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Treyarch: 'We've got the best shooter this Christmas'

Call of Duty: World at War will beat Gears of War and Resistance 2, insists developer.

Activision-owned developer Treyarch feels its latest Call of Duty title will top the likes of Gears of War, Far Cry and Resistance 2 to become the must-have shooter of Christmas.

World at War is the sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which topped the Christmas charts last year and is still the most played game on Xbox Live. And Treyarch's senior producer Noah Heller insists that fans of that game will not be disappointed with the follow-up.

"There's a lot of competition this year, but I feel very strongly we have the best shooter this Christmas," he explained. "There is a lot of people new to the Call of Duty franchise following COD4, and they won't be disappointed.

n4gzz5670d ago

sounds like Treyarch are scared for low sales. I dont think COD5 will sell more than 3 million when we have FC2, Gears2, Res2.

Jamie Foxx5670d ago

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my sides........ oxygen anybody,somebody,please?

ultimolu5670d ago

*give Foxx oxygen*

Breaaaath! xD

This is laughable though. Like I said, I'll believe it when I see it.

y0haN5670d ago

I don't think FC2 will be a big hitter with the consoles. I think Resistance 2 and Gears 2 will do well with the audience who enjoyed the first ones, and the same will happen with CoD WaW. It looks to be more of the same gameplay with WW2 and a few extras that seem nice. I'll pick it up, sure.

Mozilla895670d ago

But it would have to be COD4 good to make me think its gonna even stand a chance to beat Resistance AND Gears.

stevenhiggster5670d ago

If it does sell more than those 2 then it's only because it's multiplat and the other 2 aren't, if Gears 2 and Resistance 2 were multiplat they'd both whoop it's ass. COD4 FTW

JsonHenry5670d ago

Well, it is basically CoD4 with more weapons, more perks, more game modes, slightly improved lighting and special effects, and 4 player co-op with its own special modes and death cards.

So if you liked CoD4 and wanted more (MORE MORE MORE!!!) then you will like this game. Even if you don't care too much for the WWII setting.

ceedubya95670d ago

its basically Call of Duty 4 set in WWII with different weapons. The game is not bad by any means, and I feel it plays just as good as the one before it. But it doesn't do anything better or worse than CoD4, and because of that, people may find the experience stale.

They may feel that this game is the best by default, because it is so similar to what was arguably considered the best last year. But even still, this is a bold claim when you have Gears 2 and Resistance 2 coming out days before it.

The Matrix5670d ago (Edited 5670d ago )

The truth is we won't know if he's wrong or right until we play it.

witchking5670d ago

Okay, so earlier this year I said "no way am I gonna play CoD5. I'm not going back to WWII. I don't think Treyarch can do this justice."

And then I got my hands on the beta a couple of days ago. Frankly, it feels like a CoD4 (not surprising, since it's built on that engine)expansion pack. Imagine getting a ton of new maps, new weapons, new perks, etc for CoD4. That's what this feels like. Sort of like Rock Band 2. :-)

So am I going to buy CoD: WaW? Yes.

Am I also going to buy Gears 2? Yes.

Hell, I might even buy Quantum of Solace, though the silence on that one is disconcerting.

Ju5670d ago

Oh my god, not another WW2 shooter. No matter how close it is to CoD4. For me personally, I would go with Quantum of Solace, though. Good that you bring that up. I always missed a strong story in CoD4. That might be it, though. Using the same pimped CoD4 engine in a modern environment with a strong story.

Beast_Master5670d ago

I agree I will buy this but I think the WWII theme is enough to turn alot of COD4 fans away, especially on PS3 where R2 and KZ2 are around the corner. I am on the fence with Quantum of Solice as well, I really like the new Bond movies and have been impressed with what I have seen of the game running on the COD engine. Boy I have too much stuff to get threw this year.

Tarasque5670d ago

Wow PR bs at it's fullest. Here is how it will go down.
1. Resistance 2
2. Gears Of War2
3. Fallout 3 (it is an actual Fps if you want it to be)
4. Farcry 2
5. Then maybe Cod 5 here.

Peter Griffin5670d ago

have u not just seen P2's scores?

