Call of Duty ELITE

Call of Duty ELITE – serwis stworzony dla graczy Call of Duty przez studio Beachhead, dostępny na Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Android i iOS. Został w pełni uruchomiony w listopadzie 2011 roku, aby pokrywał się z datą wydania Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Usługa wspierała Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops II oraz Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Gracze mogli dołączyć za darmo lub zapłacić roczną subskrypcję dla dodatkowych funkcji. Subskyrpcja premium kosztowała £34.99 lub $49.99 (albo 4000 MS points). Roczna subskrypcja włączona była w Edycję Hardened Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Publiczna beta została wydana 14 lipca 2011 roku na Xbox 360 specjalnie dla Call of Duty: Black Ops. Zaproszenia na PS3 rozpoczęto wysyłać 19 września 2011 roku. Aby dostać się do bety, gracze musieli zapisać się na stronie Call of Duty: Elite, po czym dostawali mail z wiadomością o akceptacji. Beta skończyła się 18 października 2011 roku. Dostęp do Elite wymagał konta z ustawionym wiekiem nie mniejszym niż 18 lat. Z dniem 28 lutego 2014 roku serwery usługi zostały wyłączone i nie wspiera już ona najnowszych części Call of Duty.

Cechy

Darmowe

• Kino
  • Udostępnianie 30 sekundowych filmików na YouTube
  • Oznaczanie innych graczy w filmiku
  • Streamowanie i dzielenie się
• Statystyki kariery
• Podgląd map
• Zmiana i aktualizacja swoich klas gdziekolwiek jesteś
• 8 slotów na zapis filmów z kina, własnych trybów rozgrywki, itp.
• Importowanie znajomych z Facebook'a
• Statystyki broni
• Wymiana wiadomości między różnymi urządzeniami
• Przeglądanie profili innych graczy
  • Dostosowanie przez zainteresowania + pokrewieństwa
  • Identyfikowanie członków grupy w grze
  • Grupowe tabele wyników + Tablice wiadomości
• Tworzenie i dołączanie do klanów
• Aplikacja dostępna na konsole, telefony i tablety

Premium

• Miesięczne dodatki (DLC)
• Seria filmów z Will Arnett i Jason Bateman'en
• Seria filmów z Ridley i Tony Scott'em
• Udział w konkursach i zdobywanie nagród
• Zdobywanie rang dla klanu
• 24 dodatkowe sloty
• Strategie broni i map, itp. napisane przez ekspertów
• Ekskluzywne wizytówki dla klanów i emblematy
• Dostęp do grupy premium

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Founder Features

Founders are members that either buy the MW3 Hardened edition or activate a membership by December 2011. The cutoff date was originally November 13, but the date was been changed to December 13, due to server errors for the first few weeks after launch. Founders get 30 extra days of Elite for free because of this. Founder status is denoted by a green skull. Founder features became available on November 13, 2011. Founder features include:

• Unique weapon camouflage
• Unique Call of Duty ELITE profile skin
• Special player card and emblem
• Access to #Founder group
• Clan XP Boost (single use only)
• Exclusive prizes and comptitions

Website Sections

Career

The career section of Elite allows the user to review their Call of Duty multiplayer experience. Career summary gives users a brief summary of the user's XP, Kill/Death Ratio, win percentage, and COD Point Earnings. Also, it says the user's level, how long it will take the user to get to their next prestige, and hours played. Recent Matches gives a very detailed summary of the user's latest matches. This shows their best performing weapons, score per minute, leaderboards, and so on. Custom Classes shows all of the user's custom classes. Personal Bests including their best KD Ratio, number of headshots, score, kills, and kill streak. Leaderboard tracker includes their global ranking for each game mode. Weapon Performance tells what weapons the user has the most kills, deaths, headshots, and so on. with. Finally, Theater provides all videos and pictures the user have in their fileshare. On top of all of this, the user can look up other players to compare their Career stats.

Connect

The connect section allows the user to create and join community groups. Groups are several people who share one similar interest (Such as Chuck Norris, for example) that play Call of Duty. This lets people meet new friends that share each other's interests. To join a group, the user simply has to add that group's group tag (i.e. #CoDFans). The user is allowed to be a part of 20 groups at once. Popular groups will be showcased in Featured Groups. The user can also create and join clans. Unlike groups, the user must be invited by the clan leader to join the clan.

Compete

The compete section allows the user to join new events or Lone Wolf Operations. These events allow users to play with developers, or by themselves, for prizes daily. While events are played with others, Lone Wolf Operations require the user to do certain challenges alone.

Improve

thumb|right|300pxThe improve section allows the user to get better at multiplayer. It gives an in-depth description of all weapons, equipment, perks, game modes, grenades, killstreaks, attachments, and maps, including their stats. It tells how to use, or play on, them well, to improve the players' online experience.

Elite TV

Elite TV is the section where the user can watch videos of Theater Mode and ELITE subscription video series, weapon guides, and map tactics. In the Theater section, the user can see their uploaded videos, Staff Picks, Most Viewed and the Most Recent videos uploaded to ELITE via Theater Mode. There is a search option so users can find their friends' videos and search videos based on their titles. Users can comment on videos, share them and "like" them. For premium users, there is an additional section for videos made by staff which contain both live action and gameplay content.

Mobile Application

ELITE has its own mobile application on iOS and Android systems. It functions closely to its website counterpart, but only features the Career section.

DLC

• Styczeń 2012 - Content Pack 1
• Luty 2012 - Content Pack 2
• Marzec 2012 - Content Pack 3

References

1. Wall Street Journal Article
2. Call of Duty ELITE FAQ
3. Free features of Call of Duty ELITE
4. Game Informer Article on Call of Duty ELITE
5. Call of Duty Elite October 2011 Update
6. Call of Duty Elite Details