Call of Duty: World at War
Action
Horror
Survival
Historical
Stealth
Warfare
Shooter
Adventure
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.
11 Nov, 2008
21 Jun, 2026
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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 enviro...
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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...
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Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Release Date:
11 Nov, 2008
Modes:
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Themes:
Action, Horror, Survival, Historical, Stealth, Warfare
Genres:
Shooter, Adventure
Player Perspectives:
First person
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IGDB Rating
3.8
User Rating
966
User Rating Count
76%
Rating %
Critics Rating
3.9
Critics Rating
973
Critics Rating Count
78%
Critics Rating %
Main Developers
Treyarch
Supporting Developers
Arkane Studios
Publishers
Activision
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