First Call of Duty: World at War trailer to roll onto XBL

53 Comments by Jason Dobson Jun 17th 2008 2:55PM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters

With Treyarch-developed Call of Duty: World at War recently unveiled by the UK's Official Xbox Magazine, you may be asking yourself when footage of the game's darker "new military theater" will be yours for the watching. Now Microsoft has announced that the game's reveal trailer will premiere over Xbox Live this weekend worldwide, giving gamers a first look at "the darkest corners of WWII."

Being built upon a refined version of the same engine that powers Call of Duty 4, World at War is expected to emphasize fear and tackle darker themes than those in earlier titles. Interestingly, today's trailer announcement notes that the video will be available over the Xbox Live Marketplace from June 21-22, suggesting that players on platforms such as the PS3 or PC may be able to poke their heads up from the trenches to watch it soon afterward, though nothing has yet been announced.

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Me: Jun 17th 2008; 3:02PM

Why can't there be a WWII game that lets you shoot Americans? The Japanese and Nazi soldiers had a call of duty too. :P

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo): Jun 17th 2008; 3:11PM

Because if that happened, the christian right and other family groups would be all over the developer who made that game.

Syke: Jun 17th 2008; 3:25PM

Probably because they were horrible sadistic bastards with complete disregard for the sanctity of human life?

No one is stopping them from making it really if the developer and the entire team agreed... They just shouldn't expect it to sell well or find any store willing to stock it on their shelves.

You have the freedom to do whatever you want in America even if you're a total douchenozzle. And honestly, I think the CoD gameplay is a bit bland. All it boils down to is just killing hordes and hordes of bad guys the exact same way. The reason why people didn't discover its shortcomings was cause the game ended quickly enough that it didn't wear on your nerves to the point of immediate complaint.

The opening sequence on the ship was pretty badass, though.

Knight Marquise: Jun 17th 2008; 3:26PM

I take it you didn't have a family member lose their life in WWII?

d-pad: Jun 17th 2008; 3:30PM

Vegeta,

...ah, nevermind.

You wouldn't understand anyways.

...Jan...: Jun 17th 2008; 3:31PM

You could do that in multiplayer mode I guess.
But what would the appeal be for that in single player mode? You'd be forced to lose at the end of the game.

Intentless: Jun 17th 2008; 3:52PM

Not all Nazis were willing Nazis. Plenty were coerced into it by threats to the well being of their families and such... They could do a story arch where you were one of these nazis with a strong basis on the emotional conflicts one would face in such a situation... And it could lead into defection or something similar...

NATO_Duke: Jun 17th 2008; 3:57PM

I guess you could do something with the story/character from Night over Day over Night. I thought it was a pretty good read.

http://www.amazon.com/Night-over-Day/dp/0312156081

Korova *Pyro aspect*: Jun 17th 2008; 5:35PM

There are plenty of games where you can play the german side. Panzer General comes to mind. There are others. I dont know any FPS but you can get your nazi on if you are so inclined.

DP: Jun 17th 2008; 5:58PM

@ Me,

Well aren't you a sick bloodclot.

Anticrawl: Jun 17th 2008; 7:02PM

If you want that go play Axis & Allies. The board game, not the crummy PC games. My favorite board game of all time.

t_m: Jun 19th 2008; 6:57AM

@Knight Marquise: no. but i know a lot of japanese and german friends who did lose family members.

Josh Compton: Jun 17th 2008; 3:02PM

I know that Treyarch has been working on this game for longer than Call of Duty 3 but I am still extremely nervous. This trailer better show some real gameplay and hopefully they blatantly ripped off Call of Duty 4 in almost every day and just copy-and-paste the good stuff into the Pacific Theater. I don't know if I can buy anything by Treyarch ever again. I'm scarred.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo): Jun 17th 2008; 3:12PM

If you read the article, they did. Call of Duty 5 will be using the exact same engine as Call of Duty 4, and the multiplayer will be almost the same as CoD4 except there will be new perks.

Jakka: Jun 17th 2008; 3:18PM

"multiplayer will be almost the same as CoD4 except there will be new perks."

Best-Seller Confirmed.

