A gamer who was banned from the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for 4,999 days can now play the game again after over a decade of waiting for the ban to be lifted. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 first launched back in 2011, and the franchise has…

Thanks to an avalanche of events, June 2026 has been completely defined by video game reveals, announcements, trailers, and surprises. Truly, E3’s spirit lives on. Each year produces a bunch of anime games based on beloved properties, and 2026 looks set to deliver one of the strongest and most varied…

Microsoft closed its $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard near the end of 2023. Months later, Sea of Thieves and other Xbox exclusives were headed to PlayStation 5. The multiplatform shift was inextricably linked to the Halo maker’s massive overnight expansion into one of the biggest third-party publishers around. Now,…

Image via Sega Published Jun 12, 2026, 1:03 PM EDT James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a third-generation Texan who…

CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou has made the surprising reveal that he has played Angry Birds every single day for the past nine years. Angry Birds has blossomed into a full franchise, but Kiriakou has been specifically dedicated to the mobile games that made Angry Birds such a popular phenomenon in…

Steam users can currently claim, download, and keep the medieval open-world survival crafting game Wild Terra 2: New Lands until June 15. Typically priced at $39.99, this is one of the most expensive games to be adopted into Steam’s Free-to-Keep Promotion recently. Arguably the best free game giveaway on the…