Following up on its initial discussion about Call of Duty’s skill-based matchmaking implementation from earlier in the year, Activision and its Call of Duty developers published another “white paper” ...

The long-running debate about Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM) has once again sparked into life after the recent PlayStation-exclusive Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 beta. SBMM is a system designed to ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap For years, the Call of Duty community has been having the same argument over and over again, and it always comes back to the same ...

Three days into the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta, Activision has shared patch notes for a new multiplayer mode with less strict skill-based matchmaking (SBMM). The behind-the-scenes online ...

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When it comes to delivering a competitive experience in an FPS game, skill-based matchmaking is one of the most important components and one that has to be well-implemented. However, SBMM's spread ...

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A former Call of Duty developer doesn’t think Activision is telling the full story when it comes to the skill-based matchmaking situation. Call of Duty is one of the biggest multiplayer games on the ...

DICE is going to implement some form of SBMM (skill-based matchmaking) in Battlefield 6‘s multiplayer, but, if past talks are still true, it won’t be the same SBMM we’ve gotten used to. It’ll instead ...

The Black Ops 7 multiplayer beta kicked off on October 2, but only for people who preordered the game, had Game Pass Ultimate, or obtained a code by another means. As of October 5, however, the beta ...

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For years, the Call of Dutycommunity has been having the same argument over and over again, and it always comes back to the same four letters: SBMM. Skill-Based Matchmaking has been the most divisive ...