Call of Duty XP, Largest Fan Event in Franchise History, Kicks off Today in LA
Call of Duty World League Championship, Presented by
PlayStation®4, Culminates on Sunday with
Sold-Out, Multi-Day Fan Celebration Features First Public Hands-On with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Multiplayer and Zombies in Spaceland Modes, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Multiplayer, and New Downloadable Content for Call of Duty: Black Ops III
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Fans at Home Can Participate in "Twitch Plays Nuketown" and Watch Select Livestreams Throughout the Weekend
Fans in attendance will be the first to play Infinite Warfare's multiplayer
mode, and can directly broadcast their gameplay live on Facebook with
their custom capture RFID set-up. Additionally, attendees will be able
to play Infinite Warfare's Zombies in Spaceland mode, Call of
Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered multiplayer, as well as new Call
of Duty: Black Ops III multiplayer content from Treyarch's
soon-to-be-released fourth downloadable content offering, Salvation.
As if that wasn't enough, fans will also have access to a theme-park of Call
of Duty-inspired activities all weekend and a special performance by
entertainment icon
"Call of Duty XP is like a theme-park that leapt out of a video
game into the real world. It's our way of saying thank you to our fans
for inspiring us to keep pushing and innovating each and every year,"
said
Inside the Forum, the arena will fill with fans eager to cheer on their
favorite teams in the first Call of Duty World League Championship,
Presented by PlayStation®4. Fans will follow the action, as 32 teams
from around the world play Call of Duty: Black Ops III, including
fan favorites Optic Gaming and FaZe Clan from
"This is it. The ultimate competitive stage for Call of Duty,"
said
Additional fan experience activities taking place at Call of Duty XP on Friday and Saturday include:
- Call of Duty PlayStation®VR experience "Jackal Assault" immersing fans in the cockpit and putting them in control of a Jackal, the personal fighter jet in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Nuketown paintball, set in a life-sized, recreation of the fan-favorite Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer map. Fans watching at home can participate through "Twitch Plays Nuketown" at http://www.twitch.tv/TwitchPlaysNuketown, which allows them to vote through Twitch chat to activate various paint weapons during each match, including a sentry, smoke grenade and claymore and watch the action unfold live
- Infinite Warfare's Zombies in Spaceland laser tag, themed in the ‘80s-inspired setting of the new game mode
- Call of Duty zip line experience, which mirrors the in-game mechanic seen in numerous Call of Duty multiplayer maps
- Juggernaut Wrestling, a face to face intense cage match where fans will engage in combat while wearing inflatable Juggernaut suits
- Call of Duty developer panels going behind-the-scenes with game creators
- Onsite Call of Duty armory and franchise museum
- Call of Duty photo booths
For fans who can't attend Call of Duty XP in person, select
events from the celebration, as well as the Call of Duty World League
Championship, Presented by PlayStation®4, will be livestreamed in HD on
Twitch at www.twitch.tv/callofduty,
on
Call of Duty XP precedes the year's most anticipated
entertainment launch on
*Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered contains only 10 MP maps
from the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare game. Modern
Warfare Remastered is a full game download.
For more information, please visit www.callofduty.com/xp. Fans can also follow @CallofDuty and @InfinityWard on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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