Is there anything to say at all? Replacing Zombies, Extinction will see you with up to three other friends take on aliens, horde-style.

If a supposedly leaked photo is to be believed, Call of Duty: Ghosts will require a 3GB install on Xbox 360, and online player count will be capped at 12 people.

Posted by Twitter user Slav_on_my_Nob, and spotted by CharlieIntel, the photo follows:

“3GB required to play game” and “online multiplayer 1-12″ can clearly be seen and are what steal the show. It’s confirmed that next-gen and PC versions will not only allow for the standard 16 player count, but will bump it up to 18, while this photo suggests current-gen consoles will be gimped and shrinked to 12 players at once. We can also assume the PlayStation 3 version will suffer in alike doses.

What do you make of this? Is this madness?

Thank you, MP1st and VG247!

Infinity Ward and Activision have released the minimum requirements for the PC version of Call of Duty: Ghosts (out November 5). The highlights are the 6GB RAM and 40GB of HDD space. Why does it need them anyway?

The specs are as follows:

• OS: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit.
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHZ / AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHZ or better.
• Memory: 6GB RAM.
• Hard Disk Space: 40GB.
• Video: Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 / ATI Radeon HD 5870 or better.
• Sound: DirectX compatible sound card.
• DirectX: DirectX 11.
• Internet: Broadband Internet connection for Steam and Online Multiplayer.

Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward claims that the people most invested in the Call of Duty brand aren’t really gamers, as they won’t touch other games not connected with the franchise. Mark Rubin, the executive producer at IW, was speaking with OXM when he also said that the arrival of next-gen consoles wouldn’t change the Call of Duty audience much.

“Regardless of platform – people’s gaming habits aren’t going to change just because there’s a new platform. We have an enormous amount of players who are more in the casual game space, but they play a lot.

It’s kind of a weird, ironic thing to say; They aren’t hardcore gamers, or even gamers, but they play Call of Duty every night. And those guys are going to continue to play regardless of platform. So I think not only will we continue to engage with that existing player base, but we’ll take next gen and see how far we can go with it.”

When Activision threw the gauntlet and said GTA developer Rockstar should enjoy their glory while it lasts, and until the release of Ghosts, they sounded very confident. Is Call of Duty’s mostly-non-gamer audience (according to Rubin) enough to surpass GTA V’s numerous records? We’ll see when it releases on November 5 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC, and the next-gen versions will arrive alongside the consoles.

YouTube user Ali-A (Matroix) posted a video unboxing the Prestige Edition of Call of Duty: Ghosts. In the video (1:18 mark) he also confirms that the Xbox One version, and most likely also the PS4 one, will support 9 players per team and 18 overall.

Although most likely a design choice, with the small maps and twitch action of Call of Duty in mind, only 9 players per team doesn’t sound too next-gen to some people’s ears. What are your thoughts?

Thinking of pre-ordering Call of Duty: Ghosts? You liked Modern Warfare 2? Did Ghost stick to you as a likeable character? Then you’ll be excited to know that, atop the Free Fall bonus multiplayer map and a double XP weekend you get for pre-ordering, you’ll also get Simon “Ghost” Riley, the fallen Modern Warfare 2 character.

GameStop’s official YouTube channel has released a video showing Ghost in action. Are you in?

Infinity Ward revealed new information on the Clan system of Call of Duty: Ghosts. The upcoming Call of Duty game will have the Call of Duty Clan Wars game experience in cross-platform, which basically means clans are shared between every platform the game is on.

Clan levelling also nets its members exclusive unlocks and XP bonuses.

Clan registering is open now, and existing Call of Duty elite Clan Leaders can reserve their current clan name, but they got to be swift, as it’s first-come, first-serve. They can also copy and transfer over their member roster, and manage it furthermore.

Finally, new players or existing players without a Call of Duty Elite account can sign up for a free Call of Duty account to create their own Call of Duty: Ghosts clan, or join an existing one.

Click here for more information on registering clans.

Call of Duty has always been described as a corridor shooter, with little to no different paths to follow when on your way to complete a mission. Infinity Ward, however, designed Ghosts to be more open than its predecessors. Infinity Ward community manager Tina Palacios spoke to Eurogamer about it.

“It was important for the design team to take into account a lot of the feedback we received for our previous projects.

We even looked to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for the pacing. In other games it’s usually 11 across the board. It’s always intense. But for this one we wanted to change the pacing of it.

We also focused on feedback we received in terms of people feeling like they were going down just one corridor. So we wanted to add a variety in terms of the way you felt when you were playing the game.”

One thing I can tease is you may find yourself in a mission or two where we don’t tell you where to go, where you don’t feel like there’s a pathway to follow, and you sometimes feel completely lost.”

Palacios also said Ghosts will embrace stealth, and will be an option, not an obligation. For example, the famous “All Ghillied Up” mission from Modern Warfare punished you for playing loudly. Ghosts, however, will allow you to play as you want.

“We wanted to add more stealth missions,” she said, “but at any time, if players don’t want to go into stealth they can just break it and go crazy.”

Regarding story, Ghosts is set in a brand new universe, 10 years after a catastrophic event pretty much eradicates North America. You play as logan, who will go against The Federation with his brother Hesh and dog Riley. A South American group, The Federation is the world’s new superpower.North America creates a weapon in space, named “ODIN” (Orbital Defence Initiative). It contains huge rods that are dropped to Earth, causing a catastrophe the level of a nuclear weapon, minus the radiation. The US created this for protection, only to have it used against them.

“This is a first for us. We’ve never really given an origin story to our characters before, but we really wanted to go for it this time around.”

They’re a member of the Ghosts, a resistance squad that rallies against The Federation. They operate in the dark, and wear the intimidating masks and face paint to show their allegiance. They’re the only hope for the US citizens.
SPOILERS END.So, what does this mean for you?

In spite of promo material labeling it an 18 game.

Most, if not all, Call of Duty games have been rated 18 by PEGI, the European age-rating board for video games. Ghosts, however, breaks the tradition after 2008′s Call of Duty: World at War, and gets rated 16.

What does this mean? It might mean that Activision/Infinity Ward opted not to include any shocking, “No Russian”-style missions this time around, thus getting a more youngster-friendly rating, and expanding their audience. Is this the case, and even more important, is this good? We’ll see on November 5.

Thank you for the reveal, Eurogamer!

Blitz was also revealed, a new multiplayer mode. It’s objective-based and similar to Capture the Flag, where people fight to reach the opposing teams’ capture points.

Regarding the bundle, Infinity Ward said that the Call of Duty: Ghosts Xbox One bundle is available for Europe, and will ship with exclusive content. No pricing was offered.