Watch the worldwide reveal of #CODWWII on 4/26 at 10AM PDT/1PM EDT: /culgG1ZQmz- Call of Duty April 21, 2017įrom an academic standpoint, engaging properly with games that depict historical events should extend far beyond simply picking apart their accuracy – it’s a matter of public history. This game is likely to be one of the largest pieces of historical entertainment ever released. There is another group of individuals who should also be watching the publisher’s twitter feed with an attentive eye: historians. There is no information yet on where in the conflict Call of Duty WWII will be set and fans will undoubtedly be watching closely on 26 April when Activision promises to reveal more. It was similar feedback, aimed at the rival shooter series Battlefield, that encouraged Electronic Arts to set the latest title during the first world war – to critical and commercial success. But as the diminishing returns from the game’s annual instalments have shown, hardcore fans have become alienated by the endless new technological additions, preferring the ‘boots on the ground’ authenticity of the first Call of Duty titles, with their cinematic renderings of Operation Overlord, the second battle of El Alamein and the advance on Berlin.
On Friday evening, Activision announced Call of Duty: WWII as the next instalment in the multi-million selling video game franchise, taking it back to the original setting.įor several years, the games have been moving forward in time, advancing beyond the near-future setting of the Modern Warfare titles into the space battles of Infinite Warfare, introducing drones, robots and, most controversially, rocket packs, along the way. F inally, it seems fans of the military shooter series Call of Duty are going to get what they’ve been wanting for almost a decade: the past.
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