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ArticlePress Start17 Aug 2026

Playfully Anachronistic and Historically Inauthentic: Understanding Resistance to Diverse Representation in Call of Duty: Vanguard

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Press Start Playfully Anachronistic Playfully Anachronistic and Historically Inauthentic: Understanding Resistance to Diverse Representation in CallofDuty: University of Rhode Island, United States This article examines backlash against marginalized identity representation in Call of Duty: Vanguard (Sledgehammer Games, 2021), with a focus on the r/CODVanguard community.

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Call of Duty: VanguardGame · 18 documents
Sledgehammer GamesCompany · 3 documents
Call of Duty: WWIIGame · Sledgehammer Games · 2017 · 3 documents
Call of DutyGame · Infinity Ward · 2003 · 981 documents

Call of Duty: Vanguard

Sledgehammer Games

Call of Duty: WWII

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