Split Screen

Split Screen is an option available on the Xbox 360 Call of Duty games and Call of Duty 4 for the PlayStation 3. It is also available on both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 for Call of Duty: World at War. However, Split Screen is not available on the Wii.

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Split screen is a mode where you can play with the people besides you and it splits the television screen in which the players look at. It is often done when having guests over so everyone may join in on gameplay, rather than watching one player engage in online gameplay. Usually there can be only 4 players and it is similar to multiplayer, without the large amount of people. A minor issue encountered while playing Split Screen is that any player can look at anyone's screen, revealing their location and weapon; this is commonly referred to as 'screen watching.' There is no way to have split-screen on online, a feature many players disagree with.

Since Call of Duty: Finest Hour's multiplayer mode, all multiplayer maps could be played on split screen. However, Call of Duty: World at War restricts split screen gameplay to the game's smaller maps. The split screen maps for Call of Duty World at War are as follows: Asylum, Castle, Cliffside, Courtyard, Dome, Hangar, Makin, and Upheaval. The maps for WaW that you can download from the Xbox Live Marketplace or the PSN Store that are available for split screen are as follows: Makin Day, Station, Sub Pens, Corrosion, Banzai, Battery, Breach, and Revolution.