That looks familiar — Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s riffs from other games and movies

We got our first glimpse of the next Call of Duty today, but you’d be forgiven if some parts of it felt a bit familiar to you.

Sure, it’s easy to knock Call of Duty, a series that has released yearly installments since 2006, for being unoriginal. But to be fair, video games have riffed off each other and other popular media for years. In fact, Sledgehammer Games general manager Glen Schofield talked at last year’s DICE Summit  about how he finds inspiration in books and movies.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.