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Sledgehammer’s Call of Duty: WWII will be an unflinching and respectful combat experience

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision and Sledgehammer Games have revealed details of their next big game, Call of Duty: WWII.

Some information leaked on March 25, but the companies have now released a lot more, including the official trailer. GamesBeat was able to go behind the scenes at a preview event at Slegehammer Games in Foster City, California, and I interviewed key members of the team. And from what I’ve seen, it’s going to be an unflinching portrait of the combat experience of World War II, as witnessed by a fictional squad of soldiers in the fabled U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.