In the early days of Call of Duty, Activision reportedly tried to out-do Counter-Strike.
“We said, ‘You know what, our players just want to play Team Deathmatch.
Is there anything we could do to make Team Deathmatch something we want to play too?'”
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The solution was killstreaks, which are unlocked every few consecutive kills.
There’s a little bit of stakes there," McCandlish said.
Killstreaks are now a cornerstone of Call of Duty.
They encourage players to venture to stay alive so they can unlock more and more powerful rewards.
One of the new killstreak rewards in this November’sModern Warfare IIIis the Guardian-SC.
It’s particularly useful in modes like Domination where a team needs to hold a particular location.
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