360, PS3, PC: Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3
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360, PS3, PC: Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3
When the heads of Infinity Ward, the game development studio that created the hit Call of Duty series, were fired last March and most of their top talent quit soon after, publisher Activision Blizzard, said it didn't expect the turmoil to affect operations.
However, Infinity Ward's operations apparently have been affected enough that it has called in reinforcements to make the next Call of Duty military game. The studio was able to pull off prior games without aid, as it did with 2008's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and 2006's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Activision has quietly tapped Sledgehammer Games, a Northern California studio, to help out with the making of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, according to people familiar with the situation. The game has not been officially announced by Activision. But the title is well into production and is expected to come out in November, the same month that the publisher has annually released a new Call of Duty installment, people with knowledge of situation said. Modern Warfare 3 will be the first game Infinity Ward has produced since the departure of of company co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella.
People close to the matter said Infinity Ward is working closely with Sledgehammer, which is led by a team recruited away from Activision's rival Electronic Arts Inc. The two studios are equally sharing duties of producing the single-player portion of the game, the sources said.
Activision has also brought in Wisconsin-based Raven Software, which is working on the online multi-player elements for Modern Warfare 3, sources said.
The decision to seek outside help is a departure for Activision, which in the past has left Infinity Ward alone to develop the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games. The approach paid off, as the last two Modern Warfare games sold 13 million and 20 million units, respectively.
But pulling in the Sledgehammer team to help out on Modern Warfare 3 is creating a domino effect by forcing Activision to delay the start of production on a new Call of Duty spin-off game that the studio had begun working on before the upheaval at Infinity Ward, the people said.
This isn't just war games, as it were. Producing Call of Duty games on an annual schedule is critical to Activision. It's one of two franchises -- along with World of Warcraft -- upon which the video game giant is dependent for most of its revenue. So missing a release date or rushing out a game before it's ready could upset the company's projected revenue.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ente...-meltdown.html
However, Infinity Ward's operations apparently have been affected enough that it has called in reinforcements to make the next Call of Duty military game. The studio was able to pull off prior games without aid, as it did with 2008's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and 2006's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Activision has quietly tapped Sledgehammer Games, a Northern California studio, to help out with the making of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, according to people familiar with the situation. The game has not been officially announced by Activision. But the title is well into production and is expected to come out in November, the same month that the publisher has annually released a new Call of Duty installment, people with knowledge of situation said. Modern Warfare 3 will be the first game Infinity Ward has produced since the departure of of company co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella.
People close to the matter said Infinity Ward is working closely with Sledgehammer, which is led by a team recruited away from Activision's rival Electronic Arts Inc. The two studios are equally sharing duties of producing the single-player portion of the game, the sources said.
Activision has also brought in Wisconsin-based Raven Software, which is working on the online multi-player elements for Modern Warfare 3, sources said.
The decision to seek outside help is a departure for Activision, which in the past has left Infinity Ward alone to develop the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games. The approach paid off, as the last two Modern Warfare games sold 13 million and 20 million units, respectively.
But pulling in the Sledgehammer team to help out on Modern Warfare 3 is creating a domino effect by forcing Activision to delay the start of production on a new Call of Duty spin-off game that the studio had begun working on before the upheaval at Infinity Ward, the people said.
This isn't just war games, as it were. Producing Call of Duty games on an annual schedule is critical to Activision. It's one of two franchises -- along with World of Warcraft -- upon which the video game giant is dependent for most of its revenue. So missing a release date or rushing out a game before it's ready could upset the company's projected revenue.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ente...-meltdown.html
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I hope this doesn't hurt the game. I can't imagine they would stray from the successful recipe they have going but with that much difference in staff anything is possible. Heres to hoping for the best.
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Well, hopefully it's more the MW2 "recipe" and less Black Ops
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^^^
The problem is that all the experienced cooks (ie: most of Infinity Ward) left.
This will definitely have a different flavor.
I am sure the fanboys will eat it up no matter though
The problem is that all the experienced cooks (ie: most of Infinity Ward) left.
This will definitely have a different flavor.
I am sure the fanboys will eat it up no matter though
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^I have to agree. I liked them at first, but I was disappointed after playing MW III. I was really hoping Treyarch would do amazing things with the game and get rid of the "Infinity Ward bugs". But it's the same old COD in my opinion.
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I agree. They're going to run out of names eventually, I'd think. But somehow several different FPS game makers continued to come up with different names for WWII shooters
November 8 release day.
Available for pre-order now.
http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Mode...%20warfare%203
Available for pre-order now.
http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Mode...%20warfare%203
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God dammit I have to buy another one now? I'm going to have Battlefield 3, SWTOR, and MW3 to take up all my time in a few months.
On a side note, hopefully they balance perks and attachments to not lead to stupid ass classes like the knife monkey. And dedicated servers on PC, that especially.
On a side note, hopefully they balance perks and attachments to not lead to stupid ass classes like the knife monkey. And dedicated servers on PC, that especially.
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I have a feeling the plot is gonna be really stupid though
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yea that is one thing i liked about MW2, having the fire fights in DC and VA, but to have a whole game on just that? ehhhhh....
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much better trailer...
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NEED HELP...CoD Zombies Call of the Dead Achievements!!!!
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i need help getting the 2 achievements in zombies call of the dead where you break out the prisoners. it is so hard to complete without a good team and i almost had it last night but one of my team mates decided to leave the match and end the game (he was host). So if anyone wants to help me get this achievement feel free to send me a friend request. my gamertag is MIR7909...i need u guys help asap
That's a pretty good trailer. Though, I'd rather see some multiplayer teasers. I didn't play any of the campaign in Black Ops. That said, the campaign in MW2 was pretty good.
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rumors...
http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/...arfare-3-info/
http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/...arfare-3-info/
The multiplayer mode -- which is, let's face it, what most Call of Duty fans really care about -- features two types of Spec Ops modes, dubbed "Survival" and "Mission," along with the usual list of matchmaking playlists. Sources told Kotaku that there will be up to 20 multiplayer maps, though they weren't sure how many would be included in the game and how many would held back for future DLC packs. Maps include numerous real-world locations, many of which are seen in the campaign, including Brooklyn, Lambeth (an area of London), the London Underground, and Mogadishu, Somalia.
The final piece of leaked information indicates that we can expect the new game to release on November 8, which would fit in with Call of Duty's past release schedule.
None of this has been confirmed by Activision as yet, but the volume of information and the quality of the assets provided to Kotaku certainly looks pretty convincing.
The final piece of leaked information indicates that we can expect the new game to release on November 8, which would fit in with Call of Duty's past release schedule.
None of this has been confirmed by Activision as yet, but the volume of information and the quality of the assets provided to Kotaku certainly looks pretty convincing.