It’s obvious that the Call of Duty name sells. Activision is definitely not oblivious to this, and the company has added a third developer to the cycle of studios churning out the FPS goldmines.In a recent report from The Los Angeles Times, reporter Ben Fritz writes that the company has “aggressive expansion plans” for the Call of Duty name. This is obviously where the addition to the Infinity Ward and Treyarch team comes into play. Whether this means we’ll be seeing more than one CoD game a year or it simply means developers will spend more time on a given title still remains to be heard. The report also makes mention of a source close to Activision hinting at a Call of Duty MMO.I understand you’re likely still digesting the substantial content of Modern Warfare 2, and this news may be a lot to swallow already. We've contacted Activision for comment.
Anybody looking forward to having the Call of Duty production rate inch closer to that of Guitar Hero?
I wonder how an FPS war title would work. Possibly something along the lines of the board game RISK?
That's MMO by the way.
Great..I dislike Treyarch as it is for pretty much copying Infinity Ward, but now another Developer is joining the bandwagon making a MMO? It's indeed becoming too much like Guitar Hero and Halo.
Well maybe they just replacing Treyarch they aren't very special. And no there does not need to be more than one a year.
Competing with MAG. I would assume
As it stands, we consumers are looking for quality, not quantity. When we throw down $60, we expect the best FROM the best. If we have to be concerned with "which Call of Duty should I get" every year, then Activision is more than likely shooting itself in the foot. This industry is heavily based on community; if these developers really want to be successful, they should consider making decisions based on what the gaming community wants, not what makes the quickest buck.
As long as Call of Duty remains on the right side of the fan pleasing/white noise line, then I believe I'll be happy.
wow at this point if the continue to put out titles at the rate they o or even faster they are going to lose interest, much like guitar hero.(16 Hero games in 4 years).i will not buy mw24
MMO = Awesome
3 Developers and multiple CoD games a year = Trouble
Greedy Activision.
Don't know if I want to pay 15 dollars a month to run and gun or snipe aka FPS.... it would have to have something new in it to make me want to do it.
they don't need more games,they just need to put all there efforts into modern warfare 3,i want to completely customize my character just like rainbow six vegas 2.and you could have different character loadouts just like your weapons.
call of dutty it's just a name, Infinity ward is one that must recieve the credits!
infinity ward just needs to stop working with Activision and make a different franchise.
If it is a talented developer doing an MMO, then by all means. Otherwise, will someone please fvcking stop Activision.
I like Call of Duty the way it is, an online FPS/Multiplayer game. Though MMO sounds nice but I don't see it being all that great. Activision should remain where they are now since the formula is obviously working quite well.
What's Activision going to do when it drains the teats of Call of Duty and Guitar Hero? This blatant milking of its biggest franchises could leave the company in a corner if/when gamers tire of the endless parade of similar titles. Case in point: Tony Hawk.
I only buy Infinity Ward Call of Duty games, unless it gets really high reviews
Thing just got a little more interesting. I'm looking forward to what a new studio can do, especially if it changes the release rotation. That would give the separate devs more time to work on their own games. Unfortunately, this is Activision. This'll probably end with multiple titles a year.
CoD was able to sell because of the amount of time the devs took to make the game. Treyarch was okay and WaW was great but IW are the best. if this expands to a bunch of CoD games being released, the next one will progressively become worse than the last. this is not the way i would be handling the franchise. and MMO?! WTF!