‘Call of Duty: WWII’ gameplay leak shows off upcoming weapons and modes

By Gabe Gurwin November 27, 2017

Official Call of Duty®: WWII Insider – Top 5 Tips

Call of Duty: WWII features a pretty wide selection of weapons and game modes at the moment, but it appears that more are going to be coming to the first-person shooter very soon. Gameplay footage has been leaked, showing off several of the new modes, and it appears there will be a few throwbacks to past games in the series.

The video, originally uploaded by YouTube user IAMJarni before being deleted, first shows off the Gun Game mode, which we’ve previously seen in Treyarch’s Black Ops sub-series. This mode tasks players with earning one kill with a specific weapon before moving on to a new one.

Demolition will also be making its return from previous games. The mode combines the location-based strategy of Domination with the intensity of Search and Destroy, and has been a staple of the series for years. New Infected and Control modes are also on their way — the latter may have been due to the success of the mode in Destiny 2, also published by Activision.

A few new weapons were also shown off in the leaked footage, most notably the Sten submachine gun, which has been usable in previous World War II-themed Call of Duty games including Call of Duty 2. The German Gewehr 43 rifle is also shown off in the game’s Zombies mode.

The new weapons are expected to be offered in the form of Weapon Supply Drops, which aren’t currently in the game. These will likely allow players to spend the in-game currency they earn through matches in order to earn new weapons, though as Reddit users have mentioned, past games have also allowed players to acquire these weapons without using loot crates.

Hopefully, the addition of weapon-based loot crates will not throw off the balance of a game currently devoid of any “pay-to-win” mechanics. In contrast to the system originally planned — and currently disabled — for Star Wars Battlefront II — the loot crates earned in Call of Duty: WWII are for cosmetic items, while progression is still earned via the traditional route of actually playing the game and performing well.

Call of Duty: WWII is now available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

Editors' Recommendations

Topics

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Gabe Gurwin has been playing games since 1997, beginning with the N64 and the Super Nintendo. He began his journalism career…

Gaming

You can get Call of Duty and Alan Wake with PS Plus in July

Sony has confirmed the three PS4 and PS5 games PlayStation Plus Essential subscribers will receive this July, and it's actually the best lineup the service has seen in a while. It features one of the best Call of Duty games from recent years, a cult classic that needs to be played before its sequel launches next year, and an overlooked 2022 indie.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was first released in 2020 and, as its title suggests, is set in the 1980s during the Cold War. It features one of the most creative Call of Duty campaigns since Modern Warfare 2 and makes excellent use of DualSense's haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. The multiplayer and zombie modes are good fun too. Next up is Alan Wake Remastered, a remaster of an excellent 2010 horror-thriller from Control developer Remedy Entertainment. It's an experience best played unspoiled, so I'll simply recommend you go and play this. Its PS Plus addition is timed well, too, as Alan Wake II is set to release and continue the story this October.
Finally, Endling - Extinction is Forever is available this month. This 2022 indie game follows a mother fox as she tries to protect her cubs in a forest continuously getting ravaged by humans. It's a chilling, staunchly harrowing adventure that clearly displays the negative effects of deforestation, pollution, and environmental exploitation. You might have missed this game last year, as it came out on the same day as Stray, so definitely give it a shot now if you haven't yet.
This lineup of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Cross-Gen Bundle, Alan Wake Remastered, and Endling - Extinction is Forever is one of the best lineups PS Plus Essential has seen in months, so definitely pick up these games when they are available between July 4 and July 31. Make sure you download June's titles before July 4 as well.

Gaming

Call of Duty made Crash Team Rumble a better multiplayer game, says dev

Key art for Crash Team Rumble

Crash Team Rumble initially feels like a unexpected diversion for the long-running Crash Bandicoot series, but it’s a lot more fun than you might expect. I went hands-on with Crash Team Rumble at Summer Game Fest Play Days, and once I got the hang of its Wumpa-collecting match objectives, I had a blast discovering winning strategies with my teammates. Still, it feels like a pretty significant shift for developer Toys for Bob, which spent the 2010s working on Skylanders, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, and Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time.

Crash Team Rumble™ - Gameplay Launch Trailer

Gaming

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0’s new update just nerfed the game’s best weapons

Characters on Ashika Island in Warzone 2.0.

Activision has released a new Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 update that nerfs the game's best long-range weapons: the Cronen Squall and the ISO Hemlock. Specifically, the damage across both weapons has been reduced, making them both less effective in all situations.

The news comes from the battle royale game's latest round of patch notes, which outlines the new changes to the weapons. There are some major implications to those changes, though the updates aren't as devastating as they might initially seem. Here's every tweak that was implemented in the new patch.