For the past few years, Treyarch and Infinity Ward have developed alternate iterations in Activision's Call of Duty franchise. But as the Los Angeles Times reports, Activision has now tapped a third studio to work on “future versions” of the series.
The new studio has not been identified yet, and it isn’t known what the future holds for the series in terms of expanding beyond its first-person shooter roots, but a source close to Activision told the LA Times that a Call of Duty MMO was still a possibility. Rumors of this drastic shift for the series date back to last year, so this latest news isn’t terribly surprising.
As for uncovering the mystery studio behind these future Call of Duty games, in due time I guess. Of course, Activision did just unveil its new Sledgehammer Games studio, which was supposedly tasked to work on a new game based on an existing Activision property, so that’s interesting.
Source: The Los Angeles Times
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wweiceman13
A Call of Duty MMO would be pretty awesome. But, I'm interested in seeing what the new studio is going to do with the franchise instead of Infinity Ward and Trayarch Studios doing it. Don't get me wrong, Infinity Ward and Trayarch did an amazing job on the franchise, especially Infinity Ward. So, untill I see what the new studio is going to do with the franchise, I'm waiting to see an FPS/MMO in the future.
frankurban
I don't think i'd like cod as an mmo. However, Seeing as how fun borderlands is, gearbox should probably think about turning that into an mmo. It's already an rpg, it's already got that kind of mmo feel with it's co-op, so just keep the gameplay the same and make it an mmo. I think call of duty shouldn't stray too far away from what it already is, let the newer franchises take on newer ideas so we can get more fresh content.
XwingVmanX
Would be interesting if they make a good fpsmmo. To be honest I don't know why it hasn't been done. Doesn't seem like it would be that hard.
cj stapleton
CALL OF DUTY NUMBER #1 YEA
l33t360
question: did they ever fix mw2 on the ps3? i heard it was broken.
CALiiGeDDon
COD + Infinity Ward + Blizzard MMO = GOTY
jaksmakndaxter
IMO the only good Call of Duty game developed by Treyarch was World at War. I'm interested to see what this new developer can bring to the table,but I prefer the golden touch of Infinite Ward.
haterhater
@BohemianHero , yeah and look at what happened. If anything, the only thing they've succeded in is reinforcing Activisions stance.
L1ke20N1njas
And those people though MS was milking Halo by making ONE developer for the future of Halo (343 Industries). A 7th CoD already confirmed, utterings of a third Modern Warfare, and an MMO? Minimum?!? Wow. That is NINE games... Halo: Reach will only be the sixth. *sigh* I agree with the [eerily] poetic BeardedMenace. And BohemianHero.
austin43
as long as no more world war 2 is produced I am fine. IW has proven themselves more capable of creating a good game than treyarch... Simply boot treyarch and bring in this new developer.
BohemianHero
I think it's safe to say that Activision has become the new EA. At least EA is now trying its luck with new IPs, Activision is turning each of its franchises into a Madden series.
Benayo
I really like MW2 but i don't really want to buy another call of duty game next year. It has been a new COD for the past 3 years for me and i will just skip it next year and get the one that's coming out in 2011.
xL7717
I'll stick with Treyarch and Infinity Ward. A CoD MMO would ruin what the series is. An FPS.
pmc_soap
if they make a full version of nazi zombies like a full game that would be awesome but i would want treyarxch to make that
mark6789
im hoping it will stop
-John-
I think we, as consumers, can just stick with the Infinity Ward CoD games. At least those are good (unless you're a PC gamer, then you'll just complain and pirate it.)
beardedmenace
This is in regards to all of Activision's properties, not just CoD.
They not only beat the horse to death, they continue to beat on it once it is dead until the dull thud loses all satisfaction and amusement. Once they have a well-pummeled horse carcass on their hands they do the only logical thing and sell it off to the glue factory. Then, when no one's looking two years later, they buy a bottle of glue from said factory and attempt to use it to construct a model of a horse. It turns out really badly and its misshapen form is nothing more than an insult to what was once a proud and majestic animal. They then promptly stomp the model to bits and toss it into a DS case for future revisions.
SizzlewickMagicfart
wow activison,just wow,just milk it,just poor buckets of milk!
Not_FAT
Mag anyone?
Sector1286
finally a modern actually realistic mmo yay about time!!!
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