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]]>?The Activision business division saw the biggest loss, with revenues falling by 49 percent to $453 million from $891 million in the same period last year. Meanwhile, Blizzard’s sales fell by 43% to $274 million from $483 million.
?In terms of player numbers, overall monthly active users fell from 435 million to 372 million compared to the same period in the previous year. MAUs for Activision were down 33% to 100 million, while MAUs for Blizzard were down nearly 19% to 22 million.
?The corporation stated that the quarterly results were lower because Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone both performed below expectations. One of the reasons given is Blizzard’s release schedule, which did not contain significant games.
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Candy Crush Saga stands tall
?However, not all of the company’s decisions resulted in significant losses. The King division, which is responsible for mobile casual games, limited the damage somewhat with another strong sector.
The company’s quarterly revenues increased by 12% year-on-year to $682 million, and net bookings increased by 8%. Candy Crush Saga, King’s largest franchise, was the top-grossing gaming franchise on US app stores for the 19th quarter in a row.
?What’s next for Activision Blizzard?
?Blizzard’s 43% revenue decline in the first quarter hinged heavily on “product cycle timing for the Warcraft franchise”. Speaking on what could possibly play a huge role in seeing its revenue rise, the brand discussed the release of Warcraft’s first mobile product.
?While Diablo Immortal is pegged for a June 2 release internationally, Warcraft��s first mobile product is scheduled to be released in a few weeks. The company also highlighted that there will be a PC version for Diablo Immortals with cross-play to be launched on the same day in beta.
?In the future, Activision Blizzard plans to produce a sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which is described as the “most successful” edition in the franchise to date, as well as a “new free-to-play Warzone experience” that will be released alongside the premium Modern Warfare title.
?In a statement, the company has promised to deliver more compelling content as it expands its Call of Duty resources.
?”Activision continued to rapidly expand its Call of Duty development resources in the first quarter. Its expanding staff are focused on providing the community with ever more appealing content on PC and console, as well as expanding Warzone to the mobile platform,” the company added.
?In regards to the partnership between Activision Blizzard and Microsoft, the corporation affirmed that everything is going according to plan. The transaction has been approved by both boards of directors and is expected to be finalized by June 30, 2023.
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]]>The third season is on the way and will be released later this month.
As the second season draws gradually to an end, the release of the third season of Call of Duty Warzone is imminent.
The third season will be released a day after expiration of the second season Reloaded.
The third season, termed “Classified Arms,” is set to be released on April 27, as revealed on the trailer below.
Task Force Harpy have discovered treasure troves of classified arms. The truth will soon be unearthed. pic.twitter.com/1efe4Hm7JF
— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) April 13, 2022
COD took to their social media page to share a cryptic message as fans run wild in a bid to solve it.
“We’ve uncovered a device broadcasting a mysterious frequency from the cache. Further spectral analysis is needed to decipher the signal. Can any soldiers help?”
What will CoD Warzone Season 3 offer?
“Classified Arms” are found after an invasion is made on the Nazis, who apparently had detonated Nebula bombs. A frequency broadcasting device is found admist the roar of some creature. Looks like some monstrous creatures have been released around the world as a lot of changes are made to Caldera.
With some changes coming to Caldera in the forthcoming season, players could expect to see a few new locations. Some of the changes could include the replacement of the former meta with a new one, weapons balancing and some advancement in the audio system is to be expected.
What’s new on Warzone?
Makers of COD, Raven Software have teased about some changes to be expected in the coming Season 3. Season 2 Reloaded revealed some major visual changes made to Warzone’s Rebirth Island map. The prison island also saw some additions including the Communication Towers and the Weapon Trade Stations. These changes are only but appetizers to the main dish season 3 promises to be.
What’s new on Vanguard?
According to the Call of Duty League‘s blog, Ranked Play will bear new unique set of rewards every season and season 3 is not left out. We will be seeing unique rewards ranging from, but not limited to weapon blueprints, charms, and camos. Season two saw some updates made to the Skills Ratings system and as such some more adjustments or additions is expected to the mode in the coming season.
We will likely see the addition of a new Assault Rifle Blueprint, four new Prestige levels and a few peculiar seasonal challenges. We also might be thrilled with the addition of new maps and modes for multi-player. Another intriguing feature that could be contained in season 3, is more spawn changes and possible quality of life updates.
While the Vanguard’s Zombies mode pause feature have been heavily castigated and kicked against by fans for its limitations. It is unsure if that was addressed in the coming season.
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]]>With multiple reactions from players, viewers, and the likes, he has been forced to release an official statement on social media. He explained his predicament in a lengthy TwitLonger post. There, he admitted to having cheated and apologized for it but found a way to ruin it in his next sentence.
“I’m sorry for disappointing the community but I have to start by saying I made a mistake last night on stream. Yes, those were blatant boxes and I did get caught but as dumb as the excuse sounds I was honestly started getting the hacks for camos,” he wrote.
Hacking Situation.
Read: https://t.co/UZDDkL1jFC
— plehxify ? (@pplehx) April 11, 2022
He went on to apologize to his peers for the uncomfortable situation he has put them in. Then went on to try to speak to his ranking and how he genuinely achieved that, stating that he had just gotten the hack recently.
“I know none of y’all are going to believe me but I wanna say I’m sorry to the people played with, I didn’t wanna ruin anyone’s rep I didn’t wanna ruin mine obviously,” he continued. “In the clip you can clearly tell I just had got the cheats, I was very naive with the software/hacks. As most of you know you’re allowed to hide the boxes off your stream if you’re a good hacker.”
Vanguard’s #2 ranked player “Plehxify” caught cheating during a live stream
There have been various instances of players hacking multiple Call of Duty titles, leading to them cheating in-play. It has become a thing of worry for gamers and developers likewise as the gaming experience and competitive nature of the game are left in ruins.
With the development and deployment of Activision’s RICOCHET, these cases of hacks were to be a thing of the past. But alas, a loophole has possibly been found and exploited as Plehxify was caught cheating during a live stream.
In COD’s Ranked Play, “pplehx,” as he is otherwise known, had walked his way up the leader board to the second-place position. But his ride to the top has now been questioned with the new revelation of him cheating using wallhacks on a live stream.
The #2 ranked player on Vanguard (��pplehx��) has been caught cheating after his stream bugged and showed he had walls
(via @V1A70) pic.twitter.com/rpF3SnX3jI
— CDL Intel (@intelCDL) April 11, 2022
While he was engaged in a game of Tuscan Hardpoint, he had an issue with his live stream as it bugged out, although that didn’t last for long. But for the split second that it did, the clip made revealed he could see red boxes (signifying enemies) behind walls. He hacked the game and was flagrantly cheating the system.
Using these wallhacks guarantees its users the particular location where their enemies lurk. Their location is made known to the player through partitions like the red boxes, showing the area where the enemies are hidden.
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