GAMETECH: Call of Duty shoots into space as Infinte Warfare aims for the stars

IN SPACE, no one can hear you spawn. The Call of Duty series, which has always seen stratospheric sales, is finally taking to the stars. Not content with shooting at enemy troops, the series will soon be shooting into space, too.

Like an Irish bus, this has been a long time coming. Call of Duty has been edging its way further and further into science fiction territory in recent years, with evil robots and bionic powers playing large parts in the story. Still, it’s about time the series took a proper leap of faith — a relaunch if you will — and it appears Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will do just that.

Infinite Warfare was officially revealed in a trailer this week and it shows a world far removed from the first Call of Duty, which was released in 2003 and focused on World War II. Infinite Warfare is set in a far-flung future, where Earth’s natural resources have become depleted and people live on off-world colonies to supply home.