Call of Duty

Two Modes Offer New Twists on Call of Duty‘s Multiplayer

“Cranked” and “Search and Rescue” will join the playlist in Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ multiplayer this year, offering variants on the game’s team deathmatch staples. As discussed at today’s multiplayer event in Los Angeles, in Cranked, a kill will boost a player’s speed and other attributes but it’ll also start a countdown clock; get another…

Call of Duty: Ghosts Features Female Soldiers in Multiplayer

At the big multiplayer event for Call of Duty: Ghosts underway right now, the mode’s hype reel closed out with a close-up shot of a female character, which would be a first for the franchise. Women have not been featured in multiplayer before but one was playable in the campaign of Call of Duty: Finest…

See the New Call of Duty‘s Multiplayer for the First Time Right Here

We’ve heard about its campaign. We’ve heard about its story. We’ve heard about dogs and fish. But we haven’t heard what Call of Duty: Ghosts has planned for multiplayer. That changes at 1:30 p.m., when Infinity Ward reveals what’s in store for us there. The news is streaming live, and you can watch it all…

I Would Play More Call of Duty If More Call of Duty Looked Like This

It’s not just the giant robot. It’s the old warplanes. It’s the rain. It’s the Weird War Tales-style oddness of it all. This is a real Call of Duty scene from an upcoming zombies-mode addition to Call of Duty: Black Ops II. But it’s just that. I’d go for a full game. Find out more…

“Apocalypse” is the final DLC pack for Black Ops II, dropping on August 27th for XBL (other platforms to follow). Four new maps and new Zombies content, which takes players to a Dieselpunk version of WW1 France…and you play as the heroes from the first Zombies map, exploring the origins (and end?) of the Zombie…

It’s Going To Be A Crazy Weekend For Competitive Gaming

Whether you prefer League of Legends, StarCraft II, DOTA 2 or Call of Duty, there is a little something for everyone this weekend. The International 3 is shaping up to be one for the ages as players will be fighting it out for a 1.4 million dollar first place prize. In the video above I…

“Gun Sync” Is An Awesome Way To Shoot Firearms In Call of Duty

I can’t imagine how long it must have taken videogames to sync their guns to the song featured in this Call of Duty video, but wow. Mind, I wasn’t particularly impressed until about the 1:15 mark—at which point it’s just like, woah. Talk about breaking it down. Here’s the song that this is being synched…

Who’s Angrier: Call of Duty Fans Or One Direction Fans?

Last week, a patch hit Black Ops II that enraged some unreasonable Call of Duty fans so much, they started sending death threats to the game’s design director, David Vonderhaar. While unfortunate, it’s also not the only recent case of enraged fans spewing ridiculous threats at something. Yesterday, men’s fashion and style magazine GQunveiled the…

When Microsoft and Sony Battle, eSports Wins

In this two-part interview I sit down with CEO of Major League Gaming Sundance DiGiovanni and we talk about next-gen consoles, the future of Call of Duty in the eSports scene, and much more. If you rather jump around in each video in accordance to what topics interest you most, I’ve listed them out here…

From the Mouths of Babes …

If David Vonderhaar, design director for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, thought shining a light on the rancid Twitter spew coming from the game’s so-called fans would curb those reactions, well, think again. It’s still going strong, and someone’s curating it all. Consider this a to-block list for your own Twitter feed.

Yup, These Are The Types of People You Meet In Online Games

Once you log enough hours into a multiplayer game, you start noticing patterns. Things people like to do in games, sure—but also what kinds of people you’re likely to find in any given game. This image by CANADIENxBOSS summarizes everyone from Halo and Minecraft and just about every game in-between perfectly. Click on “expand” to…

So Call of Duty: Ghosts IS Coming To Wii U

Our long national nightmare is over: the next Call of Duty game is indeed, after all, actually coming to Wii U, despite the debate over whether it may maybe may or may not actually have been coming It’ll be out on November 5. To quote Activision’s bold-filled press release: Call of Duty: Ghosts — Featuring…

Death Threats Follow Small Call Of Duty Tweak

Dedicated communities always react to changes to their favorite games, it’s normal. But threatening someone’s life over a small tweak to a game? That’s a whole other level of ridiculous. Still, that’s exactly what’s happening to David Vonderhaar, design director for Call of Duty: Black Ops II according to One of Swords. Earlier today, a…

They Call Him The ‘Intelligent’ Call of Duty Pro-Gamer

Professional player Raymond Lussier (aka Rambo) has made a career of playing Call of Duty on some of the biggest stages in the world. Along with his team EnVyUs they placed second at the Call of Duty Championships, even if they haven’t seen similar success in recent events. But to the wider community, he’s known…

The Apocalypse Now Video Game That Almost Was

PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS: Ubisoft’s Next Big Thing – PS3 Horror Game MIA – Modern Warfare Lives? Among the items in the portfolio of a former artist at short-lived studio Killspace Entertainment is the pitch trailer below for the studio’s rumored Apocalypse Now game. Set to audio of actor Marlon Brando’s reading of T.S. Eliot’s…

EVO Wasn’t The Only Impressive Tournament This Weekend

It was a massive weekend for eSports. Gfinity—a Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Tournament that granted the winner $55,000—dominated the UK and EVO broke new ground for the fighting game community in Las Vegas. Not only were the events themselves a big deal but there were shake-ups with some of the top Call of…

This Black Ops II Vengeance DLC Trailer Has A Little Bit of Everything

Ray guns, zombies, tropical islands, live-action cameos. Plus a banshee. Activision put out another sneak peek at the latest add-on to their newest Call of Duty, the Vengeance pack, which hits Xbox Live next Tuesday, and the PC and PS3 a bit later.

Sorry, Team Deathmatch. You’re Not As Good As Other Modes.

Slayer. Deathmatch. Arena. Free-for-all. The mode has many names, but your aim stays the same: kill everyone, as many times as possible. Maybe there’s a time limit or a kill limit, but it usually comes down to some variation of “the person or team with the most kills wins.” Simple, seductive…and kind of mindless. Now,…

In an interview with The Guardian, Infinity Ward executive producer explains the core of the Call of Duty franchise: “I want every team to be making its own creative statement. Call of Duty has a creative statement. For single player it’s that cinematic, movie-like experience that’s immersive and pinned on storytelling. It has those big…

Call of Duty: Ghosts Appears on TV, Gives us “Press X To Bark”

Tonight’s featured demo on Late Night’s Video Games Week was a few minutes’ worth of the new Call of Duty’s canine companion demonstrating his abilities of sneaking, silent killing, and… barking. The demo, which takes place in the rather devastated-looking outskirts of San Diego, has the dog, Riley, take down several guards—in fact, the actual…