Shock! Activision Confirms Call of Duty 2010!

[lost]

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Whatever has been said, whatever the controversy, Modern Warfare 2 is going to make monies. Lots of them. No surprise then that Activision have confirmed that Call of Duty will make another appearance next year. No details yet on what form it will take but one can assume it'll be a Treyarch (or other non-Infinity Ward developer) working on it. They also confirm the even more inevitable Guitar Hero iterations along with a couple of licensed products.

Mike Griffith, who is the president of Activision Publishing, stated that “In 2010, Activision Publishing is expected to release strong, innovative new titles. The diversified lineup will include titles based on the best selling franchises including Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Shrek, Spider-Man.” The company man spoke just after Activision Blizzard announced better than expected results for the current year.

Softpedia (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Activision-Confirms-New-Call-of-Duty-Videogame-126329.shtml) has more.

[ElfShotTheFood]

Supposedly this one will be set in Vietnam and is being done by Treyarch.

[modeps]

Dedicated servers?

[Sensei-X]

There's also the possibility of seeing a Call of Duty MMO at some point, as Activision Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick insinuated

But we'll likely see Call of Duty Hero with full-size plastic rifle before that I bet.

[Bludgums]

This time they won't have a dedicated client.

"Activision Publishing is expected to release strong, innovative new titles... on the best selling franchises including Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Shrek, Spider-Man.”

I don't think Activision knows what the word "new" means.

[pwnophobia]

Dedicated servers?

We won't even have a dedicated game. Instead, you'll buy a $60 DVD with 30 minutes of footage that you can watch alone or with friends.

[Sensei-X]

"Activision Publishing is expected to release strong, innovative new titles... on the best selling franchises including Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Shrek, Spider-Man.”

I don't think Activision knows what the word "new" means.

Actually I'm pretty sure they're fully aware of what it means and are playing with its meaning, notice how they said "new titles" not "new IP" or "new series". So when they release Guitar Hero: Spiderman, Shrek Pro Skater and Call of Duty: Urban Warfare Featuring 50 Cent, they will technically have "new" games. :D

[Samstag]

I just canceled my preorder yesterday (360 version). I always buy last year's Madden for about $10 when the new one comes out. I can wait a year to play MW2.

[Orphiuchus]

At this point I trust Treyarch more than IW, maybe they will include dedicated servers just to upstage those modern warfare jerks.

[Dag-Sabot]

Lego call of duty.

[Anenome]

I'd like to offer up a picture of Mike Griffin, President of Activision:

http://www.spraguephoto.com/stock/images/El_Salvador/sv04-27%20El%20Salvador%20Farmer%20milking%20a%20cow%20 El%20Paisnal.jpg

...and a closeup of his favorite hat:

http://rlv.zcache.com/milk_the_cow_embroidered_hat-p2336331040160997302a2ra_400.jpg

[Anenome]

Supposedly this one will be set in Vietnam and is being done by Treyarch.
They need to do 'Ancient Warfare: Sparta' that I'd buy.

[Anenome]

At this point I trust Treyarch more than IW, maybe they will include dedicated servers just to upstage those modern warfare jerks.
- Is Treyarch one of the Rare offshoots?

[pwnophobia]

They need to do 'Ancient Warfare: Sparta' that I'd buy.

Chiseled men fighting in little to no clothing? I think I finally understand you...:p

[eth3rton]

But we'll likely see Call of Duty Hero with full-size plastic rifle before that I bet.

Should be about the time Natal rolls out...:p

[Anenome]

Chiseled men fighting in little to no clothing? I think I finally understand you...:p
Ouch, kidney shoooooot!

[brandonjclark]

Chiseled men fighting in little to no clothing? I think I finally understand you...:p


Ugh, no one mentioned chiseled, daydreamer!

;)

[brandonjclark]

At this point I trust Treyarch more than IW, maybe they will include dedicated servers just to upstage those modern warfare jerks.


You have an excellent point. With Treyarch and IW sparring a little bit this year maybe a little competition still exists between the two. Hell, that's just the sort of thing we PC gamers need to find a way out of this P2P blasphemy.

[PopoWRX]

You have an excellent point. With Treyarch and IW sparring a little bit this year maybe a little competition still exists between the two. Hell, that's just the sort of thing we PC gamers need to find a way out of this P2P blasphemy.

Haha that would be very interesting wouldn't it? Can Treyarch-made games be played on IW.net or is that just reserved for their games?

[Meusli]

Until they sort the respawn enemies and grenade spam they can keep their games. There are far better multiplayer games as well.

[felix]

I see the COD franchise appealing to people that haven't been playing FPS games for the past 15 years. Just like Halo, I don't see how the sequels bring anything new to the table. Fundamentally, this is the same exact game that we've already played to death.

But then again, I'm a sucker for multiplayer unlockables.

[revoc]

Consumers have no one to blame but themselves. If only they stopped buying like the horde of sheep they are we wouldn't have to go through this.

[Anenome]

A lot of people miss the first incarnation of a series and catch it on the second, taking notice via the hype of partisans. Basically what happened to me with L4D2. First was totally off my radar, but the 2nd I will pick up. This snowballs into a 3rd incarnation with much the same effect.

But unless an idea is able to incorporate new and exciting tropes, it's difficult to keep it going for very long. And increasingly in this modern age it's difficult to produce something that is attractive to a mass audience. Interests are fracturing left and right and the great thing is the market can accommodate them.

Thus, there'll never be another band like the Beatles of Michael Jackson, in all likelihood, because musical interests have fractured entirely. Musical fashion is perhaps not as important as it once was, and music is very accessible. So you have people like me just as likely to listen to the 'Goldberg Variations' one moment and a little 'Explosions in the Sky' the next, capped by some Billy Joe.

The videogame industry too began in such a way that the only games that could get off the ground were those which had mass appeal. Thus, they became huge, and widely known. Pacman, Asteroids, etc. Then the market began fracturing into genre, and people began to prefer different genres.

Now, we even have different genres within a genre, or genres within a single game! When a game offers solo, multi, coop--those are all frame-genres within a single game. I'm actually kinda surprised no one's hacked Chrono Trigger yet to make it a 3 player game with online play :P How awesome would that be.

So, the good news is, if you don't like this, just wait, something will come around you do like. There will always be the purist gems that arise, like Shadow of the Colossus, Mass Effect, or Bayonetta.

[Evil Avatar]

I don't think Activision knows what the word "new" means.

They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.

[Anenome]

I'm actually kinda surprised no one's hacked Chrono Trigger yet to make it a 3 player game with online play :P How awesome would that be.
- Damn, that's a great idea. So great I'm responding to my own post ;P