Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

For the Windows, Mac OS X, and Xbox 360 game, see Call of Duty 2.

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Developer(s)	Gray Matter Interactive Treyarch Pi Studios
Publisher(s)	Activision Konami Digital Entertainment (Japan)
Designer(s)	Christian Busic Richard Farrelly Aaron Ginsburg Wade McIntyre Ethan Moore
Composer(s)	Graeme Revell
Series	Call of Duty
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox
Release date(s)	NA November 1, 2005 EU November 18, 2005 JP June 29, 2006
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer
Rating(s)	BBFC: 15 ESRB: T OFLC: MA 15+ PEGI: 16+

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a World War II video game for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox and acts as a spin-off of Call of Duty 2. It was released on November 1, 2005, in North America. While developed by Treyarch, personnel from Gray Matter Interactive, who created the Call of Duty: United Offensive expansion pack for the PC, also worked with them on the game. Pi Studios contributed as well.

Big Red One differs from other games in the Call of Duty franchise in that it focuses on a single Allied formation in the War: the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, which goes by the nickname Big Red One due to their unit patch which features a large red numeral one. The game covers the division's part in the invasion and liberation of North Africa, the invasion into Sicily, the landing on Omaha Beach in Europe and moving east, eventually crossing the Siegfried Line into Germany. At the end of each chapter and the beginning of the first, period footage with voiceover (courtesy of Mark Hamill, who was also in the Sam Fuller film, The Big Red One) is seen from the Military Channel, imitating a WWII documentary.

The game features several actors from the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, including Michael Cudlitz, James Madio, Frank John Hughes, Richard Speight, Jr., Ross McCall, Rick Gomez and Rene Morono. The box cover features actor Stephen Saux. The story and characters were written by Aaron Ginsburg and Wade McIntyre.

In North America it was released as part of a compilation pack entitled Call of Duty: Legacy for the PlayStation 2 only. The pack included Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Big Red One.

External links

• Call of Duty 2: Big Red One at the Internet Movie Database