Call of Duty

My Favorite New Wii U Stat

I asked the Activision guy who was playing Call of Duty: Black Ops II at the Nintendo World Store to roleplay with me for a moment. He’d be the gamer. I’d be the person coming into the living room saying I needed the TV. This is how I discovered my new favorite Wii U stat.…

Call of Duty Elite Going Completely Free With Black Ops II

The Call of Duty Elite service will be completely free of charge for all players with the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops II this November, Activision announced today. Call of Duty Elite began life in 2011 with both free and paid premium subscriptions. While all Elite players have access to stat-tracking and social…

See How Modern Warfare Shatters One Family’s Home

Every war has its tales, even ones from a video game. But this “soldier” has been more than a little rattled by it. The video from College Humor is pretty great—as long as you don’t take it seriously—but it does kind of teeter off near the end. Feel free to cut out early. Modern Warfare…

Modern Warfare Map Removed After Complaints From Muslim Gamers

Over the weekend, those playing Modern Warfare 2 began to notice that one of the series’ most popular multiplayer maps, Favela, had disappeared. Why? Publishers Activision and developers Infinity Ward took the map off rotation after receiving complaints from Muslim gamers, who had discovered offensive imagery contained within a room of the stage. It’ll return…

A Gun-Shaped Controller For the Wealthy and Insane

There are controllers, there are controllers, and then there’s a very special place in the world—alongside inflatable rafts—for peripherals like the Delta Six. Shooting (SORRY) straight for the mildly crazy Call of Duty fan, it’s essentially replicating the actions of a standard video game controller, only in the most convoluted and theatrical way possible. A…

Black Ops II Won’t Be So Gross in Japan

Whenever Call of Duty games are released in Japan, they always seem to get in-game violence edited or censored somehow. Call of Duty: Black Ops II is no exception. Today, Square Enix explained the edits: “The heads and limbs of soldiers under attack by heavy weapons on the battlefield are amended.” So probably toned down…

Modern Warfare 3 Gets Two New Map Modes To Go Kill Everything In

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 got two more multiplayer modes added to its playlist today, EGM reports. A tweet from Infinity Ward community coordinator Candice announced the additions. Both map modes, Money in the Denk and 3v3 Hardcore Face-Off, are available on all platforms. Have a peek at the video to see “Money in…

Call of Duty Developer Offices Get Attacked By Zombies, Sort Of

Treyarch has made cool-looking stuff in the Call of Duty video games, including the introduction of the series’ fan-favorite Zombie modes. You wouldn’t know it, though, for how boring their offices looked. But, thanks to art collective IAm8Bit, visitors can now tell that these folks really know the undead. The video above gives a look…

Forget Call of Duty, This is What Real War Looks Like

A generation of military first-person shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield may have millions of kids thinking they know modern warfare, but they don’t. As these videos are about to show. YouTube channel FUNKER530 exists as a repository for veterans to post videos they’ve captured of live, raw combat, and some of the stuff…

The New Zombies Mode In Call of Duty: Black Ops II Is Pretty Much Its Own, Massive Crazy Game

The fan-favorite co-op zombies mode is back in this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II and the first trailer for it makes it look… ambitious. First of all, there’s not a whiff of hint in this trailer that Blops II‘s Zombies mode has any connection to the sequel’s near-future-America-under-high-tech-attack story. Instead, it looks like,…

These sure look like the first screenshots of Black Ops II‘s zombies. Go look at the rest over at Charlie Intel.

Black Ops II Brings Zombies Back to Call of Duty

Recent rumors had the undead returning to Treyarch’s upcoming installment of Activision’s hit shooter series. This trailer confirms the presence of zombies and teases a bit about how they’ll be integrated in Black Ops II‘s near-future sci-fi setting.

Call of Duty: Bark Ops Is The Most Touching War Game Ever Not Made

I never realized how useful dog tricks could be for a Call of Duty parody video. The shake, fetch, and playful biting really lend themselves to battle scenarios, apparently. The ending is pretty much the best thing ever. I came. I saw. I laughed until I cried a little. Round of applause.

Black Ops II Has a Zombies Campaign?

Call of Duty’s zombie game modes have always been a multiplayer-only kind of deal, entirely divorced from the game’s singleplayer campaigns. A product listing on Amazon, however, suggests that might be about to change. As you can see above, the game’s description includes the line “The inclusion of a Zombies in gameplay, both in as…

Do Modern Shooters Take Themselves Too Seriously?

Despite my aversion to shooters—god, there’s too many of them—Overstrike, with its playful, comical tone and its cartoon aesthetic caught my eye. The approach felt like something fresh. But we don’t have Overstrike anymore, no, instead we have Fuse. Compare the two trailers for the games and you see see a world of a difference…

Mother And Son Add To The Mature Rating In Call of Duty

I’m sure you’ve all encountered a few funny, perhaps aggressive exchanges on Xbox Live before. This one gets a little personal, a lot feisty, and there’s cussing involved. I personally like the opening line of: “This is the only thing I do!” I’m pretty sure that’s why mama is upset with you in the first…

The Wii U Version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uses the GamePad Screen for Splitscreen Multiplayer

A live demo of the newest Call of Duty game showed off how Black Ops II’s splitscreen multiplayer will work on the Wii U. Two players can go head-to-head with one playing using the GamePad’s screen and controls and another using the controller to participate on a big-screen TV. We’ll have more on the Wi…

These Guys Are Already Playing (Some of) Black Ops 2

While not the full game (impossible, since it’s not even done yet), some enterprising types have managed to get hold of a demo for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. And proceeded to do what you’d expect. Namely, we get a video with the worst soundtrack on Earth, obnoxious overlays of developer interviews…

Treyarch—the studio making Call of Duty: Black Ops II—is only advising on story, not gameplay, for the Vita tie-in

Black Ops II Is So Classified It Won’t Run On Windows XP

You knew it was coming, XP users. Every operating system has to call it a day sooner or later, and 2012 – the year Windows 8 is released and DX11 becomes mainstream – looks like it’s the end for perhaps Microsoft’s best-loved gaming OS. I say this now because Call of Duty: Black Ops II…