Over the last few days, rumors have circulated about the next Call of Duty game being play tested and ultimately set to release on the PlayStation 4, but Activision has now denied the claim. Call of Duty looks to be leaving the last-gen platforms in the dust.

"Not sure where this one started, but it’s not true," Call of Duty posted on May 4. "The next Call of Duty is not being developed for PS4."

Not sure where this one started, but it’s not true. The next Call of Duty is not being developed for PS4.

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) May 4, 2026

For the first time since 2013's Call of Duty: Ghosts, the franchise will skip the PlayStation 4 console. This social media response from the official Call of Duty account only confirms it won't release the upcoming game on PlayStation 4, but presumably this means the Xbox One console generation is also getting left behind.

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Grand Theft Auto VI is coming this November to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and while history suggests it will eventually come to PC, it won't be there alongside the console editions at launch. Why is that?

Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick told Bloomberg that Rockstar Games is known to launch GTA games first on console before PC, and that is because, "I think with regard to a release like that you're judged by serving the core [audience]."

"Like really serving the core consumer. If your core consumer isn't there, if they're not served first and best, you kind of don't hit your other consumers," he said.

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Subnautica 2 is coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one, developer Unknown Worlds has announced. It'll release on May 14 for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Rog Xbox Ally.

As on Steam, Subnautica 2 will release in early access--known as Game Preview on Xbox. For more, check out the exact Subnautica 2 launch times for Xbox and PC.

Subnautica 2 is coming to market with a lot of hype behind it, as it's the No. 1 most-wishlisted game on Steam. The 2018 original game was much-loved and the spin-off, Below Zero, was enjoyed by fans, too. The sequel has not been confirmed for release on PlayStation 5 or Nintendo Switch 2.

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The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red has received yet another nomination, but this one isn't for a game. The Polish game studio's physical office in Warsaw was nominated for the 12th edition of the Architectural Award of the Mayor of Warsaw.

"We're very proud to be included in this city-wide competition recognizing the best-designed spaces and buildings in Poland's capital," the studio said.

The company's HQ in Warsaw is where the team leading the development on The Witcher 4 is based. Fans can support CD Projekt Red in the architectural contest by voting for them at this website. The winners will be announced on June 22.

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Diablo 4's new Lord of Hatred expansion added some tantalizing developments in the hunt for the game's fabled secret cow level, but so far, the level itself still remains illusive.

Players have been on the hunt for Diablo 4's cow level, a Diablo franchise tradition, since the game first launched in 2023. Both Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 sported their own versions of the joke level (which was actually kind of lucrative), leading fans to assume Diablo 4 had one too, despite Blizzard insisting it didn't. The base game and its first expansion both offered new clues as to the level's whereabouts and seemed to move the ball forward, only for secret hunters to to run into dead ends both times. Lord of Hatred, however, has changed that.

As seen in the video above from a member of Diablo 4's Not Finding A Cow Level Discord server, with the addition of the Horadric Cube (a crafting tool that granted access to versions of the cow level in previous Diablo games), dedicated cow-level truthers have finally found a use for previously discovered secret items like the stamina potion and rusty bardiche. Combining these in the cube along with a morbid new item, Neyrelle's hand, transmutes them into an all-new item, the cow skull Trophy of the Faithful. That item, in turn, rewards a torn journal page.

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Year over year, Call of Duty continues to snowball into a bigger live-service gaming package, but if you're someone who's trying to keep up with the patch notes each update, the degree to which they have grown is astounding. Last week's Season 3 Reloaded update for Black Ops 7 and Warzone is no exception, as the patch notes surpassed the length of some of the world's most historic documents.

Call of Duty patch notes happen frequently throughout each game's yearly life cycle. Sometimes the developer releases a small patch with only a handful of bug fixes, but others, like the big seasonal content drops, are now blog posts of mammoth proportions.

As someone who's been covering Call of Duty for over a decade, I've read a lot of patch notes, and I find myself becoming increasingly overwhelmed by the abundance of text included

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When it announced its AI-powered DLSS 5 raytracing tech earlier this year, Nvidia inadvertently made headlines when users criticized how much the tech apparently changed the faces of game characters, including Grace Ashcroft of Resident Evil Requiem. According to Requiem producer Masato Kumzawa, the uproar about how DLSS 5 might unilaterally change characters' faces contrary to the intent of the developers who created them shows how well Capcom got Grace's design right from the start.

