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Call of Duty: Ghosts includes alien-shooting Extinction mode

UPDATE: Official trailer revealed.

UPDATE: Activision has released an official trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts' alien-shooting Extinction Mode.

The new mode will be a one-to-four player co-op campaign featuring base defense, scavenging and class leveling. It will look something like this:

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ORIGINAL STORY: Activision's upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts will offer a sci-fi co-op mode where players must defeat aliens and destroy their hives.

Extinction is still to be officially announced by Activision, but has been leaked in new screenshots which show off its enemies and load-out screens (thanks, IGN).

The mode is also referred to in Ghosts' list of leaked Achievements and appears to be a replacement for the series' regular Zombies offering.

Activision has already teased the mode via its official Instagram account. We expect a full reveal shortly.