Call of Duty

If It Bleeds, You Can Kill It As The Predator In Call Of Duty

It took a lot of self-control not to headline this post showcasing footage of Call of Duty: Ghost’s second DLC with something like ‘Playing As The Predator In Call of Duty Looks Beast*,’ just so you know. But it really does look awesome. This first video by sTaXx may be in Spanish, but it’s footage…

An Inside Look At A Call of Duty Championship

As a four-man team of pro gamers was crowned world champion of Call of Duty in Los Angeles Sunday night, confetti swarmed and fans cheered and it was easy for me to forget, as I stood to the side, that this championship bout was not a public event. Sure, thousands or millions of people may…

Predator Confirmed for Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ Next DLC

Call of Duty: Ghosts’ developers teased quite the interesting cameo last week for the game’s second DLC, Devastation. Their new gameplay trailer now confirms that 80s intergalactic hunter Predator will indeed join the battle. The expansion will also feature a four new maps: Ruins, Behemoth, Collision and Unearthed (Predator needs its jungle environment!), a unique…

If Video Game Covers Were More Honest

Over at Complex Gaming they’re having some fun adding “honest” blurbs to popular game covers, asking “What if games told the truth before you dropped $60?” Honestly, I’d probably buy them for the blurbs alone. For example, I still have not finished The Last of Us — I know, I am a communist for this.…

Call of Duty Teases a Predator Appearance in Next DLC

“It uses the jungle.” In anticipation of the April 3 release of its upcoming Devastation DLC, Infinity Ward—developers of 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts—released a video on Instagram (spotted on Polygon) that uses the signature visual distortion and sound effects of the Predator hunters from the movie franchise of the same name. The most recent…

16 Hours Of Gaming + Too Much Energy Drinks = Kidney Failure, Coma

“I was playing Call of Duty”, Norwegian teenager Henrik Eide Dahl told The Local. “Then everything went dark and I passed out.” Dahl, 14, had been playing the shooter on his school’s LAN with friends when, taking a break in the cafeteria, he collapsed. Rushed to hospital, his kidneys failed and he slipped into a…

Gallery of Call of Duty: Ghosts concept art and graphic design by Thomas Szakolczay

Wacky Titanfall News Report Has Halo, Call of Duty Shooting Each Other

Look, we can’t say that Next Media Animation’s segment on today’s hot release actually, y’know, makes sense, as far what the moving images signify. But it’s fun to watch. And, hey, it’s Francis! Think he knows he’s in this? The best part of NMA’s take on Titanfall has to be its terrible approximation of the…

Killstreaks: Tell Us How You Really Feel

Ah, the killstreak. A single idea that changed the face of multiplayer shooters. All these years later, has its time finally come? Is it time for the world to leave the killstreak behind? The killstreak is a multiplayer game feature popularized by Call of Duty, but these days the concept turns up in other games…

Kids’ ‘Call of Duty Bomb’ Gets Their Neighbors Evacuated at 3 a.m.

Some kids in Pennsylvania made a prop bomb they were using when they played a real-life game of Call of Duty out in the yard. This is why you don’t leave your toys laying around outside, boys. A neighbor found it, didn’t know what the hell it was, and a very real bomb squad evacuated…

For Those Times You Need Some Perks In The Real World

Reader Robert Lane is a woodworker, and a Call of Duty fan. He’s combined the two to create this range of amazing replica Perk-a-Cola machines. In addition to the cola dispensers, he’s also done some other Call of Duty-related stuff, like a replica weapons box. If you see something here that you like, keep an…

Call Of Duty: Elite Shuts Down On Friday. It’s Okay To Cry.

Remember back in 2011 when Activision’s ambitious online service dedicated to the Call of Duty franchise and its players was going to be thebest thing ever? It’s shutting down forever on February 28. That’s skull logo has never been more appropriate. Clans and stat-tracking and advanced matchmaking and original comedy programming! All of these were…

What Call Of Duty: Ghosts Needed Was Space Cats. Now It Has Them.

When I played through Call of Duty: Ghosts I got the distinct feeling that something was missing, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. That’s because the glory of Space Cats is forever beyond our human reach. We can but download them as one of many character and personalization packs added to the…

Norway Mass Murderer Demands Better Video Games in Prison

Anders Behring Brevik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011. Since he said that he used Call of Duty to practice his aiming and World of Warcraft to hide his plans, video games have been became part of the story of his horrific crime. Now, 18 months into a 21-year prison sentence, he’s demanding that…

Activision is shifting Call of Duty development to a three-year cycle; this year belongs to Sledgehammer Games. Activision announced the shift during its 4th quarter 2013 financial call this afternoon, says the extended cycle would allow developers to focus on development and downloadable content creation.

Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ Onslaught DLC will release for PS4, PS3 and PC on Feb. 27, a month after it launched for Xbox One and Xbox 360.

At Least Call Of Duty’s Commercials Are Still Fun

Say what you will about Call of Duty’s diminishing returns as games, but even those unmoved by perks and tangos can usually enjoy the ridiculously OTT trailers Activision puts together to sell the series. Take this new one today. It’s for some DLC. A few maps, that sort of stuff. But they went out and…

Call of Duty‘s DLC Will Turn You Into Michael Myers from Halloween

That quick tease Activision gave this morning of Call of Duty‘s new maps “doesn’t look anything like Call of Duty,” I said. Well, there’s a reason you’re lugging around a fire axe. One map, “Fog” will turn you into Michael Myers, the killer from Halloween. Completing a field order in fog turns you into the…

It’s official. Confirming the earlier rumor, the Onslaught DLC for Call of Duty: Ghosts will release Jan. 28. Activision released the following short trailer detailing the first episode of a four-part Extinction-mode story. It doesn’t look anything like Call of Duty.

This Poster Says Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ First DLC Arrives Jan. 28

This is reportedly a GameStop promotional poster dating Call of Duty: Ghosts’ first DLC installment, Onslaught for Jan. 28. It was tweeted out yesterday and picked up by the Call of Duty enthusiast site CharlieIntel It describes four new maps—Fog, Bayview, Containment and Ignition—and two bonus weapons. Episode one of the Extinction-mode narrative announced back…