{"id":44108,"date":"2017-09-07T13:38:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T20:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=44108"},"modified":"2017-09-07T13:38:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T20:38:42","slug":"activision-figured-give-away-nothing-call-duty-wwii-preorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2017\/09\/07\/activision-figured-give-away-nothing-call-duty-wwii-preorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Activision figured out how to give away nothing for Call of Duty: WWII preorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Official Call of Duty\u00ae: WWII - Multiplayer Upgrade Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4KXrm4oYIoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Activision and Sledgehammer Games have announced details of Call of Duty: WWII&#8217;s preorder program. The preorder &#8220;multiplayer upgrade&#8221; features a token to unlock one weapon of your choice when you start playing, instead of unlocking it eventually in the normal progression scheme. You&#8217;ll also get a 2x experience multiplier good for four hours, and a collection of five gear sets that correspond to the Divisions system.<\/p>\n<p>Previous Call of Duty games have been criticized by fans for offering exclusive multiplayer maps, (such as variations of Nuketown) or locking away cooperative zombie campaigns behind preorder bonuses. Some gamers are now criticizing the publisher for not making WWII preorders worthwhile because the incentives aren&#8217;t good enough.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, Call of Duty players! Chill out. Activision could make your weapon and player camo skins consumable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2017-09-07-destiny-2-has-a-microtransaction-problem\">like Shaders in Destiny 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activision and Sledgehammer Games have announced details of Call of Duty: WWII&#8217;s preorder program. The preorder &#8220;multiplayer upgrade&#8221; features a token to unlock one weapon of your choice when you start playing, instead of unlocking it eventually in the normal progression scheme. You&#8217;ll also get a 2x experience multiplier good for four hours, and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[287],"class_list":["post-44108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-call-of-duty"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Activision figured out how to give away nothing for Call of Duty: WWII preorders - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2017\/09\/07\/activision-figured-give-away-nothing-call-duty-wwii-preorders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Activision figured out how to give away nothing for Call of Duty: WWII preorders - Quarter to Three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Activision and Sledgehammer Games have announced details of Call of Duty: WWII&#8217;s preorder program. 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