Call of Duty

All Games Should Unlock Every Level Right Away

Super Mario 4D Universe—or whatever the next one will be called—should come with every single level in the Mushroom Constitutional Monarchy unlocked. The next Grand Theft Auto should make all of its missions immediately playable in the very first minute. Uncharted 4 should let me jump into the middle of Nathan Drake’s adventures as soon…

If you’d like, you can now digitally pre-order Black Ops 3 for Xbox One. For still unspecified reasons, it had been removed from the service, and neither Activision nor Microsoft had a decent explanation why. Either way, it’s back. Contact the author at [email protected]

Call of Duty Ditches ‘Archaic’ Campaign Unlock System

Most games force you to play things in a certain order—and that gating can be a drag in certain situations. Black Ops 3, however, is trying something very different. As Eurogamer reports, Black Ops 3 will let players go through the campaign in whatever order they’d like. Wanna start the game right at the end?…

What The Hell Is Going On With Call of Duty On Xbox One?

Until a few days ago, it was possible to digitally pre-order Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 for Xbox One through Xbox Live or Amazon. That’s no longer the case, though nobody can explain why. Seriously, I asked Activision and Microsoft what’s going on, but their statements don’t make any sense. ICXM first noticed these…

“We wanted a perfect future and fuck—we got it.” The story trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops III is here, and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture. Why’d they have to call in the Special Victims Unit?

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ugliest PlayStation 4

Earlier this week our own Evan Narcissecalled the upcoming Call of Duty PlayStation 4 “Ugly As Sin.” He wants ugly? We’ll give him ugly. I’m not too put off by Activision and Sony’s Pumpkin Spice PlayStation 4. Black, grey and orange aren’t that bad of a combination, and considering how insane the pumpkin crowd is…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Won’t Have A Campaign On Last-Gen Consoles

The single player portion of Treyarch’s next Call of Duty game has proven too much for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the studio announced today. Treyarch wasn’t building the last-generation versions of Black Ops 3, though it was overseeing them. Beenox and Mercenary Technology had been assigned the unenviable task of making the game…

The Only 1TB PlayStation 4 Is Ugly As Sin

If you get it, just put this mega-capacity PS4 behind something else, m’kay? Sony just unveiled a Call of Duty-themed PS4 that boasts 1 TB of internal storage. It is also damn difficult to look at. The orange piping and highlights are already questionable choices. But the Call of Duty: Black Ops III symbols and…

Catch Up With Over A Century Of Call Of Duty: Black Ops History

Cancel your plans to replay the first two Call of Duty: Black Ops games to catch up on the storyline—Treyarch’s handy timeline video has you covered. Dramatic music plays as the series’ timeline is drawn, from the 1930 birth of Victor Reznov to the 2025 death of Raul Menendez. How many people were shot in…

Player Tweaks Graphics, Makes Black Ops 3 Look Like A PS1 Game

Ah, the magic of config files. TheCircuitChaser wasn’t able to run the beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 very well on his PC because it’s lacking the tweakable video settings that should be in the final game, so he decided to see how crappy he could make the game look. By digging into…

The Forgotten Narrative Innovation of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Black Ops 2 did a rather strange thing with its campaign that no other Call of Duty has, and it’s a twist that made it one of my favorite games from the last generation just for the story (that Treyarch multiplayer isn’t the only reason I have affection for Blops). Black Ops 2 has a…

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Beta Is Good–Mostly

As I noted this morning, Call of Duty is one of those rare things I like. I like the campaigns because the stories are usually decently told and efficiently delivered—I can play through each new one in a couple sessions, and playing them again never feels like a daunting proposition. And I like the multiplayer…

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 beta is now open to all PS4 players. Previously you needed a PSN download code to play. The PS4 beta ends Sunday night, and the Xbox One and PC betas will start Wednesday, August 26

An Awesome Black Ops III Outplay

“Glitch” is the name of a move in Call of Duty: Black Ops III that lets you teleport—but only back to the position you were in a few seconds earlier. It can be tricky to pull off because messing up the timing or positioning will leave you out in the open, vulnerable to all kinds…

Call of Duty: Black Ops III kicks off its multiplayer beta next month. PS4 owners get (first!) access August 19 through August 23, while Xbox One and PC players can jump in August 26 through August 30. What you’ll actually be playing—maps, weapons—has yet to be revealed. You can reach the author of this post…

Black Ops III‘s Zombie Mode Set In The 1940s, Film Noir Style

Call of Duty’s popular zombies mode returns in Black Ops III, and it’s surprisingly ambitious. It’s called Shadows of Evil, and not only has a full story, but it’s set in the 1940s and stars Jeff Goldblum, Heather Graham, Neal McDonough, Ron Perlman, and Robert Picardo. What?! Check out the amazing trailer below: Yep, that…

The PlayStation-Activision deal for the next Call of Duty will grant PlayStation owners 30 days of exclusivity to DLC before it comes to other platforms, Sony’s Adam Boyes told us at E3. That’s across the board, including PC, so basically this is the old Xbox CoD deal with Sony swapped in.

Call of Duty DLC Now Coming To PlayStation First, Xbox Waits

Call of Duty: Black Ops III wasn’t at Microsoft’s press conference, where the series has debuted for years. How come? It was at Sony’s event, and Microsoft’s DLC deal appears to have swapped hands. DLC is premiering first on PlayStation 4. This is only good news for Sony, not gamers. Exclusive DLC is shitty, regardless…

Call Of Duty Can’t Cut The Last-Gen Cord

Unlike other big series like Assassin’s Creed and Fallout, Call of Duty can’t bring itself to go 100% next-gen just yet, Activision announcingtoday that this year’s Black Ops 3 will be available not just on PS4, XB1 and PC, but PS3 and Xbox 360 as well. The last-gen version will be worked on by two…

Modern Warfare 2 Deserves More Credit

Call of Duty is not supposed to be good, so the idea goes, especially not Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The sixth Call of Duty has been described as a jingoistic mess, a Michael Bay-esque cacophony of nonsensical story bits, a mere shooter that couldn’t—shouldn’t—try to be anything more. “It’s Call of Duty” has…