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We've known for a few months that Sledgehammer Games will be taking over the reins for this year's Call of Duty entry, and our next cover story features twelve pages of exclusive and extensive details. We visited the studio, spoke with co-founders Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, and are ready to tell you everything we know.

To time the issue's release with the first trailer for the game, we will be releasing this issue three days early for our digital subscribers.

This Sunday at 12:00 PM Central time (10:00 AM Pacific) we will reveal the cover image and the first details on the game including the name, so please come back this weekend to see the cover and the game in action for the first time. We will release the digital issue shortly afterwards.

In the meantime, we have this in-game screen shot that has many hints about the next Call of Duty (and puts many of the rumors to bed).

See you Sunday.

Game Informer

I have slight hopes that this might be the shift in the CoD series that everyone has been waiting for, since this is the first game since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to have a development time of over two years.

[Brother Leon]

Sledgehammer Games can't be any worse than Activision. Game has got real stale since Black Ops 1 though.

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It's about PMCs (Private Military Contractors)

Youtube video

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Also, I can't be the only one who noticed this

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Youtube video

[Ramsay]

Frank Underwood ...MUST RESIST

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You know what, I think I might get this, fingers crossed there is other advancements in gameplay.

[Tom4784]

It's a great trailer but then CoD trailers are always good. We'll just be in for the same old crap only this time they'll include futuristic gadgets and weapons.

[Ramsay]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Also, I can't be the only one who noticed this

Stringer Bell?

[BBfanUSA]

They got Kevin Spacey to do this. They put his likeness in the game actually.

Not the first time though, I think in Black Ops 2, the guy in charge of Black Ops was played by Tony Todd and looked like him.

And Former General Petraeus was in the game as himself as well.

Jimmy Kimmel also cameoed in the game in two of the endings.

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The details were picked up from the June issue, courtesy of Gamespot.

The game will be running on a new engine and will have a co-op mode of some type, though they’re not talking about it at this time.

Let’s talk about the story first, the story is set in year 2054 and revolves around an event that Sledgehammer co-founder Michael Condrey describes as a “global 9/11,” the event affected several major cities around the world and a terrorist organization by the name of KVA is behind it.

You’ll be playing as Private Mitchell -voiced by Troy Baker, who starts the game as a US Marine and is later asked by Will Irons, the son of Jonathan Irons -voiced by Kevin Spacey, the CEO of Atlas Corporation, to join his father’s PMC. Mitchell gets to don the exoskeleton suit upon accepting the job. Mitchell will also be the only protagonist in the game, he will not speak during gameplay, only during cut-scenes.

During the campaign, you’ll earn experience points after each mission, which you can use to upgrade your EXO-suit. The suit itself will allow the player to be cloaked, scale walls, boost-dodge, boost to cover, being able to super-jump and hover in mid-air.

The grenades you have can change function from threat detection to concussion on the fly, as you cook them. The threat detection ones will reveal enemy locations on your visor.

The game will also have a vehicle called the Pitbull, which is based on the US (MRAP) vehicle, though it’s unclear whether or not it will be available at will.

The soundtrack will include the talent of composer Harry Gregson-Williams, of the Metal Gear Solid series fame, with ex-Visceral Don Veca working on audio. Veca’s previous work include the atmospheric sounds of the first Dead Space.

And finally, regarding multiplayer, studio co-founder Michael Condrey says, “You can probably imagine the possibilities of a lot of the stuff you saw in single-player and how it would apply online.”

Sounds very different from the other CoD titles, good.

[Tom4784]

Troy Baker is in every game going at the moment.

[Scarlett.]

Nolan North has competition! That being said, he's probably in this too, lol.