Everything you need to know about Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

By Dave Cook

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is coming November 4 on multiple formats. Here we compile every shred of news from its reveal, launch and post-release DLC, along with screens, features and videos.

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We did the same with Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Hit the link for a full list of all the news, rumours, screens and videos since reveal until launch next year.

We’ll update this page regularly with new additions as they come. Make no mistake, if you want everything there is to know about Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, this is the place to be.

Ready? Just click through to see the content for each update:

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01/07/14 – Kevin Spacey has dots on his face in this Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare video

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has a new behind-the-scenes video showing some of the mo-cap session Kevin Spacey provided for the latest shooter in the series.

26/06/14 – Call of Duty: Vietnam – what Sledgehammer’s game could have been

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games was – at some point – working on a third-person entry to Activision’s franchise. The game was set in Vietnam, and for some reason it died a quiet death. VG247′s Dave Cook laments what could have been

24/06/14 – Check out Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s futuristic gear in action

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is like, futuristic and stuff, otherwise it wouldn’t be called “Advanced Warfare” it would just be called “warfare”.

23/06/14 – These are Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s multiplayer factions

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games has been playing its new shooter against selected members of the community. Studio co-founder Michael Condrey has posted a photo that confirms both of the game’s multiplayer factions, and a returning game mode

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19/06/14 – It sounds like Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer will be quite different

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games says its going to be adding the most amount of ‘new’ to its multiplayer offering than you’ve seen in the series for a long time. What does that mean? Exploding sheep? Holy hand grenades? WHAT?

17/06/14 – How research and tech “elevate the storytelling experience” in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has been in development for three years at Sledgehammer Games, and here’s video discussing it.

16/06/14 – CoD: Advanced Warfare’s multiplayer exo suit & gadgets won’t be over-powered

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games seems to understand how annoying it is to be ripped apart by killstreaks and over-powered gadgets in previous instalments. Studio co-founder Michael Condrey has revealed the team’s approach to multiplayer gadgets, pace and approach in a new interview.

10/06/14 – How Game of Thrones influenced Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

And nine other things we’ve learnt about Sledgehammer’s take on the undisputed king of first-person shooters.

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10/06/14 – CoD: Advanced Warfare E3 gameplay video analysis!

Dave’s given the full video treatment to last night’s epic Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare gameplay demo. Check it out below!

10/06/14 – Call of Duty vs Battlefield at E3 2014: who won? Who even cares?

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Battlefield: Hardline both had explosive gameplay reveals at the E3 2014 conferences, and usually we’d try to determine which was better. ‘Sod that’ says Dave Cook. Both games deserve a wee slap on the back.

10/06/14 – Pre-order Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and get the Advanced Arsenal

Introducing the Advanced Arsenal. It’s a bonus available when you pre-order of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. What is the Advanced Arsenal you say? Let Sledgehammer tell you all about it.

09/06/14 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare DLC coming to Xbox formats first – E3 2014 trailer

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare opened Microsoft’s pre E3 2014 conference, with the announcement that all of Sledgehammer’s DLC is coming to Xbox One and 360 first. We’ve got the trailer and new screens here.

06/06/14 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s PS4 pre-load is another nail in the midnight launch coffin

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is yet another game that signals the potential end of midnight launches, thanks to its pre-load option on PlayStation formats. VG247′s Dave Cook looks at the dying art of waiting in line.

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05/06/14 – New Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare image shows off Avatar 2’s facial tech

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is gracing the cover of Edge magazine this week, and the tome is leading with a new piece of character art which shows off Sledgehammer’s new facial tech, which shares tools used in James Cameron’s Avatar 2.

04/06/14 – Pre-order Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare for PS4 pre-load now

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games has opened PS4 and PS3 pre-orders for its November 4 shooter on PSN, with a pre-load option available for Sony’s new console.

02/06/14 – Is Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare coming to Wii U?

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is launching November 4 on various formats, and although Ghosts didn’t fare too well on Wii U, it seems Sledgehammer’s successor will release on Nintendo’s format, according to an E3 2014 listing.

29/05/14 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare open to inevitable sequel

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games has revealed that it created the world and plot of its shooter with a sequel in mind. The team has also explained how its 2054 setting differs from the 2025 era depicted in Black Ops 2.

26/05/14 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare contains a gun that prints its ammo

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will include some future -read impossible- weapons, one of which is a gun that prints its own ammunition.

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22/05/14 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s gun audio sounds fierce

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare audio director Don Veca has given a new video interview that includes various gun audio samples. Wear earphones for the Spas-12 Shotgun, seriously.

21/05/14 – Pre-order Advanced Warfare from GameStop to receive this cool poster

US major retailer GameStop is hosting a pre-order bonus for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. The offer will see customers who pre-order the game on any platform, get an exclusive poster of the game.

20/05/14 – Here’s how Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s team is different to Treyarch & Infinity Ward

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare studio Sledgehammer Games has discussed why it operates differently to other Call of Duty teams in a new interview.

13/05/14 – Sledgehammer approached Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare like a new IP

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games approached its first solo entry to the series as a brand-new IP, and studio co-founder Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield have explained why in a new interview.

12/05/14 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare cast list outed, Metal Gear Solid composer on music – report

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s full cast list has been outed by IMDB, and it’s also been reported that Metal Gear Solid series composer Harry Gregson-Williams is penning the shooter’s musical score.

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05/05/14 – Advanced Warfare: Eight new screens released, show hoverbikes, hovertanks and more

Activision has released a new set of in-game screenshots for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, see them all here.

05/05/14 – The three-year dev cycle offers “the freedom to fail in the creative process,” says Activision

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will be the first game to release utilizing Activision’s new three-year development cycle program for its Call of Duty franchise. Activision’s publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg believes that the new cycle allows for more experimentation.

05/05/14 – Microsoft’s DLC exclusivity deal extends to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

The exclusivity deal that sees all the DLC content for the Call of Duty games appear first on Xbox platforms will cover Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare as well, Microsoft has announced.

05/05/14 – Advanced Warfare: lead character voiced by Troy Baker, tons more info revealed

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was featured in the latest issue of Game Informer. The magazine had a 12-page feature filled to the brim with all-new information, and we’ve collated all of them for your viewing pleasure.

05/05/14 – Sledgehammer’s cancelled third-person shooter was set in Vietnam, had some “Dead Space moments”

Remember that third-person action adventure Call of Duty title that Sledgehammer Games was working on when it signed with Activision? We certainly do. Sledgehammer Games has now opened up a bit about it to Game Informer.

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03/05/14 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare images, story, pre-orders detailed

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare story details, screenshots and pre-order bonuses have been announced by Activision so you can prepare yourself for “the Next Generation Advanced Soldier.”

02/05/14 – Analysis: Some observations from the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare just got its first trailer, featuring a super-intense Kevin Spacey, and lots of future military tech. Dave Cook gets out his magnifying glass and talks bollocks about what he saw.

02/05/14 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer officially released, out November 4 – watch

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has received its first official trailer out of publisher Activision. It confirmed the shooter’s future setting, hover bikes and all.

02/05/14 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare leaked, includes hoverbikes, exo-suits and Kevin Spacey

Call of Duty is pushing further into the future of warfare, according to leaked materials including screenshots and a trailer.

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