Activision briefs us on Gray Matter's Call of Duty: United Offensive
New single-player campaign, multiplayer tank battles and, believe it or not, new weapons.
Activision has officially confirmed the title and revealed details of the first expansion disc for World War II based FPS Call of Duty. Fight sighted in the current issue of the American PC Gamer magazine, Call of Duty: United Offensive is in development at Return To Castle Wolfenstein helmers Gray Matter, and promises more of the same gritty war dram-action delivered by Infinity Ward last Christmas.
Specifically, it promises a new ten-level single-player campaign, which drags players kicking and screaming (their guts hanging out) through The Battle of the Bulge, The Battle of Kursk and the invasion of Sicily. Along the way we can expect to dabble in new weapons and new abilities, and find ourselves gripped by new and improved weather effects and explosions. (Probably not the game's 'USP'.)
Gray Matter will also be fiddling with the multiplayer side of the game, adding traditional Capture The Flag and Domination modes and a slightly more exciting Tank Battle mode. It's not exactly Battlefield 1942, but you can't argue with a tank.
United Offensive is expected to make an appearance at E3 next month, and we'll be on hand to check it out. It's expected out in time for the festive season in the States, and we would be mightily surprised if Activision didn't have the same in mind for the UK and Europe, where the game also prospered.