About
Call of Duty Dog is a meme that refers to a Dog shown in the gameplay videos of the game Call of Duty: Ghosts at the Xbox One conference. The video was subject to parody among gamers, due to the over the top presentation.
Origin
The dog was originally showcased towards the end of the Xbox One reveal conference[1] which took place on May 21st, 2013. During the conference, they showcased the dog as being “a member of the team” and “someone you care about”.
The announcement was quickly parodied on Twitter, with video-game blog Kotaku[2] editor Kirk Hamilton[3] stating that the announcement of in-game dogs arrived shortly after the developers stated that they wanted to do “The right thing”.
“We didn’t want to do the safe thing, we wanted to do the RIGHT thing,” says guy making the new Call of Duty, before revealing in-game dogs
— Kirk Hamilton (@kirkhamilton) May 21, 2013
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Within the same day, the Call of Duty Dog twitter account was created[4], and has since gained over 21,000 followers.
So glad that the cat is finally out of the bag. My big break is finally revealed #woof
— Call of Duty Dog (@CollarDuty) May 21, 2013
On May 23, Redditor Auto_aim1[5] posted a thread to the r/gaming subreddit titled “This should be Call of Duty: Ghosts cover”[6], featuring a photo-shopped image of the Call of Duty: Ghosts boxart, featuring an image of a dog. The post has since received over 1600 upvotes.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – Xbox One Conference
[2]Kotaku – Thanks, Call of Duty Dog, For Brightening Up A Mostly Dull Xbox Event
[3]Twitter – Kirk Hamilton
[4]Twitter – Call of Duty Dog