This year's Call of Duty release will be a sequel to 2019's Modern Warfare, Activision Blizzard announced today. It will be developed in tandem with a new Warzone release that will be "designed together from the ground up."

Call of Duty fans can be expect a "all-new playspace and a new sandbox mode" for Warzone 2. Both the Modern Warfare sequel and Warzone will be powered by a new engine.

Let’s start with a look ahead:
✅ COD 2022 is a sequel to MW 2019, and being designed with a new #Warzone experience (both led by @InfinityWard)
✅ A massive evolution of BR, with an all-new playspace and new sandbox mode
✅ A new engine powering both the new game and #Warzone

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) February 11, 2022

Development on both games will once again be led by Infinity Ward, which previously worked on Modern Warfare 2019 and Call of Duty: Warzone. Both games are among the most successful Call of Duty games ever made, with Warzone in particular becoming a major fixture of the battle royale scene.

The Call of Duty 2022 news was released as part of a community update that also includes info for Season 2 of Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone. Activision Blizzard is promising more than 30 improvements ahead of the next season's launch on February 14, including fixes to blockages in Modern Warfare's multiplayer.

The announcement comes amidst ongoing unionization efforts at Raven Software, a key support studio in the Call of Duty ecosystem. Earlier this year, Raven Software's QA engineers went on strike to draw attention to their cause.

The future of Call of Duty has also been a key question amid Xbox's recent Activision Blizzard acquisition. While Infinity Ward did not announce the platforms for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2022 or the new Warzone, Microsoft has promised that Activision Blizzard games will be released on PlayStation "beyond existing agreements," meaning that PS5 owners can expect to play this year's releases alongside their compatriots on Xbox Series X|S.

Today's announcement is a welcome refresh for Warzone in particular, which has dealt with everything from bugs to a cheating epidemic. When Call of Duty: Warzone was released in 2019, we called it an "enjoyable battle royale despite making some serious concessions to depth." Nevertheless, it was also "teeming with good ideas." Perhaps Warzone 2 will be an opportunity for Infinity Ward to make good on some of those ideas.

Infinity Ward has not yet announced a release date for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2022 or the new Warzone, but fans can likely expect them sometime in November.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN

This year's Call of Duty release will be a sequel to 2019's Modern Warfare, Activision Blizzard announced today. It will be developed in tandem with a new Warzone release that will be "designed together from the ground up."

Call of Duty fans can be expect a "all-new playspace and a new sandbox mode" for Warzone 2. Both the Modern Warfare sequel and Warzone will be powered by a new engine.

Let’s start with a look ahead:
✅ COD 2022 is a sequel to MW 2019, and being designed with a new #Warzone experience (both led by @InfinityWard)
✅ A massive evolution of BR, with an all-new playspace and new sandbox mode
✅ A new engine powering both the new game and #Warzone

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) February 11, 2022

Development on both games will once again be led by Infinity Ward, which previously worked on Modern Warfare 2019 and Call of Duty: Warzone. Both games are among the most successful Call of Duty games ever made, with Warzone in particular becoming a major fixture of the battle royale scene.

The Call of Duty 2022 news was released as part of a community update that also includes info for Season 2 of Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone. Activision Blizzard is promising more than 30 improvements ahead of the next season's launch on February 14, including fixes to blockages in Modern Warfare's multiplayer.

The announcement comes amidst ongoing unionization efforts at Raven Software, a key support studio in the Call of Duty ecosystem. Earlier this year, Raven Software's QA engineers went on strike to draw attention to their cause.

The future of Call of Duty has also been a key question amid Xbox's recent Activision Blizzard acquisition. While Infinity Ward did not announce the platforms for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2022 or the new Warzone, Microsoft has promised that Activision Blizzard games will be released on PlayStation "beyond existing agreements," meaning that PS5 owners can expect to play this year's releases alongside their compatriots on Xbox Series X|S.

Today's announcement is a welcome refresh for Warzone in particular, which has dealt with everything from bugs to a cheating epidemic. When Call of Duty: Warzone was released in 2019, we called it an "enjoyable battle royale despite making some serious concessions to depth." Nevertheless, it was also "teeming with good ideas." Perhaps Warzone 2 will be an opportunity for Infinity Ward to make good on some of those ideas.

Infinity Ward has not yet announced a release date for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2022 or the new Warzone, but fans can likely expect them sometime in November.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN

Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and all of Netflix's other Marvel TV shows will no longer be available on the streaming service from the beginning of March.

IGN can verify that Netflix's Marvel TV shows are all now prefaced with a removal notice, which states that "this show is available until 1st March." This brief warning is presented at the beginning of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Punisher, Iron Fist, and The Defenders, leaving a window of just a few weeks before these titles are removed from the streamer.

IGN's screenshot (above) shows the pop-up message at the beginning of the first season of Marvel's Jessica Jones, on an episode titled "AKA Ladies Night," though no official announcement about the removal of the shows has been made by Netflix as of yet. As such, there has also been no word on where these shows might be heading next, if anywhere.

