Look, who knows when we’ll see Fallout 5 - there’s an increasingly less-than-zero chance we’ll all be living in a real post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland by the time Bethesda get around to revealing anything, if their deliberately slow approach to The Elder Scrolls 6 (it’s been nearly THIRTEEN years since Skyrim) is much to go by. Still, even without a full sequel, Fallout is all around us - in multiple seasons of a television show, in Fortnite, and now in Call of Duty.

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Look, who knows when we’ll see Fallout 5 - there’s an increasingly less-than-zero chance we’ll all be living in a real post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland by the time Bethesda get around to revealing anything, if their deliberately slow approach to The Elder Scrolls 6 (it’s been nearly THIRTEEN years since Skyrim) is much to go by. Still, even without a full sequel, Fallout is all around us - in multiple seasons of a television show, in Fortnite, and now in Call of Duty.

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A Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign that looks like Mission: Impossible by way of an Adam Curtis documentary, a Gearsof War prequel that shows fans E-Day and the birth of the series’ iconic “Lancer” chainsaw gun, and a trailer that showed Perfect Dark isn’t just still alive, it’s potentially thriving. Microsoft’s…

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The classic anime series Gundam examines the traumatic experience of war, particularly the unalterable effect it has on those young soldiers forced to participate in the horrors of fighting for their life while taking the lives of others using weapons of inhuman strength and devastation. Which clearly makes it the perfect fit for a bit of upcoming DLC for military-fetishising interactive gun range Call of Duty.

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You remember the ending of 2011's first-person bullethoser Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, right? Everyone does! A big man kills another big man with a gun but then - then! - a third big man kills that first big man with a rope. It's dramatic stuff. Well, a data-diving enthusiast of the CoDwars has discovered a cut ending from the original trilogy's closing chapter. It's a more downbeat and mysterious finale, featuring a shadowy figure whose identity is never revealed. Also, Captain Price, the hero of the franchise and aforementioned big man number three, drops his cigar with possibly mortal implications.

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Sledgehammer Games je jedním z několika studií v celé herní divizi Microsoftu, které postihlo rozsáhlé propouštění.

Fungování pod Microsoftem začalo pro studia Activision Blizzard ne zrovna růžově. Společnost Microsoft minulý měsíc oznámila, že propustí 1 900 lidí ve své herní divizi, což se dotklo například společností Blizzard Entertainment a Toys for Bob (mimo jiné). Dalším jménem na tomto seznamu je Sledgehammer Games.

Jak informoval deník SF Chronicle, ze státního oznámení v Kalifornii vyplynulo, že ve studiu Activisionu, které se nachází ve Foster City, bude propuštěno 76 lidí. Uvedená adresa studia se shoduje s adresou kanceláře společnosti Sledgehammer Games. Mezitím minulý měsíc Insider Gaming také informoval, že společnost Sledgehammer zavírá svou kancelář a dočasně přechází na plně vzdálený provoz, protože se snaží přestěhovat do menších kancelářských prostor.

Společnost Sledgehammer Games se od svého založení v roce 2009 zaměřuje výhradně na hru Call of Duty. Kromě toho, že se studio podílelo na vývoji řady titulů této série a poskytovalo pomoc při vývoji, bylo také hlavním vývojářem čtyř dílů – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: WW2, Call of Duty: Vanguard a loňského Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Článek Vývojářské studio Sledgehammer Games pracující na Call of Duty údajně propustí 70 zaměstnanců se nejdříve objevil na GAME PRESS.

Within the last few years, video game industry layoffs have unfortunately become more commonplace. In 2023, we saw near-weekly layoffs across the entire industry. When the dust had settled, at least 6,000 jobs across publishers, developers, and other video game-related companies had been terminated. Sadly, it appears…

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