Call of Duty

Even Infinity Ward Is Split on Killing Call of Duty Dog

Will they? Won’t they? Following the reveal of Riley, Call of Duty: Ghost’s awesome dog, people couldn’t help but wonder about Call of Duty Dog’s fate—especially when it would be so easy, if not cliche, to off the dog in an attempt to make an emotional powerplay. When we polled Kotaku readers on it, most…

Usually, Vanity Fair’s features are all about Hollywood movers and shakers, glitzy heiresses, and intrigues at famous fashion houses. But this month, the magazine’s website has a big, in-depth article on the lawsuit between Activision and Jason West and Vince Zampella, the men who re-invigorated the Call of Duty franchise with the first Modern Warfare…

Call of Duty: Ghosts May Or May Not Come To Wii U (Maybe)

Does Call of Duty Dog feel threatened by Nintendogs? Weeks after the official announcement of Call of Duty: Ghosts, it’s still not very clear whether or not the game is coming to Wii U. Activision has been sketchy about the prospect of their next big first-person shooter coming to Nintendo’s console for quite some time…

Yup, Call of Duty Dog Is Still Way More Impressive Than CoD Fish

Another year, another Call of Duty. You know how this stuff works; we get another title which finds new ways to lead you through bombastic set pieces. After sitting through a demo today at E3, I can confidently say you can still expect that kind of stuff in Call of Duty: Ghosts. What actually stood…

Command and Conquer‘s New Militant Faction Underlines an Old Problem

No longer will Command and Conquer‘s militant “Global Liberation Army” feature generals of obvious Middle Eastern descent, once the game goes free-to-play. Polygon reports that Victory Games made the decision because some folks didn’t like the implication that Middle Easterners were a bunch of militant terrorists. “Anyone who knows this series will know the Global…

Producer Hints Call of Duty: Ghosts May Release on Wii U [Corrected]

Through the game’s original announcement and since its next-generation console reveal, Activision has steadfastly refused to say if the game was coming to Wii U. The game’s executive producer, however, indicated that it may. [Correction] An earlier version of this story reported that Rubin confirmed the game’s appearance on Wii U. He only said they…

“Next Gen” Call Of Duty Has Some Old Tricks

This video for Call of Duty: Ghosts is all about hyping the next-gen visuals we’ll be getting on versions of the game for platforms like the Xbox One and PS4. While the videos you saw yesterday show actual gameplay, this pops the hood and shows you some of the tech that differentiates the next-gen editions…

Here’s What Call of Duty: Ghosts Will Look Like on a Next-Gen Console

If you missed the “all-access event” for Call of Duty: Ghosts from earlier today, here is the gameplay footage from two campaign levels shown—”Into the Deep” and “No Man’s Land” featuring Riley Call of Duty Dog. Developer Infinity Ward said the sequences above were taken from the next-generation console version of Ghosts (you can tell…

And Here are Four More Screenshots of Call of Duty: Ghosts

Yes, Riley Call of Duty Dog is in one of them. What’s more, one is entitled “Federation Day Rappel,” (below) a curious little tease of the continuity surrounding the game’s campaign mode. Remember, this game takes place in the future in a wholly separate canon; the events of Modern Warfare 3 have nothing to do…

Watch the Call of Duty: Ghosts Big Pre-E3 Gameplay Showcase Right Here

A pre-E3 “all-access” event for Call of Duty: Ghosts is kicking off moments from now, showing off new gameplay footage from several of the game’s campaign levels. You can watch all of it right here. This 30-minute stream will also include behind-the-scenes details and interviews with Infinity Ward, the studio behind this year’s edition of…

You Can Bark Orders to Call of Duty‘s Happy Scrappy Hero Pup

Though he practically upstaged the Xbox One at its own reveal event, don’t expect Call of Duty Dog to slink off into a corner during E3 week. He’s not going to be eye candy or a prop in Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ singleplayer campaign. If anything, developer Infinity Ward is doubling down on the Dog.…

Infinity Ward, 3 Years Later: A Call of Duty Comeback With a Caveat

The trailer for the next Call of Duty, November’s Call of Duty: Ghosts, makes it all seem so pleasantly straightforward. New Call of Duty! From the people who made the one that made this series a phenomenon. Not quite. But not completely wrong, either. Infinity Ward, the studio founded in 2002 by Jason West and…

He Uses Battlefield and Call of Duty To Cope With The Horrors of War

AlloySevenVideo—Bryant Chambers, a former platoon leader in Iraq back in 2003—never got formally diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. But that doesn’t mean war can’t haunt him in some ways. That’s where games come in, as he talks about in this video. “I honestly never thought I had any issues until several years after the event,”…

LAPD swarms game development studio, guns drawn after mistaking Call of Duty statue for armed man. Polygon‘s got the full story. Shades of our infamous 2009 Bungie adventure

Teen’s School Shooting Plan Included Call of Duty’s ‘No Russian’ Theme

The teenager accused of plotting a bombing attack on his school in Albany, Ore., wanted his car stereo to blare the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack—specifically, the song from the infamous “No Russian” mission—as he carried out his assault, according to his handwritten plans, police there said. At 11:10 a.m. on the day…

That Advanced AI In Call of Duty: Ghosts Sure Looks Dated

Peculiarly, one of the things that was highlighted during the Call of Duty: Ghosts presentation last week was fish AI that moves out of the way when you get close. And as SUPERMARIOGALAXY13 highlights here, fish doing that is not exactly a new innovation—or hell, even an exciting one. It’s nearly 20 years old! I’m…

Next-Gen Call Of Duty, Last-Last-Gen Engine

The next Call of Duty game, Ghosts, will be the first to appear on an entirely new generation of hardware. Despite this, it’s still built on an engine that’s over ten years old, though the game’s developers would like you to think otherwise. Sure, the engine has been heavily modified since then – Modern Warfare…

Which would you rather play? I think I’d go for Ghost Dog, because not only is the idea of a Call of Duty Dog game fantastic, this mock cover by Redditor Auto_aim1 is also excellent.

Please, Let This Be Call Of Duty Dog’s First DLC

Map packs? Please. The future of Call of Duty DLC must surely be new dogs. Hopefully the first will be this Corgi, done by French artist Diana Da Costa, that is so cuddly I am about to die. Collar of Duty [Rated R]

Curious what a Call of Duty game might be like if it actually starred Call of Duty Dog? Check out Brandon Sheffield’s interactive-fiction game Call of Doggie: Ghosts. Oorah.