Battlefield V Women, Battle Royale, And More

Battlefield V: Women, Battle Royale, And More

While it may not have been revealed with the same fanfare that Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII was. DICE’s Battlefield V’s was just revealed and it looks great. I think it is fair to say that if you are a fan of the Battlefield series, you will be happy with what Dice are doing here.

Plenty of character customization, Grand Operations, a story mode and one of the most team-based multiplayer modes are all part of Battlefield V and that is what people want. While there may not have been any “huge” surprises in this reveal trailer, we all knew it was going to be set during World War II after all. What DICE are bringing to the table is sure to make Battlefield fans happy.

One of the strangest things is the uproar over women being in the game. In the trailer (and on the box) women fighting alongside the men are featured, which of course did not happen in this way during World War II. Some people are freaking out over historical accuracy, even though Battlefield has taken major liberties with history in its past games. I really do not see what the big deal here is at all

Another thing worth mentioning is a Battle Royale mode…. Or the lack of one. DICE have decided not to jump on the Battle Royale train just yet. However, they have said that they feel it is a mode that would fit Battlefield very well so maybe it will be something they add to the game at a later date.

Some may say that the Battlefield V reveal was playing it safe, but I think that is a little harsh. It has all the makings of a fun first person shooter and it will certainly be a game that I pick up when it is released later this year.

Play Valkyrie For Free In Call Of Duty WW2 This Weekend

Play Valkyrie For Free In Call Of Duty WW2 This Weekend

With all the talk and hype that is online about Call Of Duty Black Ops 4. It is very easy to forget that there is another Call Of Duty game that is already out now…. And it is awesome! Of course, I am talking about Call Of Duty WW2.

Since its release, we have had two events and two DLC packs. Of course with the DLC packs, many new maps have been added to the game. One of the maps, Valkyrie which was part of the first DLC pack, The Resistance is going to be available for everyone this weekend (25th of May) regardless of if they have purchased DLC or not.

Valkyrie is a pretty neat map. It has a very interesting layout in that there is a center to the map that you can walk through, but I like to call this the kill zone as there are many areas that snipers can hide as well as people waiting for someone to walk past so that they can blast them with a shotgun.

The setting is one of Hitler’s bases, but it is pretty destroyed, it is actually based on a real event from WW2 so that is pretty interesting. I highly recommend that you have some fun with this map, just be warned that until you learn it, you will die a lot as there are lots of fun and clever areas that players like to take advantage of.

Hopefully, in the coming months, Sledgehammer Games are going to give trials of other DLC content to players to spark a bit more interest in Call Of Duty WW2.

Will Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 Blackout Topple Fortnite Battle Royale

Will Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 Blackout Topple Fortnite Battle Royale?

Many games this year are bound to try and implement some kind of Battle Royale mode into them after the success of PUBG and the phenomenal global takeover of Fortnite Battle Royale. One game though that may actually have what it takes to stand toe to toe with Fortnite Battle Royale is Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 and its Blackout mode.

Taking place on the largest Call Of Duty map in history and feature many iconic places from Black Ops past, Blackout has all the makings of a really, really good time. Not to mention the insane amount of weapons and the fact you can travel by land, sea, and air. Many thought that the Battle Royale mode that Black Ops 4 has would be nothing more than a quick cash grab. Actually, it is quite the opposite and you can tell a lot of attention has gone into this mode, it is the main selling point of this year’s Call Of Duty game!

So will people leave Fortnite Battle Royale to go and play Blackout mode in Black Ops 4. I think that some no doubt will and I think that Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 is going to be very, very successful. However, I am not sure it is going to be able to topple Fortnite the way that Fortnite did PUBG.

Fortnite Battle Royale is free and Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 is going to be a full priced game. I would not be surprised if in the weeks before Black Ops 4’s launch that Epic release a ton of cool new skins and other stuff for Fortnite to try and get people to spend their money on that instead of Call Of Duty.

I would love to know what you guys think. Do you think that Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 Blackout will become the number one Battle Royale mode?

Will Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII Have Free Map Packs

Will Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII Have Free Map Packs?

There is a lot of buzz right now thanks to a leak from EB Australia that showed the Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII Specialist Edition, which is this year’s games “special edition” that Black Ops IIII is not going to have map packs as part of a season pass.

