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Call of Duty: World at War

Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter set during World War II, focusing on the Pacific and Eastern Front theaters. The single-player campaign follows two perspectives: U.S. Marine Private C. Miller fighting against the Imperial Japanese Army across islands in the Pacific, and Soviet Red Army Private Dimitri Petrenko advancing from Stalingrad to Berlin. The game features more graphic violence than previous entries in the series, including limb dismemberment and destructible environments. Multiplayer retains the leveling, perk, and killstreak systems from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game also introduced the cooperative Nazi Zombies survival mode, in which up to four players fight increasingly difficult waves of undead while purchasing weapons and unlocking new areas.

Released: 11 November 2008
Developer: Treyarch
Publisher: Activision
Engine: IW Engine
Perspective: First person
Age rating: PEGI 18 · ESRB M
Metacritic: 83/100
Steam recommendations: 45,565
Platforms: PlayStation 3 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox 360
Genres: Shooter · Adventure
Also known as: Call of Duty 5 · CoD5 · CoD:WaW · World at War
Estimated owners: 2,000,000–5,000,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 80
Critic rating: 982
Ratings counted: 92.3%
Steam reviews

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System requirements 512 MB (1 GB for Vista) Download size 8.0 GB Steam Deck Unsupported Player counts 571

Call of Duty: World at War

The story

In the Pacific theater, captured U.S. Marine Private Miller is rescued from Japanese captivity on Makin Island in 1942 and goes on to fight through Peleliu and Okinawa under the command of Corporal Roebuck. In the Eastern Front campaign, Soviet Private Dimitri Petrenko is found by Sergeant Viktor Reznov amid the ruins of Stalingrad in 1942, where the two work together to assassinate a German general responsible for war crimes. Years later in 1945, Dimitri and Reznov fight from the Seelow Heights into Berlin itself, culminating in the assault on the Reichstag where a wounded Dimitri plants the Soviet flag to signal victory.

Call of Duty: World at War

How long to beat

Main story: 8.3 h
Main + extras: 13 h
Completionist: 21.7 h

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Game modes

Single player
Multiplayer
Co-operative
Split screen

Themes

Action
Horror
Survival
Historical
Stealth
Warfare

Call of Duty: World at War

Trailer

Call of Duty: World at War

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Call of Duty: World at War

Reviews and languages

92.3% of 53,104 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Very Positive”.

6 languages in the interface, 0 of them with full voice acting. English is supported.

Publisher's content notice

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content

Call of Duty: World at War