Publisher Activision’s popular Call of Duty first-person shooter series makes a lot of money, which means the company can afford a little bombast in its marketing campaign for the latest game in the series.
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Check out the trailer:
The Call of Duty franchise is no stranger to these types of big-budget live-action commercials. In 2011, Activision released an ad for Modern Warfare 3 where a veteran of the series, actor Sam Worthington (who voice acted in the original Black Ops) led rookie Jonah Hill through a series of training missions to prepare him for the game.
A 2010 ad for the original Black Ops used a similar setup to the latest commercial. A bunch of average players, and NBA star Kobe Bryant, fight each other on a battlefield.