Information About This Game
Developer(s) Treyarch
Publisher(s) Treyarch
Distributor(s) Activision
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360
Release date EU November 12, 2008[
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single player,
Rating(s) ESRB: E
Achievements 1000
Developer(s) Treyarch
Publisher(s) Treyarch
Distributor(s) Activision
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360
Release date EU November 12, 2008[
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single player,
Rating(s) ESRB: E
Achievements 1000
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty: World at War (sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Call of Duty 5") is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It is generally considered to be the fifth mainstream game of the Call of Duty series and returns the setting to World War II, after the storyline of the previous title, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was based in the present day. The game was released in North America on November 11, 2008 and in Europe on November 14, 2008. A Windows Mobile version was also made available by Glu Mobile and different storyline versions for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 were also produced, but remain in the World War II setting. The game is based on an enhanced version of the Call of Duty 4 game engine developed by Infinity Ward with increased development on audio and visual effects.
The narrative for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 versions focuses on the Pacific and Eastern Front theatres of World War II, involving the United States, the Empire of Japan, the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany. It is told from the perspectives of Marine Raider Private Miller and Red Army soldier Private Dimitri Petrenko and is based on several historical battles. The multiplayer component of the game contains various game modes and a leveling system that allows the player to unlock additional weapons and rewards as they progress, similar to Call of Duty 4. The game also contains downloadable content called "map packs", which can be purchased online. A new feature to the series was the addition of a cooperative mode, which supports up to two players locally and four players online.
The game was the second best-selling game for November 2008 in the United States, selling over 1.41 million units. In the UK, it sold twice as many units as Call of Duty 4 in its first week after release, becoming the third fastest-selling video game. It received positive reviews, with praise for its portrayal of the gritty, dark side of war and multiple game modes. However, it was criticized for not building on the success of Call of Duty 4. Modern Warfare. Call of Duty: World at War currently holds an 85% aggregate score on GameRankings and Metacritic.
More Information
During the single-player campaign of the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 versions, the player controls three different characters from a first-person perspective. Only two characters, Private Miller and Private Dimitri Petrenko are available on the Wii version. The player first assumes the role of Private Miller of the United States Marine Corps' 1st Division in the Pacific campaign. He is captured by the Japanese, but is rescued by Corporal Roebuck (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) and his men from the Marine Raiders squad, during the Makin Island raid. Other notable non-playable characters of the Marine Raiders unit include Sergeant Sullivan and Private Polonsky (voiced by Aaron Stanford). Sullivan dies during the campaign and either Polonsky or Roebuck die depending on the player's actions. Private Dimitri Petrenko, the second playable character, fights on the Eastern Front with Sergeant Reznov (voiced by Gary Oldman). A war hero of sorts, Petrenko is responsible for the assassination of General Heinrich Amsel(a fictional character, responsible for massacres all over Soviet Russia according to Reznov), as well as eventually putting the Red Army banner over the Reichstag at the Battle of Berlin. Three years later, they are joined by a third character, Private Chernov, Reznov's subordinate, who is eventually burned to death in the campaign mission "Heart of The Reich." They are soldiers in the 3rd Shock Army under the command of Commissar Markov.[16] The third playable character in the campaign is Petty Officer Locke, a weapons operator on a PBY Catalina flying boat, who is only playable in the mission "Black Cats" during a solo campaign. This character is not available in the Wii version.
Downloadable Content
On February 26, 2009, an update was made available to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, as well as the addition of a new multiplayer map, Makin Day. The update included several bug fixes which removed glitches in several multiplayer maps and player movements, and provided more information in the stats display. The Makin Day map was released for Microsoft Windows on February 6, 2009 in the downloadable patch 1.2. Makin Day has a similar layout as the existing Makin map,[33] but includes subtle changes such as daylight, reflected in the tide being out along the shoreline as well as some reworked areas of the map.
