Call of Duty Wages Third World War

And this time Activision's shooter is coming to PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. First screens for all three versions inside.

Activision's World War II shooter Call of Duty 2 has been one of the most popular games on the Xbox 360 since it launched alongside the console last year. No surprise, then, that Activision is working on a sequel to the game, although Call of Duty 3 will be freer with its WWII hijinks than its predecessor.

PlayStation 3

Call of Duty 3, coming to all three next-gen consoles later this year, arrives bearing the requisite upgrades to entice series fans. The game is set during the Normandy Breakout and follows four soldiers - an American, a Canadian, a Brit and a Pole - as they inch towards Paris and on to Berlin.

Xbox 360

Developer Treyarch is promising a range of new gameplay elements, including the ability to create bombs, defuse traps, and bring the fight to the baddies in a new hand-to-hand combat system.

The game design has been tweaked to give you more options in how you approach missions, offering branching missions paths that let you be as aggressive as you like.

One aspect of Call of Duty 2 that helped keep its popularity up was its online multiplayer. In this one, you and up to 23 other players can wage war over the internet, on feet or using the variety of vehicles on offer.

Call of Duty 3 is coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii this autumn. Activision is also bringing the game to PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games