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Call of Duty: Ghosts reveals doggie details and single-player info

The dog companion in Call of Duty: Ghosts is called Riley.

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Infinity Ward has revealed new details surrounding the canine companion in Call of Duty: Ghosts, including his name: Riley.

Riley in action.
Riley in action.

Speaking during a Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-E3 event, Infinity Ward executive producer Mark Rubin said that the dog in Call of Duty: Ghosts was named as a homage to Modern Warfare 2's Simon "Ghost" Riley.

Two single-player levels were also shown, "Into the Deep" and "No Man's Land." The former is an underwater mission featuring combat, and the latter took place in a forest area. Riley takes a significant role in the second level, with the player able to control the dog in a fashion similar to the land drones in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Infinity Ward said that the hi-tech pooch is equipped with a flip-up camera, an earpiece, and two vibrating devices.

Rubin added that the team at Infinity Ward was "blown away" to the initial response to Riley on social media after Microsoft's Xbox One reveal event last month.

Footage of the Call of Duty: Ghosts single-player campaign, including Riley, can currently be found on CallofDuty.com.

Call of Duty: Ghosts will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on November 5. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions will follow.

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Battlefield 4 please, and I pray for Doom IV at e3

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great job gamespot!!!!

what a scoop!

> wii u

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Prediction for EA's next FIFA game

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@MrHatnClogs Gotta love it. Dogs are soooooo awesome.

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@MrHatnClogs You sir hadgotten my attention with that canine then thoroughly brought me to jolly laughter in a matter of seconds! Well played sir!

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@MrHatnClogs EA's FIFA AI definitely does not respond this well to a ball. They usually just ignore rebounds and let defenders kick them away.

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@MrHatnClogs this dog clip...makes me sad and happy at the same time

i feel sorry for the dog..but holy shit watching him fall makes me laugh like crazy

> wii u

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I really wont bother watching the video.... just came to read the comments.

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@porsche_game Ah a refreshing experience indeed! The joy of reading what the common folk think can be quite rejuvenating! Well played sir, well played!

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@porsche_game Yeah I wish I had those 5 minutes back

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"It's the same call of duty again............", "yes, but the dog is new......" jajajajaja Just kidding...... or no?

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I don't really understand why IW so happy with Riley? I mean it's not something new to the fps genre and it's just a replacement to the drone from BO II or that little tank robot from MW3. Unless we can command Riley to attack enemies, drag us to safety when we injured, collecting ammo, or become a decoy, now that is cool.

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This game looks like what that dog leaves on the side of the road.

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@the_big_doggg a corpse?

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it's really sad to think this game will sell millions of copies and be re-released all over again..

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@Veronsherner why

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@strothers101 @Veronsherner because it's not really improved and the dog gameplay is just stupid, horrible animation for a next gen

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@strothers101 big words coming from a man with a trollface.

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@strothers101 Objectively...hmm...how is this different from the other games? Did they add destructive environments-no, did they give it a more open world-no, did they create a new engine after 8 years of the same - not really (same engine, just tweaked it a bit-see frostbite 2.0). 'They added a dog' -cool after 6 games+ they have taken what was in MP and put it in single player. ROFL...Objective...Tis Tis

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@strothers101 poor animations, always the same thing( someone leading you) Can't I do things on my own? look at the scene of the door being broken, a dog attacking 3 soldiers at the same time, impossible, they would just shoot it

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@strothers101 Seeing things objectively is actually impossible, since you always have some kind of opinion about something. Even complete ignorance (what's Call of Duty?) doesn't shield you from your own subjective mind. Seeing things in a sober, well-mannered and adult way is another thing.

To me, no fan of military shooters, CoD represents the successful-for-the-masses-but-uninteresting-for-the-individual type of product. Not that my tastes are too refined for it, but merely that it's too bland and generic and same-old, same-old. There is nothing that catches my personal interest, but I can't deny that it catches the interest of others.

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@Thanatos2k @buffaloblitz85 @porsche_game @strothers101 @Veronsherner lol yeah no worries. I get it, hating call of duty is the in thing. It has been for a while, I used to think cod was the crack cocaine of the gaming industry. Quick fix, easy twitch shooter. Then I grew up. Realized I'm not four years old anymore and started to hope that the worlds most popular shooter would reinvent itself and bring me once more back to its wide open arms. This looks like it represents a step in the right direction . One day when you guys grow up , you might be able to see things objectively too.

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@buffaloblitz85 @porsche_game @strothers101 @Veronsherner Make it everyone

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@porsche_game @strothers101 @Veronsherner make it 4

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@strothers101 @Veronsherner Make it two opinions because this game sucks

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@Veronsherner @strothers101 well that's one opinion

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COD single player?.... Okay is their any news on mass effect multiplayer as well?

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With the high mortality rate of dogs in the COD series, Riley really needs to contact his agent.

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After watching the new gameplay trailer, I just shake my head. With it being released for the next gen consoles they still did not create a new engine? I mean its soo clear that this engine is soo dated, no matter how many higher res textures you try to paint over it.


Pay attention to the dog, you notice how horrible the animations are. From jerky movement, to lack of contact to the ground. It often looks like the dog is floating/sliding over the ground when he moves.

If you are going to create a incredibly linear FPS shooter, atleast make it look amazing. Since most of your computing power is being put into the visuals, considering the fact that the maps are tiny and railroaded.

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Riley? As in Riley Freeman?

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@Injustice45 No, Riley Reid. That's the only one they could know at least from their mp4 girlfriends

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haha still trying to milk that dog huh??

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If Riley bites me can I shoot him ?

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this looks to be the best cod ever made, provided they make it the way the say.

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I can understand that. They did a great game with Call of Duty 4 in 2007 and with that they put a lot of people loving the game in the beggining of this generation. But why spend money for years to get almost the same game? It's 6*60=360$ on one game since then if people buy every COD, witch they do. They like to play with friends? That's great and normal. What about play COD4 or MW2 with them and try something else if the game stays the same on its sequels?

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@UnbidCube COD 4 was incredible and WaW was good since it was literally COD 4 reskinned with WW2 guns and gore.

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This looked nothing like next gen to me lol same old game engine, same old feeling, same old guns. It's the dog and fish that's next gen here!

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I hate how they are just re-releasing the same game for the next-gen, it is just a money grab and will split the game's population.

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I'm interested to know in what way they were "blown away" by the response to the dog on social media. Because I've seen nothing but parody since they showed the silly mutt

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@BromeisterBrosk What are you talking about. There have been nothing but favorable tweets from the twitter accounts Activision just made to make favorable tweets about this game.

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@BromeisterBrosk I had the same thought. It's just initially planned PR talk, they realize there is nothing but this parody, yet they say opposite; it's like they think people are total idiots. Or they don't really follow social media haha

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Am I the only that finds this boring?

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@Uncle_Rell if you think this is boring then your probably the type of person who thinks the avengers is boring call of duty is all about action.

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@Detroman @Uncle_Rell

Call of Duty hasn't been about action for a few years. It's all about money now.

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@Detroman @Uncle_Rell There wasnt much action on this demo though

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I saw some essence of next gen in there. Mostly the lack of LOD, which I much prefer

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Giving $100mil+ to Infinity Ward to make a next-gen game is like giving $100mil+ to Lindsay Lohan to make a next-gen spaceship.

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LOL great, just fucking great!

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