It seems like the unlockables is "the shit" at the moment.

xFenixKnightx: Jun 17th 2008; 3:36PM

Again, this will not be a Call of Duty 5 game. IW is making COD5. Treyarch is just making a side game like Big Red One.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo): Jun 17th 2008; 3:50PM

I keep on forgetting that.

megaStryke: Jun 17th 2008; 4:06PM

Fenix, World at War is the OFFICIAL fifth Call of Duty game. Sorry.

zelderman: Jun 17th 2008; 4:19PM

GTA4 isn't the fourth game, but it's still called GTA 4

megaStryke: Jun 17th 2008; 5:01PM

It is Call of Duty 5, just with the numeral dropped. Much like how Guitar Hero IV is now Guitar Hero World Tour.

Vcize: Jun 17th 2008; 5:29PM

So Mega, when CoD5 comes out 2 years after CoD: World at War, what are you going to call that one?

There are numbered CoD games, and there are spin-off games that get no number and do not increase the sequence of the numbered ones. This one is the latter.

megaStryke: Jun 17th 2008; 6:26PM

Tell you what... you find me the proof. Show me the article where Activision states that this game is NOT Call of Duty 5 and I will bow to your superior industry knowledge.

xFenixKnightx: Jun 17th 2008; 6:33PM

Megastryke

How does this fancy you? Its not "proof" but it sure is close.

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/06/15/rumor-possible-cod5-rename-plus-boxarts/

From X3F.com
"Also, as you may have noticed, none of the box arts have the number "5" on them anywhere. Instead, the game seems to have solely adopted the recently announced subtitle of World at War."

megaStryke: Jun 17th 2008; 11:01PM

That's not proof of anything. The title of the article even says: "Possible CoD5 box arts." So obviously the site considers the game CoD5. Give me a quote from Activision themselves.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo): Jun 17th 2008; 3:13PM

I'm still excited about this game based on what I've read from that article, so I'm hoping that the trailer will show some good gameplay.

xFenixKnightx: Jun 17th 2008; 4:02PM

I'm excited too for numerous reasons.

*I liked Big Red One and COD3
*Using COD4 engine and even improving upon it.
*2 Years of Dev time on this one
*Keeping COD4 MP Perks and Ranks
*Switching the typical WWII setting
*Flamethrower ;)

NATO_Duke: Jun 17th 2008; 4:41PM

You forgot one:

*Duke killing me often.

xFenixKnightx: Jun 17th 2008; 4:46PM

Very funny Duke, very funny. O_O Bring it!

:P

NATO_Duke: Jun 17th 2008; 4:55PM

Yeah, we will see once you get MGS going. maybe we can do some damage there.

DangerMouse: Jun 17th 2008; 3:13PM

From the scans i've seen, it doesn't look all that great.

Obie: Jun 17th 2008; 3:15PM

I will have a look, but Treyarch has their work cut out for them.

arrrgh: Jun 17th 2008; 3:22PM

colour me unimpressed and un-optimistic...so, pessimistic...also a little hungry

and kinda tired :(

born2kill: Jun 17th 2008; 3:23PM

Off topic, but what the hell happend to Brothers in Arms???? Theres gonna be 4 COD games on next gen and Bros. is still MIA. Joystiq staff, look into that please.

Obie: Jun 17th 2008; 3:24PM

In all honesty I have a feeling that I should just ignore this game, as this game will simply copy what COD4 has done right. Treyarch has never been known for innovation.

But we'll see.

Obie: Jun 17th 2008; 3:26PM

They didn't even develop their own engine, yet simply stepping on shoulders and use Infinity Wards propietary engine.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo): Jun 17th 2008; 3:47PM

Well if they didn't, then people would be complaining that it's not at all like CoD4. So really it's a lose lose situation.

theturtle363: Jun 17th 2008; 3:31PM

At least it's Japan. I hope to god too that the player character speaks. How the hell will they make it "darker " and "emphasize the fear" when the character doesnt react to anything except with a few grunts

J: Jun 17th 2008; 3:45PM

I don't know why Call of Duty 3 gets hated on so much. I rented it and was more than entertained for those few days... what's all the fuss about?

