Back in June 2018, President of video game giant 2K David Ismailer told Variety that he wanted to double the publisher’s title collection in size over the next five years. An ambitious notion, as 2K has garnered a reputation for sparing no sympathy for under-performing studios. There is now news on that front, and it concerns the co-founder of Sledgehammer …

Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey are the heads of Sledgehammer Games, the studio they created after leaving EA and Visceral Games behind. They've now left Sledgehammer behind to become executives at Activision.

Call of Duty: WWII is a great entry into the long-running series. Sledgehammer has done a fantastic job in creating a Call of Duty that will appeal to contemporary fans and those fans who might have favourable memories of earlier games in the series. It often walks a fine line between thoughtful representation of World War II and typical Call of Duty flamboyance, but it’s a line that Sledgehammer walks with confidence. The result is a Call of Duty that feels assured of what it’s trying to accomplish, and what it accomplishes is riveting, entertaining and at times hard-hitting.

World War II, humanity’s greatest conflict, is the canvas for this year’s Call of Duty and so far it looks glorious. We got a hands-on taste of the action available this year across all three pillars of the Call of Duty experience. Take a look below at what’s to come.

“Sadly, there are always those who aim to spoil the fun, even in a beta. We have yet to deploy the suite of anti-cheat/hacking technology we will use when the full PC game is live. We take a level playing field extremely serious and will monitor and react to this as a top priority on an ongoing basis.”

Call of Duty: WWII's new narrative trailer dials the grim atmosphere up to eleven, as you get dropped right on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day as an introduction to the worst war this world has seen.

The Call of Duty WWII beta is coming to PC later this month, so here's everything you need to know to get your boots ready to hit that ground.

This year, there are some big, sweeping changes to how multiplayer works, and that’s not just because the series has gone back to its World War II roots. Later this month, you’ll be able to try it for yourself – at least, if you pre-ordered or were invited to the private beta, anyway.