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• The Call of Duty: WW2 beta has convinced me to return to multiplayer on PC

  For a brief few days last week when the Call of Duty: WW2 PC beta was available, I caught myself actually enjoying multiplayer in a Call of Duty game for the first time in a long while.

• "This is the year where the PC is going to excel," says Call of Duty: WW2 PC developer Raven

  Call of Duty: WW2, just like every Call of Duty game, is going to have a PC version. But, as the beta proved to many, the PC version is not an afterthought this year.

• Call of Duty Online is now available in China

  The Chinese market-exclusive Call of Duty Online has entered into open beta.

• Can Call of Duty: Ghosts' multiplayer keep up with the dynamic age?

  Call of Duty: Ghosts is a static arena shooter in an increasingly dynamic industry. VG247’s Dave Cook quizzes co-developer Raven Software on how it hopes to modernise the format going into next-gen.

• Call of Duty: Ghosts developed by Infinity Ward, Raven & Neversoft

  Call of Duty: Ghosts development was aided along by fellow Activision teams Raven Software and Neversoft, Infinity Ward has confirmed.

• Jedi Knight II source code released to mark LucasArts' passing

  Raven Software has released the sourcecode for Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy to mark the closure of LucasArts today. “We loved and appreciated the experience of getting to make Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy for LucasArts. As a gift to the persistently loyal fanbase for our Jedi games and […]

• Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Mac now available via digital distribution

  “Better late than never” is a familiar adage to Mac gamers, and if you’ve been hanging out for an OS-X friendly version of Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, today’s your lucky day. The well-received 2003 action affair arrived on digital distribution platforms for Windows in 2009, but the Mac flavour has only now arrived […]

• Ten more maps, two modes for Modern Warfare 3 in 2012

  Activision has outlined the remaining 18 content drops of a promised 20 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

• First Modern Warfare 3 DLC dropping next month

  Infinity Ward’s confirmed the first DLC for Modern Warfare 3 will arrive on Xbox 360 next month.

• Quick Shots: A couple new screens of Modern Warfare 3 turn up

  Videogame.de has previewed Modern Warfare 3, and in the write-up are two new shots of the game, which we’ve posted below. Head on through the link to see what the site thought of the game. MW3 is out in November for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Thanks, NeoGAF.

• Bowling explains Raven and Sledgehammer's involvement with Modern Warfare 3

  Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has said Raven Software’s part in the Call of Duty franchise was to help Treyarch with DLC as well as “random user interface and engineering tasks,” and it will be helping IW out with Modern Warfare 3 “in the same capacity”.

• Raven CoD contributions mentioned in designer job ad

  Singularity developer Raven Software’s long-rumoured association with the Call of Duty series seems to have been confirmed by another informative job listing.

• Vicarious, Raven Software, High Moon defend Activision in wake of lay-offs

  The vocal minority’s opinions only mean so much, but when it’s calling you “the evil empire,” it might be time to set the record straight. Such was the aim of a recent PAX East panel, during which Activision-owned studios Vicarious Visions, Raven Software, and High Moon stormed the stage with some sunshine and butterflies to […]

• Quake 4 now legally available to download in US and Canada

  Bethesda’s made id shooter Quake 4 available via legal downloadable means, a mere five years after it first released.

• LinkedIn profile turns new Bond game rumours up a notch

  Give the old rumour anthill another stir; a Raven employee’s LinkedIn profile has added fuel to the speculation fire that a new Bond game is forthcoming.

• Report: Sledgehammer and Infinity Ward co-developing MW3 for November release

  According to a report over on the LA Times, Activision has tasked Sledgehammer with co-development duties on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with Infinity Ward. This is according to “people familiar with the situation,” and will add to burgeoning rumors surrounding the next installment in the monster shooter franchise.

• Report - New Bond game "recently got go-ahead"

  A Deadline report has claimed that a new James Bond game has been greenlighted by Activision following news last night that the Bond 23 movie was back in play.

• Rumour: Raven working on Call of Duty-related project

  Raven looks likely to be working on something in the Call of Duty universe, if a a job listing found by MCV is anything to go by.

• Rumor: Raven Software developing stealth-based Bond game, taking focus off X-Men Origins sequel [Update]

  Tomorrow never dies. And neither does Bond. Lord, that was a shitty movie.