Call of Duty: Vanguard

Call of Duty: Vanguard
Developer
PublisherActivision
Directors
  • Dave Swenson
  • Josh Bridge
  • Ben Wanat
  • Greg Reisdorf
Producers
  • Mike Syrnyk
  • Trevor Schack
  • Mike Mejia
  • Adam Iscove
Designers
  • Robert Pitts
  • Zach Hodson
  • Evan Hort
Programmers
  • Robert Foster
  • Jason Bell
ArtistJoe Salud
Writers
ComposerBear McCreary
SeriesCall of Duty
EngineIW 8.0
Platforms
ReleaseNovember 5, 2021
GenreFirst-person shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Call of Duty: Vanguard is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It was released on November 5 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It serves as the 18th installment in the overall Call of Duty series. Vanguard establishes a storyline featuring the birth of the special forces to face an emerging threat at the end of the war during various theatres of World War II.

The game received mixed reviews from critics, with praise towards the entertainment value of the campaign and multiplayer, and the graphics, but criticism for its writing, Zombies mode, and lack of innovation. It failed to meet the sales expectations of Activision.