Call of Duty

Here’s The Call of Duty: Black Ops III Trailer

It’s official: the next Call of Duty is out on November 6. Watch the debut trailer—set to the dulcet sounds of The Rolling Stones—right here: As we reported last week, Black Ops III will have a beta on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. To access it, you’ll have to pre-order the game. No word on…

Call of Duty: Black Ops III Will Be Out On Nov 6, New-Gen Beta Planned

The next Call of Duty will be out in November. No surprise. November 6. Hey, that’s a Friday? Pre-order (ugh) for a beta that’s… on PS4, Xbox One, PC. No word about old-gen versions. Note the fine print: “Actual platform availability and launch date(s) to be determined. According to a tipster, these pre-order cards will…

What Worked About Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

For some reason, late last night I started replaying Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s single-player campaign. You know what? That really was a damn good Call of Duty game. Of course, Mike Fahey said as much when it came out. But I’d recently watched Noah Caldwell-Gervais’ fine two-hour retrospective on the Call of Duty series,…

Black Ops 3 Teaser Is Surprisingly Cool

You might not be playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 anymore, but plenty of people still are, and they’ve noticed something really weird. Poster art has been subtly changed, and it appears to be linked to a reveal for the next Call of Duty. We try to avoid falling into the marketing machine at…

Want to watch a two-hour analysis of the entire Call of Duty series? Good news—critic Noah Caldwell-Gervais has assembled an exhaustive, chronological critique of every main COD game to be released on PC. I watched it this weekend, and enjoyed the heck out of it.

Competitive Call Of Duty‘s Biggest Star Steps Down

“I felt like I was playing to not lose…I wasn’t really playing to win.” Following a seventh-place finish in last weekend’s Call of Duty Championship, Matthew “NaDeSHoT” Haag has stepped down as captain of OpTic Gaming and away from competitive play. “I’m kinda tired of being the scapegoat for the team,” said Haag in a…

Let’s Kill More Call Of Duty Exo Zombies [All Are Dead]

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Ascendance DLC hits Xboxes today, bringing with it another round of the Malkovich-powered Exo Zombies co-op survival mode. Or maybe it’s Paxton-powered. It’s hard to say. Either way, let’s play. When last we left our intrepid heroes, they were being overwhelmed by high tech zombies at the headquarters of the…

The grand finals of the 2015 Call of Duty Championships are happening today. Which of the 32 competing teams is going to walk away with $400,000? Head over to the Major League Gaming event site to watch live and see which 29 teams are definitely not winning.

The top 32 Call of Duty teams in the world are squaring off this weekend in Los Angeles for part of a million dollar prize pool. Catch all the action from the 2015 Call of Duty Championship liveover at MajorLeagueGaming.com. It’s a refreshing change from watching teams of five fight over three lanes.

Trials Map Somehow Becomes Call of Duty: Zombies

Trials Fusion is a side-on motorbike game. It is not a first-person shooter. In fact it’s about sa far from a first-person shooter as you’re going to get. So it’s magic that you can take the game’s map editor and build a replica of Call of Duty: Zombies with it. It took Pneumatic Bog three…

Bill Paxton Is Just The Best 

After playing through several hours of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Exo Zombies game mode, I’ve come to the following conclusion: Bill Paxton is pretty awesome. It all comes down to three little words. Okay, so he changed things up a bit. The essence of the quote remains. Game over indeed, Bill Paxton. Update: Now…

How To Find Call Of Duty Exo Zombies‘ Musical Easter Egg 

As with past installments of Call of Duty‘s co-op zombie slaughter downloadable content, the first episode of Advanced Warfare‘s Exo Zombies contains a hidden song. Unlike previous installments, this one’s a bit more classy. In case the famous John Charles Dollman illustration weren’t clue enough, the song we’re hunting for is Wagner’s “Ride of the…

Call of Duty‘s Star-Studded Co-Op DLC Is Off To A Fine Start

Call of Duty‘s first downloadable content has hit the Xbox One today, bringing with it some maps the competitive folks should enjoy and a chance to soak in the sound bytes of four prominent actors while shooting mechanically-pulled zombies. That’s my jam. Warning: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare story spoilers ahead. First off, I just…

How To Join Call of Duty Online

Don’t you hate it when a game that you’re dying for is in private Beta? It sucks being locked out of the fun, even if it is in the name of testing. Well if you’re one the many people who commented that they wanted to try out Call of Duty Online, Kotaku‘s got the guide…

And The Best Actor In The New Advanced Warfare DLC Trailer Goes To…

That John Malkovich might take any acting role put in front of him, but he takes them hard. The rest of the cast of next week’s first installment of Advanced Warfare‘s Exo Zombies co-op mode seem cardboard in comparison. Sleepy Bill Paxton, much older than I remember her Rose Mcgowan and The Walking Dead guy…

Advanced Warfare Cracks Down On Players Killing Themselves On Purpose

In a fireside chat over the weekend, Sledgehammer Games’ studio head Michael Condrey discussed ongoing matchmaking optimization for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and cracking down on players who spend entire matches sitting in a corner killing themselves. It may be hard to get into a match with players you can actually kill — Condrey…

Call of Duty Online is a Big Surprise

Forget everything you saw and experienced in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, forget Jack Mitchell and harken back to the days of Soap, Ghost and Price. Remember those good ol’ days with them boys? Well, you can relive that whole experience again and then some in the China-only Call of Duty: Online That’s right, CoDOL…

Players Found A Secret Glitch Gun Inside of The Newest Call of Duty

If developers put something inside of a game, players will find it. Even if it requires pulling the game apart, or in this case, going out of the bounds of a level. AH Community recently detailed how to find a special gun that exists nowhere else in Advanced Warfare. Turns out, if you go to…

Call of Duty Couple Recounts Scary Night When SWAT Raided Their Home

On June 28, 2014, a SWAT team showed up at the home of Max and Victoria Zeisberg. Bright lights blared into the couple’s windows. Officers came equipped with assault rifles and shotguns. They’d gotten a tip that Max had murdered his wife. None of this was true. The Zeisbergs had just been swatted. When someone…

Hollywood star Chris Evans makes an appearance in this Chinese promotional clip for Call of Duty Online. [Thanks, Sang!]