The rumour mill's in overdrive right now, but our bullturd detector reckons that this is just about on the right side of plausible – until proven otherwise, anyway. Earlier in the week, an image appeared on the web hinting that Call of Duty: World at War II would be revealed on 4th May. While it looked professional enough, it's not hard to mock these kinds of things up, so we ignored it.
However, earlier today, an Xbox community manager uploaded a picture to his Twitter account that included a similar looking logo, and a Morse code message, teasing a, well, 4th May reveal. The employee has since posted a backtrack, stating that it was "not an official image [and was] not an endorsement or tease". Sounds like the kind of thing that you'd write after a severe telling off, huh?
We know that Treyarch is working on this year's Call of Duty, as the series is on a three-year development cycle right now, and 2015 marks the Santa Monica-based studio's turn. Many assumed that it would be working on a third Black Ops entry, but a potential return to World War II does seem timely – especially after the futuristic action of last year's Advanced Warfare.
Clearly there's nothing official to go on here, but we suppose that we'll find out for sure in a few months' time. Activision often announces the next entry in its monster property prior to E3, so this all checks out as far as we're concerned. Would you be up for the return of World at War, though? May the fourth be with you in the comments section below.
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A return to the series roots with a WWII setting would be a step in the right direction for me. Fatigued by modern combat scenarios. World at War was the last great Call of Duty game as it is
@MadchesterManc did you played Black Ops? For me was the last good COD single player experience, on the other side the multiplayer stays almost the same until AW.
@MadchesterManc you just posted what I wanted to post!
I wonder if this will be current gen only?
Lol, rumour shot down because of old materiel reused
@MadchesterManc This. WAW was the last cod that I played and loved. I have played every cod both single and multiplayer up to AW, which I have not played(and have no desire to) and WAW 2 is the only game personally that would bring me back to the series. I'm with you in that I'm really tired of the modern settings and would love to dive back into historical battles
I would be pretty happy if this were the case. Futuristic military shooters have never been my thing, the last cod to get me hooked was black ops. Aw was a nice return but couldn't get hooked. Bring back my ppsh and type 100, id be stoked.
I really hope this is true. World at War is my favorite Call of Duty and actually one of my top 10 favorite games. Count me REALLY excited if this ends up being true.
@ferrers405 Black Ops was a decent entry in the series To be honest I tend to prefer Treyarchs efforts so I'm looking forward to the next COD as it's their turn if I've got the Activision rota right
@MadchesterManc yeah, I agree that they really get right in what the game it's about.
World at war multiplayer while not necessarily the best in the cod series..it certainly was the most fun and the solo campaign had some great moments too.really hope this is true, modern or slightly futuristic shooters are getting a bit boring now(sill love bf4 though)..now let's hope dice do something similar and remake bf1942(again..)or at least make a ww2 Dlc for bf4 like they did for bad company 2 with the Vietnam Dlc which was sooooo good..after all there is no main bf release this year
They could try WWI or Korea even. Why not get weird with it? Or just... make a different TYPE of game still set in WWII...
I would play for the "story" and only for that.
The multiplayer will still be the same tired tirade as it always is and that just doesnt interest me.
Do it please, i rrally want a good old WW2 game
How about going back to ww1, that would be cool. Or vietnam. Anyone remember thd game vietcong? One of the alltime best FPS if you ask me great music and a fresh take on things with the base you operate out of. The mission where you had to escape from the jungle with nkthing but a knife and later a mosin..epic!
I enjoyed war at war and would be happy to play world at war 2, bring it on!!!
I enjoyed war at war and would be happy to play world at war 2, bring it on!!!
oops I posted it twice, my laptop is dead slow
Like clockwork.
Interesting...
Interesting.
Really enjoyed Black Ops 2.
Ugh... WWII? Really, there can't be that many stories left to tell, surely?
I'd like to see the spotlight on other wars (erk, that sounds morbid) like WWI or even the Gulf War. Really, just something different.
I actually loved world at war when that was released way more than I thought I would after the greatness that was modern warfare, but I haven't played the last couple of cod games.
I get my FPS fix on titanfall these days
I liked world at war, well until the god mode cheaters hopped in, same problem with cod4.
@MadchesterManc
World At War sucked and Treyarch is one of the reasons this series has been in decline for years now.
R.I.P. the REAL Infinity Ward.
It's not rocket science on how to fix this series:
Get rid of Treyarch (one of worst "big name" development companies in gaming) & the shell of a company the new Infinity Ward has become, & let Sledhehammer take as much time as they need to make a great COD game.
But Activi$ion is going to milk this cow forever.
I would love to see a new WWII game but it may not get done right in this generation.
@Hero-of-WiiU
That would be nice, but Treyarch never does anything that takes thought, creativity, or any brains. They just hop on the back of better companies & rip-off what they have done. And they somehow manage to make the games worse in the process.
Since Infinity Ward is, basically, a shell of it's former great self (following all the lawsuits & departures from the company), I wouldn't mind seeing Sledgehammer get a shot at the WWII scene. Or, like someone else said, go Vietnam or Gulf war. At least that would feel fresh.
How about Cod -dedicated server/cheater banning series.CodDSCB? i like the exosuits in aw,but its a horrible broken lagfest at the the moment.It had been okayish since a little while after release,but recently i've seen lots of guys looking like they are using lag switch or something.And theres bad server issues now.No season pass/dlc for me unless its fixed soon. @Godsire See,i like to complain as well!
i sure would love it if theyd make it another ww2 based game, the last cod game i bought was cod waw, only because of its ww2 base. fyi i hate sony, and love microsoft, i came here because it was talking about cod waw 2
Just bring on the Zombies again and I'll be very happy. Spent countless hours with that mode in the original World at War back when I was doing my undergrad.
WAW was the start of something amazing (Zombies) and the first black ops followed well. Then they just ruined it by speeding up the game to suit a quick fix croud of skilless gamers and u cant walk in any direction without instant death and the games are just a mindless mess of spray and pray. And guys please dont tell me its for people who want quick games because waw and bops where still quick games for people who didnt have much time (jobs,kids etc) and no i dont need more practice at the game etc ive always had good stats in cods and was 700/10.000 in bf3 in the world leaderboards. I would really love a waw2, that would bring me back to the cods but i really think it would be ruined and would destroy any precious teenage memorys of a time where i enjoyed waw.
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