Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was supposed to be revealed tomorrow, but an early leak forced Activision’s hand. Nonetheless, a trailer debuted yesterday morning revealing a futuristic Call of Duty developed with a focus on utilizing next-gen hardware. In a nutshell, it looks really good.
This morning Activision released full details about the game and its gameplay, offering a better idea of what will separate Advanced Warfare from previous COD titles. As we gathered yesterday, some of these details are very Titanfall-esque (which isn’t a bad thing), while others are exciting evolutionary moves for the series. Things like high mobility for players, vehicles, and adjustments to the perk system are exactly what Call of Duty needs to get back on track.
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, 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 introduces 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.
Below you can find three new screenshots, all of which have been taken in-game on the Xbox One version.
