<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
WWII	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2017	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Sledgehammer	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2017	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fourteenth	O
main	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
series	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
be	O
set	O
primarily	O
during	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
since	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
World	I-Application
at	I-Application
War	I-Application
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sledgehammer	O
Games	O
were	O
interested	O
in	O
bringing	O
the	O
series	O
back	O
to	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
after	O
developing	O
their	O
previous	O
title	O
,	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Advanced	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
advanced	O
movements	O
and	O
futuristic	O
warfare	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Studio	O
head	O
Michael	O
Condrey	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
unsure	O
if	O
a	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
game	O
would	O
feel	O
right	O
after	O
creating	O
a	O
futuristic	O
title	O
like	O
Advanced	B-Application
Warfare	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
developers	O
ultimately	O
decided	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
this	O
time	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
WWII	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
similar	O
to	O
its	O
recent	O
predecessors	O
,	O
it	O
removes	O
the	O
advanced	O
system	O
of	O
movement	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
two	O
previous	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
titles	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
double	O
jumping	O
and	O
wall	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
slide	O
"	O
movement	O
mechanic	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
slide	O
quickly	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
,	O
WWII	O
features	O
a	O
"	O
hit-the-deck	O
"	O
mechanic	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
leap	O
forward	O
and	O
throw	O
themselves	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
get	O
to	O
cover	O
quickly	O
,	O
similarly	O
to	O
a	O
previous	O
mechanic	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
dolphin	O
dive	O
"	O
in	O
Treyarch	O
's	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Ops	I-Application
and	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Ops	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WWII	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
since	O
the	B-Application
original	I-Application
game	I-Application
and	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Red	I-Application
One	I-Application
not	O
to	O
feature	O
health	O
regeneration	O
in	O
the	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
for	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
WWII	I-Application
was	O
revealed	O
on	O
E3	O
2017	O
,	O
which	O
took	O
place	O
from	O
June	O
13	O
–	O
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
who	O
pre-order	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
invited	O
to	O
a	O
closed	O
beta	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
initially	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
War	O
,	O
popular	O
game	O
modes	O
such	O
as	O
Team	O
Deathmatch	O
,	O
Domination	O
and	O
Hardpoint	O
return	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Gridiron	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
boots	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
"	O
variation	O
of	O
Uplink	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
introduced	O
by	O
Sledgehammer	O
Games	O
in	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Advanced	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
mode	O
,	O
dubbed	O
Nazi	O
Zombies	O
in	O
reference	O
to	O
its	O
first	O
iteration	O
in	O
Treyarch	O
's	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
World	I-Application
at	I-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
is	O
also	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
Third	B-Application
Reich	I-Application
makes	O
a	O
desperate	O
attempt	O
to	O
turn	O
the	O
tide	O
of	O
the	O
war	O
by	O
creating	O
an	O
undead	O
army	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
stages	O
of	O
the	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
experience	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Dead	B-General_Concept
Space	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
third	O
person	O
shooter	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
directed	O
by	O
both	O
Condrey	O
and	O
Schofield	O
during	O
their	O
work	O
time	O
at	O
EA	O
Redwood	O
Shores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
Battle	B-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
Bulge	I-Device
,	O
the	O
platoon	O
is	O
surrounded	O
by	O
Germans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
World	I-Application
War	I-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
franchise	O
developed	O
by	O
Sledgehammer	O
Games	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
fourth	O
to	O
benefit	O
under	O
publisher	O
Activision	O
's	O
three-year	O
development	O
cycle	O
(	O
the	O
first	O
being	O
Sledgehammer	O
's	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Advanced	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
)	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
a	O
longer	O
development	O
time	O
for	O
each	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
title	O
set	O
in	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
was	O
alluded	O
to	O
in	O
a	O
2014	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Advanced	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
launch	O
interview	O
with	O
Michael	O
Condrey	O
,	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Sledgehammer	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
interview	O
by	O
Metro	O
,	O
the	O
interviewer	O
asked	O
him	O
what	O
the	O
possibilities	O
of	O
where	O
the	O
next	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
could	O
go	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Now	O
,	O
how	O
would	O
it	O
play	O
and	O
how	O
would	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
work	O
after	O
the	O
new	O
movement	O
set	O
in	O
Advanced	B-Application
Warfare	I-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Adam	O
Rosenberg	O
of	O
Mashable	O
wrote	O
that	O
video	O
games	O
set	O
during	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
tended	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
Holocaust	O
deniers	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
they	O
avoided	O
broaching	O
the	O
subject	O
for	O
business	O
reasons	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
