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Metro
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 leak reveals new modes and screenshots via Xbox app
New details have emerged around Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7, including two brand new modes and a hint at the new movement system. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 was officially announced during the Xbox showcase earlier this month, and while we know some details about the sequel, it's unclear what sets this entry apart from all its predecessors. Developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, Black Ops 7 is a story sequel to 2012's Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2. The campaign is set in 2035 and follows a team of agents led by David Mason and, as usual, this sits alongside the usual multiplayer and round-based Zombies modes. However, a couple of new additions to the multiplayer suite have since been leaked via the Call Of Duty Xbox app, along with a potential tease towards the game's movement mechanic. According to CharlieIntel, an internal developer-only Black Ops 7 playtest was scheduled to take place this weekend, which 'accidentally pushed the message of the day to everyone' on Xbox via the Call Of Duty app. This message included several screenshots which highlighted two new modes. The first is called Overload, which is described as a team-based 6v6 mode where players 'fight to control a neutral EMP device that must be delivered to the enemy HQ for score'. In other words, it sounds like a reverse spin on Capture The Flag. The second mode is a 20v20 mode called Skirmish, where players complete objectives on a large map in a similar vein to 32v32 mode Ground War. 'Capture points of interest, destroy payloads, and transmit valuable data to score,' the description reads. 'Use your wingsuit to flank and reach objectives before your enemy. The first team to reach the score limit wins!' Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. BREAKING: An internal developer message of the day for BLACK OPS 7 accidentally went live on the Xbox Call of Duty app showing new details NEW MODE: Overload NEW MODE: 20v20 — CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) June 27, 2025 This confirms the wingsuit will return in Black Ops 7, after it was previously featured in Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 4. More Trending Earlier this month, Activision confirmed there will be no wall-running or jetpacks in Black Ops 7, as it is set 30 years prior to Black Ops 3. However, Stephanie Snowdon, Activision's senior director of communications, did say it will feature 'an evolution of omni-movement' from Black Ops 6. While it's unclear what this evolution will be, some players have spotted what looks like an exosuit of some kind in the background of one of the leaked screenshots. While it could be a cosmetic item, reliable Call Of Duty leaker TheGhostOfHope has claimed the sequel will feature 'wall jumping' instead of wall running, so it could be related. Activision has not yet announced a release date for Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7, but a full reveal is promised 'later this summer'. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Resident Evil Requiem gameplay footage – watch the new trailer here MORE: Jurassic World Rebirth DLC gives you a reason to revisit Funko Fusion MORE: The 20-year-old Xbox 360 just got an update and it was actually kind of worth it
Yahoo
a day ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Call of Duty championships come to Canada for 1st time
For the first time ever, the Call of Duty League World Championship is being held outside the United States, and it's happening in Kitchener, Ont. Miles Ross, esports commentator from the United Kingdom, discusses the tournament and the business of esports.
Metro
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Games Inbox: Is AI going to ruin video games?
The Friday letters page has a bad feeling about the rumoured Xbox layoffs, as one reader thinks there's a real chance for Star Wars: Battlefront 3. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@ Bad enough I've no idea what Front Mission is but that story about the remake replacing all the artwork with AI garbage is just awful. I get that Square Enix subcontracted the work to a not great company but it's still disgusting. Once again, we see that 'good enough' is the highest aspiration companies have and even then it never even reaches that standard. What saddens me is that most people are like that too. AI clearly doesn't work – it lies all the time if you try to search with it – but if you ignore that one inconvenient fact then it may save you a few seconds of work every time you use. I mean, who cares if it changes a robot into a helicopter or some guy talking into a Lenin stand-in… it's good enough. First time I remember being aware of generative AI in games was that six-fingered zombie from Call Of Duty but we've had two controversies already this week, so I really fear this sort of thing is going to become commonplace now. I don't think it's hyperbole to say this could ruin all of gaming, not just with the bad quality visuals but the sacking of developers and Microsoft even trying to make games with AI. Can you imagine how bad that'd be? The rumour is that these Xbox layoffs coming up are connected to AI and that's only going to convince other companies that relying on it, and getting rid of people with decades of experience, is a good idea. Bosly Endless fear This impending cull of more Xbox developers is so disgusting. I know it was said it was inevitable, because all acquisitions are like that, but this is just Microsoft taking a chainsaw to dozens of perfectly good developers. