Zombies are coming to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Zombies are coming to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

It appears that legions of the undead will return in this year's Call of Duty game, based on a leaked trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare that's positively teeming with zombies.

While the leaked trailer has since been pulled from sites like YouTube and DailyMotion, the unannounced mode for Sledgehammer Games' futuristic take on Call of Duty appears to feature a powerful strain of zombie that's equipped to take on Advanced Warfare's super soldiers.

Unlike Treyarch's Call of Duty games, the zombies in Advanced Warfare are fast-moving, high-leaping creatures that travel in huge packs. The swarms of undead pile upon each other like the great zombie floods of World War Z... and they may even have the powered exoskeletons that players will wear throughout Advanced Warfare.

Last year's Call of Duty: Ghosts swapped in alien creatures for zombies in its episodic fantasy mode, and included the Predator and Halloween's Michael Myers as guest characters. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games hasn't said anything yet about a zombies mode for its game, but it sure looks like they're coming.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare officially releases next Tuesday, Nov. 4, but the game will go on sale a day early at select retailers.

Original Article at www.polygon.com

'Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare' Reveals Four Player Co-Op Mode

'Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare' Reveals Four Player Co-Op Mode

Activision and Sledgehammer games have revealed a new four-player co-op survival mode for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

As with each release in the Call of Duty franchise, there are always three pillars of play: competitive multiplayer, single-player campaign, and cooperative mode or modes.

In Black Ops games, co-op mode is zombie themed. Black Ops II’s zombie mode was super challenging and a lot of fun to play with friends.

Call of Duty: Ghosts had a pretty fun Extinction mode, pitting players against bug-like aliens in cooperative survival.

Advanced Warfare will have four-player “Exo-Survival” mode.

This mode pits 1-4 players (including 2-player split-screen) against waves of enemies with special objectives thrown into the mix. Complete these special objectives and you earn a reward; fail and you suffer a penalty.

Meanwhile, upgrades occur between each round and are persistent between sessions.

It sounds like an interesting new addition to the Call of Duty co-op tradition.

Meanwhile, the new ”Power is Everything” trailer really shows off the game’s upgraded graphics engine, including the motion-capture technology used by James Cameron in Avatar.

I’ve been playing Call of Duty for years, and it’s been years since I’ve been truly excited about an entry in the series. Black Ops II was a good game, but Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare with its exo-suits and new movement abilities continues to look like a remarkably innovative shooter, with fast-paced, high-tech action and graphics that are truly (finally) new-gen.

I hope it lives up to the hype. The series is in desperate need of some big changes, and it would be nice to see those changes pay off.

My bet? Whether or not Advanced Warfare is as good as it looks, the game will set new sales records for the franchise and quickly become the best-selling title of 2014.

Original Article at www.forbes.com

​Titanfall Is Adding A Co-Op Horde Mode

​Titanfall Is Adding A Co-Op Horde Mode

Titanfall is a lot of fun, but there's no denying that it feels a little… thin. The game's exclusive focus on player-vs.-player combat left many of us wishing for a bit more variety. Good news: The game's latest update will add a cooperative mode to the game, and it looks pretty cool.

The mode is called "Frontier Defense," and it's a four-player co-op mode that uses existing maps and sets players about defending towers from waves of computer-controlled enemies. Titanfalldeveloper Respawn debuted the new mode today on Twitch—they're still playing it mode now, if you want to watch.

Frontier Defense looks pretty cool—players can set up automated machine guns, strategically place their titans, and even fight from a drop ship that hovers over the battlefield.

Respawn will doubtless have more information soon, including when the update will go live, and for which platforms. While at this point it feels fair to say that this sort of thing should have been included in the game at launch, better late than never.

They're also adding some other things as well, including Marked for Death Pro, which is a single-elimination round-based take on the popular Marked for Death mode - if the marked player gets killed, a point is awarded and the round ends. There's also a mode called Deadly Ground, which they called a "Floor is Lava" mode that fills the levels (not every level works, they say) with electrified fog, forcing players to use wall-running to keep from touching the ground, and causes constant damage to your Titan. Deadly Ground will work with a few pre-existing game modes. They also detailed a new ranked mode, and say that they'll be adding a few new voices for your onboard Titan AI.

Original Article at www.kotaku.com