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Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty video game series, dies aged 55

Game developer, who was also involved in Medal of Honor and Titanfall, was killed in a car crash

The Guardian - UK

Gaming industry legend, Vince Zampella has passed away after highway crash, according to reports

The former Respawn Entertainment head and former Infinity Ward CEO is reported to have died following a single car crash in Los Angeles, according to early reports.

Windows Central

The likelihood of another Battlefield: Bad Company is slim, but its former lead designer thinks Battlefield boss Vince Zampella could make it happen: 'He knows his sh*t'

"I would like to play it and see what they wind up doing."

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Activision fires back at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 rumors — "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet"

In an unexpected move, Infinity Ward, the Activision studio responsible for the 2026 Call of Duty release, has fired back against the latest round of rumors.

Windows Central

Rotating CoD franchises is not enough – the entire series needs a sabbatical

It's time to slow down.

Destructoid

The life and death of Call of Duty's most controversial mechanic, the boost jump: 'They almost threw me out of the room'

How CoD embraced the future, before backlash brought it back down to earth.

PC Gamer

Call of Duty creator and current Battlefield 6 head Vince Zampella says "The only reason that CoD exists is because EA were d**ks"

Zampella worked on Medal of Honor before founding Infinity Ward

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Call of Duty was saved against the odds when Infinity Ward imploded

Modern Warfare 3 co-director Glen Schofield tells the dramatic story of its making first-hand.

PC Gamer

Xbox fans are compiling lists of all the Activision, Bethesda, and Microsoft games still missing from Xbox Game Pass — and it's pretty huge

Microsoft's merged with Activision-Blizzard has been complete for a couple of years now almost, but activating Activision's back catalog on Xbox Game Pass has been a bit of a slow burn. Why? Let's analyse.

Windows Central

Analyst says EA plans to milk Battlefield for everything it's worth: 'Their goal is three studios making Battlefield on a 3-year basis, so they can get to Battlefield annually'

EA is reportedly building up to Call of Duty's exhaustive 12-month cycle.

PC Gamer

Call of Duty’s bloated HQ launcher — now officially 'decoupled' by Activision — here's what you need to know

Call of Duty's HQ launcher for Warzone, Black Ops 6, Modern Warfare 2, and Modern Warfare 3 was a bloated disaster. Activision has finally decoupled legacy titles from the launcher, with no effect on shared Warzone progress.

Windows Central

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – All the key details on the next Call of Duty

Activision is double-dipping on Black Ops in 2025.

PC Gamer

Every Call of Duty game in release order and timeline explained

The long-running franchise grows every year.

Dot Esports

Xbox Games Showcase 2025 preview: The big games and developers to expect on Sunday's livestream

Forza, Call of Duty, Gears of War, Fable, and many more.

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OG Infinity Ward dev says Call of Duty's gone the way of The Simpsons: 'It kind of feels like they've run out of ideas at times'

Call of D'ohty.

Player One

'Call of Duty: Warzone' Verdansk Map Explained: Here are the Changes, Upgrades From Latest Update

Call of Duty: Warzone's latest Verdansk map offers massive changes, upgrades for better experiences.

PC Gamer

Former EA exec says the ailing mega-publisher missed a chance to snag Blizzard and other heavy hitters before Activision: 'EA saw all those first and passed on all of them'

I wonder how that would have gone.

Inverse

20 Years Ago, Call Of Duty’s First B-Team Changed The Franchise Forever

Call Of Duty's first expansion also marked the first time developers would add their own spin on Infinity Ward's revolutionary groundwork.

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GamesRadar

As Activision suddenly kills a long-awaited Call of Duty mod, Infinity Ward veteran encourages the publisher to "build systems to help your UGC community, not strangle it"

The H2M-Mod team had to cease all operations hours before launch

GamesRadar

Infinity Ward animator casually shares the coolest gun Call of Duty never made: the Whizzbanger, a meme of a pistol that fires 50 cal rounds with a sledgehammer

It's hammertime

Evening Standard

Ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – the 10 best Call of Duty games from World at War to Modern Warfare

Can you survive the chaos of No Russian? Back up your mates on Zombies? With Black Ops 6 around the corner, we rank the best Call of Duty games

GamesRadar

Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward, and other devs praise Helldivers 2's stellar animations: "Give them awards"

There's a lot of love for those ragdoll physics

PC Gamer

Former Infinity Ward dev says Activision told staff to 'take the money and get over it' after 'cold-blooded' canning of studio heads West and Zampella

"If anything, most of the team was feeling even more upset."

GamesRadar

How the war began – the making of Call of Duty

Interview | The story of Call of Duty begins with one of its fiercest rivals – here, Retro Gamer goes deep into the history of an FPS dynasty

GamesRadar

10 FPS games that left the rest of the genre scrambling to keep up

Holiday Long Read | Meet the FPS gamechangers that really defined the genre as we know it now

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