The Call of Duty Endowment has funded the placement of more than 90,000 veterans into high-quality employment since its inception and aims to place 100,000 veterans into meaningful jobs by 2024. “This special collaboration presents a great opportunity to continue raising awareness and honoring our veterans as we further our mission to help them find high-quality jobs,” said Dan Goldenberg, Executive Director of the Call of Duty Endowment. All proceeds from the photography sales will be donated to the Call of Duty Endowment. Limited edition prints of the Call of Duty: Vanguard in-game photography will be available at and Bleecker Trading NY starting at 3pm ET on October 21. “As photographers, this is what conflict looks like.” “I was impressed with how kinetic and immersive it all was,” added Sebastiano Tomada Piccolmini. “These were situations that I would normally capture,” said Alex Potter in the film. Photojournalists Alex and Sebastiano waited for the right moments to snap their shots the same way they would on the ground. Vanguard’s incredible graphics and visual immersion reflect the latest technological advancements coming when the new game launches next month, including its use of photogrammetry where locations, scenes and objects are recreated in-game to lifelike photoreal quality. “We tested its realism by sending in Alex Potter and Sebastiano Tomada Piccolomini with special camera-like portals into the game engine itself, which took them back in time as if they were a photographer in that period, showing how real Vanguard will truly look and feel to gamers everywhere.”
“ Call of Duty: Vanguard captures the epic intimacy of World War II in an incredibly immersive manner,” said Fernando Machado, Chief Marketing Officer, Activision Blizzard. Potter and Piccolmini’s journeys were then reflected in a trailer ( ), allowing fans to see these photographers’ experiences and reactions in real time.
For the upcoming release of the World War II-themed Vanguard, which is scheduled for release on November 5 th, the two ventured inside the game engine for an exclusive photoshoot held at publisher Activision’s motion capture studios. Renowned long-time war photojournalists Alex Potter and Sebastiano Tomada Piccolmini have vast experience shooting in conflict regions, including numerous battles throughout the Middle East. SANTA MONICA, Calif.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Today, Call of Duty revealed a new collaboration that, for the first time, allowed actual war photojournalists inside Call of Duty®: Vanguard to capture in-game war photographs that feel true to life, through the lens as if they were embedded within the war missions themselves.