Call of Duty: Warzone is currently in its third season of Vanguard integration, but with the recent announcement of Warzone 2 being developed alongside this year’s upcoming Modern Warfare 2, players are still waiting to find out if their cosmetic items will transfer to the new game. Unfortunately, The Washington Post’s recent interview with Warzone developers didn’t provide a definitive answer.

On April 29, a journalist for The Washington Post’s Launcher sat down with Warzone developers Josh Bridge, who is the creative lead of Call of Duty live ops, and Ted Timmons, senior creative director at Raven Software. While the discussion was mainly focused on Godzilla and Season 3’s big changes, the last portion of the interview touched on the future of Warzone, and the interviewer asked the developers if players’ skins and other cosmetics would transfer over to Warzone 2.

Unfortunately, a clear yes or no answer isn’t provided. Instead, Bridge explained that this is a new challenge for the developers, as past Call of Duty games usually only have a one-or two-year cycle of content. Warzone is currently “bloated” with content from three separate titles, which developers previously mentioned was a cause of problems for Caldera’s initial rocky launch in Vanguard’s Season 1.

“It’s a technology discussion,” Bridge said. The developer is still working through how to deal with such massive inventory management, so players will likely be waiting for some time for an announcement about any cosmetic inventory that may or may not transfer to Warzone 2.

Activision is still holding back on details, but the publisher recently teased that Warzone 2 will have “groundbreaking innovations” to be revealed later this year. Additionally, here is everything we know so far about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Activision Blizzard continues to face lawsuits alleging incidents of sexism and harassment. The most recent allegation is just the latest in a list of investigations and lawsuits in regards to Activision Blizzard’s workplace culture.

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One of the more intriguing-looking games of 2022 is The Callisto Protocol, a horror game set in the PUBG universe coming from one of the designers of Dead Space.

Glen Schofield, the studio head at developer Striking Distance, has shared some concept art for The Callisto Protocol–and it looks very spooky. The image appears to show some type of undead humanoid in a derelict setting. As for when Striking Distance will properly show more of The Callisto Protocol, that might be soon, as Schofield said, “It’s almost time to show you the real thing. Can’t wait.”

There is no word yet on when exactly Striking Distance will reveal more details on The Callisto Protocol, but one possibility is Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest later this year, though nothing is confirmed yet.

Schofield has not held back in hyping The Callisto Protocol, saying his studio’s aim is to make “the single scariest game on PC and consoles.” The game is scheduled for release in 2022 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. It is seemingly nearing the end of its development schedule, with Schofield recently saying it is in the “finish and polish” stage.

The Callisto Protocol is single-player, story-driven survival horror game set on Jupiter’s moon, Callisto, in a prison colony. As for how the game connects to PUBG, Schofield previously told GamesRadar+ that the connection between the two is “not gonna be really deep but there will be little connections here and there.”

“We’ll probably be referencing one another from time to time, but it’ll make more sense once the game comes out,” he said.

Schofield is known for his work in co-creating the Dead Space series at EA before joining Activision to work on Call of Duty and then leaving to start his own studio. Another key developer at Striking Distance is Steve Papoutsis, another EA veteran who worked alongside Schofield on Dead Space.

As for the Dead Space series, it’s making a comeback, too, with a Dead Space remake scheduled for 2023.

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Ubisoft’s long-in-development swashbuckling pirate game Skull & Bones has leaked in a big way, with a lengthy gameplay video emerging from a technical test.

The video, posted on Streamable, begins by setting up the focus of the game, which is to become the most infamous pirate on the seas during the golden age of piracy. Players can disembark their ship at a place called Saint-Anne where they can craft new ships and equipment, collect provisions, take on contracts, and socialize with other human players, according to the video.

The video also reveals that players will have their reputation tracked through an “infamy” scale that they can grow by taking on contracts with rewards for succeeding and penalties for coming up short. Users can also take part in world events and plunder treasure chests to gain infamy. What’s more, the video reveals some of the character creation and customization options available to players, as well as the systems that call on players to manage their ship health and crew morale when at sea.

Ubisoft seemingly reacted to the leak by sharing an official video of its own for Skull & Bones with the caption “Keep your eyes on the horizon.” Reading between the lines here, it appears Ubisoft might be gearing up to make some kind of an official announcement about the game soon.

Ubisoft historically holds a summer games showcase of some kind, but the company has not yet announced plans for this.

Skull & Bones has been in development for many years, and it has undergone some changes. In 2020, Ubisoft confirmed it was shifting the game to a “new vision” after a report claimed the project had been rebooted. In May 2021, Ubisoft formally delayed Skull & Bones to its fiscal year 2022-2023, which runs April 1, 2022-March 31, 2023.

There is also a Skull & Bones TV show on the way. On whether the game’s new delay will affect the TV show, Ubisoft told GameSpot, “The Skull & Bones TV series has no impact on the development of the game–and vice versa.”

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Final Fantasy XVI appears to be in the final crucial stages of its development cycle, as a new interview with producer Naoki Yoshida has provided some fresh updates on Square Enix’s upcoming RPG.

Spotted online by Twitter user alberich_ff14 and translated by RPG Site, Yoshida’s comments come from an official Uniqlo magazine ahead of that brand’s launch of several Final Fantasy T-shirts.

“Now we’re at the finale of the new game FF16’s development,” Yoshida said. “Unlike an online game that depicts multiple players simultaneously, FF16 focuses on an individual so the state of immersion into the story will be different. I feel like the story will be very deep.”

According to the producer, there’s a hope that this particular Final Fantasy will appeal to older fans of the series, who have grown with the various games over the years. Yoshida previously said that the game’s next big reveal will come in Spring 2022, and due to complications around COVID-19, Final Fantasy XVI’s development has been delayed by almost half a year.

Very little is known about Final Fantasy XVI right now, but the names of three of its characters–Clive, Joshua, and Jill–have been confirmed and Square Enix has also described this entry in the mainline series as being more action-oriented.

Even though it wasn’t present at the Tokyo Games Show in September, there was also confirmation that the game’s story had been completed and the English voiceovers were almost done.

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