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Call of Duty: WWII

3RD NOV 2017

Call of Duty returns to its roots with Call of Duty: WWII--a breathtaking experience that redefines World War II for a new gaming generation. Land in Normandy on D-Day and battle across Europe through iconic locations in history’s most monumental war. Experience classic Call of Duty combat, the bonds of camaraderie, and the unforgiving nature of war against a global power throwing the world into tyranny.

 

The Definitive World War II Campaign

Call of Duty: WWII tells the story of an unbreakable brotherhood of common men fighting to preserve freedom in a world on the brink of tyranny. Players enlist in a gritty intense journey through the battlegrounds of war. The campaign features bold, lifelike visuals with the kind of blockbuster cinematic authenticity that only Call of Duty can deliver.

 

Boots on the Ground Multiplayer

Call of Duty: WWII multiplayer engages players grounded, fast-paced combat across many of World War II's most iconic locations. Players will also enjoy exciting new ways to interact and socialize with their friends and the Call of Duty community.

 

High-Octane Co-Operative

Call of Duty: WWII's co-operative mode unleashes a new and original story. Play with your friends in this next-level standalone game experience full of unexpected, adrenaline-pumping moments.

 

Pre-Order and get access to the Private Beta

Reddit user braderz_12 posted the attached screenshot which were supposedly on the CoD profiles login page before they were taken down. Appears to be the first screens of the game....can't see much, but it's something.

I doub't we'll end up going back to dedicated servers unfortunately, but we'll have to see if going back to their roots is just at the superficial level of game era instead of overall gameplay.

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Hey guys,

This weeks development update is focused on the new and improved animations of the game.

Third Person Animation Updates

The most commonly heard feedback we’ve received from our pre-alpha gameplay footage and playtests at events was that third person animations seemed a bit ‘janky’ which we totally agreed with. This is something that we’d already foreseen and had on the development pipeline for a while, it’s just not something we’d not been able to get in before the gameplay reveal due to the large nature of the task!

However! Today we can show you a short clip of the new work in progress animations to help smooth out Battalion 1944’s gameplay. Strafing from left to right and back will now blend animation states together smoothly, with things such as feet adjusting themselves to balance the player character in a realistic manner regardless of a Battalion player's erratic input!

You can see this in action in the short clip below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WfRaHWZ4ho

These animations are still work in progress but we thought it’d be cool for you guys to see the direction we’re headed towards with Battalion’s updated animations in the near future.

/R/Battalion1944 Subreddit

If you’re a reddit user, make sure to subscribe to the /r/Battalion1944 subreddit. The community is still growing there and it’d be great to get more users engaged with that channel as there’s great content coming through already.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Battalion1944/

Backer Surveys

Just a quick reminder that the backer surveys are being released on the 28th April. We’ve been working hard to ensure smooth filing, management and delivery of your backer rewards. The way rewards are going to be sent is in ‘waves’.

Our first ‘wave’ of deliveries will be the Closed Alpha Steam Codes which will be sent on May 24th, ready to activate on the 26th. From that point onwards, we’ll be looking at how and when to send out the next ‘waves’ to send other rewards such as the forums tags etc to you guys.

Physical rewards such as the dogtags and t-shirts will take much longer to sort out, so don’t expect to receive them in May. However we are working on getting them produced and sorted, ready to be sent later in the year.

That’s it for today’s update!

Thanks,  

KingHoward & The Bulkhead Interactive team.

 

After previous leaks of marketing material, Activision have officially unveiled Call of Duty: WWII. There will be a 'worldwide Reveal' live stream on April 26th to show off what they have planned. The game is rumored to launch on Nov 3rd.

Personally, I'm glad they went back to WWII. There are so many modern shooters out there and all the great WWII FPSs are showing in age. Still great games, but I think with a graphics refresh, it can be even better. It will be interesting to see the various new WWII shooters compete against each other such as Battalion 1944 and now CoD:WWII. Obviously CoD has name recognition, but I think we'll see a great selection of games from this genre this year and probably next.

