Glen Schofield, former director of Sledgehammer Games, spoke about the importance of research activities when creating Call of Duty. However, the Kotaku publication compared his work trips with vacations and considered that the head of a large studio had nothing to complain about. Many developers came to Scofield’s defense. They explained why business trips are tedious and difficult work.

Activision has a new internal mobile studio. It’s called Activision Mobile. Its launch became known from the published vacancies of the company. They also indicate that the studio will be engaged in a mobile game under the Call of Duty brand. The media suggested that we are talking about the Warzone port.

Call of Duty Online is a free—to-play version of the shooter, available exclusively in China. Tencent has decided to stop supporting the game after six years on the market. It is reported that after the servers are closed, players will be offered to transfer accounts to Call of Duty: Mobile.This became known on May 31 on the official Call of Duty Online website.

The 1v1Me app has been launched on iOS, which allows you to bet on matches in online games. Currently, access to it can be obtained only by invitation. However, its authors have already raised $2 million for the development of their startup.The company 1v1Me was founded by young entrepreneurs Anthony Geranio and Alex Emmanuel.

Only the day before yesterday, the presentation of the new part of Call of Duty ended, but the next day it became known that everything was not all right with the production of the game. Bloomberg has prepared material about unfair working conditions and unfair treatment of contractors in Activision for many years. The same thing happened with other publishers.

While most publishers have not yet decided whether to raise the price tag of games on the next-generation console or not, Activision has begun to act. The company announced Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and confirmed that the game will be sold for $70.

Activision Blizzard is preparing to perform on the same field with publishers PUBG, Fortnite and Apex Legends. The company is preparing a fritupley “royal battle” Call of Duty: Warzone.

App Annie analyzed the revenue and other metrics of mobile games for 2019. And also named the most popular genres and games of the past year. 

Call of Duty: Mobile from Activision Blizzard and Tencent has been released. The game is now available on the App Store and Google Play worldwide, with the exception of mainland China, Vietnam and Belgium.

Australia currently ranks 14th in the world in terms of player spending, Newzoo analysts have calculated. The total revenue of the market in 2018 will be $1.3 billion.

The developer of the online action movie Titanfall studio Respawn Entertainment has a frame leak. Since the beginning of last year, 7 people have left the company to work in the Infinity Ward team, known for the Call of Duty franchise.

The creators of the hit casual franchise Candy Crush in King Studio are developing a mobile game based on the Call of Duty shooter series. This became known from a vacancy on the King website.

The creators of the Battlefield shooter series are testing the “battle royale” mode for the last part of Battlefield V. This was told to the Venture Beat edition by DICE studio employees on condition of anonymity.

The head of Activision Publishing, Eric Hirshberg, announced his imminent departure from the company. Hirschberg will not renew the contract with the company, which expires on March 31 this year.

The authors of Candy Crush Saga announced the formation of a new team in Stockholm (Sweden) and announced that it will create a mobile Call of Duty.

Activision has signed a partnership agreement with Chinese developer Elex to create a mobile game based on the Call of Duty franchise.

How to assemble a map for a multiplayer shooter,” said level designer at Treyarch and Call of Duty fan Muhammad Ayub.