CoD: World at War unlocks Nazi zombies for all, gives double XP this weekend
by Ross Miller 
{ Jan 16th 2009 at 3:47PM }
Treyarch is also giving out double the experience points this weekend. It started this afternoon at 1:00 PM ET and will stay in effect until an undisclosed time -- probably Monday morning, if we had to guess. If you're in desperate need for some double XP, we suggest you take off work / school now and head to your console of choice.
[Via X3F; thanks, mdouet!]
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amart @ Jan 16th 2009 3:59PM
Leaving work early! bahahah
Dave @ Jan 16th 2009 4:03PM
Nazi Zombies > Left 4 Dead.
There, I said it.
Efeez1986 @ Jan 16th 2009 4:11PM
I agree Dave, plus COD:WaW actually has a good single player unlike Left4Dead and the game doesn't get repetitive like Left4Dead. Now let's put our flame suits on and watch all the fanboys shun us t0 hell. lol
Steph @ Jan 16th 2009 4:15PM
RABLE RABLE RABLE!!!!
Sorry I can't flame you since I've never played World at War (I know I feel bad for me too), but I had to make you feel like you got a little flame. LOL
j.howlett @ Jan 16th 2009 4:18PM
i can't wait for a game to feature zombie dinosaurs ridden by nazis
Obie @ Jan 16th 2009 4:38PM
With all due respect and sugar on top. WOW is a lukewarm COD4 rip, L4D owns....especially your moms.
Oh snapz!
Blah @ Jan 16th 2009 4:40PM
Hmm haven't played COD:WAW but i must agree that left 4 dead is pretty overated. I do like the game and own it, got it in the valve pack when it was on sale. But there's only so much time you can spent unloading clips into zombies before it looses its fun. I haven't really tried out the multiplayer yet though as i haven't had time.
Fanboy @ Jan 16th 2009 4:44PM
@Obie
How could you even compare World Of Warcraft to Call of Duty? I don't see your logic....
Haggard @ Jan 16th 2009 4:48PM
If L4D wasn't a Valve game, you'd all think it was awesome.
It just seems overrated in comparison to how good their other recent stuff is.
Obie @ Jan 16th 2009 5:11PM
Goddamn iphone autocomplete...meh I am voting myself down for that stuff.
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 16th 2009 5:11PM
j.howlett as any Ninja (Or Nonja) might tell before he kills you Zombie Dinosaurs are more likely to eat the Nazi.
Now that Surfing Nazis on Giant Radioactive Sea Turtles you have to pay attention to those.Thank you Canada Army and O.N.U Soldiers for keeping our bays safe.
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 16th 2009 5:28PM
The problem I had with L4D is that it breaks an important rule of every Valve game:
Have always an amazing level design.
In L4D Dead Toll and Blood Harvest are pretty much the same and in a game with only 4 Campaigns you would think they would have been more creative. I mean Dead Air was awesome and is my favorite Campaign, No mercy was a good intro level for rookies, Dead Toll stand off was quite original but Blood harvest feels like an extend of Dead Toll but without the cool final Standoff.
The other thing that annoyed me was the fact you couldn’t play as a Zombie in single player unless it was in the split screen middle also the fact thy didn’t released maps especially designed for Versus mode.
Still is a good game if you can stand playing online all the time and is one of those games is great but just in PC. If you are stuck with the Xbox version you might as well forget it, matchmaking again is as good as shooting yourself in the foot but Valve still shows some mercy and intelligence by letting you join at any time but most of the time in versus the match was already decided or you arrive too late but still it makes the game better and it saves the normal online mode, if it wasn’t for that L4D would be unplayable.
(Did you hear that all you people making games for the Xbox live? joining at any time is possible you lazy devs)
Not to mention that only a few people in xlive knows what Co-operation means, I swear I was in a match where some d*che with a MLG gamertag shoot me for about 5 minutes before realizing there was no Friendly Fire.
