My greatest fear with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was that it would become another Modern Warfare III. Modern Warfare III was haunted by the omnipresence of Call of Duty: Warzone. While Activision’s battle royale cash cow and Fortnite rival has proven to be successful, it was never meant to sustain the foundation of Call of Duty‘s other pillars. Swiftly into Modern Warfare III‘s ca...[Read More]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III stumbled so Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 could soar. Triumphantly so. Black Ops 6 possesses a kind of opulence I haven’t seen in a Call of Duty game since perhaps Infinite Warfare, Black Ops 3, and Advanced Warfare–the first fruit borne from Activision’s mandate that Call of Duty‘s key three developers would be gifted with 3-year development cy...[Read More]
Early in the evening on November 3, 2021 I patiently waited to load into a multiplayer lobby in Call of Duty: Vanguard. A few short minutes before, I had wrapped up an 11-round session of Zombies with fellow Vanguard reviewer Nathan Stevens. We had a great time. Not only did we pass the hours literally and figuratively shooting the shit, we indulged in one of Call of Duty‘s simple pleasures:...[Read More]