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10 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE

Format PS4 ETA 25 Oct Pub Activision Dev Infinity Ward

The original Modern Warfare shaped action games for the best part of a decade, so their return is ‘Kratos with a beard’ levels of special. But don’t take our word for it, take former Naughty Dog designer Jacob Minkoff’s. While reminiscing about working on Uncharted 2 he recalls, “There was a year after Uncharted 2 came out where we really nailed those cinematic set pieces, and people were saying every game is copying Uncharted 2 but we were copying Modern Warfare 1. There were so many things where we were inspired by Modern Warfare 1.” And if you’re wondering why we’re talking to one of Naughty Dog’s best level designers about it, it’s because he and

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