Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Campaign Dev Raven Didn’t React to Modern Warfare 3 Campaign’s Terrible Reception: ‘We Were Already Pretty Locked In’

2023’s Modern Warfare 3 includes perhaps the most poorly received campaign in Call of Duty history. It has a metascore of 56 on Metacritic and a 'mostly negative' user review rating on Steam. IGN’s own Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 single-player campaign review returned a 4/10. We said: “Underbaked, rehashed, and cobbled together from multiplayer parts, Modern Warfare 3’s single-player campaign is everything a Call of Duty story mode shouldn’t be.” Eurogamer added: “Clearly rushed to market, Modern Warfare 3's campaign tapes together ill-conceived open areas, underwhelming linear missions, and a meaningless story.” In short, it was all a bit of a disaster.A year later and Call of Duty fans are yet again faced with another campaign from the first-person shoot…

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N64 Sequel Banjo-Tooie Hits Nintendo Switch Later in October

Banjo-Tooie launches on Switch on October 25, Nintendo has announced.The N64 sequel to Rare’s popular platformer Banjo-Kazooie launched in 2000 to critical and commercial acclaim, with visuals considered among the best the console had to offer. It hits Switch via the Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Switch Online collection of games. (Banjo-Kazooie hit Switch in 2022.)Here’s the official blurb:It's the bear-bird duo Banjo and Kazooie to the rescue! Magical minigames, perplexing puzzles, and freaky foes await them in the stages ahead — through ancient ruins, underwater realms, and even an amusement park of sorts.As you'd expect, Banjo-Tooie on Switch has widescreen mode support, In 2009, following Microsoft’s acquisition of Rare, Banjo-Tooie launched on Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade…

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