"The fact a lot of players commented they really liked the original design of Grace and didn't want to see it changed was a positive," Kumzawa told Eurogamer. "It meant we got the design right [and] points to the fact that Grace quickly established herself as a fan favorite, that people had such strong opinions on her design."

Kumzawa didn't comment directly on how Capcom was involved with the announcement. When DLSS 5 was initially announced, Capcom's Jun Takeuchi, and executive producer on Resident Evil Requiem, stated that "DLSS 5 represents another important step in pushing visual fidelity forward, helping players become even more immersed in the world of Resident Evil."

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Orders for the Steam Controller finally became available on Steam earlier today, but it became extremely difficult to snag one before it went out of stock due to payment processing errors.

The Steam page for Valve's latest hardware launch opened up ordering around 1 PM ET. While some were able to pick up a Steam Controller as soon as this happened, others were served the following message after inputting their shipping and payment information: "There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."

Initially, Steam stated that deliveries would be made in 3-5 days, but later expanded that window to 6-10 business days. Eventually, the error message disappeared and was replaced with one stating, "Your order cannot be completed because one or more items in your cart is currently out of stock. Please try again later." Its Steam page now displays an "Out of Stock" message, and the product can't be added to your digital cart.

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“This has never happened before, so it’s very exciting,” says Magic the Gathering head designer Mark Rosewater as we start a new round of his upcoming trading card game, Mood Swings. Despite the trading card game being designed to be easy to pick up--as well as Rosewater having played thousands of matches over its nearly 30 years of development--he is about to pull off a very specific sequence of moves for the first time.

On its face, Mood Swings delivers on its promise of being incredibly straightforward. In its primary format, two players (although it can be played with more) each form a hand of five cards from a single 45-card deck. Each card is named after an emotion, has an associated value, and a unique effect, with only one-card-per-person played each round. After every participant completes their turns, whichever person has the highest total value of cards on the table wins the round, and winning three rounds secures victory. Cards in play carry over between rounds, with the winner of the previous round going first, and the loser drawing a new card (more often than not, going second is advantageous.)

It’s the final round, with myself and Rosewater tied at 2 rounds a piece. As he begins to explain the series of moves that he wants to pull off, he comes to realize that it’s not actually going to go the way he thought. You see, Rosewater already has Vanity in play, which has a starting value of zero, but increases by one for every card (mood) he has on the board, including itself. However, if his hand is empty, Vanity instead boosts itself by three for every mood he has in play.

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Warcraft 3: Legacy is now available on Battle.net as its own client, meaning fans of Blizzard's old-school RTS no longer need to install or launch Warcraft 3: Reforged to access the classic.

When Blizzard launched Warcraft 3: Reforged (to disastrous results) back in 2020, it essentially replaced the original version of the game on Blizzard's platform. Though players could still technically play with original Warcraft 3 visuals within Reforged, the "remaster" was objectively worse in many ways. It lacked features like player profiles and competitive ladders, and made it so many custom maps, the lifeblood of Warcraft 3's lasting popularity, no longer worked.

Now, players can go back to an earlier version directly through Battle.net, as quietly announced last week in a forum post.

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May is Military Appreciation Month, and as Activision does each year, it's honoring soldiers with in-game content for Call of Duty to support the Call of Duty Endowment.

This year's Call of Duty Endowment DLC is called the Navigator: Tracer Pack, and it's inspired by the real retired service member Captain Chris Cassidy. Cassidy, who was also involved in creating the DLC, is a former US Navy SEAL and NASA astronaut. 100% of the net proceeds from the DLC bundle in Black Ops 7 and Warzone will go to the Call of Duty Endowment, just like previous Military Appreciation Month DLC. Pricing wasn't announced, but previous bundles sold for $20-$25.

You can see the content in action in the video below, while a full rundown of its contents can be seen below the video. Cassidy earned the Bronze Star for leading a nine-day operation Zhawar Kili cave complex in search of Osama bin Laden in the weeks immediately after 9/11. He later became an astronaut and completed six spacewalks; he spent 182 days in space in total.

