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Call Of Duty: WWII‘s ‘Tortured Path’ DLC Isn’t The Usual Zombies Mode
Call of Duty: WWII’s latest Zombies DLC is quite different from what you’d expect—instead of an endless mode with waves of zombies that assault you until you’re dead, it’s a more objective-based experience with an actual ending. “The Tortured Path” arrived on June 26 as the Zombies portion of the “United Front” map pack for…
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Call of Duty Fans In Uproar Over Black Ops 4‘s Season Pass
Activision is changing the way that DLC will work for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and fans are not thrilled. On June 11, Activision announced that Black Ops 4‘s DLC would be delivered via what it calls the “Black Ops Pass.” While the full details haven’t been revealed, the paid DLC pass will still…
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COD: WWII’s ‘Infected’ Mode Was Fun, But Unbalanced
Zombies have invaded Call of Duty: WWII multiplayer for the month of June. Week one’s Infected mode was fun, even if it didn’t always feel balanced. The Attack of the Undead event arrived on May 29 with an eerie update to the game’s Headquarters social space, adding fire and caged zombies. The event brings new…
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The Best Ever Call of Duty Zombies Map Is Getting Remade For Black Ops 4
The fan-favorite Call of Duty Zombies map Mob of the Dead is getting remastered treatment for Black Ops 4 and the Zombies community is losing their collective mind. The Black Ops 4 reveal on May 17 showed a brief teaser for a visually enhanced Mob of the Dead map, now titled Blood of the Dead,…
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Call of Duty: WWII‘s Tiny New Map Makes Killing Faster
If you’ve been on Call of Duty: WWII recently, you’ve probably realized the hot spot to rack up kills is the Shipment 1944 playlist. The classic-style map is a love-it-or-hate-it experience, as you’re either adding lots of kills to your ratio or just getting blown to pieces on the regular. Based on the fan-favorite Shipment…
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Call of Duty‘s Prop Hunt, One Year Later
It’s been a little over a year since Prop Hunt arrived in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered as nothing more than a silly, April Fools’ Day weekend event. Since then, it’s become a permanent institution in three different games in the series. You might think it would be too much of a good thing,…
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Call Of Duty: WWII’s Hub Area Is Now An Awkward, Official Multiplayer Map
Call of Duty: WWII’s Headquarters, created as the game’s mostly non-violent social space, has now been repurposed as a multiplayer game map. It’s definitely a different vibe, but it works for some modes better than it does with others. WWII’s November launch definitely left much to be desired for map count and quality, but the…
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Aerial Dogfights And The Sphinx Add Some Fun Flavor To COD: WWII
The second DLC pack for Call of Duty: WWII is now available, taking players to historic Dunkirk, to Egypt, and even up into the sky for some aerial dogfighting—a first for the Call of Duty series, believe it or not. “The War Machine” arrived on April 10 for PlayStation 4, and the new content brings…
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My Quest To Make The Ugliest Possible Call Of Duty Gun
Five months after the launch of Call of Duty: WWII, the game’s long-awaited Paint Job feature is finally available for crafting the tacky camo of your dreams. For my part, I have created the gun of your nightmares, assuming your nightmares largely revolve around fashion disasters. Paint Jobs arrived with the April 10 update, and…
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COD: WWII Adds Nightmare Leprechauns For St. Patrick’s Day
Call of Duty: WWII’s March 13 update lets you hunt leprechauns, and it is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds. Sledgehammer Games has launched the “Operation: Shamrock and Awe” event just ahead of Saint Patrick’s Day, so there’s plenty of tacky gear, décor, and trolling leprechauns. If you’re feeling lucky, you can try to score…
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Black Ops III‘s Surprise DLC Is Beautiful
Black Ops III is still receiving new content, and coming back to Treyarch’s 2015 title is a lot of fun. An update on March 5 has added a snowy variant of the Redwood map and the addition of the popular Infected game mode, which became available to play on March 6. I’ve been pretty devoted…
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Call of Duty: WWII’s Paint Jobs are still being tested and aren’t ready yet, Sledgehammer Games said in its last weekly update, calling the initial tease of the feature from former studio head Michael Condrey a “mistake.” It said it will reveal a new date when it is finished testing thegun customization feature.
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Call of Duty: WWII’s Long-Promised Gun Customization Is Still MIA
It’s been almost four months since Call of Duty: WWII launched with its ambitious new Headquarters social space, but one promised HQ feature is still missing in action. There are plenty of things to do in WWII’s Headquarters. When you venture to the back half of the social arena, you can test out all the…
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Call of Duty Player Hits Max Rank Without Firing A Shot
Here’s a Call of Duty player who just loves bringing knives to a gunfight. Grinding levels is a pretty common objective in Call of Duty multiplayer, but one YouTuber has become the first player to reach the ultimate “Master Prestige” rank in WWII without firing a single bullet. Achieving Master Prestige is no easy task.…
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‘Resistance’ DLC Brings Much-Needed Map Variety To COD: WWII
Call of Duty’s first DLC pack is here, and it brings some much-needed variety to the maps and a (slightly) more interesting Zombies experience. “The Resistance” arrived on January 30 for PlayStation 4, and should be available on Xbox One and PC one month from now. Resistance includes four multiplayer maps and one Zombies map…
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Ghost Recon: Wildlands Loot Crates Aren’t Worth The Money
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: The addition of loot boxes to Ghost Recon: Wildlands has been met with a wave of criticism from fans. Ubisoft introduced Battle Crates into Wildlands with the arrival of the latest post-launch content update, titled Extended Ops, on January 25. These crates offer cosmetic-only items of various rarities…
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Clever Tweaks Make ‘Prop Hunt’ Even Better In Call of Duty: WWII
I am pleased to report that Sledgehammer Games’ tweaks to Call of Duty’s “Prop Hunt” mode have made the game of silly hide-n-seek even better in Call of Duty: WWII than it was in Modern Warfare Remastered The fan-favorite mode arrived at the start of the Resistance community event on January 23. For a limited…
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Prop Hunt is coming to Call of Duty: WWII next week. The hilarious fan-favorite game of hide-n-seek is going old-school for the upcomingResistance community event on January 23. You’ll be able to chase down trash and buckets, as well as earn new French Resistance-themed gear. Note: Due to an editing error, this piece originally said…
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Ten Things Call of Duty: WWII Players Want Fixed
As you might expect, the Call of Duty community is being very vocal about changes they want to see in WWII on social media outlets such as the WWII subreddit. And they have a point: Two months since the launch of the latest Call of Duty, there are still many improvements that could be made…
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