This news should not surprise you if you have even a passing interest in video games, but Activision confirmed yesterday that the next Call of Duty game is planned for release in 2012.
"As we focus on 2012, we have a strong product pipeline which features a minimum of two highly-anticipated new titles from Blizzard Entertainment, including Diablo III, and a new Call of Duty game from Activision Publishing," Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said in a statement that went along with the company's quarterly financial statement.
There is no word yet on what the game will be sub-titled or any other details, but if I were you, I'd expect a first-person military shooter that focuses on dialed in multiplayer. Based on previous release schedule, it probably won't be called "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4." Instead, it will be more like "Call of Duty: INSERT NAME," but these details are just speculation, of course.
In further quarterly financial statement news, Activision reported quarterly revenues of $754 million, up 16 percent from $650 million for the same period the year before. The publisher also posted a net profit of $148 million for the quarter, up year-over-year from $51 million.
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dustintheboss
seriously it better have zombies or ima be ticked
H2OGoliath
What? There's going to be a new Call of Duty next year? I did not see that coming.
eaglefan129
Why not just make one game and add campaign and competitive DLC maps they'll be cheaper anyway. Since Activision (we don't know who's going to develop either treachy or Infinity Ward) releases 60$ games every year with (what I heard) a 5 hour campaign. We know there's going to be DLC maps for 15$ probably within the next few months and around this time next year it'll be Call of Duty 4.
ezeraeze
WHAT??! Why would it take Treyarch one full year to come up with new guns and maps??! It's not like they are working on a new engine or updating the graphics.
CoolhandShan
I don't understand how Battlefield 3 got best of show at E3 and now they give it a 4 out of 5. I haven't played much of the single player but, it can't be any cheesier than COD single player has been in the past. They've never given COD a 4 out of 5. They even said the story doesn't make any sense but, we will still give it (CODMW2) a 5 out of 5. Let's face it.....nobody really buys COD for it's single player story. It's a nice little add on along with zombie mode but, COD is really meant to played in multiplayer. I'm a huge COD fan but, BF3 has stepped up it's game and brought so much more to the table. It feels more like a real life war simulation and COD looks like the same small game with some new upgrades(DLC). I'm holding off on COD4. Totally hooked on the 4 out of 5 BF3! Highly recommend at least renting it BF3 before you jump into just buying same ole COD.
dizpenzerdown24
Oh my god when will the madness end?! D:
dz99ls
G4 are you serious? You know it wont be MW4 since IW/Slege just dropped MW3..... Next year is Treyarch's turn and it will likely be Black Ops 2
happysoda
World War Z pls.
elite_hoster
Someone snipe the ceo activision in head ahhhh activision will not get my respect unless they make new engine seriously!!
Crytek always updates their engine they are now making polygons render in real time seriously
Ubisoft updates theirs too, far cry 3 looks revolutionary
Square enix does too,
Kanomi does it. and dam they not only update their engine but they do it with passion
Ea studios can be cheap skates but they udate their engine based on what's trendy and how their investment shares are.
Bethesda finally updated their engine was about to lose hope with them constant (fall-out) pump outs.
Gearbox studios runs their engines from unreal engine so even tho it's open sourced they are very creative seriously pushing envolope.
Epic studios update their engines but strange say that when game always looks same on all platforms in last 5 years.
Only capcom and activision never really update their engines they pump same crap over and over and over but whileAll of Infinity Ward'sCall of Dutygames utilize the ((((id tech 3 quake 3 arenaengine)))) it will never be updated just polished to consumer standards so sad thing is while there are great developers out there as 3rd partys it's the licensing agreement that destroys what one can do in gaming industry.
Activision in theory doesn't even own gaming engine it just got lucky one day and found free source code and wallah the cod franchise was reborn,
cod 1 2 3 were fine they didn't exacerbate whole entire franchise.
While inifinity ward may be good developer they have no right over activisions engine just creative freedom, they're passionate team but can only work with what they have as each studio uses a developer kit under activisions rules and test living hell outta it nothing really changes over years but just like bungie studios they to are creative but they use microsoft studios library code and snippets and paste it on engine nothing changes just to get your dollar.
I did enjoy modern warfare 3 very much it's mutli player felt worse then moving beached whale i don't blame (iw) one bit i blame activision for ruining gaming industry with same crap. inovation is only limited if one runs out of ideas and those ideas are when you have engine aging
elite_hoster
Someone snipe the ceo activision in head ahhhh activision will not get my respect unless they make new engine seriously!!
Crytek always updates their engine they are now making polygons render in real time seriously
Ubisoft updates theirs too, far cry 3 looks revolutionary
Square enix does too,
Kanomi does it. and dam they not only update their engine but they do it with passion
Ea studios can be cheap skates but they udate their engine based on what's trendy and how their investment shares are.
Bethesda finally updated their engine was about to lose hope with them constant (fall-out) pump outs.
Gearbox studios runs their engines from unreal engine so even tho it's open sourced they are very creative seriously pushing envolope.
Epic studios update their engines but strange say that when game always looks same on all platforms in last 5 years.
Only capcom and activision never really update their engines they pump same crap over and over and over but whileAll of Infinity Ward'sCall of Dutygames utilize the ((((id tech 3 quake 3 arenaengine)))) it will never be updated just polished to consumer standards so sad thing is while there are great developers out there as 3rd partys it's the licensing agreement that destroys what one can do in gaming industry.
Activision in theory doesn't even own gaming engine it just got lucky one day and found free source code and wallah the cod franchise was born,
cod 1 2 3 were fine they didn't exacerbate whole entire franchise.