In 2013, Marvel and Netflix announced a deal that would create a mini Marvel universe on Netflix based on The Defenders. This included original shows starring Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. Later, a Punisher spinoff was also created and released on Netflix as well as a team-up series for The Defenders.

However, this deal effectively ended in 2019 when Netflix announced that it would be cancelling the remainder of its Marvel shows, possibly in light of the news that Marvel was pursuing its own original television programming, with shows like WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, on the then newly-announced Disney+ streaming service.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: No Way Home and the Hawkeye series.

Last year, Marvel regained the live-action rights to Jessica Jones and The Punisher from Netflix, meaning that all of the Marvel characters Netflix previously held the live-action rights to, including Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, reverted back to Marvel and opened the door for some of those characters to appear in MCU projects.

Just recently, Charlie Cox reprised his role as Matt Murdock for a cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home, while Vincent D'Onofrio made an appearance as Kingpin in the Disney+ show Hawkeye. There hasn't been any news concerning the return of other characters from Netflix's Marvel shows, but Cox believes there's more Daredevil and Kingpin in the MCU's future.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and all of Netflix's other Marvel TV shows will no longer be available on the streaming service from the beginning of March.

IGN can verify that Netflix's Marvel TV shows are all now prefaced with a removal notice, which states that "this show is available until 1st March." This brief warning is presented at the beginning of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Punisher, Iron Fist, and The Defenders, leaving a window of just a few weeks before these titles are removed from the streamer.

IGN's screenshot (above) shows the pop-up message at the beginning of the first season of Marvel's Jessica Jones, on an episode titled "AKA Ladies Night," though no official announcement about the removal of the shows has been made by Netflix as of yet. As such, there has also been no word on where these shows might be heading next, if anywhere.

In 2013, Marvel and Netflix announced a deal that would create a mini Marvel universe on Netflix based on The Defenders. This included original shows starring Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. Later, a Punisher spinoff was also created and released on Netflix as well as a team-up series for The Defenders.

However, this deal effectively ended in 2019 when Netflix announced that it would be cancelling the remainder of its Marvel shows, possibly in light of the news that Marvel was pursuing its own original television programming, with shows like WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, on the then newly-announced Disney+ streaming service.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: No Way Home and the Hawkeye series.

Last year, Marvel regained the live-action rights to Jessica Jones and The Punisher from Netflix, meaning that all of the Marvel characters Netflix previously held the live-action rights to, including Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, reverted back to Marvel and opened the door for some of those characters to appear in MCU projects.

Just recently, Charlie Cox reprised his role as Matt Murdock for a cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home, while Vincent D'Onofrio made an appearance as Kingpin in the Disney+ show Hawkeye. There hasn't been any news concerning the return of other characters from Netflix's Marvel shows, but Cox believes there's more Daredevil and Kingpin in the MCU's future.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Halo's original composers are suing Microsoft over unpaid royalties for using their music in the upcoming Halo TV series.

Eurogamer reports that composers Marty O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori are suing Microsoft, claiming they signed a contract with Microsoft that gives them 20% of profits for any use of their Halo music outside the games — such as in the Halo TV show, soundtrack sales, and so on.

O'Donnell said that while Microsoft pays them quarterly, they believe the amount doesn't represent what they're owed through the true contract.

O'Donnell told Eurogamer, "If this is 20%, then it doesn't seem like Microsoft is really making much money. So we would say, 'could you guys tell us what the numbers are?' And then they just wouldn't. But sure enough, four months later, you would get another little cheque, and just, 'here's your amount'."

Microsoft has stated that O'Donnell and Salvatori's Halo music were done as work-for-hire, meaning O'Donnell and Salvatori made the Halo music for Microsoft with Microsoft retaining the copyright.

Both parties will appear in a pre-trial for the case which is due to take place on May 9th.

Work for hire is a precedent where a creator, like O'Donnell and Salvatori, creates work for a company like Microsoft under contract, and Microsoft would ultimately own the copyright to that work. This is the same precedent that Marvel uses to claim characters created by comic writers while working for Marvel.

In the meantime, the Halo TV series is set to premiere on Paramount+ on March 24, 2022.

Halo's original composers are suing Microsoft over unpaid royalties for using their music in the upcoming Halo TV series.

Eurogamer reports that composers Marty O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori are suing Microsoft, claiming they signed a contract with Microsoft that gives them 20% of profits for any use of their Halo music outside the games — such as in the Halo TV show, soundtrack sales, and so on.

O'Donnell said that while Microsoft pays them quarterly, they believe the amount doesn't represent what they're owed through the true contract.

O'Donnell told Eurogamer, "If this is 20%, then it doesn't seem like Microsoft is really making much money. So we would say, 'could you guys tell us what the numbers are?' And then they just wouldn't. But sure enough, four months later, you would get another little cheque, and just, 'here's your amount'."

Microsoft has stated that O'Donnell and Salvatori's Halo music were done as work-for-hire, meaning O'Donnell and Salvatori made the Halo music for Microsoft with Microsoft retaining the copyright.

