Infinity Ward Wants COD Exclusively, 3rd-person COD Coming?
Word has begun spreading around, originating from Next-Gen.Biz, about Infinity Ward potentially looking to secure exclusive development of the Call of Duty franchise. As many COD fans should know, the games were originally spearheaded by the gang at Infinity Ward, as the first two games were developed by the team. Following COD2, Treyarch took the responsibilities of COD3, in addition to a few spin-offs, while Infinity Ward began work on Call of Duty 4.
See Full ImageWell, after enormous critical acclaim, absurdly huge sales, and a welcomed breath of fresh air, Activision had decided to let Treyarch work on Call of Duty 5. Moreover, they'll be taking the series back to the beaten-deader-than-a-dead-horse World War II scenario. This decision has been met with a lot of anger, seeing as how COD3 is widely regarded to be the worst of the series, and Treyarch was behind it.
Now that you've been caught up with the drama, let's get back to the topic at hand. This rumor of I.W. attempting to secure exclusivity allegedly comes from a former Activision employee, someone from the recently closed Foster City/Underground studio. Why could this have credence? Well, apparently, the reason why Activision had shut down their Underground Studio (formerly Z-Axis), is because after they finished Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for the PS3, they were supposed to work on a third-person Call of Duty spin-off.
So why aren't they? The reason why Activision has axed the studio is because Infinity Ward may have very well gotten their wish at working on COD games exclusively, leaving the Underground Studio with no project to work on, and thus no point to remain in operation. And that, kids, is just how the cookie, has potentially crumbled.
I guess it's worth re-noting that there's a third-person Call of Duty somewhere development, and that Activision plans to release two Call of Duty branded games every year. Hmmm...I'm reminded of another franchise that does the same thing, you may know it as Tom Clancy.
4/22/2008 Arnold Katayev
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MirrorSoul
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 5:47:56 PM
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ArnoldK PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 6:03:17 PM
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Tatsujin
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 10:24:32 AM
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Tatsujin
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 7:19:08 PM
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OtisFeelgood
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 1:54:06 AM
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ArnoldK PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 7:20:37 PM
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smotpoker420
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 8:40:09 PM
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But if Activision does what they've done to The guitar hero series then screw that..
I suppose thats why IW is keeping it to themselves, they dont wanna ruin COD's good name now that their popular with modern warfare
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Xanavi23
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 8:51:33 PM
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WWII = FAILURE !...
They wanna revisit history thats cool, by all means but make it interesting, do Vietnam or another past but closer in time than WWII. at least that way its history but also more modern combat..Bah...developers these days.
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Tim Speed24
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 9:05:30 PM
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Tatsujin
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 10:27:29 AM
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PSN _HAITIAN_JB
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 10:43:19 PM
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Akuma07
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 12:38:50 AM
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COD4 was the first one i have played, and i love the game. although single player AI could have done with a few tweaks.
we are living in modern times, maybe its about time all those WW FPS devs realise that and embrace it.
something about chasing down terrorist and trying to divert a possible nuclear disastor, is alot more appealing to me, then simply running around killing a few natzi's.
no more story to it.
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OtisFeelgood
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 1:56:42 AM
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LegioN
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 2:31:36 AM
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Question is, why are they ignoring everyone and going ahead wit it? Stubborn is how they're coming across.
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Minishmaru
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 9:57:35 AM
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screw_off
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @ 9:47:01 PM
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Darwin
Thursday, April 24, 2008 @ 3:04:09 PM
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3rd Person? I don't get it. Talk about throwing water on a potentially great game.
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Jdogtoocool
Thursday, April 24, 2008 @ 4:12:14 PM
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dillonthebunny
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 5:47:32 PM
not why is IW doing CoD, but why 3rd person??
first Red Faction, now this!!
lol.. looking forward to seeing Quake Wars tho, downloaded a trailer from gametrailers a while back, looks great.
as for this CoD thing, i really hope IW have it, but I personally am not interested in 3rd person.
Socom? fair enough.
Cod? no.