Month: June 2019

After Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s reveal last week, Activision confirmed the shooter will feature cross-play between PS4, Xbox One, and PC players. Now, developer Infinity Ward has shed a bit more light on the mechanics of that feature.

Modern Warfare’s cross-play system will work much like Fortnite‘s, according to a Forbes article endorsed by Infinity Ward producer Candice Capen. You’ll therefore only be put into matches against players using the same control input method as you–meaning PC users won’t be able to use the quicker keyboard and mouse combination to walk all over console players.

This does change slightly if you’re a console user wanting to play with a PC-owning friend, however. In that situation, Infinity Ward has no choice but to mix the two communities, so you might find yourself having a slightly tricky match. But at least the option is there.

Activision also revealed last week that the new Call of Duty will not have a season pass system. Instead, all post-launch maps and events will be free for all players.

Both this and cross-play should go a long way to helping keep the Call of Duty player base together, without limiting them to only playing with people on the same platform and who own the same maps that they do. In general, there should be a whole lot more people to play against. It may also make the Call of Duty esports scene a little more welcoming, as players will be able to compete on their preferred platforms.

One thing that is not changing is that it will have timed exclusive content on PS4. We don’t know all the details at this point, but like last year’s Black Ops 4, the window will be only seven days, which is much shorter than the 30-day window CoD’s exclusivity used to be.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s release date has been set for October 25.

Sony might not be attending this year’s E3, but it still has plenty going on to share with players around the world. After recently offering a fresh look at Death Stranding, the company has now detailed some upcoming changes to the PS4‘s party system, and it sounds intriguing. Here’s what to expect from the forthcoming system update.

In a post on the PlayStation Blog, social media director Sid Shuman revealed Sony is currently testing enhanced chat audio quality, improved network connectivity, and the ability to create and participate in parties of up to 16 people, up from the current limit of eight.

The new features are part of the next PS4 update preview program, which gives beta access to select users for new updates. North American players will be able to test a couple of extra features, too: the PS4 Second Screen mobile app will allow you to enter text which will then be spoken aloud to other party members. Additionally, the app can transcribe the incoming chat audio from your friends. Sony says these app-focused updates are available to US- and Canada-based users only for the time being, and only in English.

Sign-ups for the upcoming beta update are now live in North America and are coming “soon” in Europe. Note, however, that if you participate in the preview program, you’ll only be able to join parties that contain other members of the program. If you are successfully selected for the beta, however, Sony will allow you to share your access code with 20 friends, meaning you can all test the update together.

In other PlayStation news, the PS4 exclusive Blood & Truth became the first ever VR-only game to top the UK sales chart last week. The shooter launched just a few days ago, and we awarded it a 7/10 in our Blood & Truth review.

IGN can exclusively reveal the first official trailer and new character posters for Starz’s upcoming supernatural spy thriller, The Rook. The Series will make its debut on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at 8 p.m. ET/PT in the US and Canada, then on the STARZPLAY platform in Germany and Spain.

Per Starz, “The Rook tells the story of Myfanwy Thomas, a woman who wakes up in the rain beside London’s Millennium Bridge with no memory of who she is and no way to explain the circle of latex-gloved dead bodies splayed around her. When Myfanwy discovers she is a high ranking official in the Checquy, Britain’s last truly secret service for people with paranormal abilities, she will have to navigate the dangerous and complex world of the agency to uncover who wiped her memory – and why she is a target.”

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