Call of Duty: Vanguard

Call of Duty: Vanguard
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Activision
Director(s)
  • Dave Swenson
  • Josh Bridge
  • Ben Wanat
  • Greg Reisdorf
Producer(s)
  • Mike Syrnyk
  • Trevor Schack
  • Mike Mejia
  • Adam Iscove
Designer(s)
  • Robert Pitts
  • Zach Hodson
  • Evan Hort
Programmer(s)
  • Robert Foster
  • Jason Bell
Artist(s)Joe Salud
Writer(s)
Composer(s)Bear McCreary[b]
SeriesCall of Duty
EngineIW 8.0
Platform(s)
ReleaseNovember 5, 2021
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Call of Duty: Vanguard is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision.[3][4] It was released on November 5 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.[5] It serves as the 18th installment in the overall Call of Duty series. Vanguard establishes a storyline featuring the birth of the special forces to face an emerging threat at the end of the war during various theatres of World War II.[6][7][8]

The game received mixed reviews from critics, with praise towards the entertainment value of the campaign and multiplayer, and the graphics, but criticism for its writing, Zombies mode, and lack of innovation. It failed to meet the sales expectations of Activision.

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  6. ^ Park, Morgan (August 19, 2021). "Call of Duty: Vanguard is a post-WW2 game about hunting down Hitler's successor". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
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