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FranchiseCall of DutySeriesCall of DutyCall of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty: World at War

Critic score7 critics
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First release
Nov 11, 2008
Developer
Treyarch
Publisher
Activision
Engine
IW Engine
Genres
Adventure, Shooter · Warfare, Action, Horror, Survival, Historical, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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.

Also known as CoD5, World at War, CoD:WaW, Call of Duty 5

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Storyline
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.Read more

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.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 11, 2008
PlayStation 3
Nov 11, 2008
Xbox 360
Nov 11, 2008
All 6 release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 14, 2008
PlayStation 3
Nov 14, 2008
Xbox 360
Nov 14, 2008
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
8h
Main + Extras
13h
Completionist
22h
Game modes
Split screen, Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
zombies, world war ii - ww2, vehicular combat, bloody, 1940s
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At a Glance

Critic Score
80
Main Story (IGDB)
8h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
13h
Completionist (IGDB)
22h
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Overview

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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 45,916 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Local co-opIGDB · 18 Oct
  • Co-op campaignIGDB · 18 Oct

Feature data: IGDB

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