Call of Duty has been a bit harped on, to say the least. Sledgehammer Games intends to change that with the next iteration of Call of Duty. Advanced Warfare is set to launch this November and with it a new Xbox One limited edition console bundle. Microsoft’s “play it first” deal with Activision over Call of Duty continues and, just like the Xbox 360, will see a special edition bundle released. The Advanced Warfare bundle will include a specially-designed Xbox One console with a 1TB hard drive (twice the storage of the standard 500GB), a headset, special edition controller and the Day Zero digital edition of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. You’ll get it all for $499 on the day before launch for Call of Duty in November, making for a solid deal. This bundle does not include the Kinect sensor but CoD fans probably won’t care much and the accessory can be purchased later and connected to the Xbox console for voice and gesture controls.
Last years biggest hyped franchise extension fell pretty flat. Call of Duty: Ghosts showed an opportunity for the FPS franchise which overtook Halo for popularity globally. Once we got our hands on it we felt a bit cheated. Ghosts was more of the same from previous CoD games, making it feel extremely recycled. Ghosts had a few bright spots but nothing to write home about. This miss made us feel like Call of Duty would probably be left in the dust with new promising titles in first-time IPs like Titanfall, Destiny, or The Division and the probable return to glory of Master Chief in Halo 5. Today, Activision announced the next step in their series, and it’s called Advanced Warfare.
Developed by Sledgehammer, who are no strangers to the Call of Duty franchise (having done some work on previous titles and DLC content), are taking the reigns to bring forth a new experience in the CoD series. Advanced Warfare has to be incredible and full of series firsts, and the studio’s first announcement trailer definitely gives us the impression that there is something worth looking out for in Advanced Warfare. This iteration of CoD will be set years in the future, not all that different from Ghosts, but with slightly more advanced tech which suggests a bit more advancement in time. Things like soldier-fitted exoskeletons, partial mech units, wall climbing, and even hoverbikes are all teased in the trailer. But just as important as new, cool gadgets to play with will be in the next installment, there needs to be an incredible reboot in the story mode. To ensure that there’s reason to every rhyme, Sledgehammer enlisted the services of the mighty popular Kevin Spacey who is currently enjoying the fruits of a stellar Netflix original TV show called House of Cards (you’ve more than likely heard of it). It’s hard to be certain, but by the trailer and the tone in which Spacey talks in through a well-scripted monologue, he is the bad guy who skews logic, morality, and politics to make sense of what we expect will be crimes against humanity.
The game is said to release on 11.4.2014. We’ll hold on to any additional words on CoD as we have been more willing to bash CoD for its staleness lately, and instead hold onto new hope presented in the game trailer below. Enjoy!
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