Both parties will appear in a pre-trial for the case which is due to take place on May 9th.

Work for hire is a precedent where a creator, like O'Donnell and Salvatori, creates work for a company like Microsoft under contract, and Microsoft would ultimately own the copyright to that work. This is the same precedent that Marvel uses to claim characters created by comic writers while working for Marvel.

In the meantime, the Halo TV series is set to premiere on Paramount+ on March 24, 2022.

Three Siberian teenagers have been sentenced for plotting to destroy the Russian Government's Federal Security Service (FSB) building in Minecraft among other activities.

A Russian military court found the teens guilty of "undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities," The Moscow Times reported, with one sentenced to five years in a penal colony.

The other two teens were given three and four-year suspended sentences, though all three were arrested the same time, at 14-years-old, for posting political leaflets on their local FSB office.

The FSB searched their phones after the arrest and found videos of the teens making pyrotechnics and allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails, alongside their plot to blow up the virtual FSB building created in Minecraft.

Nikita Uvarov, the teen given a five-year sentence, told the court: "I had a desire to learn something new, I liked to learn something about physics, chemistry, biology, about various famous scientists; I also watched scientific and educational programs.

He added later: "I am not a terrorist. I am not guilty. I would just like to finish my studies, get an education and go somewhere far away from here, somewhere I don’t irritate anyone from the special services."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.

Three Siberian teenagers have been sentenced for plotting to destroy the Russian Government's Federal Security Service (FSB) building in Minecraft among other activities.

A Russian military court found the teens guilty of "undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities," The Moscow Times reported, with one sentenced to five years in a penal colony.

The other two teens were given three and four-year suspended sentences, though all three were arrested the same time, at 14-years-old, for posting political leaflets on their local FSB office.

The FSB searched their phones after the arrest and found videos of the teens making pyrotechnics and allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails, alongside their plot to blow up the virtual FSB building created in Minecraft.

Nikita Uvarov, the teen given a five-year sentence, told the court: "I had a desire to learn something new, I liked to learn something about physics, chemistry, biology, about various famous scientists; I also watched scientific and educational programs.

He added later: "I am not a terrorist. I am not guilty. I would just like to finish my studies, get an education and go somewhere far away from here, somewhere I don’t irritate anyone from the special services."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.

Sony and Guerilla Games have announced that Horizon Zero Dawn has sold over 20 million copies globally across PlayStation 4 and PC.

The new statistic reflects the number of copies sold on both platforms as of November 2021. Additionally, more than one billion hours have been spent playing the game. This news bodes well for the franchise as its sequel is set to release next week.

Head of PlayStation Studios Herman Hulst said in a Tweet, "Wow, Horizon Zero Dawn has officially sold over 20 MILLION copies around the world across PS4 and PC!" What an incredible achievement Guerrilla, and a big thank you to our hugely supportive fans!"

Wow, Horizon Zero Dawn has officially sold over 20 MILLION copies around the world across PS4 and PC! What an incredible achievement @Guerrilla, and a big thank you to our hugely supportive fans!

Now, let's get ready to visit #HorizonForbiddenWest in a week... pic.twitter.com/OsG3jLY2fX

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) February 11, 2022

Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad mentions that Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition's release on both PS4 and PC helped the game reach the sales milestone. The last known sales figure for the game was over 10 million back in 2019, and so has doubled since then.

Horizon Zero Dawn also now joins God of War (2018), Uncharted 4, and The Last of Us (across both the PS3 version and the PS4 remaster) in the 20 million-plus copies sold category.

The sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, releases on February 18 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. IGN published an exclusive preview of the game last month.

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey

Sony and Guerilla Games have announced that Horizon Zero Dawn has sold over 20 million copies globally across PlayStation 4 and PC.

The new statistic reflects the number of copies sold on both platforms as of November 2021. Additionally, more than one billion hours have been spent playing the game. This news bodes well for the franchise as its sequel is set to release next week.

Head of PlayStation Studios Herman Hulst said in a Tweet, "Wow, Horizon Zero Dawn has officially sold over 20 MILLION copies around the world across PS4 and PC!" What an incredible achievement Guerrilla, and a big thank you to our hugely supportive fans!"

Wow, Horizon Zero Dawn has officially sold over 20 MILLION copies around the world across PS4 and PC! What an incredible achievement @Guerrilla, and a big thank you to our hugely supportive fans!

Now, let's get ready to visit #HorizonForbiddenWest in a week... pic.twitter.com/OsG3jLY2fX

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) February 11, 2022

Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad mentions that Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition's release on both PS4 and PC helped the game reach the sales milestone. The last known sales figure for the game was over 10 million back in 2019, and so has doubled since then.

Horizon Zero Dawn also now joins God of War (2018), Uncharted 4, and The Last of Us (across both the PS3 version and the PS4 remaster) in the 20 million-plus copies sold category.

The sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, releases on February 18 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. IGN published an exclusive preview of the game last month.

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey