Activision lost millions of players, next year’s Call of Duty delayed
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Activision Blizzard has been losing millions of players and now it looks like for the first time in about 20 years Call of Duty will be skipping a year. Watch this week’s Weekend Roundup for the full context!
In other news; Halo Infinite scaled back, EA loves single-player games now, a mobile World of WarCraft game was canceled, and Sony ditches a PS5 feature.
This week's 5-Second Review is for a very specific audience and the Coming Soon section encourages cult-like behavior… but also heralds another great PlayStation exclusive coming to PC.
Thanks for watching everyone and have a great weekend!
00:00 - Activision lost millions of players, next year’s Call of Duty delayed
06:56 - Halo Infinite’s world ‘scaled back’
07:50 - EA voices support for single-player games
08:59 - Mobile WoW canceled
09:43 -Sony ditching PS5 accolades
10:21 - 5-Second Review
10:42 - Coming Soon
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SOURCES
[IGN] Activision Blizzard loses millions of players
https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-blizzard-loses-millions-of-players-but-adds-25-more-developers-year-on-year
[VGC] Diablo Immortal player spends 100k but can’t access PvP
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/diablo-immortal-player-says-hes-lost-access-to-pvp-games-after-spending-100k-on-microtransactions/
[Metacritic] Call of Duty Vanguard Metacritic
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/call-of-duty-vanguard
[IGN] Call of Duty Vanguard underperformance blames setting
https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-call-of-duty-vanguard-underperforming-blames-ww2
[VGC] Activision active player numbers fall below 100 million
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/activisions-active-player-base-falls-below-100-million-for-the-first-time-since-2019/
[Bloomberg] Activision to delay planned Call of Duty game
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-22/activision-to-delay-next-year-s-planned-call-of-duty-game?sref=xuVirdpv
[Eurogamer] Diablo Immortal slows Activision player exodus
https://www.eurogamer.net/diablo-immortal-launch-turns-around-two-year-trend-of-tumbling-blizzard-player-numbers
[TecRadar] Halo Infinite open world scaled back
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/halo-infinites-open-world-underwent-significant-scaling-back-for-launch
[VGC] EA says single-player games are cool now
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-says-single-player-games-are-a-really-important-part-of-its-portfolio/
[Bloomberg] Blizzard and Netease cancel a mobile World of WarCraft game
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/blizzard-netease-scrap-warcraft-mobile-game-after-financing-dispute-1.1800898
[PushSquare] Sony ending PS5 accolades feature
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/07/sony-discontinuing-ps5-accolades-as-no-one-used-them
[PlayStation] Official PlayStation support page about PS5 accolades trailer
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/support/important-notice/