MTV Multiplayer Writes:
Starting at 12 noon (PST) on Friday, December 5th, Limited Collector's Edition owners on PC and 360 will be able to earn double experience points when playing Call of Duty: World at War multiplayer! Access to the Double XP "Officer's Club" playlists will require Xbox 360 Limited Collector's Edition owners to have successfully activated their copies of Call of Duty: World at War. Owners will see the "Officer's Club" show up in the player match playlists screen. For PC Limited Collector's Edition owners, they can simply join any server during the Double XP week and be rewarded with twice the experience.
GameXtract writes "Call of Duty: World at War has only been released for about a week, and its already a best seller across the Xbox 360, and has received high review scores from many different sites. It really seems like Treyarch have pulled through this time delivering a World War II experience that we can all appreciate. If simply playing the game is not enough, PC gamers have been given a gift that will surely bring a whole new level of creativity to the table. Released today are the mod tools (1.1 GB) allowing anyone willing to do so to create all new levels, and mods for both singleplayer, and multiplayer game modes."
Pro vs. GI Joe, a nonprofit organization that sets up real-time video game competitions between professional athletes in the States and troops stationed all over the world via the internet, announced that U.S. Troops stationed overseas will test their skills today in Call of Duty: World at War.
The first week sales of Call of Duty: World at War have outsold Call of Duty 4's debut by more than 2 to 1.
Online bookmaker Paddy Power has labelled Call of Duty: World at War as its favourite to be this year's Christmas No.1.
"Call of Duty: World at War just saw its release yesterday, but if you bought the PC version, it came with some bugs. The nice people at Treyarch noticed the problems early enough, allowing you to download a pretty large patch, which will fix a number of the issues, right alongside your purchase.
In a press release, Activision announced that troops stationed around the world will be amongst the first to play the latest Call of Duty game. As a further bonus, The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, USO, and others will all take on the troops in a series of online matches.
GamingShogun writes, "Several hundred gamers flocked to the Powell Street event, where after 16 planned six-on-six matches, the Marines at 29 Palms won the tie-breaking game to secure bragging rights. David Vonderhaar, Multiplayer Game Design Director for developer Treyarch, was on hand to autograph copies of the game and GameStop gift cards were awarded to tournament participants. Additional prizes were raffled off through the night and GameStop later donated the six Xbox 360 units used in the competition to the 29 Palms base..."
The Newest Edition of the Award-Winning Franchise Takes Players to the Beaches of the Pacific and the Streets of Europe for the Most Intense and Grittiest WWII Experience to Date.
Softpedia writes: "Recently, Robert Bowling, the director of communication at Infinity Ward, launched a somewhat heated tirade against Noah Heller from Activision, telling him to stop referencing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which was made by Infinity Ward, in all his interviews related to the launch of Call of Duty: World at War, which was made by Treyarch. Bowling even referred to Heller as the "senior super douche" in a blog post.
WorthPlaying writes: "Call of Duty: World at War completely changes the rules of engagement by redefining WWII gaming and thrusting players into the final tension-filled, unforgiving battles against a new ferocious enemy in the most dangerous and suspenseful action ever seen. Activision has release the first patch, a whopping 300mb, fixing various multiplayer related issues"
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Kotaku writes: "This is a terrible trailer. We've all been over the morality discussion of World War II games, or any game that simulates an actual war in which real people we know fought. For this genre, that hard rock accompaniment to Call of Duty: World at War's launch trailer is atrocious, and I certainly hope it's not going out on television (where the trailer is much better). "NO RULES?" Is this a UFC montage? "NO FEAR?" What, we're reducing World War II to a rear-window sticker in a white trash lowrider? Where's Calvin pissing on Japan?"
Gamerdeals.net writes:
Online betting service paddypower has offered confident odds that Activision's Call of Duty: World at War will end up at the top of the UK's all-format chart this Christmas.
Aeropause writer Joe Haygood, takes a look at the upcoming November releases that are coimng to the PC. Some of the notables are Wrath of the Lich King and Legendary.
worthPlaying writes: "Call of Duty: World at War completely changes the rules of engagement by redefining WWII gaming and thrusting players into the final tension-filled, unforgiving battles against a new ferocious enemy in the most dangerous and suspenseful action ever seen. This 850mb PC multiplayer beta features 3 maps, and has a level cap set to 40."
Fileplanet has started offering pre-loading of the Call of Duty: World at War PC beta for subscribers. They have also changed the availability date for regular downloads to Tuesday 10-28...
CB reports: "Multiplay - organisers of the largest UK electronic games festivals - have announced that Activision Publishing will be attending i35 and showcasing Call of Duty: World at War, the latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise, due out on EU store shelves on November 14th.