this	O
could	O
be	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
World	I-Application
War	I-Application
II	I-Application
based	O
game	O
where	O
the	O
Holocaust	O
would	O
be	O
depicted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
directly	O
over	O
Twitter	B-Application
as	O
to	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
the	O
story	O
campaign	O
would	O
allow	O
gamers	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
soldiers	O
from	O
the	O
Axis	O
powers	O
such	O
as	O
Nazi	O
Germany	O
and	O
Fascist	O
Italy	O
,	O
Sledgehammer	O
Games	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
campaign	O
gameplay	O
would	O
be	O
limited	O
to	O
Allied	O
forces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
pre-orders	O
excluding	O
the	O
PC	B-Application
version	O
included	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
private	O
beta	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
first	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
from	O
August	O
2528	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
second	O
week	O
for	O
both	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
from	O
September	O
14	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-Application
beta	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
beta	O
,	O
and	O
ran	O
from	O
September	O
29	O
–	O
October	O
2	O
on	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
WWII	I-Application
offers	O
four	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
map	O
packs	O
,	O
each	O
containing	O
three	O
regular	O
multiplayer	O
maps	O
,	O
one	O
War	O
map	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
Nazi	O
Zombies	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
who	O
purchase	O
the	O
Season	O
Pass	O
,	O
which	O
grant	O
access	O
to	O
all	O
four	O
map	O
packs	O
on	O
release	O
,	O
also	O
receive	O
Carentan	O
,	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
featured	O
in	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
and	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Activision	O
released	O
a	O
preview	O
trailer	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
pack	O
,	O
The	O
Resistance	O
,	O
containing	O
3	O
new	O
multiplayer	O
maps	O
:	O
Anthropoid	O
,	O
Valkyrie	O
,	O
Occupation	O
(	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
Resistance	O
from	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
3	I-Application
)	O
;	O
1	O
new	O
War	O
map	O
:	O
Operation	O
Intercept	O
;	O
and	O
1	O
new	O
Nazi	O
Zombies	O
map	O
:	O
The	O
Darkest	O
Shore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
map	O
pack	O
was	O
released	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
first	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
6	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Activision	O
announced	O
the	O
second	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
pack	O
,	O
The	O
War	O
Machine	O
,	O
containing	O
3	O
multiplayer	O
maps	O
:	O
Egypt	O
,	O
Dunkirk	O
,	O
V2	O
;	O
1	O
new	O
War	O
map	O
:	O
Operation	O
Husky	O
;	O
and	O
1	O
new	O
Nazi	O
Zombies	O
map	O
:	O
The	O
Shadowed	O
Throne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
map	O
pack	O
was	O
released	O
April	O
17	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
first	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
May	O
17	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
19	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Activision	O
announced	O
the	O
third	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
pack	O
,	O
United	O
Front	O
,	O
containing	O
3	O
multiplayer	O
maps	O
:	O
Monte	O
Cassino	O
,	O
Market	O
Garden	O
,	O
Stalingrad	O
;	O
1	O
new	O
War	O
map	O
:	O
Operation	O
Supercharge	O
;	O
and	O
3	O
new	O
Nazi	O
Zombies	O
maps	O
:	O
Into	O
the	O
Storm	O
,	O
Across	O
the	O
Depth	O
,	O
and	O
Beneath	O
the	O
Ice	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
collectively	O
as	O
The	O
Tortured	O
Path	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
map	O
pack	O
was	O
released	O
June	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
first	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
23	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Activision	O
announced	O
the	O
fourth	O
and	O
final	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
pack	O
,	O
Shadow	O
War	O
,	O
containing	O
3	O
multiplayer	O
maps	O
:	O
Airship	O
,	O
Chancellery	O
,	O
Excavation	O
;	O
1	O
new	O
War	O
map	O
:	O
Operation	O
Arcane	O
;	O
and	O
1	O
new	O
Nazi	O
Zombies	O
map	O
:	O
The	O
Frozen	O
Dawn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
map	O
pack	O
was	O
released	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
first	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
13	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Shipment	O
1944	O
,	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
map	O
Shipment	O
from	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
was	O
released	O
to	O
all	O
season	O
pass	O
holders	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
all	O
players	O
three	O
days	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
map	O
,	O
Sandbox	O
,	O
is	O
added	O
for	O
free	O
to	O
all	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
players	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Days	O
of	O
Summer	O
event	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Steam	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
WWII	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
while	O
the	O
PC	B-Application
version	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygons	O
Russ	O
Frushtick	O
generally	O
praised	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
strong	O
and	O
enjoyable	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
campaign	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"	O
just	O
about	O
every	O
mission	O
feels	O
like	O
déjà	O
vu	O
,	O
as	O
if	O
I	O
'd	O
played	O
it	O
before	O
in	O
another	O
game	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
Changing	O
the	O
time	O
period	O
so	O
dramatically	O
only	O
helps	O
to	O
highlight	O
how	O
little	O
has	O
changed	O
since	O
the	O
franchise	O
's	O
total	O
re-imagining	O
with	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
4.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feels	O
like	O
the	O
most	O
wheel-spinning	O
,	O
by-the-numbers	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
they	O
've	O
made	O
thus	O
far.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
over	O
20.7	O
million	O
players	O
,	O
12.1	O
million	O
players	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
7.8	O
million	O
players	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
825,000	O
players	O
on	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
sold	O
168,234	O
copies	O
within	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
best-selling	O
game	O
of	O
that	O
week	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