Your thoughts?

For those that have been following the Battalion 1944 progress, they recently released the first game footage since the Kickstarter project was funded and I must say it looks promising. Below is the email they sent out with the link to the video.

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Hey guys,

It’s been a long time since the amazing success of the Battalion 1944 Kickstarter and since then we haven't shown much in terms of gameplay... until now!

The following 15 minutes of gameplay is RAW from a pre-alpha playtest of our casual TDM mode on our first map, which will be play tested during our first closed alpha weekend; Manor House.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGtZhgdTxpg

A few key points to consider after watching are:

• Third person animations in this build are in a very early state. We have much more fluid anims already working in engine which are currently mid-implementation, coming in before the closed alpha goes public.
• User Interface is still a work in progress, there’s a lot of placeholder assets in there and some functions aren't working the way we envision them to. However you can see of general thought process of how we are aiming for a simple HUD with minimal clutter.
• We still have a way to go! Which means we’re still looking for your valuable feedback. This footage was recorded two weeks ago, a lot of issues are already known to us and a lot has already been fixed within this time frame but we’re always looking forward to hearing your comments.

We’ve been completely and utterly rebuilding the unreal engine to mimic the gameplay feel of old school shooters and maximising performance to ensure our first ‘pre alpha reveal’ is representative of what our sights are for Battalion 1944.

We’ve recently been testing the ‘base game’ with some super closed playtests with pro level Call of Duty 2 players and gaming press, making sure the BASE GAME feels good to play. That’s what our aim is with sharing this gameplay footage, to show you guys how the movement, aiming mechanics etc feel. We feel we’ve got to that point where we’ve completely modified Unreal Engine to feel like a classic FPS with 1 to 1 movement and aiming mechanics. This should hopefully clear up any misconceptions about our intended direction with the game!

Weapon balancing, map design, and animations are all trivial and fixable issues. But what we’re trying to nail is the feel of the game, we can tweak weapons and maps on a weekly and even daily basis, but the game MUST feel like a classic shooter from day 1. We’re getting as close as we can at alpha aiming to lock off all movement tweaks and changes by early access or even beta. This is why we need our team of alpha testers/backers to help us really nail the feel of Battalion.

Battalion 1944 at EGX Rezzed!

Here’s a quote from Howard about our goals with making a classic shooter:

“Battalion has always been about bringing back the 'feel' of classic shooters which peaked in the era of the early CoD titles. Almost all of the FPS games from that era were derived from the Quake Engine, which since then developers have shied away from in favour of prettier visuals and easier to pick up mechanics for newer players (in turn reducing the skill cap of FPS games). These modern FPS titles are great polished games in their own right but by fixing 'bugs' such as fast reloads, strafe jumping and eliminating the rough edges, a lot of developers left that classic feel many gamers miss behind.

This is what Battalion is aiming to recapture from that era. True skill based mechanics to allow players who are good at the game to push the skill ceiling higher. We miss those classic FPS days before unlocks/killstreaks. These classic games were by no means bad, they've just not been remade for the current generation yet.”

- KingHoward, Creative Producer at Bulkhead Interactive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25EmAsJadWo

More ‘Community Driven Development’ from this point forwards

Now we’ve got to the starting point where we’re happy with the base game we’ll be able to start sharing much more ‘smaller’ updates, screenshots, videos and tidbits of information with you guys to keep you involved with progress on the game from now until release.

So, with Alpha coming soon this is a key point for us to remind everyone involved that Closed Alpha/Beta/Early Access is NOT a marketing tool for us, unlike some companies who use them to drum up hype for the game when in reality the game is already done. We’re actively still developing the game which means things will be broken and unfinished.

- The Bulkhead Interactive Team

 

I've been there but you haven't

 

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I haven't seen you in there...

 

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I'm seeing a lot of input from CoD4 players. For those that regularly play the CoD5 Nam server, those opinions are absolutely more valuable than someone who rarely plays in it. Someone who does not regularly play on the server should have ZERO input on what's featured and what is not.