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. I'm reading on X that a bunch of UK studios are worried, and I think that's going to mean the end of Team Ninja or them being turned into some soulless support studio that's not allowed to make its own games. There's talk of the team behind Forza Motorsport (not Horizon) fearing the worst too. Whatever happens the worst thing will be that it probably won't be the last time. It's already happened twice before, and this third time looks like be the biggest so far. Dougal There is another Just in case you haven't been keeping tabs on it but Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is still getting more popular on Steam. It's in the top 50 now, since a few big name streamers have started playing it, and only seems to be getting more and more players. I really think there's beginning to be a chance that EA will take notice and make another. Except… there's kind of a big problem. One of the main reasons it's so popular is that it's only £3.49 on Steam (it's £18 on the PlayStation Store). I'm afraid that would only tempt EA into trying to make some kind of free-to-play Apex Legends type thing. I really hope they do a proper sequel though. Something that took advantage of all the ideas in Andor, which was all grounded combat and no lightsabers, would be amazing. Iver Email your comments to: gamecentral@ Sharing is caring RE: Phil and free Game Pass: did someone else have your console set as their 'home' console for the last two years but predominantly play elsewhere? If so, then you would be able to use their Game Pass subscription. We have both an Xbox Series X and an Xbox Series S, with the Xbox Series X being the console I use. However, my 'home' console is the Xbox Series S, so the kids can use this console but take advantage of my Game Pass subscription on their profiles, whereas I can use my Game Pass subscription on my Xbox Series X, even though it isn't my home console. It's a handy feature that's been around for a while but isn't well-documented, for the obvious reason of Microsoft wanting you to spend more money on subscriptions. That might be the reason why. Otherwise, well done to you for having free Game Pass for the last two years! NatorDom Celebrity makeover I will say this about the new Donkey Kong game, I am 100% sold on the redesign of DK himself. Compared to the original one, which basically only had one expression, the reboot is full of personality and I'm loving it. I already play as him all the time in Mario Kart World and if the new game gets good review I'll look forward to playing him in that too. Companies shouldn't be afraid of reinventing things from time to time. The last thing we needed was another stupidly hard 2D game and Bananza looks much more interesting than that. Scooby Teflon Phil This might seem like a strange thing to say about a $3 trillion company, but I feel a great deal of pity for Microsoft. Or rather, I feel a lot of pity for the ordinary workers at Xbox, who not only have the constant threat of layoffs hanging over their heads but really do seem to be doing their best to make the whole Xbox thing work. The Xbox 360 is 20 years old this year, but can you imagine Sony or Nintendo still supporting the PlayStation 3 or GameCube today? OK, half of the update was an ad for the Xbox Series X but there is a genuine update to the dashboard after all these years and I have to respect Microsoft workers for that. Especially as Xbox backwards compatibility is the best in class and there's really no reason to be playing an actual Xbox 360 anyway. After a good summer showcase the upcoming Xbox line-up looks good (I'd actually concentrate on new franchises rather than wasting more time with Halo and Gears Of War, but that's just me) and Game Pass gets better value every day. If things were fair Xbox would be doing great, but instead it constantly feels like it's on the edge of disaster. I blame the Xbox management entirely and can't bare to see any of them anymore, with their stupid smiling faces while they know what's really going on. I don't see how any of their recent announcements are going to work out and yet no matter how many mistakes are made the only people that ever seem to get punished for it are the ordinary developers. Lapdash Still online Sorry to ask this GC, but I've never owned an Xbox, so don't know. I've just read that Xbox 360 received an update a few days ago and I also found out they took the store down. Can you still play games online on the Xbox 360 or is it offline only? David GC: As long as the servers are run by Microsoft, which is the case for the majority of games, then they'll still be playable online. Nothing by EA will work though, since they run their own servers – as do other companies for certain titles. No mistakes I think I'll wait a few more weeks to see what the Switch 2's biggest single-player launch window game is like before I decide for myself, but I doubt Nintendo thinks they've fumbled or disappointed. With the exception of some reported third party sales and minor Mario Kart backlash, from those who apparently think no effort went into it, things seem to be playing out exactly as planned. Console sales look to have surpassed their expectations, the Mario Kart World bundle has worked particularly well (I'm still a bit confused how taken for granted that deal is in some circles) and Donkey Kong Bananza is the best-selling new game on Amazon right now. That'll give it two popular, genuinely new gen exclusive – and hopefully high quality – big games in the first six weeks, which as far as I can tell is a lot more than any other console has managed in the past 20 odd years. If those patterns had been followed, we'd have seen Metroid Prime 4 as a cross-gen launch title and maybe one of the Zelda remasters and that would've been it. When it comes to revealing its pipeline, it's been clear for years that showing what they judge to be enough is much more preferable for Nintendo, compared to showing their full hand and, while I don't expect a huge unannounced killer app at Christmas, I'm hardly worried that they'll now sit with their feet up till 2027. Panda GC: You're absolutely right, from a business perspective the Switch 2 has been an unambiguous success for Nintendo. Inbox also-ransThis probably makes little sense, but I think I prefer Mario Kart 8 to World as the latter gives me a Mario Kart 64 vibe somehow. Mark Matthews I'm not at all surprised that Nintendo would patch out the trick to get 3-lap races. That is Nintendo in a nutshell, it's their way or the highway! Bootles More Trending Email your comments to: gamecentral@ The small print New Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers' letters are used on merit and may be edited for length and content. You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Reader's Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot. You can also leave your comments below and don't forget to follow us on Twitter. MORE: Games Inbox: Has the Nintendo Switch 2 been a disappointment? MORE: Games Inbox: Will the PS6 be the most powerful console ever? MORE: Games Inbox: Do video game exclusives still matter?
