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Are you a Stryker or a Phantom? What’s new in upcoming Call of Duty online multiplayer

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare out in November features new weapons and special combat suits tailored to each player, to help them battle human opponents in a variety of competitive online matches

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Game stations at The Ultimate Fan Experience, Call Of Duty XP 2016 in Inglewood, California. Photo: AFP
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Activision Blizzard has already revealed details about the narrative of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, the military action game, out on November 4 for PlayStation 4. From Friday in Los Angeles, the publisher will let players explore the franchise’s most popular mode.

During the three-day Call of Duty XP event, players will get the first taste of new features for multiplayer mode, where players battle each other in a variety of competitive matches online.

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Call of Duty is a first-person shooter, where players often work in teams to skirmish in different competitive matches, including Capture The Flag, Team Deathmatch (the team with the most in-game “kills” wins) and Domination (players capture key points on the map and protect them from the opponent).

New to Infinite Warfare is a match type called Defender.

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“It’s like playing keep away when we were kids,” says Dave Stohl, the head of Infinity Ward, the studio developing Infinite Warfare. “It’s like having the ball and you’re trying to keep it away from the other team.”

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