tracking just took another turn. CharlieIntel says its sources put the combined online player…READ → REPORTED · BLACK OPSBlack Ops 1's port launched broken. Rank exploiters took over.Days after the Black Ops 1 and 2 PlayStation ports landed, the multiplayer that legacy players wanted back is a mess. Players report modded lobbies…READ → REPORTED · BLACK-OPSBlack Ops 1 and 2 are back on PlayStation. Some competitive tools did not make it.Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 shadow dropped on PS4 and PS5 on July 9, two of the most important competitive Call of Duty games back on…READ → REPORTED · LAUNCH-LOGISTICSBlack Ops 6 is leaving Call of Duty HQ. Here is why MW4 players should watch.Activision has announced that Black Ops 6 leaves the shared Call of Duty HQ install on July 7, becoming a standalone download that boots directly and…READ → REPORTED · GAME-PASSDay one on Xbox, MW4 is a purchase. Game Pass waits until 2027.Xbox is telling its own Game Pass members the quiet part out loud: Modern Warfare 4 is not on the service at launch. If you want in on October 23…READ → CONFIRMED · AUDIOMW4 audio is geometry-bakedInfinity Ward confirms Microsoft Triton bakes sound propagation from map geometry. Footsteps go map-specific.READ → CONFIRMED · PLATFORMMW4 on Switch 2, full crossplayMW4 hits Switch 2 with full crossplay across PS5, Xbox, and PC. A bigger, more varied lobby pool.READ → REPORTED · FEATURESClassic features are backRed dots, Theater mode, map voting, Ninja, and Classic Prestige all return in MW4. What each changes for Search.READ → CONFIRMED · MW4Modern Warfare 4 hype watchConfirmed date, unsettled multiplayer details, and the board to watch.READ → CONFIRMED · BETAOpen Beta confirmedActivision confirmed the MW4 Open Beta. What to test for hardcore SnD, and why dates are not set yet.READ → REPORTED · MODESHC SnD is a day-one modePress reports Hardcore Search and Destroy in the MW4 launch mode list. Reported, not yet an official playlist page.READ → REPORTED · SETTINGSGunplay named Ballistic AuthorityNo hipfire bloom, plus the private-match and settings questions that decide clean Search.READ → REPORTED · MATCHMAKINGSBMM transparency promisedInfinity Ward says the MW4 matchmaking picture gets revealed before launch, with a Black Ops 7 style split-playlist hint.READ → REPORTED · MAPSAll 12 launch maps namedThe full 6v6 launch pool is named and reported to run Search and Destroy. Names now, layouts later. Start the prep.READ → REPORTED · SHOWCASEJune 7 intel checkpointInfinity Ward has a June 7 Xbox Showcase slot with a DMZ deep-dive. The next official window to watch.READ → META · FIELD GUIDEWhat's quietly winning lobbiesThe kits and habits showing up in good HC SnD games right now.READ → SCENE · LIVEFounding season on Drip LeagueStandings, stats, and the live state of the season.VIEW →