Call of Duty

Bill Paxton Is Just The Best 

After playing through several hours of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Exo Zombies game mode, I’ve come to the following conclusion: Bill Paxton is pretty awesome. It all comes down to three little words. Okay, so he changed things up a bit. The essence of the quote remains. Game over indeed, Bill Paxton. Update: Now…

How To Find Call Of Duty Exo Zombies‘ Musical Easter Egg 

As with past installments of Call of Duty‘s co-op zombie slaughter downloadable content, the first episode of Advanced Warfare‘s Exo Zombies contains a hidden song. Unlike previous installments, this one’s a bit more classy. In case the famous John Charles Dollman illustration weren’t clue enough, the song we’re hunting for is Wagner’s “Ride of the…

Call of Duty‘s Star-Studded Co-Op DLC Is Off To A Fine Start

Call of Duty‘s first downloadable content has hit the Xbox One today, bringing with it some maps the competitive folks should enjoy and a chance to soak in the sound bytes of four prominent actors while shooting mechanically-pulled zombies. That’s my jam. Warning: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare story spoilers ahead. First off, I just…

How To Join Call of Duty Online

Don’t you hate it when a game that you’re dying for is in private Beta? It sucks being locked out of the fun, even if it is in the name of testing. Well if you’re one the many people who commented that they wanted to try out Call of Duty Online, Kotaku‘s got the guide…

And The Best Actor In The New Advanced Warfare DLC Trailer Goes To…

That John Malkovich might take any acting role put in front of him, but he takes them hard. The rest of the cast of next week’s first installment of Advanced Warfare‘s Exo Zombies co-op mode seem cardboard in comparison. Sleepy Bill Paxton, much older than I remember her Rose Mcgowan and The Walking Dead guy…

Advanced Warfare Cracks Down On Players Killing Themselves On Purpose

In a fireside chat over the weekend, Sledgehammer Games’ studio head Michael Condrey discussed ongoing matchmaking optimization for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and cracking down on players who spend entire matches sitting in a corner killing themselves. It may be hard to get into a match with players you can actually kill — Condrey…

Call of Duty Online is a Big Surprise

Forget everything you saw and experienced in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, forget Jack Mitchell and harken back to the days of Soap, Ghost and Price. Remember those good ol’ days with them boys? Well, you can relive that whole experience again and then some in the China-only Call of Duty: Online That’s right, CoDOL…

Players Found A Secret Glitch Gun Inside of The Newest Call of Duty

If developers put something inside of a game, players will find it. Even if it requires pulling the game apart, or in this case, going out of the bounds of a level. AH Community recently detailed how to find a special gun that exists nowhere else in Advanced Warfare. Turns out, if you go to…

Call of Duty Couple Recounts Scary Night When SWAT Raided Their Home

On June 28, 2014, a SWAT team showed up at the home of Max and Victoria Zeisberg. Bright lights blared into the couple’s windows. Officers came equipped with assault rifles and shotguns. They’d gotten a tip that Max had murdered his wife. None of this was true. The Zeisbergs had just been swatted. When someone…

Hollywood star Chris Evans makes an appearance in this Chinese promotional clip for Call of Duty Online. [Thanks, Sang!]

Call Of Duty Just Got The Most 420 No Scope Mode Ever

Just in time for the day after Christmas, Advanced Warfare has added a new team-based multiplayer mode that’s all sniper rifle action, all the time. You can start playing right now— provided you can get online, of course. The new mode is called “One Shot.” In a blog post, Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer describes it…

John Malkovich, Rose McGowan And Bill Paxton Star In Call Of Duty DLC

Sorry Jon Bernthal of The Walking Dead, your name didn’t fit in the headline, but you’ll surely be there beside Cyrus “The Virus” Grissom, Chet and Paige Matthews battling a new breed of undead in Advanced Warfare‘s Exo-Zombies downloadable content. How does Activision keep getting these big stars to do dirty work in what are…

I Assure You This Is Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Armor

It may look like something straight out of Dragon Age: Inquisition, but this is a very special set of armor only the top 100 players in Advanced Warfare shall receive. If it weren’t for the hydraulics on the shoulders, I could totally see myself slaying dragons in the Grand Master Character Gear set. Sadly this…

A Cheat Sheet For All Of Advanced Warfare‘s Plot Holes

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s campaign mode is entertaining enough, as long as you can turn off your brain for a few hours. Leave it on and you’ll trip over the gaping plot holes every couple of seconds. Advanced Warfare is a Call of Duty game, after all, and there’s never been a Call of…

Activision Targets Call Of Duty Glitch Videos For Take Down

All glitches are not created equal. Some are game-breaking, but others can be kinda fun. Some can even be both. You’ve likely seen YouTubers racked by spasms of scream-laughter at them. Activision’s been taking down videos of certain glitches, much to the chagrin of some. Video network Machinima says Activision has been more trigger happy…

Hold X To Play This Call Of Duty Funeral Tribute

Would you believe me if I said Press E To is actually kind of powerful, even if it’s suuuper minimal and based on a goofy moment from Call of Duty? Press E To is a free PC game that emerged in part from another project creator Leo Burke was working on, and in part from,…

If Famous Directors Made Call of Duty

The Wes-Anderson-Call-of-Duty-Fox takes it all, but shooting and crawling—not to mention the plot—would be a lot different in all of Dorkly’s recent gallery, with Call of Duty and some famous screenwriters’ take on it. There are a few more over at Dorkly. If Other Famous Screenwriters Wrote Call of Duty [Dorkly] To contact the author…

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on PC vs PS4 vs Xbox One

What’s the point of having all sorts of advanced tech and weaponry if it doesn’t look good? Thankfully, regardless of what platform you’re playing the new Call of Duty on, the game looks pretty great. Here are DigitalFoundry‘s latest graphical comparison videos, which let us see how each version of the game stacks up against…

New Call Of Duty Doesn’t Work With PS4’s Share Play Feature (UPDATE)

Gamers playing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on the PS4 have discovered that the console’s newly-minted “Share Play” featuredoesn’t work with the shooter. This represents something of an inauspicious debut for Sony’s new game-sharing feature, which arrived via an update shortly before Advanced Warfare was released. UPDATE 3:23 pm: I received a statement from Activision…

Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare: The Kotaku Review

“Hold X to review Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.” If only it were that simple. It’s easy to take a screenshot from asingle tactless momentin Advanced Warfare‘s campaign and hold it up as an example of this being just another Call of Duty game. Just another five or six hours of mindless military porn, included…