Activision is unlikely to care that nobody believes its excuse, of course. In 2021, the company reported it made $5.1 billion in revenue from microtransactions and DLC across all its games.

Activision now says this was all just a big whoopsie and has removed the ads. Suggested Reading. Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: Bid Farewell To June With 5 Great Games.

Activision’s attempts to push its monetisation as far as possible makes just opening the game feel like you’re punishing yourself. CoD isn’t the only Activision game that does this either.

Now, Activision has disabled this and claimed it was only a "test" that was added to the game by accident. Fans aren't buying that explanation, however.

Games company Activision Blizzard, which owns the Overwatch, Candy Crush and Call of Duty brands, has recorded pretax profit of €2.5 million in Ireland. The video games giant saw a considerable ...

All eyes are on the next Call of Duty, reportedly a Black Ops 2 sequel, to see if Activision tries adverts in loadouts for real this time. Wesley is Director, News at IGN.

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Activision developers updated the community that the issue had been fixed, and Call of Duty services were stabilizing. Gamers revealed that the whole season 4 launch was difficult, to the extent ...

Microsoft can move ahead with $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, judge rules. Regulators are seeking to ax the deal because they say it will hurt competition.

The Call of Duty series is an annual franchise, and Activision's 20-year streak of releasing new Call of Duty games every year continues in 2025 with the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

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But this is far from the first time Call of Duty has fallen into a monetisation controversy. Earlier this year Activision released a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover which cost a whopping ...