Well Call of Duty World At War is out, and I’m not too bothered if I’m honest, and by the looks of my friends list, not many other people are bothered too. 

Whilst I’m still playing my way through again, and again, and again on Gears of War 2, still slogging away at Far Cry 2, Call of Duty: WAW isn’t even registered atm. BUT, looks like Eurogamer do give a damn. They’ve put up a review of COD: WAW, and, well, it’s an interesting read if anything.

World at War certainly benefits from Modern Warfare’s beefier graphics engine, but when it comes to the crunch it lacks the crucial innovations - both in gameplay and concept - that made its immediate predecessor so deservedly popular.

It’s a Call of Duty game, so it will sell, millions, but personally I’d still rather play COD: Modern Warfare.

[Eurogamer: Call of Duty World at War Review]

What’s the one thing you don’t want to do as a game developer? Let down your customer, and a very literate one at that. In the case in question, it’s Xbox.com forum regular ‘Jammy Jay UK’ who posted a very interesting ‘ramble’ about the new Call of Duty: World at War BETA. And I gotta say, it’s refreshing to see someone who put’s together a well written ‘ramble’ - compared to the usual ‘this bEtA sux0rs - Counter Strike 4eva!1!11!’.

As I was unfortunate to not get in on the BETA, I have to reside myself to jumping around reading previews and BETA testers comments - the usual jibes at how it’s not Call of Duty 4 or Gears of War 2 are ripe everywhere, but this one is worth a read.

Treyarch have sold out and they won’t be getting my money.

Read more »

Call of Duty: World At War, probably one of the games with the biggest controversy around it in terms of how it will come out. Either way, good or bad, it will probably shift off the shelves really well, generally down to it’s title. Whether it will be good enough to get people to shout it’s names from cliff tops as COD:4 is doing, is another story.

So, IGN have a preview of COD: World At War,

Staying low, the two spot some German soldiers. Using the bombers flying overhead as sound cover, the player started taking out the Nazis milling about. It only goes well for so long, though, as the two sniper move into some dilapidated buildings. Soon the cover is blown. At this point, all hell breaks loose. Explosions, gunfire and buildings collapsing under the raging fires of war filled the screen while the two sprinted through the buildings, trying to keep a wall a between them and the Germans. Just as the chaos peaked, Treyarch chose to end the demo.

[IGN]

“Spit to the face later, the officer puts his lit cigarette out on the face of this bound soldier and uses a knife to put a particularly bloody end to his suffering.”

This is Treyarch being dark. Reeeeeal dark. We already have a few details, but we are not entirely clued up on Call of Duty 5, actually named Call of Duty: World at War is gonna have it tough, mainly becuase they are starting on the back foot. Their less than impressive take of COD3 has fans of the franchise doubting this game, already. Not often is a game given such a bad time before it even is released so you kinda have to feel sorry for Treyarch, I do hope they smash this one out of the park and show how great a game they can produce with long enough time.

But anyways, GameSpot have a decent first look at COD5,

The first example of this is after your group has trekked through the dark jungle, past a collection of dead bodies. But in actuality, these Japanese soldiers are only pretending to be dead; they quickly pop up and attack your squad from behind. Another example of this take-no-prisoners tactical style in the first level includes Japanese snipers intentionally wounding a soldier so others come rushing to his aid, then taking out the group while they’re distracted.

Smart, very smart. But whether these are pre-selected scenes, or actual gameplay is yet to be determined, I do hope they happen as part of the gameplay, not just cut-scenes.

[GameSpot: Call of Duty: World At War First Look]

Some more detials have been released for Treyarch’s up and coming Call of Duty 5 game, called World at War. First and foremost, and most already knew this, but COD5 is going to be using the same engine that COD4 used, adding on their own little flair including the ability to burn down buildings. That will make a nice little twist if someone was hiding in a barn, just set light to it and see it go up in flames, with enemy inside. Mainly set in the pacific, the majority of the game will consist of the US forces fighting Japanese opposition, and with the usual Russians vs Germans, so expect snow and alot of shouting. Another new feature is called the ‘party system’ which allows you to issue orders to your team in single player, most probably in a similar fashion to the system used in Rainbow Six.

So Perks are back, including favourites from COD4, and kicking out the un-popular ones, hopefully martydom is kicked. The addition of the flamethrower comes into play for burning buildings and melting the skin off your enemies.

Luckily this time around they have had 2 years to work on this installment, whereas with COD3 they only had 11 months and now they have specific teams working on the different platforms.

The first look for Call of Duty 5 (Officially named Call of Duty: World at War) has been released. There’s alot of booms, alot gun shots. Nothing new really for any other WWII game, but then again, all these trailers kind of look the same. I’m not gonna praise or have a digg at Treyarch until I see some in-game action, and to see the different features they have to offer. After all, apprently they have been working on this since before the release of COD4 and is using many of COD4’s plus points, perk’s come to mind? Anyways, if you wanted to see the possible artwork for Call of Duty World at War, click meeee.