CBC
2 days ago
- Sport
- CBC
World's biggest Call of Duty tournament is happening in Ontario, and it's 'a huge deal'
Social Sharing For the first time ever, the Call of Duty League World Championship is being held outside the United States, and it's happening in Kitchener, Ont. Eight teams will battle it out in a first-person shooter game that throws players into military-style combat for a $2-million U.S. prize pool Thursday to Sunday. The event is being hosted at The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, otherwise known as The Aud — a venue more used to holding OHL games than high-stakes gaming. But organizers say the move up north is no accident. "We're going to transform it and show the world that The Aud is unstoppable," said Neil Duffy, chief commercial officer for OverActive Media, the Toronto-based group behind the tournament's host team, Toronto Ultra. A major win for Kitchener The Call of Duty Championship has been held in cities including Los Angeles, Dallas and Las Vegas — so why now Kitchener? Allister Scorgie, director of sport hosting for Explore Waterloo Region, said planning for it "was a long road." "We've been working with a dedicated focus on making Waterloo region an esports destination for about four or five years," he said. Scorgie said it came down to a combination of preparation and affordability. "Venue readiness was a big part of it," he said. "Even though we haven't hosted a big event like this before, [The Aud's team] was prepared and seasoned to know what to expect." Duffy said Scorgie and his team were key to Kitchener securing the tournament. "This event wouldn't be able to take place without the Explore Waterloo Region folks. "We're building something very ambitious here by making an event of this size and scale, and they've been with us lockstep," Duffy added. He said OverActive could have chosen to host the event in Toronto, but when Kitchener came up as an option, he said, "listen, it's 60 minutes from Pearson airport. The hotels are much more affordable. There's great food and beverage options, and there's a venue that's as good as any in the country." Scorgie said the economic impact of the tournament is expected to land between $12 million and $14 million in new visitor spending, with fans and production staff travelling from across North America and beyond. "That can break down into things like the amount of money that's spent on booking hotel rooms at restaurants, bars, pubs, transportation like car rentals, even the money that someone spends at a gas station locally," he said. "It also includes what the event spends to set up the venue and bring the production to life." While other major sports events like the Grey Cup may be out of reach for mid-sized cities like Kitchener, Scorgie believes esports offers a unique opportunity for the region to punch above its weight. "Everyone's got arenas and soccer fields and diamonds, it's not easy to find a way to differentiate yourself and stand out. We saw esports as a way to do that." Home crowd advantage This weekend, sitting in the middle of the venue where players with the OHL's Kitchener Rangers might take a faceoff, is a massive screen-covered stage. On both sides is a row of desks lined with monitors and computers for teams to take their places. The setup is similar to any other esports event. But for the Toronto Ultra players, this is more than just any other tournament. "I'm really excited," said Joseph Romero, a.k.a. JoeDeceives. "Last year I played against Optic [Texas] at their own champions when they ran it, and you could really feel the crowd." He said he's been itching to go in front of Toronto's fans. "I've seen how crazy they are and how great our fans are." Romero, who has been playing Call of Duty since he was five years old, said the location feels fitting. "It's very significant. It's our biggest event and you can just see how much the Canadian fans really love it." His teammate, Jamie Craven, a.k.a. Insight, said having the event in Canada could make a real difference in team morale and public awareness. Toronto Ultra placed third in Dallas last year and second in Las Vegas the year before. This year, they're aiming to take the top spot. "Last year, Optic Gaming hosted in Texas and it definitely made a massive difference in terms of how they were playing," Craven said. "To have the first-ever world championship in Canada.… it's definitely a huge deal. Hopefully it can push us over the line." Romero agreed, adding that the crowd is a boost, but the real pressure comes from within. "I don't really feel like I get pressure from fans because I already put it on myself," he said. "Because I want to win." Kitchener on the world stage Overactive Media believes events like this are more than entertainment — they're a glimpse at the future of fandom. "If you're between the ages of 10 and 30, your primary mode of consumption is probably YouTube, Twitch or other online streaming mediums," said Duffy. "Competitive gaming and esports is one of the most popular genres." He draws a comparison between esports and traditional sports, pointing out the aging audience of baseball versus the energy of younger fans at recent tournaments. "Where the eyeballs go, the money follows," he said. "We're going to create the next generation of fans and superstars through events like this." With teams coming in from across North America and fans travelling from around the globe, organizers hope this weekend sets a new bar for Canadian esports. "We chatted with the folks at Explore Waterloo Region and said, 'Would this be comparable to an experience in Dallas or Los Angeles or Tokyo or London?'" Duffy said. "And we landed on that it would be."
