Activision News Articles
Tuesday2nd Dec 2025
News Black Ops 7 Season 01 Maps Detailed, Free On Xbox Game Pass Ultimate This Week
Four maps arrive on day one
Ahead of launch later this week, Xbox and Activision have given us a closer look at the multiplayer maps coming to Black Ops 7 Season 01 - with four new levels coming to the Game Pass FPS later this week. The maps in question are Fate, Odysseus, Utopia and Standoff; the latter being a returning classic from 2012's Black...
Friday28th Nov 2025
News Black Ops 7 Gets Its First Xbox Discount Two Weeks After Launch, But You'll Have To Be Quick
A Black Friday weekend offer from Microsoft
Xbox's big Black Friday sale has been live for more than a week now, featuring some massive AAA titles from a broad range of publishers and developers. One game that seemingly missed the Black Friday boat — mostly due to its very recent release date — was Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, but Microsoft has...
News Call Of Duty May Be Heading To Nintendo As Xbox Dev Seeks Talent With 'Switch Experience'
Maybe not until 2027, though
Remember when Microsoft committed to putting Call of Duty on Nintendo platforms amidst all of the ActiBlizz drama a few years back? Well, we've not really seen much activity in this space since, but after confirming that this move was still in the works back in the summer, one of the COD dev teams is now seemingly hiring...
News Xbox Game Studios Has Loads Of Titles Heavily Discounted In Its Steam Black Friday Sale
Lots of XGS, Bethesda & Activision offers!
Here at Pure Xbox we've done plenty of coverage on Microsoft's Black Friday offers already - from a general roundup of the big Xbox digital sale to discounts on Game Pass and so on. If you're playing over on PC a lot more these days though — especially in the wake of
Tuesday25th Nov 2025
News Black Ops 7 Season 01 Arrives Next Week, And It'll 'Significantly Improve' Progression
The Battle Pass is getting a big overhaul
Xbox developer Treyarch has fully detailed Black Ops 7 Season 01, and there's a lot of content coming to the game next week. A big batch of multiplayer maps, Zombies survival maps, weapons, operators and more are arriving for the Xbox Game Pass title on December 4th - alongside "significant improvements" to...
Thursday20th Nov 2025
News Black Ops 7's Messy Campaign Is Being Detached From 'Endgame' Mode This Week
You'll soon be able to skip the story to play Endgame
At the moment, a bonus 'Endgame' mode unlocks for Black Ops 7 players who've suffered through the game's cobbled-together story campaign - but thankfully, the team is about to drop the campaign completion requirement for its bonus extraction mode. Yep, developer Treyarch has announced that...
Friday14th Nov 2025
News Xbox Game Studios & Activision Are Finally Teaming Up With 'Minecraft Blast'
It's a mobile game, though...
Ever since Xbox started acquiring these big developers and publishers, we've probably all thought about the synergy we might possibly see from Microsoft's gaming division, but that hasn't really happened just yet. At large, these developers and publishers within Xbox seem pretty separate - but finally, we're at least...
Thursday13th Nov 2025
News Xbox Game Pass Users Are 'Moving To New Zealand' Again To Play Black Ops 7 Early
Some regions can play before others...
It's finally almost time for the launch of Black Ops 7 on Xbox, with the game officially releasing this week on November 14th. However, as is becoming the norm each year, fans have already started talking about plans to 'visit New Zealand' to begin playing a little early. Yes, the biggest open secret in the...
Wednesday12th Nov 2025
News Call Of Duty Dev Clarifies Skill-Based Matchmaking Options In Black Ops 7
"Here's what you'll see on day one"
Last month, developer Treyarch announced that it was removing skill-based matchmaking from Black Ops 7 multiplayer following some early beta testing of this change in direction - and now the team has detailed exactly how this will all work at launch, and there are some caveats. Black Ops 7's multiplayer playlists...