In my opinion, Martydom should be turned off. Yes it's a part of the game, yet so is bunny hopping. Why are we ok with removing bunny hopping but not martydom?

Martydom takes zero skill, it's simply a perk that was added because Activision went to shit and away from core gameplay with added gimmicks. Why else would you have a feature that enables you to inactively drop a nade when you're already dead just to say 'F U, I'm taking you with me'? Cooking a nade and running into a crowd is just dumb and noone plays that way...at least not on the CoD5 server. If someone pulls a nade, is about to throw it and is killed, yes that would kill the person who killed them if they are close enough...but an auto nade drop is just dumb. 

I'm normally all about pure game play as developers made or modders made it, however Martydom is one of those perks that is just pointless.

Here's a photo from last weekend...

Great work Merlin! 

I'd like to propose a suggestion to remove Martydom from the options...lol

@@deerejon I haven't gotten any requests. You sure you sent it to thephoenix911? What's your name and I'll add you.

@@Stringer @@deerejon Like I said, message me in UPlay and I'll send you a key!

For those interested in playing The Crew, and weren't able to get it for free a while back from Ubisoft, I have 5 keys that I'm giving away. Looking to get some guys/gals together to play what is a fairly fun open world racing/GTA/Need For Speed type game. If you're interested in getting a key, add me on Uplay (ThePhoenix911) and shoot me a message and I'll send you the key.

For those that already have the game, we should set a time to get some crews together!

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/game/the-crew/

World of Warships have finally launched clans with the latest update. I have already created XI clan since I had some spare Dubloons laying around. For those of you that play WoW, feel free to search the name >XI< Xtreme Idiots and apply to the clan. I will approve them as quickly as possible and will transfer the Commandership/Deputy Commander to someone who plays daily as opposed to weekly (me). when they accept the invitations.

See you guys in game!

WoW Clan Patch Notes Below:

Only room for one Phoenix here... 

Welcome to the forums, see you in the servers! 

So let me preface this with I've never played Skyrim but looks interesting and want to try it out. Looking at Steam, there seams to be the new Special Edition out with better graphics (and maybe more) but the classic supposedly has all the mods (whatever those mods may be). For someone new to the game, should I get the classic Skyrim, or should I get the new Special Edition?

Ruh oh! >_<

Good job Penguin!

Been playing beta as well...feel free to add me on origin ThePhoenix911

Good work as always!

Congrats guys! Raise them to be the Xtreme Idiot we know they can be! lol

Bunnyhopping and Ping below 50 is nearly impossible to make a hit for european gamers with 130-150 Ping

Thats not true...I've played both from Germany with 100+ ping, reaching over 200+ ping here in Korea and have had no issues shooting bunny hoppers. You just have to expect it and know where to aim (ie higher or further from the edge of the building). 

In the end, even if you dont have the top score, as long as you're having fun, that's all that matters.

If I wanted to play real war, I would have joined the Army, not the Air Force...lol. CoD is just a game and bunny hopping is a part of that. Just learn to aim higher (just not when I'm the one bunny hopping...in that case you can keep aiming low...lol)

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, aber ich glaub man bekommt auch punkte wenn man nur teilweise auftaut aber nicht komplett. Wenn man komplett macht bekommt man auch ein defrost, was sonnst nicht zaehllt wenn man nur teilweise macht. Bin mir nicht sicher, aber kann sein das es deswegen ein punkt unterschied gibt.

I would hold off on buying this game since it was originally being developed by Crytek and now is being developed by Dambuster Studios which has absolutely no history in game development.

Well that's not entirely true....

Dambuster was formed by Deep Silver after Crytek UK had financial issues and sold the franchise to Deep Silver. All of the staff that worked on Homefront at Crytek UK were transferred to Dambuster. Prior to Homefront, Crytek UK worked on games such as Crysis 2/3 and Timesplitters.

All the gameplay footage I've seen to date seems pretty good.

Here's me overlooking the Bridge of No Return a few weeks ago.