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
The world's biggest Call of Duty tournament is happening in Ontario, and it's 'a huge deal'
For the first time ever, the Call of Duty League World Championship is being held outside the United States, and it's happening in Kitchener, Ont. Eight teams will battle it out in a first-person shooter game that throws players into military-style combat for a $2-million U.S. prize pool Thursday to Sunday. The event is being hosted at The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, otherwise known as The Aud — a venue more used to holding OHL games than high-stakes gaming. But organizers say the move up north is no accident. "We're going to transform it and show the world that The Aud is unstoppable," said Neil Duffy, chief commercial officer for OverActive Media, the Toronto-based group behind the tournament's host team, Toronto Ultra. The Call of Duty Championship has previously been held in cities like Los Angeles, Dallas and Las Vegas — so why now Kitchener? Allister Scorgie, director of sport hosting for Explore Waterloo Region, said planning for it "was a long road." "We've been working with a dedicated focus on making Waterloo region an esports destination for about four or five years," he said. Scorgie said it came down to a combination of preparation and affordability. "Venue readiness was a big part of it," he said. "Even though we haven't hosted a big event like this before, [The Aud's team] was prepared and seasoned to know what to expect." Duffy said Scorgie and his team were key to Kitchener securing the tournament. "This event wouldn't be able to take place without the Explore Waterloo Region folks," Duffy said. "We're building something very ambitious here by making an event of this size and scale, and they've been with us lockstep," Duffy added. He said that OverActive could have chosen to host the event in Toronto, but when Kitchener came up as an option, he said, "listen, it's 60 minutes from Pearson airport. The hotels are much more affordable. There's great food and beverage options, and there's a venue that's as good as any in the country." Scorgie says the economic impact of the tournament is expected to land between $12 and $14 million in new visitor spending, with fans and production staff traveling from across North America and beyond. "That can break down into things like the amount of money that's spent on booking hotel rooms at restaurants, bars, pubs, transportation like car rentals, even the money that someone spends at a gas station locally," he said. "It also includes what the event spends to set up the venue and bring the production to life." While other major sports events like the Grey Cup may be out of reach for mid-sized cities like Kitchener, Scorgie believes esports offers a unique opportunity for the region to punch above its weight. "Everyone's got arenas and soccer fields and diamonds, it's not easy to find a way to differentiate yourself and stand out," he said. "We saw esports as a way to do that." This weekend, sitting in the middle of the venue where Kitchener Rangers players might take a faceoff, is a massive screen-covered stage. On both sides is a row of desks lined with monitors and computers for teams to take their places. The setup is similar to any other esports event. But for the Toronto Ultra players, this is more than just any other tournament. "I'm really excited," said Joseph Romero, a.k.a. JoeDeceives. "Last year I played against Optic [Texas] at their own champions when they ran it, and you could really feel the crowd." He said he's been itching to go in front of Toronto's fans. "I've seen how crazy they are and how great our fans are." Romero, who has been playing Call of Duty since he was five years old, says the location feels fitting. "It's very significant," he said. "It's our biggest event and you can just see how much the Canadian fans really love it." His teammate Jamie Craven, a.k.a. Insight, said having the event in Canada could make a real difference in team morale and public awareness. Toronto Ultra placed third in Dallas last year and second in Las Vegas the year before. This year, they're aiming to take the top spot. "Last year Optic Gaming hosted in Texas and it definitely made a massive difference in terms of how they were playing," Craven said. "To have the first-ever world championship in Canada… it's definitely a huge deal. Hopefully it can push us over the line." Romero agreed, adding that the crowd is a boost, but the real pressure comes from within. "I don't really feel like I get pressure from fans because I already put it on myself," he said. "Because I want to win." Overactive Media believes events like this are more than entertainment — they're a glimpse at the future of fandom. "If you're between the ages of 10 and 30, your primary mode of consumption is probably YouTube, Twitch or other online streaming mediums," said Duffy. "Competitive gaming and esports is one of the most popular genres." He draws a comparison between esports and traditional sports, pointing out the aging audience of baseball versus the energy of younger fans at recent tournaments. "Where the eyeballs go, the money follows," he said. "We're going to create the next generation of fans and superstars through events like this." With teams flying in from across North America and fans traveling from around the globe, organizers are hoping this weekend sets a new bar for Canadian esports. "We chatted with the folks at Explore Waterloo Region and said, 'Would this be comparable to an experience in Dallas or Los Angeles or Tokyo or London?'" Duffy said. "And we landed on that it would be."