Tuesday11th Nov 2025
News Former Nintendo President 'Surprised' That Xbox Hasn't 'Fully Embraced' Switch 2
Some games have been announced, but not many
Since Nintendo's Switch 2 announcement earlier this year, Microsoft has begun to support the new hybrid console, announcing various ports such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Fallout 4: Anniversary
Monday10th Nov 2025
News The Original Modern Warfare 2 Appears In Xbox Game Pass Premium Ad
Is it coming to Microsoft's new service?
On the eve of Black Ops 7 dropping into Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, another Call of Duty title could be on its way to the service. An Xbox user has seen a Game Pass ad pop up on their console dashboard that appears to include the ori
Friday24th Oct 2025
News Black Ops 7 Season 01 Revealed Before The Game's Even Out, And It's Absolutely Stacked
10 maps confirmed for Season 01
Black Ops 7's Xbox launch is exactly three weeks away, with the latest Call of Duty title set to grace Xbox Game Pass on November 14th. However, fans aren't even being given time to digest what's in the base game right now - as Activision reveals an absolute shedload of content coming to the game as part of
Tuesday14th Oct 2025
News Battlefield 6 Boss: 'The Only Reason COD Exists Is Because EA Were D*cks'
Vince Zampella speaks openly
Call of Duty vs. Battlefield has been a long-standing rivalry in the gaming biz; two FPS titans that often trade blows as publishers Activision and EA hope to reign supreme. With BF6 out in the wild, veteran developer Vince Zampella has now had a major hand in both of these franchises - and in a new interview, h
Wednesday8th Oct 2025
News The Full Black Ops 6 Campaign Will Be Entirely Free For A Week, Starting This Thursday
Taking Battlefield 6 head on?
The Call of Duty team has detailed its latest free trial ahead of the series' yearly Halloween update, and for the first time in franchise history, the entire Black Ops 6 campaign will be free-to-play for a week on Xbox. Yep, starting October 9th and running through October 16th, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is hosting...
Tuesday7th Oct 2025
News Activision Lays Into Black Ops 7 Hackers As 97% Of Early Access Beta Cheats Shut Down Instantly
A monumental effort from the COD team
The Black Ops 7 beta is now in full swing as Microsoft opens the doors for anyone and everyone to jump in, and as the tech test moves on from its early access period, Activision has provided a huge update on how it's handled cheaters during the first few days of the beta. The COD anti-cheat team says that...
Friday26th Sep 2025
News Call Of Duty Dev Admits 'Worry' About Franchise Fatigue With Black Ops 7
"I worry about that"
Xbox developer Treyarch is following up 2024's Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 with Black Ops 7 later this year; that being the first time Black Ops has seen to back-to-back releases in series history. Despite the upcoming title being set in a completely different time period to last year's effort, a senior developer on the team has...
Monday8th Sep 2025
News Xbox Fans Are Again Talking About All The Microsoft Games Missing From Game Pass
A lot of these have licensing issues, though
So, we're starting to see some fresh discussion on a newly-compiled list of Microsoft-owned games currently missing from Xbox Game Pass, as fans question why the Xbox owner is reluctant to put all of its titles on the subscription service. There are plenty of strong cases for questions to be asked here,...
Tuesday19th Aug 2025
News Black Ops 7 Launches On Xbox Game Pass This November, Free Beta Plans Detailed
"The world is on the brink of chaos..."
Xbox's next Call of Duty title has just kicked off Gamescom Opening Night Live, with Black Ops 7 finally getting a formal release date. The series' upcoming futuristic entry launches on Xbox Game Pass on November 14th - an
Wednesday30th Jul 2025
News PlayStation's Q2 2025 Sales Charts Are In, And Xbox Is Dominating The List (US)
Six of the top 10 are Xbox games
Much has been said about Microsoft's pivot to put Xbox games on PS5 in recent months, but the numbers don't lie, and the team continues to shift copies on the Sony platform. This week, Circana has put out fresh data that gathers up the top 10 best-selling games on PlayStation (physical and digital) for Q2 2025 - and...
Friday18th Jul 2025
Rumour Xbox Has Locked In A November Release Date For Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7
Shock?