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Randy Pitchford, the co-founder and main boss at Borderlands developer Gearbox, has commented on a recent AI-created photo that he posted on social media and clarified his studio's stance on using AI for game development.

Pitchford said he recently asked ChatGPT to generate a selfie of an AI that indicates "how they feel based on how I interact with it," and it came back with the image you can see below. Pitchford was mocked for this so-called "AI slop," with one person saying a real photo of himself working in his office and taken by a Gearbox employee might have gone over better. Pitchford replied by saying that this person missed the point. Pitchford wanted the AI to create an image of what it perceived to be itself, not Pitchford, as part of the developer's effort to shine a light on the "absurdity of the idea of AI having an identity."

I asked my primary AI tool to generate a selfie that indicates how they feel based on how I interact with it and this is what it generated (note: background words were not prompted and have zero relationship to anything real). pic.twitter.com/ufn9jWhNGh

— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) May 3, 2026

In another post, Pitchford clarified his position further, saying he uses ChatGPT primarily as a search engine. He said he recently tried out the image-generation part of ChatGPT, with his specific prompt for the image being: "Make a picture of yourself as if you worked at my company, Gearbox Software."

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While May 4 may not be an official holiday on your calendar, it's a happy day for Star Wars fans. It's a great time to rewatch the movies and shows, but there's also a horde of fun new merch debuted on this day every year. And who needs an excuse to buy Star Wars merch, really? There are tons of exclusive deals at retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and beyond, plus some cool merch to check out at the official Disney Store. We've combed through the listings and highlighted some the best Star Wars Day deals below, but be mindful most of these discounts are only good for today, so grab them while you can.

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• Amazon
• Walmart
• Target
• Disney Store

Amazon's best discount is on the Star Wars Citizen watches, which are discounted as high as 51% off and come in Darth Vader and Han Solo styles. We also love the vintage-inspired May The Fourth Be With You t-shirts, which come in the classic poster style and a colorful font with a group of the series' most beloved characters.

Walmart's Star Wars deals are heavy on Lego sets, so if you're a collector, this is the sale for you. A few of the discounted sets include the Acclamator-Class Assault Ship, The Mandalorian Trouble on Tattooine, and the Obi-Wan Kenobi Jedi Starfighter. Target's deals feature everything from Star Wars Funko Pops to collectible figures like The Black Series Imperial Remnant Stormtrooper.

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With Star Wars making its return to the big screen this month in The Mandalorian and Grogu, Secretlab has unveiled a new gaming chair based on the upcoming film. Just like its other special edition chairs, the new Secretlab Titan Evo features a design inspired by the movie's armor-clad main character, and it's now available to preorder.

Secretlab Titan Evo: The Mandalorian and Grogu Gaming ChairGallery See at Secretlab

The new Titan Evo chairs come equipped with their own take on the fabled Beskar armor of Mandalore, as they have a chrome leatherette design modeled after the mythic metal. The silver materials are complemented by several small nods to the Mandalorian, Din Djarin, like a Mudhorn signet embossed on the headrest and visual elements based on the design of his helmet, chestplate, and vambraces. Another neat Easter egg is a "This is the way" quote on the seat base, written in the Mando'a language.

One of GameSpot's favorite gaming chairs, the Secretlab Titan Evo scores high thanks to its use of premium materials and an affordable price point. Secretlab offers this model in three sizes--small, regular, and extra-large--as well as several additional upholstery options like SoftWeave Plus fabric, NAPA leather, and Exotic Ash Microsuede. Each chair is equipped with built-in lumbar support that automatically adjusts to your sitting position, 4D adjustable armrests, and a memory foam neck pillow that makes them comfortable to sit in for long stretches--but don't forget to get up and stretch every hour!

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Dan Frazier, one of the original artists for Magic: The Gathering, has been wrapped up in a plagiarism scandal this month over a recently released image of the One Ring from The Hobbit set. Fans on Reddit quickly noticed that Frazier's image greatly resembled a previous One Ring illustration by Marta Nael from the Tales of Middle-earth set. Now, Frazier and Magic: The Gathering's parent company, Wizards of the Coast, have acknowledged that Nael's art was used without her permission or credit for her work.