Diamondwolf5670d ago

Just when the thread was going so well, Tarasque had to put the flamebait down.

Edit it to "Here's how I think it will go down" and maybe it won't cause so much backlash as it'll be an opinion and not an ill-informed prediction.

GiantEnemyCrab5670d ago

Oh man, I thought this article was funny and then I read Tarasque list. Resistance #1? Wow that is hillarious.

Tidus115670d ago

If it even comes close to beating the other fps's it will be because of cod4... the casual gamer will just see cod5 and freak out and go buy it just because it is a call of duty... similar to the madden effect.

Tarasque5670d ago

Hey you guys didn't know i can see in the future?

shovelbum5670d ago

Uhh what? I like the beta but the best they can hope for is that they beat FC2. Luckily I'm getting all four and in my order they finish fourth. Gears, R2, FC2, and COD:WAW in that order I'd say.

Bubble Buddy5670d ago

Treyarch = fail. They might have a decent game, but certainly not the best this Christmas.

AAACE55670d ago

They must be smokin something with that crack head in the alley!

If any Treyarch game has potential to gain sales this holiday... I believe it will be the new 007 game! CoD 5 just doesn't interest me that much, and the fact that the new 007 will use the CoD 4 engine, and have some of the play mechanics of RS: Vegas... has caught my attention. I haven't cared about a 007 game since Goldeneye, but this one could be something great if they can pull it off!

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Beg For Mercy5670d ago (Edited 5670d ago )

you dont i am in the beta on the 360 its a slower paced call of duty 4 with boring weapons the color palette will hurt you eyes after playing this then playing the resistance 2 beta im definitely getting resistance2, this game dosent hold a candle to gears2 or resistance 2 or far cry 2 for that matter

FBl5670d ago

Not if Resistance 2 has something to say about that

Lanoire5670d ago (Edited 5670d ago )

And its looking good. It plays like COD4 and it looks like a solid shooter.

But definitely R2 will win this one with hands tied behind its back. R2 is sick. Absolutely SICK.

But COD World at war > gays at war 1.1 AND left4dead

COD5 world at war has a better zombie survival game than what Valve is offering us for 60 bucks. But its free in World at war!!!!

hahaha what a joke. Treyarch biatchslapped Valve.

Super-Brad5670d ago

They can't say that, its not released yet.

theKiller5670d ago

we had around 50 games in WW2 era! i think the "we had enough" should be presented to them

bubble me up if u agree with me! i lost them for no good reason

morganfell5670d ago

I like WWII shooters but this looks like and is the same mindless crap from COD4. No thanks. R2's innovation will make it THE shooter this holiday.

GiantEnemyCrab5670d ago

"But COD World at war > gays at war 1.1 AND left4dead"

LOL! That was a good one! You continue to live in fantasy land while Gears 2 plows over every shooter on consoles this holiday guaranteed!

Lanoire5670d ago

is a 50% RROD rate and a 3 year warranty which expires in 2 days from now.

Johnny Rotten5670d ago

I just sent my 3rd 360 in today for repair, the disk wouldn't spin anymore. It only has about 40-50 hours on it.

nonAsianDroid5670d ago (Edited 5670d ago )

hey it's 3 years from the date you bought the system any console dumbsh!t

go let little sackboy jizz in your face maybe that will raise your IQ a bit

Gears kicks the sh-t out of both resistance and cod. Resistance is sh!t, animation is so weak compared to gears

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jaffa_cake5670d ago

ign RFOM 2 95 % GEOW 2 easy get in the mid 90's
whos hyped for this ??
sony fan boys, will all get RFOM 2, and xbox boys GEOW 2.
If this was Infinaty Ward, maybe be hyped for it.
sorry this is not one of the big games this christmas.
Fable 2, GEOW 2, RFOM 2, LBP, Dead Space, prince of Persia, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2 and Mirror Edge all the games this fall that most are hyped for.
COD5 not a true successor, to COD4 not till COD6 comes out then where talk.

chasuk085670d ago (Edited 5670d ago )

All PS3 fans will get Resistance 2
All Xbox 360 fans will get Gears 2

And both PS3 and 360 fanboys will get COD5 as well as R2/Gears 2.

