Cole Martin
Cole is the resident Call of Duty know-it-all and indie game enthusiast for Windows Central. She's a lifelong artist with two decades of experience in digital painting, and she will happily talk your ear off about budget pen displays.
Latest articles by Cole Martin
Cult of the Lamb is getting a free (and horny) DLC next year
By Cole Martin published
😈DLC New stories, features, and more are coming to Cult of the Lamb in early 2024.
This viral Lethal Company clip perfectly illustrates why this PC game is blowing up right now
By Cole Martin published
Lethal Company A small co-operative horror game where players salvage scrap from industrialized moons is gaining widespread attention thanks to help from funny clips shared by players online.
Developer reveals that their Xbox Game Pass deal allowed them to delay the game and add over a hundred hours more content
By Cole Martin published
Game Pass Mike Rose of No More Robots shared insight into the effect of Xbox Game Pass on the publisher's most recent game release, Spirittea.
Despite backlash, Call of Duty: MW3 is setting records for Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard
By Cole Martin published
Fresh intel Following a historic launch, MW3 has the highest engagement in the new Modern Warfare trilogy.
Ark: Survival Ascended is finally available today for Xbox and Windows PC after multiple last-minute delays
By Cole Martin published
Survive Ark: Survival Ascended will be available Tuesday, November 21 for Xbox and Windows PC at 9 AM PT/12 PM ET.
Studio Wildcard and Overwolf announce the 2023 ARKathon Mod Contest with $350,000 in prizes for creators and studios
By Cole Martin published
ARKathon Create cool mods for Ark: Survival Ascended, share them cross-platform, and you could win.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) Review—A balancing act of remembering the past while looking forward
By Cole Martin published
Review Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) is in the wild, but is Sledgehammer Games' third installment to the annual blockbuster a flop?
Studio Wildcard announces yet another delay for the Xbox launch of Ark: Survival Ascended
By Cole Martin published
Delayed The Studio is still aiming for a launch later this week.
Ark: Survival Ascended — Xbox release, servers, and everything you need to know
By Cole Martin last updated
Survive Studio Wildcard's 2015 survival sandbox, Ark: Survival Evolved has been remastered as Ark: Survival Ascended, with a host of quality-of-life and visual improvements. Here's what you need to know.
Finish Line Games announces Robots at Midnight, launching exclusively on Xbox and Steam in 2024
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Console exclusive? Toronto-based Finish Line Games has revealed Robots at Midnight, an action-adventure RPG coming to Xbox and Steam in 2024.
Call of Duty's Team RICOCHET embraces machine learning and torments cheaters in Warzone and Modern Warfare 3
By Cole Martin published
#TeamRICOCHET Call of Duty's Team Ricochet provided an update on upcoming advances in the Ricochet anti-cheat system including new mitigation tactics for MW3 and Warzone.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Release date with launch times for preloads, PC specs, and more
By Cole Martin published
Preload Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision, will launch for all players on November 10. Here's how and where to play on day one.
SteelSeries releases limited edition Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 artisan keycap and other accessories
By Cole Martin published
Limited edition SteelSeries has teamed up with Activision to release a line of accessories for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, including a limited edition artisan keycap.
Microsoft Flight Simulator's latest world update expands the Nordics and Greenland
By Cole Martin published
Flight Sim Microsoft Flight Simulator, released in 2020, has received World Update 15, which expands on the Nordics and Greenland.
'Warcraft Rumble' game shows up for free a day early on iOS and Google Play on the eve of Blizzcon
By Cole Martin published
Mobile gaming Blizzard has seemingly released Warcraft Rumble, a free-to-play mobile game, to mobile devices early. Blizzard was recently acquired by Microsoft to bolster its mobile gaming department.
The Talos Principle 2 PC review: A sci-fi puzzler that's as challenging as it is beautiful
By Cole Martin published
Review Step into New Jerusalem and experience a post-humanity world full of puzzles and intrigues, where Artificial Intelligence carries on the legacy and culture of the people that came before.
The Invincible PC Review: Slow down and smell the mysterious metal flowers
By Cole Martin published
Review Starward Industries and 11 Bit Games' upcoming adventure title, The Invincible, takes players on a walk across a mysterious planet that's haunted with strange flora and moral dilemmas.
Grounded's new Playgrounds creation system is being used to create giant bug wars
By Cole Martin published
Bug wars Grounded's upcoming Make It or Break It update adds a new Playgrounds mode players are using to simulate giant bug wars.
Diablo 4's latest update makes it easier to respec, adds a DPS training dummy, and more
By Cole Martin published
Bloody Update Blizzard Entertainment has released a lengthy set of patch notes for Diablo 4 as version 1.2.1 goes live.
Planning to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on PC? Check your specs!
By Cole Martin published
Launch Prep Beenox and Activision have released the specs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ahead of the game's Campaign Early Access period.
Operator skin for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 promotion with Little Caesars has leaked (UPDATE)
By Cole Martin last updated
Pizza Pizza! Pizza Pizza! A promotion between Little Caesars and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has led to the leak of a future Operator bundle.
Studio Wildcard gives an update on Ark: Survival Ascended for Xbox as it launches on Steam
By Cole Martin published
Delayed Studio Wildcard is laying blame on "critical issues in Multiplayer" as to why it launched Ark: Survival Ascended on Steam after revealing the game as part of the Xbox Partner Preview showcase.
Ark: Survival Ascended gameplay finally hatches in a new trailer during Xbox Partner Preview showcase (UPDATE)
By Cole Martin last updated
Unreal Dinos Ark: Survival Ascended is a remaster of Survival Evolved in Unreal Engine 5, and players got their first look at new gameplay today.
Xbox console-exclusive Dungeons of Hinterberg focuses on social gameplay in new trailer
By Cole Martin published
Day One Dungeons of Hinterberg from Microbird Games and Curve Games shows off Hinterberg's nightlife in its new trailer, focusing on the social gameplay that improves Luisa's combat abilities.
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