On Thursday, May 1, a reveal trailer for the next installment to the Call of Duty franchise announced Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare , Sledgehammer’s first dip into the series outside its collaboration with Infinity Ward on Modern Warfare 3 .
The trailer detailed that the game is slated to launch on November 4 this year, but didn’t give a clue as to what platforms it’d be launching on. According to VideoGamer , online retailer Amazon.co.uk has not only reaffrimed the title’s launch date, but it has also confirmed that the the game will be launching on most platforms–”most” being because a release on the Wii U was not mentioned–as part of a pre-order promotion.
“Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare will be released on November 4, but you can pre-order it now on: Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation 4, Playstation 3 and PC, ” Amazon told VideoGamer.
The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 copies are both going for £42 each (or your regional equivalent), and the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions are £54.99 respectively. The PC version comes in as the cheapest of the lot with £39.85. Amazon’s product description of the new Call of Duty game has been detailed below.
“Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare envisions the powerful battlegrounds of the future, where both technology and tactics have evolved to usher in a new era of combat for the franchise. Delivering a stunning performance, Academy Award winning actor Kevin Spacey stars as Jonathan Irons – one of the most powerful men in the world – shaping this chilling vision of the future of war.
Power Changes Everything. ”
An Advanced World:
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare takes place in a plausible future in which technological progress and today’s military practices have converged with powerful consequences.
In this carefully researched and crafted vision of the future, Private Military Corporations (PMCs) have become the dominant armed forces for countless nations outsourcing their military needs, redrawing borders and rewriting the rules of war.
And Jonathan Irons, the founder and president of the world’s largest PMC – Atlas Corporation – is at the center of it all.
An Advanced Soldier:
Powerful exoskeletons evolve every aspect of a soldier’s battle readiness, enabling combatants to deploy with an advanced lethality and eliminating the need for specialization.
The introduction of this gameplay mechanic delivers enhanced player movement and verticality through boost jumps and grappling, covert cloaking abilities, and biomechanics that provide unparalleled strength, awareness, endurance, and speed.
With the advent of the exoskeleton and newly advanced armor and weaponry, every soldier commands tactical freedom in any terrain unlike ever before, fundamentally changing the way gamers play Call of Duty across all modes.
An Advanced Arsenal:
Harnessing the power of next-gen platforms, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare brings players into the battlegrounds of the future by boasting a new hi-tech, advanced arsenal and ability set, arming players with all-new equipment, technology, perks, and vehicles like hoverbikes and highly specialized drones.
Players can also choose between standard ammunition and an all-new class of directed-energy weaponry that enables totally new gameplay dynamics.
And with exoskeletons delivering a massive force multiplier and unprecedented tactical freedom, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare evolves every firefight.
Sledgehammer has revealed that it is optimistic about big budget titles, such as Call of Duty , still having a place in the videogames industry as time moves forward. The studio has also expressed its excitement for developing its own Call of Duty title, calling it the “ most ambitious, most creative game [it has] ever made. ” Furthermore, Full Metal Jacket actor Ronald Lee Ermey has offered up his voice for Call of Duty: Ghosts’ “ Drill Instructor Voice Pack ”.
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[ VideoGamer ]