We talked about Call of Duty, The Game Awards, and Romero Games being saved among many other topics in the December 11th, 2025, episode of Xbox Era Headlines. Here is every source we used.
Headlines
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- Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Gets a Free Trial Next Week, Team Commits to No More Back-to-Back ‘Sub-franchise’ Releases & Call of Duty was the #1 Franchise on Game Pass for November – and the year
- Microsoft: ROG Xbox Ally “made gaming on Windows better across all devices”
- Fallout Pip-Boy controllers are extremely expensive on the Xbox Design Labs
- Microsoft: ROG Xbox Ally “made gaming on Windows better across all devices” – XboxEra
- Sandfall says the Expedition 33 budget was under 10 million
- Romero Games has been saved with a publishing deal, an entirely new game that uses elements of the canceled Microsoft project
- Halo is in PlayStation’s “games of 2026” yt hype trailer thumbnail
- Stranger Things now available in Flight Sim 24, with gameplay video
- Xbox Indie Selects demo fest is live
- CD Projekt Red and WeirdCo Games Announce Cyberpunk Trading Card Game
- Saudi Arabia to host Kingdom of Gaming conference in 2026 yuck!
Our main topic was around Call of Duty, moving away from back-to-back sub-franchise releases:
Firstly, the team note that for some players, “the Franchise has not met your expectations fully” and that the team plan to “deliver, and overdeliver, on those expectations as we move forward.” They’ve also announced a free weekend, starting next week for all players to check out Black Ops 7 Multiplayer and Zombies in full, alongside a Double XP weekend. Going forward, the game will have “unprecedented seasonal support”, which sounds pretty good if you’re a hardcore Call of Duty fan.
However, it’s fair to say that while the Multiplayer and Zombies are pretty great, the campaign has faced a fair amount of criticism. This feels like a response to that.
You can read the full press release at the link above.
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