Call of Duty: Ghosts

"Everyone was expecting us to make Modern Warfare 4, which would have been the safe thing to do. But we’re not resting on our laurels. We saw the console transition as the perfect opportunity to start a new chapter for Call of Duty. So we’re building a new sub-brand, a new engine, and a lot of new ideas and experiences for our players. We can’t wait to share them with our community."

- Mark Rubin "We've always had the power. Not anymore. All we have is each other. We're Ghosts, fighting for something that can't be killed."

- Unknown Ghosts soldier in the Reveal Trailer Call of Duty: Ghosts (also known as Call of Duty 10) is the tenth main Call of Duty game. It is being developed by Infinity Ward, Neversoft and Raven Software. Confirming that a Call of Duty game was in development on February 7, 2013 and was officially revealed on May 21, 2013 via a Reveal Trailer during the Xbox One reveal. It will be released on 5th November 2013 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and Wii U and will be a launch title on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Set to occur ten years after a devastating mass event, the United States of America is no longer a superpower, with its economy and government in ashes. The remainder of the nation's Special Operations forces, the Ghosts, fight a newly emerged technologically-superior global power not for freedom, or liberty, but simply to survive.

Players are able to peek around cover while still being able to fire, automatically mantle objects, and customize their character. Finally, it was stated that players will be able to activate environmental hazards, rather than the hazards automatically activating without player interference. It will also allow players to do some hidden sub-missions which will result in new twists in the campaign storyline. Campaign is linear, but hidden sub-missions will be Easter egg-like, and they will be unlocked if players pick up certain objects or if they do a specific action.

According to Mark Rubin the game will have reduced latency of the controllers which will result in quick movements.

Singleplayer
Call of Duty: Ghosts will feature a completely new setting, characters and system. It will still feature linear sections, but is said to have 'easter eggs' within the game to alter missions slightly. It is set in the ruins of the United States of America, 10 years after a mass event (huge air strikes), featuring the last members of the US military as the "Ghosts" faction, the playable faction. The US is no longer a superpower, but a devastated country. The Singleplayer will feature underwater missions, controlling your squadmate, Riley the dog, and trying to survive a tough situation.

Weapons
So far, over 30 new weapons have been confirmed, with returning ones unconfirmed. Among those unconfirmed, but shown are the UMP45 and the M4A1. It is possible that they have new models, that aren't finished, or haven't been shown yet due to not being new.

Weapon Camouflages
Call of Duty Ghosts weapon Camos (Earned in order) (Headshots were suspected but, there will be weapon level's again and we found that the camo's are unlocked through leveling your weapon up, Silver is unlocked through mastering every weapon at Level 31.) (Custom camo allows you to create your own camouflages using an editor in the game but is limited to certain patterns, it is unlocked when you prestige every soldier, but you must be max rank.)

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Custom Camo Pattern's list.

Multiplayer
As confirmed in the Behind the Scenes video released by Call of Duty, the multiplayer in Call of Duty: Ghosts will be unlike that in any previous Call of Duty to date. The developers have confirmed character customization, dynamic maps, and many new players movements such as sliding, leaning around corners, and better interaction with the environment. Mark Rubin said that there will not be a "lean button", like it was in previous games, but instead, approaching the wall, looking at the edge of the wall and aiming down the sights will lean the player out. Players that have pre-ordered Ghosts via GameStop will receive bonus map, called Free Fall.

Squads
On August 3, Mark Rubin teased via his Twitter a six second video showing the Ghosts Squads Menu.

Perks
On August 14, in the Multiplayer Reveal, Mark Rubin introduced a similar customization system to BOII's Pick-Ten System for Perks:

"Every Perk has a set point value from 1 to 5, and you have 8 points to use how you want. So for example: I could choose 4 Perks, each valued at 2, or 8 Perks, each valued at 1. I could also choose to get rid of my Secondary and my Equipment and get up to 11 Perks."

The classic 3-tiered perk system has been done away with, replaced by 7 categories of 5 perks. These tiers are Speed, Handling, Stealth, Awareness, Resistance, Equipment and Elite. Speed will feature perks meant to allow the player to move faster overall, Handling will let the player move more consistently and better, Stealth perks will grant immunities to certain things in the game. Awareness perks will give the player a better overall view of the game, and what is going on around them, Resistance is set to grant resistance to common factors of the game, like explosives. Equipment will give the player's Tacticals, Lethals and Attachments a healthy boost, while Elite perks are more based around situational benefits.

Pointstreaks
Pointstreaks return from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and are also available as Assault, Support or Specialist pointstreaks. Assault Pointstreaks include the brand new SAT COM pointstreak, "Riley": the 5 point Guard Dog streak and the new Maniac Juggernaut pointstreak. Support Pointstreaks include the Box of Guns (recieve a random weapon), the new MAAWS launcher and the Heli Sniper.

Multiplayer Maps
In Call of Duty: Ghosts, for the first time, the player will be able to alter their experience on each map, with Dynamic Maps coming into play for the first time. Examples given include knocking down a stack of logs, destroying a map with the new Odin Strike Streak, collapsing a gas Station and blowing up doors. There are limits to these factors though, and they are only available on preset spots.

Locations

 * Mexico
 * San Diego, California
 * The Caribbean Sea
 * Caracas, Venezuela
 * Antarctica
 * South Atlantic Ocean (Near Brazil)
 * Brazil

Trivia

 * This is first game in the Call of Duty series to feature sliding. It is also the third game to feature leaning, on both consoles and PC. On the consoles, the first being Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, and the second being Call of Duty 3 on Wii - while on the PC, the first being Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and the second being Call of Duty: World at War.
 * This is the second game in the series to feature character customization, the first being Call of Duty Online.
 * This is the first Call of Duty game to introduce almost entirely dynamic maps driven by player's actions.
 * In the beginning of the reveal trailer where Riley and Hesh's Brother are seen looking toward the crater, the United States flag can be seen, and it appears to have 48 stars instead of 50. The flag below the U.S. flag is a California State flag.
 * The majority of the game appears to take place in the Americas.
 * This is first game in the series to feature a brother relationship in-game.
 * This is the first game in series to feature controllable animals.
 * This is the first game in the series where players have the option to play as female soldiers in the multiplayer.