The word on the street is that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will launch this November. Shocked? Nah, probably not, but considering last year's entry arrived in October, it's looking like Xbox and Activision are taking a few extra weeks to get Black Ops 7 out the door. The official release date is set for November 14th, 2025, according to...
Tuesday15th Jul 2025
Report Activision Blizzard's King Team Sees Axed Job Roles 'Replaced' By AI
200 jobs have been cut at the studio
We apologise in advance for bringing another AI story to you today, but a fresh report from MobileGamer suggests that Activision Blizzard's King team is a part of the Microsoft Gaming business seeing human job roles shift to AI. It had previously been reported by the likes of Bloomberg that
News Xbox's Full Black Ops 7 Reveal 'Kicks Off' Gamescom 2025 In August
"Kicks off Gamescom in a massive way"
Following its prestige slot as the show closer for Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase last month, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will officially blow the doors off Gamescom 2025 in August. Opening Night Live host Geoff Keighley has announced the news on
Thursday10th Jul 2025
News Xbox Fan 'Shocked' That Latest First-Party Release Ships Completely On Disc
No download required!
In recent months, there's been a bit of controversy surrounding physical Xbox releases and the amount of data stored on-disc, with both Indiana Jones and DOOM: The Dark Ages requiring big downloads before being able to play. However, the company's latest first-par
Wednesday2nd Jul 2025
News Xbox Has Briefly Taken Down A Bunch Of Classic COD Games For 'Maintenance'
Are they being prepped for Game Pass?
We have an intriguing development in the world of Call of Duty today, folks. As part of what appears to be quite a hefty maintenance effort from the Activision team, a big batch of COD titles have gone offline for roughly four hours today - including some Xbox 360 classics like Modern Warfare 2 and the original...
Monday30th Jun 2025
News Xbox Brings Another Call Of Duty To Game Pass Today (June 30)
The ActiBlizz influence
Welcome to your final Xbox Game Pass update for June 2025! Today, we have just the one new title coming to the library - although it's a fairly big one as Microsoft brings another Call of Duty game to the service. Here's a bit more on this latest addition to Xbox Game Pass: Call of Duty: WWII (Console, PC) - Later Today:...
Wednesday18th Jun 2025
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Won't Go Super-Duper Futuristic, Confirms Activision
At least in terms of player movement
With the announcement of Black Ops 7 earlier this month, Call of Duty is going back to the future for the first time since 2018's Black Ops 4 - and just like that late Xbox One era release, this COD title will be rei
Tuesday17th Jun 2025
News Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Hits Huge Sales Milestone As Crash 4 Joins Xbox Game Pass
"This one calls for a victory lap"
After almost six years on the market, Activision has announced that its 2019 kart racer Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled has sold 10 million units worldwide across all available platforms, including Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. In just four days' time, this CTR remake will hit its sixth anniversary, with the game...
Tuesday10th Jun 2025
News Xbox Is Still Committed To Bringing Call Of Duty To Switch, Confirms Activision
"Both teams are working on it"
Nintendo Switch 2 is out. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has been announced. And yet, Xbox hasn't committed to launching anything on the new Nintendo system right now, apart from next month's
Sunday8th Jun 2025
News Call Of Duty Goes Co-Op With Black Ops 7, Coming To Xbox Game Pass This Year
"Following the events of Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 6"
It may have only been about 10 seconds since Black Ops 6 launched on Xbox, but Call of Duty is back once again with Black Ops 7; debuting with a co-op campaign on Game Pass this year, as you'd expect. We heard rumours about more Black Ops coming in 2025 for a while, bu
Monday19th May 2025
News Despite Xbox's Multiplatform Push, Activision Abandons COD Warzone Mobile
"Thank you for your dedication and passion"
Since finally acquiring Activision Blizzard in late 2023, Microsoft has continued to boast about the size and success of Call of Duty Warzone Mobile - but this weekend, it's decided to pull the plug on Warzone's iOS and Android spin-off. Making the announcement via its support page, Activision has now...