Trev @ Jan 16th 2009 5:33PM
@Haggard
That's actually what I disliked about L4D. It's too... Valve-ey. It has that too fast/floating gun/no recoil feel to it. W@W has more weight to it. Maybe L4D is supposed to be really arcadey and it just didn't click with me, but the feeling was the same as I got from HL2, so I think it's just a Valve thing.
If Modern Warfare 2 has a zombie mode, that will be about perfect for me.
Obie @ Jan 16th 2009 5:42PM
Yup World at War is totally a better game, with it's zero recognition from the gaming press at the end of the year awards. A real innovator that one.
Trev @ Jan 16th 2009 6:36PM
L4D must be pretty shit if the list of it's pros consists entirely of "COD:W@W didn't get a pile of awards." It's like you completely forgot "There's an F in the title." and "Was released on a day ending in Y." If you want to say it's good, you can do a hell of a lot better than that.
Trev @ Jan 16th 2009 6:37PM
And to clarify, I'm not saying that it's bad, I just didn't particularly enjoy it.
Obie @ Jan 16th 2009 6:59PM
@Trev, ah I see your icon is a Troll.
Well I guess I will stop feeding you then.
I will just say if COD:WOW did not have COD in the title, no one would have played it...even franchize sheep.
Grant @ Jan 16th 2009 7:17PM
I dunno if nazi zombies> L4D, but i will say Nazi Zombies> the rest of COD5 single player.
I dragged my ass through the single player just so i could get to the sweet pot of gold at the end of the rainbow... if i had only been more patient.
Ihavepants @ Jan 16th 2009 7:29PM
Just for the whole "floating gun" argument at L4D, I don't understand. You can look down and see your whole body in L4D, in W@W you cannot.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 16th 2009 9:07PM
THERE IS A REASON COD:WAW SOLD MILLIONS MORE COPIES THAN L4D...
its just a better game.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 16th 2009 9:10PM
obie-
your last comment makes no sense because if Left 4 Dead did not the name valve on it, nobody probably would have played it either...
oh yeah not that many people bought the game anyway...
Trev @ Jan 16th 2009 10:00PM
@obie
1. It's a Skrull
2. I see you're taking this personally and you still can't come up with anything good about L4D. Tell Gabe I say hi.
@Ihavepants
It's just the way it moves around. I don't like games that over do it like Jericho did, but L4D and other Valve games are the other end of the spectrum. Feels too smooth for the speed the character moves. Just personal preference, I suppose.
Ihavepants @ Jan 17th 2009 3:08AM
Hmm I guess it depends on what character you're moving. It it's a COD game you can expect them to feel more weighty as they're soldiers carrying a whole load of poop around. In left4dead it's a bunch of people running away from zombies wearing regular day clothes.
The AC Dude @ Jan 18th 2009 10:06AM
Alright, honestly, you can't say anything about Left 4 Dead unless A) You have played with friends, or B) You have played Versus. Especially the friends part, that's what makes the game great.
dc_fortythree @ Jan 16th 2009 4:14PM
sweet. lvl 65 here i come.
fabian @ Jan 16th 2009 4:15PM
Finally Double Experience!!!
Now I can finally get past the seemingly endless plight of levels 40-65!!!!
Misfit Toy @ Jan 16th 2009 4:30PM
I've unlocked this, so no biggie for me. My friend, on the other hand, loves this mode and has yet to unlock it. He'll flip with joy. Good move for Treyarch.
Misfit Toy @ Jan 16th 2009 4:31PM
Wife just left for work...do I take advantage of double XP?
Yes I do.
Smurfy @ Jan 16th 2009 4:37PM
My bro was just telling me about this a few hours ago. Sounded awesome.
reborn @ Jan 16th 2009 4:39PM
i'm curious as to when the DLC will be coming, hopefully new maps for zombie mode?
