Call of Duty

Alice explores the history of over-sexualising female video game characters in response to the Ghost controversy with the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II...

On 24th August 2021, Twitter user @cherryybabyx tweeted that “Running people over in GTA was therapeutic.” Many people seemed to agree, with the tweet going viral and earning 41.4k likes and 11k retweets within two days. But why is this the case? Why can violence in video games sometimes...

The whole philosophy behind Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is the fundamental belief that complexity doesn't always create enjoyable experiences. Treyarch the game's developer has tried to look back to the past for inspiration in the present and at heart create a game for long standing fans....

Myron Winter-Brownhill Myron examines how games publishers exploit political iconography for profit. On August 30th Ubisoft released a trailer for their new mobile game, Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad. Setting out the game’s story, the trailer describes a shadowy cabal named UMBRA that aims to build a new world order...