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New Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Trailer Shows Off Technology and Gadgets

The exoskeleton, hoverbike, and more are detailed in the new video.

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Activision has published a new trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and this one is all about the gadgets.

Glen Schofield, co-founder of Advanced Warfare's developer Sledgehammer Games, details all of the new technology that will be usable in the upcoming shooter. Firstly, Sledgehammer is adding a new "Threat-Detection" grenade to the player's arsenal. Basically, the grenade sends out a pulse that highlights in red enemies in the blast radius. Tagged enemies show up regardless of what structure they're hiding behind.

Next, Schofield describes a remotely-synced blast shield. This barricade pops up when you activate it and follows your movements. A front window automatically goes down when you pop up to shoot and rises again when you go back in cover.

There will also be a new class of weapons called "Directed Energy," which involve powerful and unbroken beams of light shooting out of gun barrels. He briefly mentions hoverbikes and hovertanks, as well, which are vehicles that can travel over land and water.

Most of the video is dedicated to the new exoskeletons in the game. Sledgehammer is calling the powersuit a "game changer." On a passive level, it allows you to throw things, rip things apart, run faster, and jump higher. Exoskeletons also have "Exo-abilities" which enhance select actions. The one Schofield mentions is Overdrive, which speeds your perception up so much that the world appears to slow down. The video also shows a person in an exoskeleton sticking spider-like to a wall and climbing it.

We thought Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare looked promising when we went hands-on with it at this year's E3 conference. The game launches on November 4 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC.

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Finally, after all these years. Something entirely different

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<< LINK REMOVED >> and haters still hate. "If a black man walks on water the haters would say it's because he can't swim"

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<< LINK REMOVED >> @terrain600 I'm black and i don't even get this analogy....

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I second xredstarx's comment. Get some fresh air, go out and do shit. These are valuable tips in making a game last longer. Im 3rd prestige and bought it day one.

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Nah that's reasonable, I apologize.. I would recommend trying out Ryse. My personal favorite next gen game so far.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Ryse smokes beef. IMO

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Is that a good thing or a bad thing? That might just but the absolute dumbest figure of speech I have ever read in my entire life. IMO of course

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Lol i didn't get the idiom either. But, I liked ryse too (i got it day 1). It just sucks that NOBODY is ever online for it (or they cut the servers for it early). in either case, i just went back to play the campaign again

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<< LINK REMOVED >> In situations like this, you could always attempt to try your best at getting a life.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> don't worry, that was just his way of saying he's young and doesn't know what it's like being an adult yet.

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I finally bought COD Ghost off Amazon last week for $25. I got digital copy of 360 & X1 versions combined for one price. You just have to download on 360 first, then download game on X1 no charge. Only bought game to do single player campaign. I will do the same on this one when price comes down.

I only play COD Black Ops 1 online faithfully, still. By far, my favorite COD multiplayer game. With COD WAW in 2nd for multiplayer.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> It gave you the option to only buy the campaign?

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I just won't pay $60 for COD no more.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Ghosts was my first COD , but will be waiting to see if this new one is good and or different to Ghosts for MP before buying.

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I have them all from COD 2 up to Ghost. Ghost will be last for 360. Future ones will be X1 only. When game price comes down to around $25, I'll pick up this on to. Every Saturday, I still go online in regular team deathmatch on COD Black Ops 1. I have a 2.06 k/d with over 133k kills.

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No, it's full game as digital copy

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Oh my bad I read your statement wrong.

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What COD needs is a editor/mod like Halo so players can create their own maps and game play :) Then maybe someone could make Cod hardline LOL.

I can not see this happening though because we would probably see better from the gamer's than from the Devs and they would not be able to charge for map packs anymore.

This just seems to Crackdown meets Crysis for me to get interested in Cod again and BF4!!!! (i won't go there) :(


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Reach and 4 really improved on Forge mode, it's so much easier building stuff now

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COD: Crysis

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New trailer? Gamestop is a bunch of f*cking liars

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This looks like it could be awesome. Its about time i get back into a competitive fps.

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I think that as console gamers become more accustomed to 60fps gameplay, COD will lose players. That's really the edge it had during the 7th generation.

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bringing back bunny hopping.

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I wasn't aware that Mike Didka was making video games.


DA Bears

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So Overdrive just slows down time... gee I've not seen that before in every single other game. At least they've realised that "realism" sucks and some wacky gadgets make things much more fun though.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Bullet time has always been a weird thing to have in multiplayer games though.

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cod is like bacon...right?

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Another joke incoming! A same game getting re-released every year. Can't tell which version is which cuz they look and play all the same.

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That doesn't qualify as a joke.

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"many times it's just one button" = press x to make win happen

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So basically they're stepping closer to what Crysis is as far as the solider combat goes? Higher jumping, running faster, throwing people far, that's all Crysis game play.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Well yeah there was bound to be a game sooner or later that used those mechanics. Crysis was just the one who did it first. It doesn't mean no else can or should use them. Crytek don't own enemy throws or boosted jumping.

Crysis was a boring ass game anyway. It is time another game had a crack at those mechanics.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> I didn't say they couldn't use them but trying to make it sound like this is some revolutionary game play is a bit of a stretch. That said if you think Crysis was boring I don't see how you would think this installment of CoD will be fun b/c they're doing the same things they've always done but with some added flare from crysis, so yeah.


Anyway that wasn't a critique simply an observation, when I saw that footage first thing I thought was Crysis. But none of this stuff they're doing is original, the exo-skeleton suit, the grenade that locates enemies that's from Ghost Recon.

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Oh man ! sad to say but this game is the last nail in the coffin of COD...

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I think COD team is out of Ideas... I can see so many other games in this... Crysis being just one of them.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Which is really bad because Crysis is terrible.

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