DeftRat @ Jan 16th 2009 4:52PM
I'm glad I read this. Now is probably the only time I am gonna prestige. I kind of had this glorious idea that I wouldn't prestige on WaW, until I saw this...
butaneko @ Jan 16th 2009 4:54PM
Thanks for the heads up Joystiq! I'm definitely down for some double XP.
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 16th 2009 5:04PM
I have that game but I never opened it. I'm still playing Dead space, only 1 more achievement before I finish it 100%.Oh what the hell for Nazi Zombie sI might as well play it today or tomorrow, I’m still stuck with lots of work.
The comics are pretty awesome too and the gameplay is excellent but I feel most of the story is taken from movies, games and comics partially Silent Hill also what's up with the scientology references?
***SPOILER***
It seems in the future scientologist will dominate the space and fight Xenu which was apparently created by Men.I better join scientology I can’t wait to fight Aliens in Space! Phew Phew.
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 16th 2009 5:07PM
I would like to ask a question I got the LE with a week of DOuble EXP or something I guess I'm late to use it.
But here is a quick rant:
Why the f*ck they included a canteen that can't be used as a water container? Well at least the tin is nice.
Hurmun @ Jan 16th 2009 5:13PM
whats really retarded is that they dont do the same for cod4 what with double xp or updates or ANYTHING
Ihavepants @ Jan 16th 2009 6:09PM
They did, last year. You think that World at War will be doing this a year from now?
Hurmun @ Jan 16th 2009 6:30PM
god forbid they actually give a shit about the community and create some new maps
i mean only 10+ million people bought the game, you'd think they'd show some support
Ihavepants @ Jan 16th 2009 7:31PM
They did and they have, but you're arguing about a game released in 2007. They HAVE had updates it just doesn't need them anymore. And I'll go back to saying the support W@W is giving is the same that COD4 did, so don't say it's better.
Brandon @ Jan 16th 2009 6:07PM
So is the Zombie unlock permanent or for only this weekend with the double XP?
Misfit Toy @ Jan 16th 2009 6:17PM
My take on this is, permanent Zombie mode. Double XP - weekend only (until the next Double XP weekend).
Leo McKelvin @ Jan 16th 2009 6:20PM
It is permanent. Not like it was hard to beat the game though. Took me like one weekend to beat it.
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 16th 2009 8:21PM
Why Halo 3 can't have this?
Braaains is my favorite mode too bad Halo 3 always manage to find a way to ruin something good about itself.
Leo McKelvin @ Jan 16th 2009 6:19PM
This game was not so great for playing the single mode. It have dissapointing me that most game only have good online or good single players mode. I am hope that killzone 2 can have both of them in one packaging. This is prefer to me than just one or the other. COD WAW have good multiplayer game but a bad single player and is the same for gears of war 2. I think Halo 3 & COD MW is two that get both of the done right. MGS 4 have a great campaign but bad multiplayer. I am hoping killzone 2 & the new residents evils both have good all around game.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 16th 2009 11:35PM
well considering killzone 2 has no CO-OP AT ALL, it already is getting off on a bad start compared to the offerings of similar games such as cod.
but the single player, bot modes, and online looks great in killzone 2.
TheHeartless @ Jan 16th 2009 6:23PM
It's sweet of them to let EVERYONE in on this one and not just the people who bought the CE this time
twism10000 @ Jan 16th 2009 7:45PM
They should have a patch for LIVE because of players glitching and the respawn sucks. You could respawn 20 feet from your enemy and get pwned right away
gcountach @ Jan 16th 2009 8:47PM
So you're new to this "Call of Duty" series, you say?
Ihavepants @ Jan 16th 2009 9:08PM
Well you've got to say that the spawning in W@W is worse than any other COD.
jumpshot @ Jan 19th 2009 11:07AM
AND the map glitches are just terrible.
RyFar206 @ Jan 16th 2009 7:24PM
Dammit Treyarch, you don't know the frustration that went into unlocking this mode! (I played veteran to get it) Well, at least there will be more people to play with.