PS3 Fanboy

Has it been a while since you played a WWII shooter? Well, Treyarch is hoping you're saying "yes" for the upcoming Call of Duty: World at War. The follow-up to last year's GOTY-winning Call of Duty 4 goes back to the past and adds a few new features, like this new 4 player online co-op mode. No longer will you go through war alone. Join three of your friends and gain XP in World at War's most exciting feature.

Check out the very M-rated trailer after the cut. (And uh ... be over 17 years old when watching the trailer, or the ESRB is going to hurt us. Thanks.)

Developer Treyarch has been hard at work getting ready to churn out the next Call of Duty game, and though this new title is quite a contrast to last year's CoD4 -- which took the series to modern times -- diehard fans of series can appreciate the return-to-roots WWII setting. Answering the call to arms in CoD5 Call of Duty: World at War is only a stone throw away as the game will hit retailers this November 11 for the PlayStation 3 and alongside other platforms.

[Via press release]

This morning Activision announced a number of details regarding the latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise. Call of Duty: World at War will allow players to live vicariously as both the side of the US against the Japanese and the Russians against the Germans. The most anticipated feature, however, is the four-player co-op mode. On the PS3 (and Xbox 360) version, players can choose between a multiplayer four-player split-screen offline co-op mode or a four-player online co-op mode. Finally, there is experience points to be earned in both online modes, with a difficulty level that "will scale dynamically to provide a deeper level of challenge," so how challenging it will be depends on the experience level of the player and the player's comrades.

[Via Joystiq]

[Update: There is a four-player offline co-op mode and the wording has been changed to clarify this.]

Please don't mind the Games for Windows and Xbox 360 logo at the end of this video. Rest assured, Call of Duty: World at War will be making its way to the PS3. For one rea$on or another, the debut trailer for World at War was featured exclusively on the Xbox Live Marketplace. It looks like Treyarch is using a similar (if not the same) engine used by Infinity Ward for Call of Duty 4. However, will Treyarch be able to match the success of one of the best games of last year?

[Via Joystiq]