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Bungie, of Destiny 2 fame, seems to have started warming up the audience for new announcements regarding its upcoming extraction shooter Marathon.
In the second season of Marvel Rivals, which starts on 11 April 2025, Emma Frost and Ultron join the cast of characters. The season takes place on the island of Krakoa during the luxurious Hellfire Gala event, which is interrupted by an attack from Ultron's robot army.
The original Verdansk map returned to Call of Duty: Warzone on 3 April, causing a significant surge in player activity on Steam. The number of concurrent players exceeded 114,000, which is the highest number for the game in 2025.
Developers from id Software decided not to include multiplayer mode in the new DOOM - The Dark Ages game in order to focus on creating a high-quality story campaign. Hugo Martin, the project manager, explained that the addition of multiplayer could have a negative impact on the main game experience.
The gaming industry has experienced massive layoffs over the past few years, which can largely be attributed to the excessive growth in interest in gaming during the pandemic, which then began to decline. Ultimately, it's the failures of studio executives that developers pay for, and Arrowhead CEO Shams Yordjani says he doesn't want to make the same mistakes at the studio that's known for Helldivers 2.
Finally, console players who are tired of cheaters in Call of Duty have won! Activision will allow crossplay to be turned off in regular non-rated matches starting with Black Ops 6 Season 3. This long-awaited feature comes six years after crossplay became a key feature of Call of Duty in the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot.
Shams Jorjani, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, admitted that the unexpected influx of players from the Call of Duty community who purchased Helldivers 2 was a real shock and challenge for the team.
If you don't follow absolutely all games and events, you might have missed the fact that Wargaming is releasing a brand new game for the first time in 7 years, but now you're really curious about what it is.
Journalists shared their first impressions of the new game
The compilation probably won't include Halo: Combat Evolved
The developers continue to improve the game
The new Battle Royale Casual mode will be available alongside the return of the Verdansk map to Call of Duty Warzone on 3 April. This mode, designed for 28 players and up to 120 bots, will be the perfect warm-up for a full-on battle. It is positioned as less intense than the regular Battle Royale mode.
Joris de Man, the composer of the famous Killzone series of shooters, shared his thoughts on the possibility of remasters of these games.
The developers are skilfully intriguing gamers
We already know that the legendary Verdansk map in Warzone is returning on 3 April with the launch of the third season. Activision has shared a video showing a fully recreated map that is faithful to the original design, but with modern technology.
