Call of Duty 5 : more details

Date: 2008-06-23 04:24, by Keith B

Rumours have abounded in recent times about the 5th Call Of Duty game. Last week, the trailer was released as downloadble content for the Xbox 360. Now, further details have emerged, and roumours have been confirmed.

Treyarch are the developers, but as Activision owns both Treyarch and Infinity Ward, Treyarch have had access to the CoD4 engine for the last two years, even before CoD4 was on the shelves. The scene is set back in World War II, in the Pacific theatre. There will be jungle warfare, and Japanese soldiers who pop out of the undergrowth. From released screenshots, we see that the undergrowth can be cleared by using a flamethrower, but we are also told that players who rely on this weapon too much will soon get to see the disadvantages of walking through the jungle with a tank of jellied petrol strapped to their backs.

There will be a two-player campaign for the Nintendo Wii, which is said to differ from the main release on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The mainstream release will have a four-player co-operative mode available.

While reverting to the weapons of the era, Cod5: World at War promises the same multiplayer addiction that has made the 4th installment such a success, with a few improvements to how the netowrking elements are handled, to prevent the lag that has become prevalent in the current release.

Call of Duty 5 is scheduled to hit the shelves in October this year.

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  • colmwarner (Jun 24th at 2:03 AM)

    I just want to try out the flamethrower. We know the engine is tried and tested, and I reckon it would be suicide for Treyarch to release anything less than quality given how well Infinity Ward handled the task.

  • Keith B (Jun 24th at 1:14 AM)

    Medal of Honor PAcific Assault was a terrible game, and good graphics or not, we'll have to wait and see how well running around the jungle does after people being used to P90s with Deep Impact give it a go. I certainly have some concerns, although there's little doubt it'll look the business.