A Reddit user posting as antisocialnae reported that a stray bullet passed through their home's exterior and interior walls before being stopped by their ASUS TUF VG258QM 280Hz gaming monitor while they were playing Call of Duty at night. The user shared photos of the bullet hole and the damaged monitor, calling it 'the best $280 I ever spent,' and ASUS has publicly responded saying it will look into the incident, though no replacement has been confirmed.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-02
The Verge's Installer newsletter issue No. 149 covers a search for a new web browser alongside other tech releases, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Amazon's Blink Mini 4K camera. The newsletter notes the new Call of Duty title focuses on refining existing gameplay rather than reinvention, with an improved campaign mode, while the Blink Mini 4K offers a $80 4K camera with two-way audio and smart security features.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-24
CNET's review of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, the fourth and final entry in Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare reboot series, says the game improves on last year's Black Ops 7 with a tighter single-player campaign and a slightly slower multiplayer pace. The review highlights that Modern Warfare Zombies has been removed entirely and replaced with DMZ, a player-versus-player-versus-AI extraction shooter mode, which the reviewer calls the standout feature. The campaign alternates between series mainstay Captain John Price and new South Korean soldier Park Hyun-Jun, battling a coalition of Russian and North Korean ultranationalists.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-23
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has reportedly received widespread positive critical reception, according to TechSpot. Details on specific review scores or critics quoted were not included in the available report.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-23
Nvidia released GPU driver 621.01, enabling Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery, a DirectX 12/Windows 11 technology that precompiles shaders in the cloud instead of on a player's PC. Gears of War: E-Day and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 support the feature when downloaded through the Xbox PC app, even if purchased on Steam, and it's also supported on AMD and Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 drivers.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-21
With pre-order early access to its campaign underway ahead of this week's full launch, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has earned a 94% positive rating across 4,068 Steam reviews, giving it a 'Very Positive' score. That's the best Steam reception for a mainline Call of Duty title since 2010's Black Ops, far outpacing recent entries like Black Ops 7 (38.7%), Black Ops 6 (45.7%) and Modern Warfare III (48.1%).
techspot.com
· 2026-10-19
Maurice Heumann spent three months and an estimated 600-700 billion AI tokens using Claude and Codex agents to decompile and rebuild the C++ source code of 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. He reports 99% of the game's functions have been recreated, with 83% matching the original code, and says the game is now fully playable. Two earlier blog posts and a video of the project have since been taken down following a copyright report from the rights holder.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-12
Chernin Entertainment has announced plans to adapt the video games Arc Raiders and The Finals into television and film projects, with Embark Studios involved in some capacity. The company describes these titles as ambitious global IPs with potential for major franchise development across multiple media. Details about the adaptations remain scarce, but the projects are part of a broader trend of expanding video game properties into transmedia experiences.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-05
Amazon UK has reduced the Nintendo Switch 2's price by 15%, lowering it to a record £354.99. Other retailers like Argos, John Lewis, and Smyths Toys have matched this discount, making it the lowest price since the console's launch. The price cut comes amid ongoing component shortages and recent MSRP increases to £419.99.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-05
Activision's Season 1 update for Modern Warfare 4 will add a Warzone toggle that replaces other players' non-standard skins with default Operator appearances. The setting is off by default and only affects how other players appear to the user enabling it; a player's own chosen skin remains visible to themselves regardless.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-24
Activision published a report ahead of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's October 22 launch detailing the scale of the video game cheating economy, citing research from threat intelligence firm Intorqa. The study estimates the market generates between $5.1 billion and $13.8 billion yearly, with cheat subscriptions for just 15 popular titles alone bringing in roughly $3.5 billion, and the remainder coming from account trading, boosting, and spoofing hardware sold through organized distributor networks.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-22
Microsoft confirmed it is removing Cyberpunk 2077, Dead Cells, Frostpunk 2, Mullet Madjack and Superliminal from Xbox Game Pass on September 15. The company is adding replacement titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, but critics argue the incoming lineup doesn't match the quality of what's leaving.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-02
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