
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

Grab an Acer gaming laptop for just $600 with this Black Friday deal
By Cole Martin published
Black Friday Save 23% on an Acer Nitro V during Amazon's Black Friday sale.

Frostpunk 2 is finally coming to consoles in 2025, along with DLC and free content updates
By Cole Martin published
Frosty 11 bit studios has announced a roadmap for its hit icy survival strategy simulator, Frostpunk 2, including plans for the console release on Xbox Game Pass in 2025.

Save $20 or more on a Fire TV Stick 4K and Xbox Controller bundle
By Cole Martin published
This is an Xbox Turn your TV into a smart TV and Xbox streaming device with a Black Friday bundle for less than the price of an official controller.

Celebrate the success of Black Ops 6's launch with Double XP this weekend
By Cole Martin published
BO6 Treyarch has announced that Double XP, Stakeout 24/7, Hardcore Stakeout 24/7, and Prop Hunt are all returning for the holiday weekend to celebrate Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's launch success.

Save $30 on the Backbone One and make your smartphone an Xbox this Black Friday
By Cole Martin published
Deal You can save $30 on the best iPhone and Android controller for Xbox Cloud Gaming thanks to Target's Black Friday deals.

Microsoft is testing a new in-game browser overlay
By Cole Martin published
Game Assist Microsoft is preview testing a game-aware browser overlay to help with watching guides, listening to music, and chatting while playing without minimizing your game.

Call of Duty's Team Ricochet confirms a data outage reduced Black Ops 6 anti-cheat effectivity
By Cole Martin published
RICOCHET If you felt like there were cheaters in every match of Black Ops 6's Multiplayer Ranked and Call of Duty: Warzone, you just might have been right.

"The Replacer" bundle is available now in Call of Duty Black Ops 6
By Cole Martin published
NEW At long last, the iconic character, The Replacer, is available as a playable operator in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. The bundle includes weapon blueprints, calling cards, and more for 2400 COD Points.

Here's when ranked play is coming to Black Ops 6
By Richard Devine last updated
Leaderboards Black Ops 6 is getting a ranked mode soon for both multiplayer and Warzone, so here's what you need to know about it.

Black Friday has big deals on world-class Blue Yeti microphones
By Cole Martin published
Yeti Logitech's Blue Yeti microphones are a staple on the desks of streamers, podcasters, and content creators. Right now, you can save up to $30 on them, with no need to wait for the Black Friday rush.

Legacy double XP tokens are now live in Black Ops 6
By Cole Martin last updated
2XP Legacy Double XP tokens in Black Ops 6 were not carried forward initially, but a new patch has made them usable.

Sony is in talks to purchase Elden Ring developer FromSoft
By Cole Martin published
Elden Sony The deal may be just as much about purchasing anime IP as it is about buying up FromSoft.

Is Black Ops 6 DLC free?
By Cole Martin published
DLC With a year of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 post-launch content in the pipeline, you might be wondering just how much this new content costs.

The Xbox Series X is $50 cheaper ahead of Black Friday
By Cole Martin published
DISCounted Microsoft has discounted the standard edition Xbox Series X by $50, essentially making the disc drive free.

Call of Duty: Warzone gets the Black Ops 6 treatment in Season 1
By Cole Martin published
BO6 x WZ Black Ops 6 integration with Call of Duty: Warzone will add omnimovement and make big changes to inventory and other gameplay mechanics.

Empire of the Ants review: A photorealistic treat with "buggy" strategy elements
By Cole Martin published
Review Empire of the Ants blends photo-realistic visuals with strategy gameplay as you control '103,683rd' the ant and carry out your mother, the Queen's, wishes for expansion.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 review
By Cole Martin published
Review It took four years for Black Ops 6 to come into being, but man, it was worth the wait.

The worst thing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is that they built a straight-up cheat into the game [UPDATE]
By Richard Devine last updated
Horrible Black Ops 6 has a legal wallhack built right into the game, and it's absolutely terrible.

More Square Enix titles are confirmed as coming to Xbox
By Cole Martin published
Day & Date PlayStation's exclusivity grip on Square Enix is finally slipping as the publisher's future titles are confirmed to release on Xbox simultaneously.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 accessibility settings at launch
By Cole Martin published
From arachnophobia mode to high contrast vision and asymmetrical hearing compensation settings, Black Ops 6 gears up to be the most accessible Call of Duty in franchise history.

7 things to do before Black Ops 6 launches
By Cole Martin published
BO6 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches in just mere hours (or already, if you took a trip to New Zealand). Here are a few things to do to help pass the time while you wait for launch in your region.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 FAQ — Release date and time, platforms, locations, time period, and more
By Cole Martin last updated
Black Ops Relive the political unrest of the 1990s in this blockbuster spy action thriller co-developed by Treyarch Studios and Raven Software.

Xbox Insiders can now test direct messaging via Discord on console
By Cole Martin published
Discord x Xbox The latest update for Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring adds the ability to directly call Discord users via the console's Parties and Chats tab.

Will Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 have a Zombies mode?
By Cole Martin published
Zombies Treyarch Studios has announced that Zombies will once again be a part of Call of Duty, and shared new details on the return of the round-based cooperative mode.

"We're actively avoiding coming even close to feeling like either of those things," Remedy really wants you to know its newly announced multiplayer game is not a Control DLC or sequel
By Cole Martin published
News A new 3-player co-op game is on the horizon from Remedy, a first for the studio. FBC: Firebreak is set in the Control universe, but it is not a sequel nor DLC.
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