Call of Duty: Shadow War

Call of Duty: Shadow War is a military first-person shooter video game developed by Sledgehammer Games, and produced by Activision for Microsoft Windows, PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U. It is the fourteenth entry in the Call of Duty franchise and is scheduled to be released on November 3, 2017.

Setting and Characters
Call of Duty: Shadow War takes place in the near future, between the years 2019 and 2026, and follows the stories of multiple characters around the world in the lead-up to an imminent World War Three. Russia is engaged in a long-running proxy war in Syria, with Russian-backed Syrian government forces fighting US-backed Turkish Special Operations forces and anti-government rebels. The United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel are also engaged in covert operations in Iraq against Iranian-funded militants and fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), while Israel battles Iranian proxy armies in Palestine. Economic decline and civil unrest resulting from the Syrian Refugee Crisis has pushed much of Europe into chaos, with breadlines erupting into riots and downtown centers engulfed in street battles between migrants and pro-migrant activists, and anti-migrant vigilantes. Amid the chaos, a rising China has begun a new power play in East Asia.

The game puts players in control of three primary characters, as well as three minor characters. The first major character is Sergeant First Class Darren Kimble, a US Delta Force commando operating along the Syria-Iraq border. Second is Segen Mishne (Second Lieutenant) Ephraim Naor, an officer in Israel's Sayeret Matkal. Third is retired Swedish Army Kapten (Captain) Lars Hedstrom, a desperate man with a hidden agenda determined to protect his family from the violent consequences of the Syrian Refugee Crisis. The three minor characters are Mark Canzonetta, an American CIA operative working to prevent the signing of a pro-Russian treaty in Estonia; Nikolai Ignatyev, a Spetznaz fighter in Syria; and Najib al-Haddad, a Palestinian fighter in the occupied West Bank.