The talk is that we can expect one or two new maps added to Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII each month for free. This is something other shooters have done such as Overwatch, PUBG, Star Wars Battlefront II and Titanfall. I think it is a great idea as it will stop the player base from being split into two categories, one that has the map packs and one that does not. If they are free, everyone will have them.

What is interesting though is that it does seem that Zombies is going to have its very own season pass which is kind of interesting. However for the regular multiplayer and their Battle Royale Blackout Mode. Signs point towards these modes giving us new content for free.

A lot of this is speculation, but the listing for that Specialist Edition seemed legit. Every other year when there has been a special edition of Call Of Duty it has come with the season pass as part of its perks. There is no way that Activision would get away with charging what they charge for a special edition that did not contain perks that longtime fans had become accustomed to.

If this turns out to be true, then it is great news. Although, I am very interested to see how much the season pass for Zombies will be as the season passes before have had maps, Zombies, and other stuff. So if the season pass is just for Zombies it surely has to be priced lower right?

No Plans To Bring Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 To Switch

No Plans To Bring Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 To Switch

While the Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 reveal was very, very exciting and many of us are super pumped up for the game. There was one small thing that kind of ate away at me once the reveal was over and I was starting to process it. What about the Nintendo Switch?

Activision has always supported Nintendo consoles very well, even the Wii U had Call Of Duty show up on it and there was a string of Call Of Duty games for the Wii, Nintendo DS and even going back to the Game Cube.

Many thought that with the Nintendo Switch selling like chocolate covered hot cakes, Activision would want a piece of that action and bring Call Of Duty to the Switch. Well, Yale Miller who is one of the top dogs at Treyarch said that there were no plans to bring Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 to the Nintendo Switch.

I think the key here is Black Ops 4. They never said Call Of Duty in general, but specifically Black Ops 4. During the Wii days when the console could not replicate what the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were doing, Wii owners got their own ports of each Call Of Duty game and some of them worked very well. I though, feel that with a few scale backs, Call Of Duty could work on the Nintendo Switch and it would be a huge success, the Switch still needs that big first person shooter game!

Call Of Duty and the Nintendo Switch seem like a winning combination, so hopefully, at some point, we will see the series show up on the console.

Thoughts On Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 Blackout

Thoughts On Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 Blackout

We all knew that there was going to be a Battle Royale mode in Call Of Duty Black Ops 4. Thanks to the reveal we know that this mode is called Blackout and it looks like a lot of fun.
Many games are going to have a Battle Royale mode in them this year, but they are going to have to go some to top what Call Of Duty is doing.
While it never said how many players would be in a match. It did say that this is the largest map ever and it is made up of parts of some of the best maps from the Black Ops series. Black Ops is one of the most popular sub series in COD so it is great to see that they are bringing back some of the popular characters from the past.
One of the most interesting things though was that they said that this map can be traversed by land, sea, and air! So there are going to be vehicles as part of this Battle Royale mode. I think that is a very interesting dynamic and I am sure being able to jump in a vehicle is going to save my butt many, many times.
The reveal did not go super into detail about what exactly we can expect, but the little bits that it did show us were enough to get the whole internet excited. I really think that Activision is on a winner with Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 and if I were another shooter releasing this year I would be a little bit nervous.

Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII Looks Great

Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII Looks Great

The big reveal has finally happened, we finally know what the plans for Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII are. We all knew that the campaign was gone, but Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII looks like it is split into three different modes.
Multiplayer: In the trailer, multiplayer looks like a lot of fun. No regenerating health! You either heal yourself or get a dude called Crash to do it for you. Many people are saying that the multiplayer trailer they showed off had a kind of Overwatch look to it. One interesting thing is that there is no wall running or boost jumping. I thought for sure this would be in, but I am wondering if skills like this will be designated to a certain class.
Zombies: I really wish we saw more of zombies, but I am sure that will be coming at E3. It looks like rather than one long story, Zombies is going to have mini stories set during different periods of time. In the trailer, one section was a Roman Coliseum and the other looked like the freaking Titanic!
Blackout: Blackout is the Call OF Duty take on the Battle Royale phenomena. Treyarch did a great job in teasing this and it features many parts of our favorite maps, characters, weapons and vehicles from the Black Ops franchise. This mode is going to be absolutely huge and I for one cannot wait to play it.
I think the Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII event was fantastic. I was already excited about the game, but this reveal really makes it look like one of the best Call Of Duty games in years.