#Destiny is taken by its developer studio #Bungie - their new blog post "Our Destiny" promising, that the era of great publishers is over, as well as their partnership with #Activision. And its time to take control over own projects.

They're trying to be polite, but the tension between studio and publisher is obvious and horrible in this case. Activision tried to force Bungie to make Destiny series as their second Call of Duty (releasing new games every year or two).

https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/47569

#Xbox said om-nom-nom and consumed #Activision #Blizzard for $68.7b (which is the biggest game industry deal so far)

Microsoft and Activision deal got its final approval from the UK. Merger is now a matter of time. Hard to say if it's a good thing:

Microsoft was behind the worse-rated Bethesda game Starfield, the new failed Forza Motorsport, 500m budget of Halo Infinite, and Redfall. While Activision struggles with Overwatch 2, Warcraft and Starcraft are in very questionable shape, but Diablo and Call of Duty are still their cash cows.

Both companies are making games for way too long and way too much $$, which may be an issue for the modern game industry.

#Business #Microsoft #Activision

Very interesting: Activision is sharing a Call of Duty Warzone map for free, but only for non-commercial use!

https://blog.activision.com/activision/2024/activision-releases-call-of-duty-warzone-caldera-data-set

#GameDev #LevelDesign #Activision #Microsoft

Warning: the new Call of Duty is ALWAYS online, so you can be instantly kicked from SINGLE PLAYER mode on any platform in case of even tiny connection issues… #CallOfDuty #Activision #WTF

I wasn't kidding, by you know what? Dunkey isn't kidding this time, he's damn serious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9cHgX49QLw #CallofDuty #Activision #WTF

Funny enough: there are TWO Call of Duty mobile games — the original one in Unity and Warzone Mobile made with IW9 engine.

The original one still has better metrics, but it's on revenue share 😎

#Callofduty@GameDEV
#Activision@GameDEV
#MobileGames@GameDEV

Remember when Activision confirmed that they are using AI for Call of Duty? They decide to move forward and deeper down: the new AI generated crap is now being used for several upcoming games!

The AI itself isn't the issue, but the complete lack of quality leaves me kinda shocked. This is absolutely unedited thing without a single consistent shape. Like an acid trip of someone who played GH a decade ago. Such a disgrace 😤 😠

#Activision@GameDEV
#AI@GameDEV

Not anymore: Warzone Mobile is discontinued — the game failed commercially. Most of the disappointment is related to the IW9 game engine, which is too heavy for an average mobile device.

A few years ago the same issues forced EA to shut down Apex Legends Mobile and Battlefield Mobile. Games looked gorgeous and felt superb, but only a fraction of users was able to play for at least 30 minutes in a row without burning their smartphones.

#MobileGames@GameDEV
#Activision@GameDEV