Call of Duty

The Next Seven Shooters I’m Excited About

Just another bland, brown shooter, right? I’ve always been a fan of shooters—and it’s not like they’re unsung heroes by any means—but there’s this misconception out there that they’re all the same carbon copies of one another. The misconception reasons that all shooters are boring military shooters with the same characters and roughly the same…

By Tina Amini Published June 20, 2014

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Barely Looks Like It Happens on Earth

Hoverbikes. Super-jumps. Lots of neon. The next installment in Activision’s blockbuster FPS series is the most future-y one yet. Get ready for a lot of fancy screens and overlays! If not for the presence of recognizable stuff like lamps and doors with knobs, you’d think this game was happening on a far-off planet. It’s not.…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 9, 2014

Frozen, Done In The Style of Call of Duty Videos

Even beloved Frozen can lend itself to the Call of Duty montage style, provided few key changes—namely, adding dubsteb, obnoxious cuts, horns, and silly text. The result of the transformation is hilarious, as this video made by MemeMaster420 shows. I appreciate that it doesn’t just make some bad Doritos joke either—instead, it also incorporates jokes…

By Patricia Hernandez Published June 2, 2014

The Problem With Far Cry 4‘s Box Art

Far Cry 4‘s box art depicts a man wearing a lavish pink suit using what might be a religious statue as a throne. He has blonde hair and fair skin and his hand rests on the head of a man of color who kneels, passively, clutching a grenade in his hands. It’s caused quite a…

By Nathan Grayson Published May 22, 2014

Quickscope Simulator Is Everything That’s Horrible About Call of Duty

In Quickscope Simulator, there’s only you, Doritos, endless headshots, and weed. Just like our lord no-scope 360 would have wanted it. This game might make 0 sense to you if you’re never watched a stereotypical montage video—they’re basically Call of Duty videos full of obnoxious elements like dubstep and people screaming over every single kill…

By Patricia Hernandez Published May 16, 2014

If Hearthstone Videos Were More Like Call of Duty Videos

You can expect a few things when you watch a Call of Duty montage—like dubstep, horns, dramatic text about no-scopes, and weed references. It’s kind of eyeroll-worthy, so it’s probably not surprising to hear that when you give Hearthstone videos the same treatment, something very silly happens. I’d say that card games weren’t meant to…

By Patricia Hernandez Published May 13, 2014

Call Of Duty Store Display

Eye-catching store display for Call of Duty. Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

By John Struan Published May 11, 2014

Steam’s Community Is Already Trolling The New Call of Duty

Remember Steam’s tag feature, which lets users label games with anything they’d like—provided the tags aren’t abusive or spoilery? They’ve struck again, and this time, their target isCall of Duty. If you look at Call of Duty’s Steam page right now, you’ll come across this (click to expand to see the text clearly): Notice the…

By Patricia Hernandez Published May 8, 2014

Humble Spring Sale, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Sony 65″ 4K

You probably didn’t have to watch the recent Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare reveal to know whether you’d be picking it up or not. Pre-order your version of choice and get $10 Best Buy credit. [Best Buy] Humble Spring Sale Humble has launched their Spring Sale, which runs for two weeks, has flash sales, and…

By Shane Roberts Published May 6, 2014

Report: Neversoft Merging With Call Of Duty Developer Infinity Ward

The studio that created Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater will soon be no more. According to an internal memo from Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg obtained by Giant Bomb, the 20-year-old studio is merging with Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward, and the Neversoft name is being retired. Neversoft was formed in July 1994 by Joel…

By Mike Fahey Published May 3, 2014

What We Can Learn From The First COD: Advanced Warfare Screens

In the year 2054, a private military corporation (PMC) emerges with the power to rescue humanity from a war devastated by a global attack on its infrastructure. We’ve seen the Spacey trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfighter Warfare. Now let’s see what the first three screens can tell us. Right off the bat, I’ve…

By Mike Fahey Published May 3, 2014

Culture

The Internet Reacts To The New Call of Duty

Surprise! There is a new Call of Duty this year. Usually, Call of Duty reveals are met with a lot of cynicism and snark about how stagnant the franchise had supposedly become. But this year? This year things are a little different. It’s future warfare, for one. FUTURE. Also, the game stars Kevin Spacey and…

By Patricia Hernandez Published May 2, 2014

Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Is Real, Here’s The Debut Trailer

Because Modern Warfare isn’t modern enough any more. The next Call of Duty game is called Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Here’s the game’s first trailer. If you thought the second Black Ops game took some technical liberties, hoo boy. This one is going full-blown science-fiction. Note that the game doesn’t just star the vocal…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2014

The Next Call Of Duty Stars…Kevin Spacey?

UPDATE – Looks like Spacey is actually in the game. Way more here. There was a bunch of Call of Duty stuff teased earlier today that, yawn, was about as interesting as watching people complaining about Call of Duty. This little trailer, though, is interesting If there’s one thing that could revive my interest in…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2014

How A Dumb Gaming Rumor Spreads

Let’s take a quick trip into the strange world of video game rumors—and see how easy it is for misinformation to spread across the web. Today, rumors about the next Call of Duty popped up on a website called Bubblews.com. According to the article—posted under the byline “newsoftheday”—the next Call of Duty will be set…

By Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2014

Snoop Dogg Makes Call Of Duty Way More Fun

If your Call of Duty experience has been feeling a little repetitive lately, you can mix it up with the newest DLC, which replaces all voiceover with Snoop Dogg saying things like “You’ve lost the lead man, get your shit together!” Check out some of his best lines in this video from OutsideXbox. 30 Snoopiest…

By Steve Marinconz Published April 23, 2014

Call of Duty Player Loses Game, Calls SWAT Team

Usually, the worst you can expect a Call of Duty opponent to do is to be a little salty after losing a match—maybe they’ll curse a little, maybe they’ll rate you badly on Xbox Live or something. But calling a SWAT team on you? Dang, bro. The New York Post reports that a prank caller…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 23, 2014

Call of Duty Player Tricks Others Into Virtually Killing Themselves

One of the best ways to play Call of Duty, or really most first-person shooters, is to ditch the guns and the traditional deathmatch and whatever modes. If you’ve never played it, knife-only matches can be a lot of fun. They can also be the perfect set up for some hilarious trickery. Enter the always-entertaining…

By Tina Amini Published April 23, 2014

Artists, Even Game Developers, Are Weird. That’s A Good Thing.

Video games have their rockstars. But they’re not the same kind of rockstars as the ones who strut around in dresses made of meat or go on talk shows to argue about their Twitter feuds. Compared to pop music or Hollywood, games often seem like they have a culture of celebrity that’s far more subtle.…

By Yannick LeJacq Published April 16, 2014

New Call of Duty DLC Has Snoop Dogg Announce Your Kills

Wait, what? A few things. Why does this exist and why didn’t this already exist? Regardless of the answers to these pressing questions, Call of Duty: Ghosts now officially has the best announcer in all of first-person shooters. The lines weren’t written by Snoop Dogg, but they may as well have been considering how naturally…

By Tina Amini Published April 15, 2014