Since the sub­scrip­tion ser­vice for Call of Duty is now a real­ity, it’s time to take a closer look at what we gamers are get­ting out of it. Of course, Activi­sion Bliz­zard is unable to detail most of the paid fea­tures for Elite because the premium-tier ser­vice was designed to be deeply inte­grated with Call of Duty: Mod­ern War­fare 3. Until we are closer to the launch of the game we have to make do with the scraps the com­pany throws at us.

Call of Duty: Elite is a ser­vice incor­po­rat­ing stats-tracking, social net­work ele­ments, an inter­ac­tive strat­egy guide, and plenty of options for com­pet­i­tive gam­ing. Activi­sion tries very hard to sum Elite up in three words: con­nect, com­pete, and improve. At least it is kind of elab­o­rat­ing on the mean­ing of these three words on the Elite web­site. Suf­fice to say that, in a nut­shell, Activi­sion is not charg­ing for CoD mul­ti­player. Read more…