The Latest Breaking News from Call of Duty

The Battlefield 6 beta has broken Call of Duty's Steam player count record, surging past half a million concurrents

This puts the BF6 beta at 18th place overall on Steam.

PC Gamer · Aug 9, 2025

Blizzard's ex-CEO says Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" Call of Duty this year because the franchise has "gone downhill" — calls it a victory for players as COD "won't be lazy" anymore

Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 9, 2025

Former Blizzard president predicts Battlefield 6 is going to 'boot stomp' Black Ops 7 because Call of Duty has become 'lazy'

It's not necessarily that Battlefield is that much better, according to Mike Ybarra, but that Call of Duty kind of sucks.

PC Gamer · Aug 8, 2025

Battlefield 6 follows Call of Duty in letting you "pick and choose which components of the game you install" to help suffering hard drives, but fans worry a day-one patch will leave them full regardless

You won't need to keep both single-player and multiplayer installed at the same time

GamesRadar · Aug 4, 2025

Battlefield 6 has a mountain of hype — and this data shows it might have a chance at seriously denting Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 this year

While they are very different games (even before you talk about Call of Duty's wacky skins), it's interesting to analyse the competition between the two flagship military shooters.

Windows Central · Aug 4, 2025

“Let’s keep it real, keep it grounded” — Battlefield 6 devs promise "gritty realism" in contrast to goofy Call of Duty skins, and I'm thanking my lucky stars

As games like Call of Duty go all in with goofy Fortnite-style skins, Battlefield 6 draws a line and promises to "keep it grounded" in "gritty realism."

Windows Central · Aug 1, 2025

'It has to be grounded': Battlefield 6 devs say cosmetics won't be as goofy as Call of Duty, but that sounds almost too good to be true

"I don’t think it needs Nicki Minaj."

PC Gamer · Aug 1, 2025

Most of the best-selling PS5 games of the last few months are actually Microsoft games, with Forza Horizon 5 and Oblivion Remastered leading the way

Call of Duty and Minecraft continue to be popular, while Doom and Indiana Jones also had strong debuts

GamesRadar · Jul 30, 2025

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 · Jul 29, 2025

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 · Jul 29, 2025