October 25, 2007
By RYAN PEARSON, The Associated Press
"Call of Duty," the dominant game in the first-person shooter's dominant time period -- World War II -- has left its roots behind.
Infinity Ward shifted the fourth entry in the franchise into current times. Think Middle East, terrorism, high-tech.
How'd they do it?
The game studio's founder Grant Collier explains, and shows you around his offices, in this week's edition of "Up Down Left Right." "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" (rated M, $59.99 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $49.99 for PC) is out Nov. 5.
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Watch the video here: http://asap.ap.org/data/interactives/_moneyandgadgets/udlr/udlr31/
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"Up Down Left Right" is a weekly video feature starring asap reporters and gaming gurus DERRIK J. LANG in New York and RYAN PEARSON in Los Angeles. From separate coasts, they provide their take on today's -- and sometimes yesterday's -- games. E-mail them at updownleftright@ap.org.
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See the previous "Up Down Left Right" installment here: http://asap.ap.org/stories/1807995.s
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