"I made a mistake, and I feel awful," wrote Frazier in a statement on X. "I especially feel for Marta, whose work I adore. In trying to create an iconic version of The One Ring, while looking at references online, I ended up using Marta's Ring as a reference and painted over it to try to depict the item the fans hold dear to their hearts. In doing so, I didn't make it my own. I'm reaching out to Marta privately to apologize artist to artist."

A message from Dan Frazier and Wizards of the Coast: pic.twitter.com/4VCM8avcay

— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) May 2, 2026

Wizards of the Coast's message stated that it has plans to pay Nael for her work and that both she and Frazier will be credited for the art in the digital versions. The company's statement also noted that it didn't catch the similarities between the two works before adding, "We still value Dan and his contributions and are grateful for his place in the game."

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With rumors swirling that Kingdom Come developer Warhorse is developing a new The Lord of the Rings RPG, actor Tom McKay--who plays main character Henry in the Kingdom Come series--has commented on which The Lord of the Rings character he would like to play in a hypothetical game.

He told Radio Times that The Lord of the Rings is filled with "incredibly rich, complex characters," but if he had to choose one, it would be a character with Aragorn vibes. He also said, should he be cast in a Lord of the Rings game, he would want his character to differ from Henry.

"If I were to do it, and I flatter to think that anybody would want me to do it, I'd probably rather nudge it away from the Henry vibes a little bit. I quite like playing a sort of broad palette of characters," he said.

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One of the biggest banks in the world, Bank of America, said in a new investor note that it believes Take-Two should price GTA 6 at $80 to help drive prices higher across the industry. This is happening against a backdrop where games are getting more and more expensive to make.

The bank attended the recent iicon event in Las Vegas, where Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick discussed GTA 6's pricing at a high level, and said in its note that GTA 6 should be the game that kicks off a new trend of $80 games across the board. Omar Dessouky, the Bank of America securities stock analyst who wrote the note, said he heard from attendees at the event that the video game business is struggling.

He said the industry overall would struggle to sell games for $80 if one of the most anticipated games ever--GTA 6--comes out at $70. And given that, he said, "We think it's in Take-Two's self-interest, as a publisher and partner to many developers, to raise the price point for the entire industry," according to Seeking Alpha.

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One of Walt Disney World's most popular attractions, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, reopened on May 3 after about 1.5 years of downtime for refurbishments and upgrades. The reopening did not go entirely to plan, as cast members had to use a fire extinguisher on the Magic Kingdom ride to deal with an issue, prompting an evacuation of guests and the ride to close temporarily as the issue was addressed.

A parkgoer posted a photo on social media showing a cast member using a fire extinguisher on the ride's tracks, with a white substance covering the area. Whether or not there was an actual fire is unknown. The incident happened around 5:45 PM and the ride later reopened.

No injuries were reported, and Disney has not commented on the mishap.

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Last Flag, the third-person shooter from Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds and developer Night Street Games, has not reached enough players to support the development of new content beyond what was planned already. The game isn't shutting down, however.

"We don't want to kill our game--we want to give it to the community who helped us get here," the developers said in a Steam post. "Although our player count is not currently where we need it to be to support additional development beyond our upcoming planned patches, we are shifting our focus to make sure those updates give tons of value and control to our players so the game can continue to thrive and grow."

In the next few months, Last Flag will add its promised new content, including a new character, a new map, and a new mode, along with more cosmetics and the introduction of leaderboards and custom rulesets.

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The latest chapter in video game retailer GameStop's tumultuous story is unfolding, as the company has announced plans to make a deal to buy eBay for $55.5 billion.

GameStop said in a news release that it submitted a "non-binding proposal" to buy 100% of eBay at $125 per share in cash and stock, at 50% each. This would be about a 20% premium over where eBay's stock was trading on Friday and a 46% premium to eBay's closing price on February 4 this year. That was the day that GameStop started buying eBay stock. Today, it owns about 5% of eBay's outstanding stock.

CEO Ryan Cohen told The Wall Street Journal, "There is nobody who is more qualified, based on my experience, to run the eBay business," he said.

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