Screenshot of the gameplay in Verrückt On February 10, 2009, Activision and Treyarch announced that downloadable content (DLC) was under development for World at War, titled Map Pack 1. This first installment of DLC Treyarch released its first map, Map Pack 1, on March 19, 2009 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, while the Windows version received the DLC along at a later date. The map pack includes three new multiplayer maps and one new Nazi Zombies map. The Nazi Zombies map, entitled Verrückt (German: 'crazy'), includes new weapons and power-ups intended to expand the experience. In Verrückt, the map is located around an asylum with a courtyard in the middle and the building is divided into two, dividing the players up. Players can reach and turn on a power generator that reunites both sides and enables perk machines. The new multiplayer map called Nightfire takes places at night in the streets of a bombed-out area of Berlin. The Knee Deep map is in the jungle of Peleliu and contains fortified huts and streams. Station is located in a ruined underground train station in Berlin featuring subway cars and hidden passages. Reports stated that Map Pack 1 sold over 1 million copies in the first week of availability, setting an Xbox Live record for the number of downloads in a week.
On April 30, 2009, Activision and Treyarch announced Map Pack 2, which was released on June 11. Map Pack 2 contains an additional four multiplayer maps. The Shi No Numa (Japanese: "???" 'swamp of death') is a new map on the Nazi Zombies co-op mode set in a misty swamp-land surrounded by jungle. New features include flaming hellhounds, the Wunderwaffe DG-2 weapon and ten new achievements/trophies. Also, it featured four new characters from US, Soviet Union, Germany, and Japan. They return in the Map Pack 3 Der Riese. The multiplayer map Banzai is set in a jungle featuring a river bridge, villages, a waterfall and hidden caves. The Corrosion map is set in a run-down train yard in Russia, featuring broken pipelines and train cars. The Sub Pens map is located in a bombed-out Japanese submarine base with heavy rain. On July 20, 2009, Activision and Treyarch announced Map Pack 3, which was released August 6, 2009. This DLC also consists of three new multiplayer maps and a new Nazi Zombies map. The three multiplayer maps are Battery, which takes place on a fortified island; Breach, which is set in the overcrowded streets of Berlin, Germany near the Brandenburg Gate; and Revolution, which is based on an industrialized city in Russia. The new Nazi Zombies map, Der Riese (German: the giant), is based in a factory where Element 115 is being processed and used to build teleporters and other mysterious devices, such as the "Pack-a-Punch Machine", which upgrades guns, such as the Wunderwaffe DG-2.
On Microsoft Windows, Map Packs 1, 2 and 3 are available for free download through patches 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6, respectively.
Xbox 360 Game Installation
Call of Duty: World at War (sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Call of Duty 5") is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It is generally considered to be the fifth mainstream game of the Call of Duty series and returns the setting to World War II, after the storyline of the previous title, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was based in the present day. The game was released in North America on November 11, 2008 and in Europe on November 14, 2008. A Windows Mobile version was also made available by Glu Mobile and different storyline versions for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 were also produced, but remain in the World War II setting. The game is based on an enhanced version of the Call of Duty 4 game engine developed by Infinity Ward with increased development on audio and visual effects.
The narrative for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 versions focuses on the Pacific and Eastern Front theatres of World War II, involving the United States, the Empire of Japan, the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany. It is told from the perspectives of Marine Raider Private Miller and Red Army soldier Private Dimitri Petrenko and is based on several historical battles. The multiplayer component of the game contains various game modes and a leveling system that allows the player to unlock additional weapons and rewards as they progress, similar to Call of Duty 4. The game also contains downloadable content called "map packs", which can be purchased online. A new feature to the series was the addition of a cooperative mode, which supports up to two players locally and four players online.
The game was the second best-selling game for November 2008 in the United States, selling over 1.41 million units. In the UK, it sold twice as many units as Call of Duty 4 in its first week after release, becoming the third fastest-selling video game. It received positive reviews, with praise for its portrayal of the gritty, dark side of war and multiple game modes. However, it was criticized for not building on the success of Call of Duty 4. Modern Warfare. Call of Duty: World at War currently holds an 85% aggregate score on GameRankings and Metacritic.
