We're filing this one under "rumor of the day" for now, but according to Worthplaying.com, Activision's next installment in the Call of Duty franchise is the subject of big news today. An alleged weapons and perk list is circulating around the Internet for the upcoming Treyarch-developed Call of Duty: World at War. Activision has no official comment as to the authenticity of the information at this time, although we're expecting an update from the company in the very near future. For now, here's what gamers can potentially expect to see in the upcoming WWII-based shooter.

U.S. Weapons:

• Thompson M1A1
• M1A1 Carbine
• M1 Garand
• Trench Shotgun
• Browning Automatic Rifle (B.A.R)
• Springfield M1903
• Springfield M1903: Scoped
• M2 flamethrower
• M1911 (aka Colt 45)
• Bayonet
• M9 Bazooka
• M1919A6 Browning
• M2 machinegun

Explosives:

• MK2 Frag Grenade
• Smoke Grenade
• Satchel Charges
• Mines

Russian Weapons:

• TT-33
• Mosin Nagant
• Mosin Nagant Scoped
• PPSH (71 round Drum Magazine)
• PPSH (31 round Banana Magazine)
• Bayonet

You may have noticed it's been rather quiet...generally only a few photos posted every couple of Weeks/Days.

But here at Destruction Designs (ER) we have something fantastic to announce. We've been taking to heart what people wanted to see in 2142, with that in mind...We have started on what we call the "Northern American Coalition".

AKA the NAC.

Yes, You read right...a Third Faction.

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As you all most likely know, we recently showed off the R1 Drone. Apart from being made from the NAC, All Gun drones/Drones are being
moved to Normal kits; in order for more exciting Squad Leader stuff to be added, we had to do it.

We would ALSO Like to announce destructible scenery! That's right! Remember those fences on Gibraltar? Tired of people sitting behind them and firing? Blow the **** out of the fence and get even.

Call Of Duty: World at War will be coming to PC, 360, PS3, and Wii in November. A multiplayer beta is "coming soon".

I knew there were a lot of us out there, but just how many? Well, I received the reports this week and it looks like our COD4 online community stands at over 10 million strong (Xbox 360 / PS3)! That’s all unique players too, so 10 million different people have logged on for online multiplayer since buying the game in November. Those stats don’t include people who have never logged into MP, only those apart of the Online Community.

That’s insane. With a little over a million players logging in everyday for multiplayer, I can’t say I’m too surprised. It’s awesome to think that we’re all part of building something so massive, and when I say we, I mean me, you, all of us. Everyone who logs on to play with their friends, reads the blog, contributes on the forums, took part in the beta. You guys shaped this game and what it is today. We have one massive, powerful, community and all of you should be proud because there is honestly no other game community I’d rather be a part of. So when I say this, know that I mean it… THANK YOU!!!

We have some new multiplayer playlists in the works to breath even more life into multiplayer, in addition to that I’m working on a few other things behind the scenes that I can’t talk about just yet (in case they don’t come to fruition).

This really makes me want to have another Community Party (anyone remember the COD2 all night?). If any Los Angeles locals are interested in having a COD4 Community Meet-up / Community Party, let me know and let’s put one together!

We are happy to announce that i3D.net has graciously provided sponsorship for the brand new Aixstatistics.com! What is this crazy news you ask? Well, due to the hard work of super dev's R4ZOR49 and Ti_GER arn354, AIX 2.0 will launch with a central database for collating stats and ranks for server owners! Thanks very much to i3D.net for their amazing support. Be sure to check out their awesome game servers and services.

Be sure to visit our brand new sister site Aixstatistics.com developed and maintained by our very own R4ZOR49 (Kvec), Ti_GER arn354 (Tigercage), MAC-r (Teamfirestorm) and Blackcats (free GFX.) Their amazing work in this awesome AIX community we share is outstanding. It truly is a privelage to work with such a group of talented and well grounded individuals throughout this whole AIX experience and we can't wait to bring you AIX 2.0!

Chalk.Two is on vacation this week and we are joined by special guest host Poco Loco as we discuss the latest news about Battlefield Heroes, get a Playstation 3 perspective on Bad Company, compare Battlefield 2 to Bad Company, praise the free Conquest mode, and follow up on some Battlefield 3 rumors. All this and more in this week's Battlefield Podcast.

Talking to GamesIndustry.biz, Cousins explained that by the time the beta closes they expect to have a player base "about as big as Bad Company". He further revealed that the game is "already out" and won't have a "big splash release".

"We're not going to turn on a switch one day and suddenly our audience gets 100 times bigger," he explained. "It's really our plan, within the closed beta, to get a very high number of peak concurrent users and we expect in the later phases of the closed beta to be about as big as Bad Company is today in terms of online numbers.

"We're going to have a very large closed beta almost to the point where every hardcore gamer in the world will probably be able to get a key if they want to - it would just be within a closed beta so that we can control the size of it to a degree."

The project lead behind Battlefield Heroes went on to explain that there was a lack of understanding with how a free-to-play online game would launch - talking issue with comments made by EA's CEO, John Riccitiello, that the game was delayed.

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News from the front, Leipzig, Germany.

Games Convention visitor numbers are once again reaching record numbers. Of course we have the strong belief that this is because we are showing Battlefield Heroes at two different locations.

If you're in the area or even at the event, don't forget to visit us. You can play Battlefield Heroes at the ESL stand (look for the clourful graphics) and in the EA Community Lounge(ground floor, in the huge glass dome area.)

Did we mention you can sign up for a Beta key in the Community Lounge?

Perhaps we'll see you here!