This week, we covered a party mode made famous in the original Black Ops, now back in Black Ops 4, we showed you two new ways to support your veterans and the Call of Duty Endowment, congratulated Beenox on an amazing game launch, answered more Call of Duty®: Mobile questions, offered up another Twitch Prime item drop, and welcomed two new rooster commentators to the blog! Here we go:

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4: The latest Operation: Apocalypse Z features a party game mode made famous in the original Black Ops. Here’s what you need to know about Stick and Stones Multiplayer Mode. In addition, the fourth free Item Drop is here.

Call of Duty Endowment: There are now two new ways to show your support for veterans; we check out the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Jump Pack, and interviewed Marine Corps veteran, writer, and artist Max Uriarte, creator of the “Night Raid” PlayStation® 4 Theme. Story is here.

Call of Duty Mobile: As the first large-scale soft launch begins across Canada and Australia, the blog talked to the Call of Duty: Mobile team about how Player Progression, Weapon Unlocking, and Ranking works. Story is here.

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®: Though it didn’t appear on the Games Blog, Infinity Ward shared some raw gameplay of Gunfight, a new fast-paced, close quarters 2v2 multiplayer mode coming to the game. Find the Gameplay footage (captured in 4K on a PlayStation 4 Pro) below, then check out revelations regarding the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Multiplayer Gameplay Premiere reveal, coming on August 1!

Crash™ Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled: Congratulations to Beenox on the amazing launch of the game! To celebrate, the development team and fans went fur-throttle on a real kart racing track! Finally, the Games Blog welcomed two new contributors this week; Chick Gizzard Lips and Stew! These two rooster announcers provided fowl play-by-plays, track tips, and whole lot of Squawk Talk in their mid-season Crash™ Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Grand Prix Round-up!

Thanks for playing along with us. See you next week!

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