Activision Gives Michael Phelps Advanced Copy…err, I.O.U, of Call of Duty: World at War

If you watched CBS News’ Early Show the other day, you no doubt saw Maggie Rodriguez interview the United States’ Olympic golden boy, Michael Phelps. At the end of the interview Maggie hands Phelps a copy of Call of Duty: World at War, the latest installation of the franchise, being developed by TreyArch and published by Activision. So, is this move by Activision saying that if you win 8 gold medals you will also be rewarded with an awesome video game a couple months before it’s even released? Well, not quite. TreyArch has released the following on Phelp’s superiority to video game development and release schedules:

Now what you didn’t see is the “I O U” card that was contained within =D… Yes, unfortunately the game isn’t quite finished yet, but it’s close. We’ll be sending Michael the first disc off the production line though later this year, we promise!

Aha! Okay, I can deal with that. Making him nothing short of a national hero, fine. Praising him upon his return home from Beijing, go right ahead. Give him an advanced copy of CoD: World at War, not cool at all.

Call of Duty: World at War will be available to everyone, yes, even Phelps, in November. At which point you’ll get to wage war as a Marine in the Pacific Theatre (Being ordered around none other than Kiefer Sutherland, hell yeah), or as a Russian pushing through to Berlin.

Hat tip: Joystiq
Video courtesy of TreyArch

Posted by on 09/02 at 08:36 AM