The Latest Breaking News from SBMM

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 boss promises transparency over SBMM: "All will be revealed soon"

Infinity Ward co-studio head Mark Grigsby has fans feeling hopeful

GamesRadar · Jun 1

Modern Warfare 4’s exact SBMM setup remains a mystery but at least we now know what it won’t be like

Infinity Ward is staying tight-lipped about matchmaking.

Destructoid · May 28

Black Ops 7 has problems, but Call of Duty recognizes where the wind is blowing: The triumphant return of loose SBMM and persistent lobbies in the FPS

FOV 90: Call of Duty's "minimal SBMM" experiment makes a good impression.

PC Gamer · Nov 14, 2025

XDefiant is doing away with Skill-Based Matchmaking: 'We believe that no SBMM is paramount to a fun and varied game'

Taking the skill out of matchmaking.

PC Gamer · May 15, 2024

The Finals speedruns into 'too sweaty' discourse as Reddit mods shut down SBMM complaints

Maybe The Finals' SBMM problem is more of a game design challenge.

PC Gamer · Dec 18, 2023

After just 6 days, hot new FPS The Finals is changing its skill-based matchmaking for "better quality games"

This should make for "slightly closer matches"

GamesRadar · Dec 13, 2023

'Segregating high skill players from the population at large, forcing long wait times on them, is a form of discrimination': former Halo multiplayer lead on the 'failure' of SBMM in modern games

Just how skill-based should skill-based matchmaking be?

PC Gamer · Nov 20, 2023