Call of Duty: World at War is arguably the last of the good World War 2 shooters: at least when it comes to the singleplayer campaign side of things. During a period of time that witnessed a mass exodus away from the setting towards the much more popular Modern Military Shooter market popularised by Infinity Ward, Treyarch's final dip into the deadliest conflict in human history nonetheless managed to recapture our attention one final time.

In this video, I look into the changing landscape of first person shooter games leading up to the release of World at War, answering the question of how this game was able to succeed despite the massive influence of Modern Warfare.

References:
Call of Duty 4 Postmortem (Game Developer March, 2008 Issue) Zied Rieke and Michael Boon interview.
Online version available at https://www.gamedeveloper.com/busines...

Call of Duty: World at War Interview (VideoGamer June 22, 2008) Wesley YinPoole interviewing Noah Heller and Rich Farrelly.
https://www.videogamer.com/previews/c...

Official Xbox Magazine Issue 86 (August, 2008) Ryan McCaffrey.

CoD:WaW Interview Mark Lamia From Treyarch On New Features (September 27, 2008) EverythingCallOfDuty YouTube Channel.
   • CoD:WaW Interview Mark Lamia From Tre...  

CoD: World At War fear, familiarity and the moral conflict (The Guardian November 19, 2008) Article by Keith Stuart.
https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...

Behind the Music of Call of Duty: World at War (Music4Games December 5, 2008) Interview with Sean Murray by Alex Van Zelfden.
https://web.archive.org/web/200812191...

Aesthetics of World at War (Face Full of Eyes March 11, 2021)
   • Aesthetics of World at War.  

Activision Blames Disappointing Call Of Duty Sales On World War II (Kotaku May 3, 2022) by Ethan Gach.
https://kotaku.com/activisioncalldu...

Additional Sources:
Call of Duty: A short history: https://microsites.ign.com/callofdu...

Call of Duty World at War Developer Insights | Exclusive Interview with Treyarch:    • Call of Duty World at War Developer I...  

Call of Duty: World at War announced: https://www.engadget.com/20080609c...

Quality Time with Hutch Interview with Vahn from Treyarch (Part 1):    • ARCHIVE: Quality Time with Hutch  In...  

0:00 The B Studio
6:44 Ch 1 | Prerelease
10:36 Ch 2 | Pacific Campaign
19:24 Ch 3 | Eastern Front Campaign
26:05 Ch 4 | Original Soundtrack
32:25 Ch 4 (Pt 2) | RAWK
38:23 Ch 5 | Campaign Conclusion
40:06 Ch 6 | Additional Mentions
43:18 Conclusion