Call of Duty: World at War

Call of Duty: World at War

November 11, 2008·Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
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Ratings

75
User Score
972 ratings
80
Critic Score
7 reviews
78
Total Score
979 combined

About

Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter set during World War II, focusing on the Pacific and Eastern Front theaters. The single-player campaign follows two perspectives: U.S. Marine Private C. Miller fighting against the Imperial Japanese Army across islands in the Pacific, and Soviet Red Army Private Dimitri Petrenko advancing from Stalingrad to Berlin. The game features more graphic violence than previous entries in the series, including limb dismemberment and destructible environments. Multiplayer retains the leveling, perk, and killstreak systems from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game also introduced the cooperative Nazi Zombies survival mode, in which up to four players fight increasingly difficult waves of undead while purchasing weapons and unlocking new areas.

Storyline

In the Pacific theater, captured U.S. Marine Private Miller is rescued from Japanese captivity on Makin Island in 1942 and goes on to fight through Peleliu and Okinawa under the command of Corporal Roebuck. In the Eastern Front campaign, Soviet Private Dimitri Petrenko is found by Sergeant Viktor Reznov amid the ruins of Stalingrad in 1942, where the two work together to assassinate a German general responsible for war crimes. Years later in 1945, Dimitri and Reznov fight from the Seelow Heights into Berlin itself, culminating in the assault on the Reichstag where a wounded Dimitri plants the Soviet flag to signal victory.

Release Dates

PlatformDate
PC (Microsoft Windows)Nov 11, 2008
Xbox 360Nov 11, 2008
PlayStation 3Nov 11, 2008
PC (Microsoft Windows)Nov 14, 2008
Xbox 360Nov 14, 2008
PlayStation 3Nov 14, 2008

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Game Info

Developer
Treyarch
Publisher
Activision
Release Date
November 11, 2008
Supporting
Arkane Studios
Franchise
Call of Duty
Collection
Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty
Perspective
First person

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Platforms

PlayStation 3PC (Microsoft Windows)Xbox 360

Genres

ShooterAdventure

Themes

ActionHorrorSurvivalHistoricalStealthWarfare

Game Modes

Single playerMultiplayerCo-operativeSplit screen

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