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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Heroes of the Storm gets a giant list of patch notes, reigniting hopes of a revival among fans
By Cole Martin published
Timely Fresh off the heels of the Activision Blizzard acquisition, Heroes of the Storm gets a massive update that has fans getting their hopes up for a revival.
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As Xbox prepares to expand to mobile, Google brings Clash of Clans and more to Windows
By Cole Martin published
Clash Popular mobile titles from Supercell are available now on the Google Play Games app for PC.
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Xencelabs Pen Display 24 review: Setting the bar high for drawing displays
By Cole Martin published
Review Xencelabs previously released a small screenless drawing tablet, but their second offering for digital artists is more advanced with a price tag to match.
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Larian reiterates its plan to get Baldur's Gate 3 onto Xbox Series X|S by the end of 2023
By Cole Martin published
Soon Michael Douse, the director of publishing for Larian Studios, took to Twitter to confirm the plan for Baldur's Gate 3 to launch on Xbox before the end of 2023.
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Our 'best value' rated headset for Xbox is just $50 right now
By Cole Martin published
Value Windows Central considers the HyperX CloudX line the best value for Xbox headsets; currently, you can save even more on it.
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Halo Infinite is seeing a large resurgence in players since the launch of Season 5
By Cole Martin published
Reckoning The concurrent player base for Halo Infinite saw a spike in players following the launch of the Reckoning seasonal content.
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Xbox's Phil Spencer is 'all in' if Activision studios want to revisit old franchises
By Cole Martin published
All in Phil Spencer joined the official Xbox podcast today to discuss the Activision acquisition, as well as revisiting franchises from the publisher's catalog.
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's next patch takes players to the Emerald Dream on November 7, with Season 3 to follow
By Cole Martin published
Season 3 The Guardians of the Emerald Dream update is scheduled for November 7, with Season 3 of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight slated to begin a week later.
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Listen up! Logitech has a new software suite for mixing audio.
By Cole Martin published
Mix it Logitech has announced its new MIXLINE software suite for streamers, podcasters, and content creators to make recording and mixing audio easier.
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Bethesda Head of Publishing, Pete Hines, to retire after 24 years
By Cole Martin published
Goodbye Bethesda's Head of Publishing, Pete Hines, has announced his retirement. Hines oversaw the launches of Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Starfield during his tenure.
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The buggiest game ever is coming to PC and console in 2024
By Cole Martin published
Bug out Microids has revealed Empire of the Ants, a real-time strategy game based on the books of the same name by Bernard Werber.
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Workarounds arrive for Lords of the Fallen crashes and bugs on PC as the Steam rating tanks
By Cole Martin published
Broken HexWorks worked with Xbox to expedite a much-needed performance patch for Lords of the Fallen. It hasn't been enough to stave off negative reviews due to crashes and glitches.
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Lords of the Fallen devs admit that the Xbox version will be subpar at launch (Updated)
By Cole Martin last updated
Oof The developers behind Lords of the Fallen have released a statement about the game's day 1 patch being delayed for Xbox.
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Here's the patch notes as the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 cross-play beta kicks off on Xbox and PC
By Cole Martin published
Beta The adjustments were made based on feedback from PlayStation players who had an extra weekend of access.
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The IRS just dropped approximately $29 billion in back taxes on Microsoft. Oops.
By Cole Martin published
Pay up The disputed fees are the result of an audit spanning 2004 through 2013.
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Digital artists: Save $180 on this XP-Pen pen display that has been a staple of my set-up
By Cole Martin published
Deal XP-Pen's Artist 24 Pro has been the center of my digital art setup for the last 2 years, and it's a steal at $180 off during Amazon Prime Day.
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Age of Wonders 4's expansive new DLC gets a gameplay reveal
By Cole Martin published
DLC Paradox Interactive and Triumph Studios have shared a gameplay trailer and provided additional details for the latest Age of Wonders 4 DLC, titled Empires & Ashes.
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Epic Games and Psyonix earn a backlash for removing this popular Rocket League feature
By Cole Martin published
Bad trade Psyonix has announced that it will be removing Player-to-Player trading in Rocket League in order to more closely align with Epic Games' policies.
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Intel's budget friendly Arc A580 GPU is available now, but it may be too little too late
By Cole Martin published
Competition Intel has finally released the Arc A580 graphics card with SKUs from GUNNIR, ASRock, and SPARKLE. The card aims for 1080p performance with frame rates bolstered by AI.