Call of Duty: World at War Debuts on Steam

Eight days after it’s NA retail release, the World War II based shooter from Treyarch has made its debut on Valve’s Steam. Call of Duty: World at War can now be purchased from Steam for $49.95 Read more

Call of Duty: World at War - Registrations Open for PC BETA!

You read that right! The BETA registrations for Call of Duty: World at War are now open. The BETA is restricted to Call of Duty community members - so head over here to enlist and shoot other people.

Call of Duty: World at War - PC BETA Info

Info about Call of Duty: World at War BETA, directly from the horse’s mouth;

Hi everyone,

We’re rapidly approaching the PC BETA, and as such I wanted to lay out a few key features to the PC version of CoD:WW, and what ramifications it will have on the PC BETA.

First, the entire key authentication / master server paradigm is changing for the first time in a Call of Duty PC title. In CoD:WW, you will be authenticating in-game against a more global master server. This server will keep track of and maintain unique Profile names (like a screenname) which will be tied to your CD Key. So while username / passwords will not be required to play our game, you will have globally unique profile names.

Why are we doing this? Because also for the first time ever in a Call of Duty PC title, we’re bringing Friends and Invites (which are typically console staples) to the PC. So we have built-in Friends functionality. You can add friends, filter your servers by Friends (see which servers your friends are playing in), join their servers, etc. You can also invite any online friends to come join you in your current game. We didn’t want the new Squad mechanics we’ve developed to get watered down on the PC, which is ultimately why we decided to bring you Friends & Invites, and thus globally unique profile names.

Now we understand that clan tags can change frequently, and it would be obnoxious and not very user friendly to keep changing your profile name. So we’ve added in clan tag prefixes, which will show up in-game. This should allow you to take full advantage of our Friends & Invites features, and still be able to make yourself more uniquely identifiable in-game.

So what does this have to do with the BETA?

You will be required to enter a CD Key for the BETA, much like you will when you get the full game this November. These PC keys will be available to all registered users of CallOfDuty.com, including any new users who sign up after the PC BETA releases. These keys aren’t intended to limit the BETA to a certain number of players; they are here to allow you to create these unique profile names for our Friends and Invites features.

How will BETA servers work?

The PC BETA will pretty much be a limited MP distribution of our game. So you will be able to host your own servers, and GSP’s will be able to sell BETA servers and put up as many dedicated servers as they’d like. All of this will function as if it were a regular Multiplayer game. It’s important to note, that for the BETA, the dedicated server will be Windows only.

Will our XP / accounts / friends transfer over from the BETA?

No, all accounts will be deleted after the BETA, just like on the Xbox 360.

More specifics on when the BETA will be released, how it will be released, and where you’ll be receiving your keys will be made available in my next update. Rest assured, we want to get you this BETA just as badly as you want to play it, so your patience is appreciated.

Regards,
-JD

Call of Duty: World at War - Factsheet & Screenshots

Activision has released a detailed factsheet as well as new screens for Treyarch’s upcoming FPS; Call of Duty: World at War. All the details below:

Press Release:

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Building on the Call of Duty 4 engine, Call of Duty: World at War thrusts players into the ruthless and gritty chaos of WWII combat like never been before, and challenges them to band together to survive the most harrowing and climactic battles of WWII that led to the demise of the Axis powers on the European and South Pacific fronts. The title re-defines WWII games by offering an uncensored experience with unique enemies and combat variety, including Kamikaze fighters, ambush attacks, Banzai charges and cunning cover tactics, as well as explosive on-screen action through all new cooperative gameplay. Read more

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare v1.7 Patch

Another patch for CoD4 that fixes exploits and bugs.

This patch fixes an exploit that allowed players to access certain console dvars during multi-player matches. It also fixes a crash that could occur when a Chinatown Sabotage match would go into over-time.

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Call of Duty: World at War Unveiled

According to Official Xbox Magazine, the latest Call of Duty game; Call of Duty: World at War, will be going back to World War II. However, this time, the setting will be Pacific Theater — furthermore, instead of Infinity Ward developing the title, it’ll be Treyarch Studios. Treyarch’s previous work includes developing console exclusive Call of Duty 3.

Treyarch has supposedly refreshed the A.I., instead of taking covers, the soldiers now go full blown Kamikaze and rush you with their swords/guns. Which, amusingly, sounds awfully similar to Medal of Honor titles.

More details/screenshots are available in the magazine. We’ll post them as they become available to Press.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Retail v1.6 Patch with FREE Map Pack

The free variety map pack and v1.6 patch for Call of Duty 4 is here! Notes and download links below:

- New maps Creek, Chinatown, Broadcast, and Killhouse

- Hardcore and oldschool server browser filters

- Fix for a Denial of Service attack.

- Includes all the changes up to patch 1.5

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Call of Duty 4 - v1.6 Patch & FREE Map Pack

In sponsorship with nVIDIA, Infinity Ward will be releasing Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack on PC…for FREE. This is the same map pack that is available on Xbox LIVE for 800 Microsoft points. Infinity Ward will also release Patch v1.6 that fixes numerous exploits/bugs, server crash and adds support for the four new maps.

 The Variety Map Pack includes four new maps for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer including Broadcast, Chinatown, Killhouse, and Creek.

Call of Duty 5 Details

Following their $2.9billion earnings, Activision’s latest conference called has revealed details about Call of Duty 5:

“We’ll bring the intensity of the recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare title to a new military theatre, to engage our significantly larger user base which nearly doubled last year as new users came into the franchise,”

The game will also be available on PlayStation2/Nintendo Wii.

Call of Duty Renegotiation Rumor Denied

According to Eurogamer.net, The earlier news about Infinity Ward re-taking the Call of Duty development throne was false. Infinity Ward and Tyranch will still create game installments alternatively.

A spokesperson for the publisher told Eurogamer it was a total fabrication, and that Treyarch and Infinity Ward would still alternately create instalments in the shooter series.

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