While inifinity ward may be good developer they have no right over activisions engine just creative freedom, they're passionate team but can only work with what they have as each studio uses a developer kit under activisions rules and test living hell outta it nothing really changes over years but just like bungie studios they to are creative but they use microsoft studios library code and snippets and paste it on engine nothing changes just to get your dollar.
I did enjoy modern warfare 3 very much it's mutli player felt worse then moving beached whale i don't blame (iw) one bit i blame activision for ruining gaming industry with same crap. inovation is only limited if one runs out of ideas and those ideas are when you have engine aging
elite_hoster
Someone snipe the ceo activision in head ahhhh activision will not get my respect unless they make new engine seriously!!
Crytek always updates their engine they are now making polygons render in real time seriously
Ubisoft updates theirs too, far cry 3 looks revolutionary
Square enix does too,
Kanomi does it. and dam they not only update their engine but they do it with passion
Ea studios can be cheap skates but they udate their engine based on what's trendy and how their investment shares are.
Bethesda finally updated their engine was about to lose hope with them constant (fall-out) pump outs.
Gearbox studios runs their engines from unreal engine so even tho it's open sourced they are very creative seriously pushing envolope.
Epic studios update their engines but strange say that when game always looks same on all platforms in last 5 years.
Only capcom and activision never really update their engines they pump same crap over and over and over but whileAll of Infinity Ward'sCall of Dutygames utilize the ((((id tech 3 quake 3 arenaengine)))) it will never be updated just polished to consumer standards so sad thing is while there are great developers out there as 3rd partys it's the licensing agreement that destroys what one can do in gaming industry.
Activision in theory doesn't even own gaming engine it just got lucky one day and found free source code and wallah the cod franchise was reborn,
cod 1 2 3 were fine they didn't exacerbate whole entire franchise.
While inifinity ward may be good developer they have no right over activisions engine just creative freedom, they're passionate team but can only work with what they have as each studio uses a developer kit under activisions rules and test living hell outta it nothing really changes over years but just like bungie studios they to are creative but they use microsoft studios library code and snippets and paste it on engine nothing changes just to get your dollar.
I did enjoy modern warfare 3 very much it's mutli player felt worse then moving beached whale i don't blame (iw) one bit i blame activision for ruining gaming industry with same crap. inovation is only limited if one runs out of ideas and those ideas are when you have engine aging
ZeroSixFour
My money is Treyarch making some follow up to Black ops next year or who knows maybe they'll make Call of duty American revolution I don't know.
But the light at the end of tunnel for COD is that Infinity Ward will probably build a new engine for their next Call of duty installment.
Tylerr
i got a perfect name.
Call of duty: The same game as last year
Dizzle213
CoD is the best first person multi-player experience on the market and has one of the largest communities in gaming. THATS why hardcore players play the game. All of their friends play so it keeps everyone connected, and the new Horde rip and spec ops are a lot of fun.
Do the words counter strike mean anything to you? When everyone was FPS'n on PC's it was Counter Strike everyone was playing, but gaming has come more into the mainstream since then, so all the DoD, Battlefield 1942 ( tons of copy and pasting there, minus the exciting campaign).
The games fun, if you don't wanna buy into the hype, then don't purchase the game, plenty of other shooters, genres, and multiplayer experiences out there for you to play.
Metalhead980
The next IW Call of duty will be CoD5
TheCrippledPizza
I have no problem with people paying 60 dollars to be taunted by twelve year olds, but don't start acting like you're some hardcore gamer because of it.
korn dawggg
*gasp*
UNEMPLOYEDxxxxJEDI
The funny thing is that Nintendo might get the best version of Call of Duty next year. If Call Of Duty for the Wii U is able to produce amazing graphics and used the touch pad in a cool way. Then maybe thats the version to get.
xosouleater
You got all these dumb teens buying this garbage who think they're hardcore. No, you're stupid. You're putting profit into the pockets of someone who could care less about you as a consumer. All Kotick is doing is laughing his way to the top and thinking, "These people will fall for anything", and its sad that its so true because no one has any common sense. It's all, "well, my friends play it".. WHO THE F CARES?! I can't tell you how many people in line last night (mainly kids) would say "I'm getting it because my friends are" and when i ask if its a good game they said "Its alright. They're all the same" *facepalm* No brains for themselves. It's a shame.
Also, games take time, effort, originality, creativity and actual TALENT to make a great game. All the CoD are, are copy and paste. They come out with recycles trash and tweak the guns and maps. That's it. All you people who paid for the "Elite package" are stupid as well. All it is, is DLC you got from the LAST CoD game. Activision said this: "Free content? They get the game. That's good enough".. That is one sorry excuse of a game company. As a student to get my Bachelors in Game Art and recognizing real talent, I hate CoD and that company with a passion. Hope they all rot.
mrhilaire
the saddest part of it all is tht millions of dudes spend hrs prestiging and kotick spends the rest of his life making hundreds of millions on ur insatiable need to pwn n00bs. as a gamer, i look out for number one: my pocket. ive already gotten bf3, im a fan of neither. the way i see it, i already have an fps for the year tht has solid review round the net and i friggin love the multiplayer. so what the hell is gonna justify me buying another fps at $60 in the same year. nope not gonna happen. plus there's skyward sword coming soon, no way in hell cod's taking priority over a zelda. gamers need to realize tht being 'fans' in this industry is completely pointless. everyone tht u make noise for makes money off your head. so if you're gonna spend, be a smart spender and stop fighting cases for conglomerates tht really dnt care if you're breathing tomorrow or not
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