Call of Duty: Ghosts News Activision has officially confirmed that its next COD installment will take the form of Call of Duty: Ghosts. the focus of intense speculation for the past couple of weeks, Activision unveiled Call of Duty: Ghosts with a new teaser trailer and dedicated website last week on May 1.
Originally thought to be called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts is said to be the COD game for "the next generation."
Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-orders lower than expected, Xbox One and PS4 blamed
Activision has said it is experiencing lower than expected pre-order figures for Call of Duty: Ghosts. The developer is blaming gamers' uncertainty of the console they will want to play the game on.
Seeing as the next COD will be released on current platforms and the Xbox One and PS4, Activision believes this is adversely affecting pre-order figures.
Call of Duty: Ghosts Free Fall multiplayer pack confirmed as pre-order bonus
Set in a collapsing sky scraper, the Free Fall multiplayer map will be the pre-order bonus for Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Free to download for anyone hitting that pre-order button for the eagerly awaited COD franchise addition, the Free Fall map features dynamic and ever changing environmental elements as the partly demolished sky scraper collapses.
Air strikes will keep coming as you play making the map contort and forcing you to find new vantage points and siege opportunities.
Call of Duty: Ghosts AI development stalled by hardware delays
According to Activision, development of what it is calling situation AI has hit delays as teh developer is yet to receive any final hardware samples from Sony or Microsoft for the Xbox One or PS4.
In Call of Duty: Ghosts team members and opponents will react to what is going on around them, and to the squad's newest member, Riley the dog.
However, all the new AI improvements have been held up by a lack of final PS4 and Xbox One hardware.
Call of Duty: Ghosts Features
Call of Duty: Ghosts features showcased during Xbox One reveal
Call of Duty: Ghosts was given its world première during the Xbox One reveal on May 21, revealing more of the game's features. Speaking directly to the Activision developers, Microsoft provided fans of the series with more details on the game.
Featuring “a whole new story with brand new characters in a whole new world”, Activision said it aims to produce a cast of characters that the player can feel more connected to. For this, the developer has brought in the writer of Syriana and Traffic, Stephen Gaghan.
Set ten years after a "massive attack" on the US, you play as a group of special forces soldiers known as The Ghosts. "You are the underdog fighting back against a superior force."
What's a huge new addition to the Call of Duty: Ghosts squad is their new canine companion. The first COD game to feature a dog, the mutt will aid the team by sniffing out explosives and protecting the soldiers in other, as yet undisclosed, ways.
Said to be a key aspect as to how players strategise throughout the game, we can see many a level where the squad will have to protect their new canine buddy.
The new gaming engine used by Call of Duty: Ghosts utilises Pixar's SubD technology to improve the smoothness of graphics, especially noticeable on the weapons at close range notes Activision developers.
Stating that the key word for the new graphics engine is "immersion", the Call of Duty: Ghosts developers say this game will have the best graphical fidelity of any in the series. Characters now automatically leap over any low cover in their way and can intelligently lean in and out of cover. New AI technology also allows for a more responsive environment, including fish that will intuitively move out of your way as you near them.
Also revealing "just two of the new features coming to the next-generation of Call of Duty multiplayer", Activision explains the new dynamic experience and character customisation.
Similar to Battefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer will introduce a new dynamic experience driven by large scale events like floods and earthquakes, but also by smaller player-driven incidents like buildings collapsing from explosions.
Call of Duty: Ghosts will introduce voice commands via Xbox One Kinect
CEO of Activision Publishing, Eric Hirshberg, has also confirmed in a separate interview that anyone playing the game on the Xbox One will be able to use voice commands to direct their squad.
Call of Duty: Ghost Release Date
Activision has confirmed that a Call of Duty: Ghosts release date is scheduled for November 5, shipping on current generation Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles as well as PS4 and Xbox One.
Fans are so eager to get their hands on the game that just 24 hours after Activision officially unveiled Call of Duty: Ghosts, the game soared straight to the top of the charts for Amazon pre-orders. Six months before the game will ship to consumers, the game is currently occupying the number one and number two spots in the gaming chart for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions respectively on Amazon UK.
Call of Duty: Ghosts Trailer
