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These are the battle royales you should be playing instead of Call of Duty Warzone Mobile
Smash the competition in these awesome battle royale games
There are times when being attached to a highly regarded franchise is more of a problem than you'd expect, given the hefty standards of fans; Call of Duty Warzone is a textbook example. The FPS battle royal has been critically panned on Steam by fans who feel it doesn't stack up to what was expected, given its subpar graphics, frequent crashes, aggressive monetization, and horrible interface. To the surprise of absolutely no one, the mobile port, Call of Duty Warzone Mobile, has had an equally lousy reception on the Play Store, sitting at a pitiful 3.3 review score at the time of writing. Outside the off-putting monetization features that plague Google's platform, the game is just an unremarkable battle royale with nothing special to set it above the rest.
Activision Blizzard swears it’s still committed to Call of Duty: Mobile
Where did we hear that before? Oh right, Stadia!
Microsoft announced plans to buy out Activision Blizzard in January last year. The $68.7 billion deal is now under the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s lens. In a recent response to the investigating agency, Microsoft mentioned Call of Duty: Mobile (COD:M) will be phased out gradually, specifically outside China, when Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile breaks onto the scene.
Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is now open for pre-registration
The battle royale is making its way to smartphones
The Call of Duty franchise has seen renewed success in the free-to-play space. On consoles and PC, Call of Duty: Warzone has millions of active players, and on mobile, Call of Duty Mobile lets you play on the go. During Game Spot's mobile gaming show, a mobile version of Warzone was announced by Activision, and if you'd like to check it out on your device, you can now pre-register to download it as soon as it becomes available.
Sony will sell you its latest phone for entirely too much money next month
Even with its pre-order bonuses, the Xperia 1 III is an expensive phone
The Android marketplace has been feeling a lot smaller lately. LG dropped out of the smartphone game entirely a couple of months ago, and while HTC hasn't officially thrown in the towel, the halcyon days of the One M7 and M8 are long gone. Sony's still alive and kicking if you've been missing some of that old-school Android feel, and it's finally bringing its newest flagship to the US next month.
An official Call of Duty: Mobile account on Reddit has revealed that a significant update is coming to the game later today. It's slated to arrive at 21:00 PST, and this update will include controller support, a new zombie mode, and new maps. A new Battle Pass is also coming, but it won't arrive until November 25th. Back when I covered the release of Call of Duty: Mobile in October, I was delighted with the shooter, though the missing controller support was a sticking point. Thankfully Activision has been listening to its fans, so the announcement for today's update is indeed very welcome news.
Back in March Activision and Tencent officially announced Call of Duty: Mobile at the 2019 Game Developers Conference, and in the middle of last month we learned that the mobile shooter would be officially released on the Google Play Store on October 1st, which means the game is now available on Android. As expected, this is a free-to-play release. In-app purchases, loot boxes, and a premium pass are included, not to mention a plethora of cosmetic items and an expensive in-game currency. Still, the amount of nostalgia offered in the title is hard to ignore, and the gameplay luckily holds up, which is why the game is definitely worth a look.
Activision and Tencent have teamed up to bring Call of Duty: Mobile to the West as a free-to-play release. The shooter was recently announced during a Unity keynote at the 2019 Game Developers Conference. This upcoming release is expected to bring together fan-favorite maps, modes, weapons, and characters from across the Call of Duty franchise, and it's currently available for pre-registration on the Google Play Store.
I'm not a gamer, but even I knew that Call of Duty coming to mobile is big news. Big enough to have people trying to find ways to play it even before it's officially released, and scammers using the opportunity to prey on those who aren't knowledgeable or perceptive enough. And today we have the first signs of the latter: a scam listing for Call of Duty: Mobile has surfaced on the Play Store and it costs a — hold your breath — whopping $32. Yeah... no.