More Information
During the single-player campaign of the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 versions, the player controls three different characters from a first-person perspective. Only two characters, Private Miller and Private Dimitri Petrenko are available on the Wii version. The player first assumes the role of Private Miller of the United States Marine Corps' 1st Division in the Pacific campaign. He is captured by the Japanese, but is rescued by Corporal Roebuck (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) and his men from the Marine Raiders squad, during the Makin Island raid. Other notable non-playable characters of the Marine Raiders unit include Sergeant Sullivan and Private Polonsky (voiced by Aaron Stanford). Sullivan dies during the campaign and either Polonsky or Roebuck die depending on the player's actions. Private Dimitri Petrenko, the second playable character, fights on the Eastern Front with Sergeant Reznov (voiced by Gary Oldman). A war hero of sorts, Petrenko is responsible for the assassination of General Heinrich Amsel(a fictional character, responsible for massacres all over Soviet Russia according to Reznov), as well as eventually putting the Red Army banner over the Reichstag at the Battle of Berlin. Three years later, they are joined by a third character, Private Chernov, Reznov's subordinate, who is eventually burned to death in the campaign mission "Heart of The Reich." They are soldiers in the 3rd Shock Army under the command of Commissar Markov.[16] The third playable character in the campaign is Petty Officer Locke, a weapons operator on a PBY Catalina flying boat, who is only playable in the mission "Black Cats" during a solo campaign. This character is not available in the Wii version.
Downloadable Content
On February 26, 2009, an update was made available to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, as well as the addition of a new multiplayer map, Makin Day. The update included several bug fixes which removed glitches in several multiplayer maps and player movements, and provided more information in the stats display. The Makin Day map was released for Microsoft Windows on February 6, 2009 in the downloadable patch 1.2. Makin Day has a similar layout as the existing Makin map,[33] but includes subtle changes such as daylight, reflected in the tide being out along the shoreline as well as some reworked areas of the map.
Screenshot of the gameplay in Verrückt On February 10, 2009, Activision and Treyarch announced that downloadable content (DLC) was under development for World at War, titled Map Pack 1. This first installment of DLC Treyarch released its first map, Map Pack 1, on March 19, 2009 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, while the Windows version received the DLC along at a later date. The map pack includes three new multiplayer maps and one new Nazi Zombies map. The Nazi Zombies map, entitled Verrückt (German: 'crazy'), includes new weapons and power-ups intended to expand the experience. In Verrückt, the map is located around an asylum with a courtyard in the middle and the building is divided into two, dividing the players up. Players can reach and turn on a power generator that reunites both sides and enables perk machines. The new multiplayer map called Nightfire takes places at night in the streets of a bombed-out area of Berlin. The Knee Deep map is in the jungle of Peleliu and contains fortified huts and streams. Station is located in a ruined underground train station in Berlin featuring subway cars and hidden passages. Reports stated that Map Pack 1 sold over 1 million copies in the first week of availability, setting an Xbox Live record for the number of downloads in a week.
On April 30, 2009, Activision and Treyarch announced Map Pack 2, which was released on June 11. Map Pack 2 contains an additional four multiplayer maps. The Shi No Numa (Japanese: "???" 'swamp of death') is a new map on the Nazi Zombies co-op mode set in a misty swamp-land surrounded by jungle. New features include flaming hellhounds, the Wunderwaffe DG-2 weapon and ten new achievements/trophies. Also, it featured four new characters from US, Soviet Union, Germany, and Japan. They return in the Map Pack 3 Der Riese. The multiplayer map Banzai is set in a jungle featuring a river bridge, villages, a waterfall and hidden caves. The Corrosion map is set in a run-down train yard in Russia, featuring broken pipelines and train cars. The Sub Pens map is located in a bombed-out Japanese submarine base with heavy rain. On July 20, 2009, Activision and Treyarch announced Map Pack 3, which was released August 6, 2009. This DLC also consists of three new multiplayer maps and a new Nazi Zombies map. The three multiplayer maps are Battery, which takes place on a fortified island; Breach, which is set in the overcrowded streets of Berlin, Germany near the Brandenburg Gate; and Revolution, which is based on an industrialized city in Russia. The new Nazi Zombies map, Der Riese (German: the giant), is based in a factory where Element 115 is being processed and used to build teleporters and other mysterious devices, such as the "Pack-a-Punch Machine", which upgrades guns, such as the Wunderwaffe DG-2.
On Microsoft Windows, Map Packs 1, 2 and 3 are available for free download through patches 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6, respectively.
Xbox 360 Game Installation
