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Description: | Call of Duty 5: World at War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and
published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, and
PlayStation 2.[1] It is the fifth installment in the main Call of Duty series.[2] The game is set in
the Pacific theater and Eastern front of World War II.[2][3] The game shipped in North America on
November 11, 2008,[4] in Australia on November 12, 2008,[5] and in Europe on November 14, 2008.[6]
The story focuses on the final battles of World War II in the Pacific and Eastern Europe involving
the United States, the Empire of Japan, the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany.[2] It is told from the
perspectives of a Marine Raider and a Red Army soldier, and is based on several historical battles,
including the Makin Island raid, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Peleliu, and the Battle of
Berlin.[1][10] The multiplayer portion of the game contains various game modes, and contains a
leveling system that allows the player to unlock additional weapons and rewards as they progress,
which was originally implemented in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. A new feature to the Call of
Duty series is the co-op mode, which can support up to four players online and two offline
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