Compared to the crazier news we’ve gotten so far, a new Call of Duty doesn’t seem like it should make a ripple, but it does. Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and it’s coming out on the Nintendo Switch 2.

This year’s mainline entry has a couple of firsts for the ubiquitous franchise. For one, Modern Warfare 4 will not launch on the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. It’s the first time that the series is dropping the last generation of consoles. Secondly, it’s launching for the Switch 2, marking the first time that the franchise is coming out on a Nintendo system since 2013. Finally, it won’t launch as a day-one release on the Game Pass.

Besides the reshuffling of launch outlets, Modern Warfare 4 will offer much of the same from the franchise: bombastic campaigns with global stakes and a thriving palette of multiplayer modes.

This time around, players will start the campaign as Private Park, a South Korean soldier thrust into a war as North Korea suddenly invades its southern neighbor. Players will also face assignments in Mumbai and New York. Captain Price is, of course, coming back but as an outlaw in pursuit of a powerful weapon.

For multiplayer, Activision promises more improvements yet again for movement and gunplay. Modern Warfare 4 will also introduce new modes such as Kill Block, which features maps that change after every round. DMZ is coming back, of course.

Activision promises more updates coming throughout the year. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will launch for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2 on October 23, 2026.

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I feel like Robin Williams in Jumanji asking people what year it is. Yes, the calendar says “2026,” but The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting a new expansion, and it feels like 2016 all over again.

Today, CD Projekt Red announced the upcoming third expansion, Songs of the Past, for The Witcher 3, eleven years after the release of the base game. As with the graphics of the other two expansions, the announcement for Songs of the Past does not reveal much about its story. The graphic shows Geralt standing determined in front of an unnamed tree-like monster.

The studio, along with co-developer Fool’s Theory, will reveal more about the game later this summer. The expansion itself is scheduled to launch sometime in 2027.

The biggest question, of course, is where the expansion will take the story next. Blood and Wine, the second expansion, ended Geralt’s story conclusively with the witcher retiring in Toussaint. Whatever happens to Geralt in this expansion will thrust the witcher back into life on the road or recap a past story (as the name hints).

Additionally, Songs of the Past might end up bridging the stories between Wild Hunt and the also-upcoming The Witcher 4 focusing on Ciri’s life. The next mainline entry is still some ways away, though.

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Before the start of 2026, several companies across the tech industry warned users about impending price hikes happening throughout the year. So far, these increases have been tepid, only slightly edging out of reach. Today, however, Valve is reminding us all that we’ve only just begun, upping the price of the Steam Deck by as much as US$ 300.

Despite the rise of competing devices, the Steam Deck remains one of the most reliable options for a handheld gaming consoles. For a while, Valve’s console has saved gamers from rising prices, but good things must come to an end.

Today, Valve announced that both models of the Steam Deck OLED are getting price hikes. From US$ 249, the 512GB version now costs US$ 789. From US$ 649, the 1TB version now costs US$ 949.

If you do the math, that’s an increase of either US$ 240 or US$ 300. As price hikes go, this batch is unapologetically nauseating.

As expected, Valve says that the price increase is a reflection of “the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges.” As is typical with most companies who refuse to say those two letters, this is a long and convoluted way of saying that AI is once again screwing the world’s economy.

Currently, gaming is the hardest hit industry as a result of the RAM shortage. The Switch 2 has already announced price hikes for later this year. Sony, for some reason, raised the prices of their PlayStation Plus subscriptions too.

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