Ju5670d ago

No, I'll get R2 and Motorstorm 2. Got LBP on Sunday. And then I am in recovery mode until early Feb - when Killzone2 will hit me again. And that's just such a pity for all the other great games coming out any time soon now.

jkhan5670d ago

Nathan Hale and Marcus Fenix says Hi to generic unknown main character:P
Joke's apart I doubt it will sell as well as COD4. COD4 set the standard for multiplayer shooters. You can't argue with that and COD5 is just kind of an expansion pack to that. WWII weapons killed this game for me. After playing COD4 i just can't go back to WWII weapons. Plus with multiplayer shooters like FarCry2, R2, Gears 2, Socom and online games like LBP. I doubt anyone will have time to play this game like people play COD4. R2 will be the most played game on PSN until Killzone 2 comes out and same is the case with XBL which will be ruled by Gears 2 until Halo Recon comes out.

Nineball21125670d ago

R2, GEOW2, LBP, FarCry2, DeadSpace, Socom...

So many games out... I think World at War is not going to do so good and that's probably an understatement.

pain777pas5670d ago

The Gametrailers preview did get me alittle interested but yeah Nathan and Marcus are leading the shooting genre this christmas.

himdeel5670d ago

...I just had 4 heart attacks and died.

Message sent from my PDA in heaven

Diamondwolf5670d ago

@ Himdeel

Quick, someone call the Army of 2 and let's revive him

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies12d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken12d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6912d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker12d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6912d ago (Edited 12d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt12d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken12d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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65 Year Old Gamer Racks Up Ridiculous Stats After Playing 1 Game for 15 Years

A very devoted fan of Call of Duty: World at War racks up incredible in-game stats while playing regularly for the past 15 years.

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franwex307d ago

Well, he definitely got his money’s worth.

Abnor_Mal307d ago

Same as Shirley Curry playing Skyrim for years. In the next Elders Scrolls game they should have her in the game as some form of npc.

andy85307d ago

She is, I read she will be a character. Not a dig in any form but I hope she's alive when it releases

Relientk77307d ago

That's over 7,000 hours geez. What crazy stats

nitus10307d ago

Actually it is very easy to up the number of hours you have been playing a game. Basically all you need to do (assuming you have a PS4 or 5) is to place the console into stand-by without exiting the game, so if you do this a one hour gameplay actually becomes a 24 gameplay or longer.

boing1306d ago

What? So the game is still runinng when you put it to sleep? What?

EvertonFC306d ago

It's actually sad not an achievement but hey we need the full story details.

Knushwood Butt306d ago

There's someone on my friend list that has more than 6200 hours on Uncharted 4.

vTuro24306d ago

7k hours over 15 years isn't that crazy. The fact that he's been playing the same game for 15 years is more impressive.

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anast307d ago

And then you got people that want to finish a game every week.

Rhythmattic306d ago

Nailed what is the Spectrum... For good and bad, Quality or Quantity..Or the unreasonable to reason for. ;)

jznrpg307d ago

Of course you will hit a ridiculous stat after 15 of anything.
My main character for Everquest had over 500 days played in the first 6 years of the game. I was young then and had a lot of time on my hands. I don’t think I could duplicate that again until I retire and not sure I could match it if I tried.

EvertonFC306d ago

500 days in 6 years is nothing lol, you do realise how many days in a year right ?

poppatron306d ago

I might be getting the maths wrong here, I think 500 days in 6 years works out at an average of just over 6 hours every single day. For 6 years. That’s pretty serious

EvertonFC306d ago

Edit: wrote this early this morning, I understand it's lots of hours now lol at myself 😂🤣😜

RedDevils306d ago

The only way to achieve this, is by having no life outside of video game lol.

Outlawzz306d ago

Strange choice of game but hey that's some devotion. Congrats to them!

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Call of Duty: Vanguard VS World at War Map Comparison

Gamespot : Call of Duty: Vanguard launches with 20 multiplayer maps, three of which are actually remakes from 2008's Call of Duty: World at War. Let's take a look at how the maps have changed with this side-by-side comparison.

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RebDomine2909d ago

waw is the best with no feminism or black. it's a real ww2 game