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo): Jun 17th 2008; 3:49PM

I don't understand it too. while yeah it wasn't as good as Cod2, CoD3 was still a fun game to play.

Vidikron (FU): Jun 17th 2008; 5:14PM

I'm the same. There's no doubt that 2 and 4 were better, but I enjoyed playing through CoD 3. I'm not writing this game off simply because it's Treyarch. In fact, quite the opposite. Using the CoD4 engine plus going to a new theater and having darker themes has me interested.

SaVERE: Jun 25th 2008; 12:17PM

call me a noob or whatever...but what exactly does it mean to have darker themes?

xFenixKnightx: Jun 17th 2008; 4:48PM

I wanna know what fourzerotwo and the other IW employees think of COD3. Would be interesting.

megaStryke: Jun 17th 2008; 5:05PM

Call of Duty 3 was rushed. It had less than a year of development time. Activision forced Treyarch into releasing it so soon. They didn't have the time that IW typically receives for their entries. However, if you want to see an example of Treyarch excellence, look at the expansion pack for the first CoD, United Offensive. The team that made that are the same guys who now work for Treyarch.

gundth: Jun 17th 2008; 5:50PM

Well, at least COD6 will be good.

crashaskins: Jun 17th 2008; 8:07PM

conker live and reloaded had it to where you could play as the us and germany. i mean you are playing as teddy bears and squirrels........

zeldazeppelin: Jun 17th 2008; 9:42PM

isnt this game comming out on wii to

TidalSpiral: Jun 18th 2008; 10:18AM

At first I was skeptical about the idea of WWII yet again, but this talk of darker and using grittier weapons like flame throwers or traps could be buckets of fun. Throw in the amazing battlefields that might be possible from the Pacific or Europe, the weapon and gameplay qualities of COD4, and some extra variablity in perks (which I'm guessing they'll have their own set of new perks but most of them could fit in another game). Vehicles too, all these things could add up to a really great game.

My number one question is what will the kill streak benefits be, if they are still there? (UAV, Bomb, Chopper ---> Mortar, Napalm, Tank?)

Wise Guy: Jun 18th 2008; 11:23AM

Doesn't matter what time period the next COD is set in... they are all the same game essentially running on the same engine since launching on the next gen consoles. Talk about linear as well. HALO 3 will always blow this series out of the water!! :-)

blasphemy: Jun 21st 2008; 1:15AM

Call of Duty: World at War - first details in OXM
Monday 9-Jun-2008 12:23 PM Back to WWII with four-player co-op
61 CommentsThe first details of Call of Duty: World at War have been revealed, plucked straight from the pages of Xbox 360: The Official Magazine (#35), which is dropping through subscribers' letterboxes right now.

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The fifth game in the CoD series, which is being developed by CoD3 studio Treyarch, ditches the number subtitle and expectedly returns to WWII - but the developer stresses it's not the same theatre we've seen a million times before.

It all takes place in the Pacific theatre (and partially in Russia's advance into Berlin) says OXM, which all in all was a much grittier and darker conflict that the one in muddy Belgium fields.

Treyarch has had a full extra year over CoD3's development to make World at War - and it's using the excellent CoD4 engine, which is plenty of reason to be excited.

"This is a scarier Call of Duty than we've ever seen," Treyarch head Mark Lamir says in the mag.

To help simulate the Japanese's different style of warfare, Treyarch has completely re-tinkered the enemy AI in World at War. Instead of taking cover and flanking in traditional European battle strategies, the Japanese hide in trees, sneak through the overgrowth and scrabble, katana in hand in violent suicide attacks.

"We figured out early that the Imperial Japanese fought in a different way that was full of suspense," creative lead Rich Farrelly tells OXM. "From that point we started to skew the game in that direction."

Excitingly, for the first time in Call of Duty's campaign 4-player co-op is supported over Xbox Live - and it supports meta game perks as in CoD4's excellent online mode.

You'll find loads more details and first screens in issue 35, in the shops Friday June 13 (but in subscribers' hands now).

ha..........

tekman94: Jun 22nd 2008; 7:23AM

I'd still buy this game. I haven't gotten tired of WWII. It was an extremely important war in history. Just wish that Infinity Ward was developing it. Treyarch needs to step it up a pit.

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