Cole Martin
Cole is the resident Call of Duty know-it-all and indie game enthusiast for Windows Central. She's a lifelong artist with two decades of experience in digital painting, and she will happily talk your ear off about budget pen displays.
Latest articles by Cole Martin
The roadmap to Black Ops 6 includes new optimizations to the Call of Duty experience, including smaller downloads and streamlined menus
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Optimized The road to a smoother Call of Duty experience is going to take a few extra updates, but streamlined UI and smaller downloads are on the way.
The team behind Let's Build a Zoo puts you in the developer's seat with an all-new management sim for Xbox and PC
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Be the dev Springloaded, the developers behind Let's Build a Zoo, have announced a new management simulator, Let's Build a Dungeon, coming to Xbox and PC.
Sega has announced a third installment to one of the most hilarious management sims is "coming soon" to Xbox and PC
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Two Point Find ancient relics, curate your own museum, and keep the wacky folks of Two Point County content in this wonderful and weird management sim from Two Point Studios and Sega.
DOOM: The Dark Ages comes to light as leaks drip from QuakeCon
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DOOM leaks A closed-door reveal of DOOM: The Dark Ages at QuakeCon 2024 has led to a deluge of leaks from content creators in attendance.
Starfield's 'Shattered Space' vehicles purportedly leak on video, giving us a more detailed look at how they work
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Vroom Vroom The latest Starfield leak gives players a look at the dune buggy that will supposedly launch with the 'Shattered Space' DLC this fall.
Latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 trailer and intel barrage haunts us with the first official look at Zombies gameplay
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Zombies Just 2 days after dropping a cinematic trailer introducing the cast of Black Ops 6's Zombies mode, Treyarch Studios has released official gameplay footage.
Peaceful Pokémon-like 'Creatures of Ava' from 11 bit studios is available now on Xbox and PC Game Pass
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Day one Stop 'The Withering,' explore new biomes, and help save the inhabitants of Ava in this Xbox and PC exclusive creature-saver, available now on Game Pass.
Blizzard drops a new cinematic trailer for World of Warcraft: The War Within, centered around the Nerubians of Azj-Kahet
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Cinematic World of Warcraft: The War Within’s latest trailer, “Threads of Destiny”, provides some cinematic context for the spider-like Nerubians, who will serve as antagonists for the upcoming expansion.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 leaks are making the rounds weeks ahead of the COD: Next showcase
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Leaks A build of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is reportedly being played on jailbroken PS4 consoles, and leakers are having a field day sharing details ahead of the game’s Next showcase later this month.
Activision drops the ban hammer on more than 65,000 Call of Duty cheaters
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TeamRICOCHET Activision's TeamRICOCHET anti-cheat enforcement has deployed new detection measures and purged leaderboards following a ban sweep against cheaters in Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare 3.
'We started our FY25 strong,' says Electronic Arts CEO, despite reporting a decline in earnings and revenue
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Profit & Loss EA has reported it's first-quarter earnings report for the new fiscal year, revealing a decrease of 13.7% year over year due to lackluster game sales and weakened live service revenue.
Forza fans check your Xbox messages: Free copies of 'Forza Horizon 4' are going out to some players
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Delisting If you've purchased DLC for Forza Horizon 4 despite playing primarily through your Xbox Game Pass subscription, a copy of the game could be on its way to you.
Palworld is still in early access, but a major update just added a ton of content with new achievements
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Update The so-called "Pokemon with Guns" open-world survival game with creature collection, Palworld, has its first major update since launching into early access in January 2024.
15 million unique pilots have taken to the sky in Microsoft Flight Simulator
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Flight Sim Microsoft doesn't offer player numbers often, but 15 million players is nothing to shake a gear shift at.
6 changes for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 that I hope Treyarch Games implements as we wait for the upcoming NEXT showcase
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6 for 6 I’m excited about Call of Duty's future, but I still have a wishlist of improvements for the franchise.
My favorite cozy Xbox exclusive is getting a major update with improvements to co-op
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Lightyear Frontier Lightyear Frontier launched on Xbox Game Pass earlier this year in Early Access. The game is set to receive its first free content update on June 26.
Call of Duty's Task Force 141 suit up to become Vault Dwellers in a new Fallout collaboration
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COD x Fallout Call of Duty's latest collaboration is with the also Microsoft-owned Fallout, so you can hit the battlefield looking like a Vault Dweller.
You know what's missing from Ark: Survival Ascended? Power Rangers, according to a new mod available today on Xbox and PC.
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Mighty morphin' Mod repository Curseforge and game company Hasbro have collaborated on an official Power Rangers mod for Ark: Survival Ascended.
War is Hell: This upcoming retro-inspired survival horror indie title showcases the trauma of war on Xbox and PC
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2 Spooky Catchweight Studio’s retro pixel survival horror has over 100K wishlists on Steam. Detailing the horrors and traumas of war in 1916, CONSCRIPT is coming to Xbox, PC, and other consoles on July 23.
Xbox has landed an exclusive trucking sim, with an epic sci-fi twist
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Space trucking Raw Fury showcased a new sci-fi-themed trucking simulator, Star Trucker, during the PC Gaming Show, and it’s heading exclusively to Xbox Series X|S consoles and PC on September 3.
Cross Gen bundle or Vault Edition—Which version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 should you preorder?
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Vaulted Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has multiple editions available for preorder, and our handy guide can help you know what is different between each one so you can preorder the best one for you.
One of the buggiest warfare strategy games I've ever seen is launching on Xbox and PC this fall—and I can't wait
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Release date Empire of the Ants, a real time strategy game built in Unreal 5 is a photorealistic take on ant warfare as you protect and grow your colony coming to Xbox and PC in November 2024.
No, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won't require 309.85 GB of storage space at launch
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Size matters Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is estimated to require more than 300 GB of store space, but there are some problems with the estimate listed on Xbox.