--- description: The eleventh Call of Duty game ships on November 4. title: Kevin Spacey Headlining Call of Duty Advanced Warfare image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Stars Kevin Spacey's Creepy-Looking Eyeball by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2014 1:46 PM CUT by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2014 1:46 PM CUT I’m not sure what we’re supposed to take away from this surprise, presumably forced-early trailer for the next _Call of Duty_ game. It stars Kevin Spacey ungracefully speechifying (well, it’s graceful as far as Spacey’s delivery is concerned — it’s the speech itself that made me wince), sneering and all but twisting the ends of an invisible Snidely Whiplash mustache as his neocon bombast is intercut with sizzle clips of people doing physically impossible things. The next season of _House of Cards_ this definitely isn’t. But that’s _Call of Duty_ for you, and in the end, when’s the last time you played a _Call of Duty_ for the story anyway? The trailer wasn’t supposed to drop until Sunday, but it sounds like [Destructoid](http://www.destructoid.com/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-leaked-see-the-first-video-and-images-274126.phtml "undefined") and [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/kevin-spacey-call-of-duty-1201169428/ "undefined") reverse-engineered Spacey’s involvement, then Destructoid posted the leaked trailer, which in turn seems to have forced Activision’s hand: that trailer went up on [the official _Call of Duty_ YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/CALLOFDUTY "undefined") early this morning (also above), along with the below teaser trailer that stars Spacey’s eyeball, showing us what eyeballs do: That eyeball might be impressive from a technical standpoint if [Quantic Dream](http://www.quanticdream.com/en "undefined") and [_Heavy Rain_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPPdgBK3r8 "undefined") and [_The Dark Sorcerer_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqeuHGESZBA "undefined") didn’t exist. As for the game’s rendition of Spacey, all I can say is the uncanny valley is as wide as it is deep here. But then when’s the last time you played a _Call of Duty_ for the graphics anyway? The gameplay details — multiplayer in particular, which is why I suspect most _do_ play _Call of Duty_ these days — we’ll have to wait a little longer for (the trailer confirms the game ships on November 4, though doesn’t list supported platforms, just that the footage in the trailer was rendered on Xbox One). In the meantime, enjoy 2:46 of power-drunk Kevin Spacey, a platoon of invisible drones, one of the _Crysis_ nanosuit guys jumping around, some _Halo_ UNSC drop-ships, the Morpheus vs. Agent fight on a moving truck from _The Matrix Revolutions_, someone in a gatling-happy _Armored Core_ suit, someone doing a decent Spider-Man impersonation and some racy drone-on-drone action. **MORE**: The History of Video Game Consoles – Full ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/85623/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-stars-kevin-spaceys-creepy-looking-eyeball/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/85623/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-stars-kevin-spaceys-creepy-looking-eyeball/"},"headline":"Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Stars Kevin Spacey's Creepy-Looking Eyeball","datePublished":"2014-05-02T13:46:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:08.547Z","description":"The eleventh Call of Duty game ships on November 4.","url":"https://time.com/85623/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-stars-kevin-spaceys-creepy-looking-eyeball/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","Kevin Spacey","call of duty"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/85623/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-stars-kevin-spaceys-creepy-looking-eyeball/","name":"Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Stars Kevin Spacey's Creepy-Looking Eyeball"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A History of Video Gaming Consoles","description":"The full series on gaming consoles packed into one video for you to watch.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/c8bQ37tV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-08T16:50:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/c8bQ37tV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/85623/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-stars-kevin-spaceys-creepy-looking-eyeball/","duration":"PT23M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/85623/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-stars-kevin-spaceys-creepy-looking-eyeball/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```