The
first Call of Duty title developed primarily by Sledgehammer Games,
Advanced Warfare moves the action into the near future when countries
farm out wars to Private Military Corporations (PMCs) and soldiers are
outfitted with exoskeletons that give them superhuman abilities. While
the FPS mechanics of the game stay true to the series, this new breed of
stronger, faster soldier can jump higher, grapple onto surfaces, and
even activate cloaking abilities, adding a new element of verticality
and defense to both the single-player campaign and the series' signature
multiplayer modes.<br><br>In the year 2054 a terrorist
organization known as KVA unleashes a global attack that causes nuclear
reactors on five different continents to melt down simultaneously,
throwing the world's governments and militaries into complete disorder.
Into the ensuing power void steps Jonathan Irons, president of Atlas
Corporation, the world's largest PMC. And while Atlas does help restore
order to the world, the growing megalomania of the amoral Irons
manifests into a new threat of its own. Gamers enter this world as Jack
Mitchell, a former U.S. Marine who lost his left arm in Seoul, South
Korea, and has now enlisted with Atlas.<br><br>Though many
of the world's borders have been redrawn in Advanced Warfare, the action
takes gamers to a variety of familiar places across the globe, from
U.S. cities like Seattle, San Francisco, and Detroit, to present-day
countries like Bulgaria, Greece, and Nigeria. Combat is designed to be
more frantic and explosive than ever thanks to the upgradeable
exoskeletons, which introduce the Boost Jump to get vertical quickly,
the Boost Slam to dispatch enemies from above, and the Boost Dodge to
shift into cover in a flash. Players can equip Mitchell with traditional
armaments or new directed-energy weapons, and certain stages will let
him use vehicles like hoverbikes and specialized
drones.<br><br>As always, multiplayer modes are a key
component of the Call of Duty experience, and in Advanced Warfare gamers
can take on classic competitive modes like Hardpoint, Capture the Flag,
and the tug-of-war-like Momentum, or they can try the new Uplink mode,
in which two teams attempt to get a ball into a floating goal, either
carrying it in directly for two points, or throwing it in for one point.
Co-op fans can join up to three friends for the new Exo Survivial mode,
choosing from three exoskeleton tiers, battling waves of increasingly
difficult foes, and upgrading between each round. And Advanced Warfare
offers Supply Drops, Scorestreaks, and extensive customization options
like Create-A-Class and Create-An-Operator to keep the action
varied.<br><br>This Day Zero Edition gives gamers access to
Advanced Warfare one day before the official release, offers double XP
for that day, and includes the custom Ak-12G Assault Rifle and
Crossbow-B2 in-game weapons, as well as the Bullet Brass Exoskeleton and
the EM1 Quantum directed energy weapon.