Three new Call of Duty games in the works
Activision insider Dam Amrich is urging IW staff to stay in order to claim redistributed bonuses.
Posting on the Gamers Against Bobby Kotick Facebook page, Amrich confirmed previous rumours that a new studio had been bought in to work on the Call of Duty franchise.
"They've confirmed three games in the next two years," Amrich wrote. "Seeing as how there is a pattern of one new COD game every year, this is one new COD game from one new developer, and in a different genre from the core games we've seen."
Liaising with disgruntled gamers who had formed against Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, Amrich admitted that he didn't agree with some of the past decisions that Kotick had made, though he still stood by the company.
"I wish that the GH avalanche that hit us last year did not exist [and] I think the $15 price point for MW2 DLC was a mistake" said Amrich. "While I respect him as a businessman, I wish Bobby Kotick would not shoot from the hip so often."
Amrich, who works as an Activision blogger and podcaster, also urged the remaining Infinity Ward staff who hadn't fled after founders Jason West and Vince Zampella to stay with the company - if only to collect on the bonuses that those staff had forfeited. Of course, the irony is that most of the departed claim they left because they weren't getting their promised payments.
"Vince and Jason had very large bonuses; those bonuses are being redistributed to everybody else, to the people who did not allegedly attempt to steal company secrets," said Amrich.
"Activision is not pocketing that bonus money; it's still going to the people who work at IW. But you have to work at IW to get it, see? I don't want to see talented people screwed out of a paycheck any more than you do."
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Three games in just over 1.5 years!? Can you really develop a quality product in six months?
and for 10 quid more then the last one
I'd be more inclined to bet on an RTS game.
That's just it, they're not. CoD2 was the last good one - it had a plot. Sure, it was based on a historical event so it was almost written for them, but even so...
The non fps is a 3rd person action/adventure done by sledgehammer games (founded by guys who lead Dead Space dev). I expect all of these CoD's to be passable games (6/10, though I'm sure IGN et al will be dishing out 8's and 9's) but even if one is exceptional it is still going to suffer from brand saturation.
If making games means any more than just a job to those left at IW I see no reason for them to stay. The lack of creative freedom at Activision is stifling and damaging to the industry as a whole. We need new studios to create new IP with the unique vision of someone fresh, not be put straight to work on the most generic dross out there.
Modern Warfare 3,
Another WW2 one from treyarch,
and an RTS based on the same engine from a 3rd party, which will be aimed squarely at an aging Company of Heroes, and fail horribly...
That's my 2c worth
Could be a RTS, a MMO and a RPG.
but i will be expecting the game by Treyarch to feel most like an original CoD game.
I'm sorry but they're all making MMOs of something that already exists. Then they cancel it. It's either an MMO or a MOD for +10 bucks over the last one.
Posted this before, but whatever. Moo.
At this point I'd be willing to shell out $100 for a fun exclusive next generation game designed exclusively for todays PC hardware. Devs/Publishers are stuck in a rutt. Its time for some to take advantage of the next gen hardware found on the PC.
MW1 and 2 were decent efforts, even if 2 had some *serious* multiplayer issues the story and co-op were great fun. CoD5 was very disappointing, mostly because WW2 is pretty saturated by now.
The sequel could have the team returning to Iceland to sort out a major debt problem plus a rather large volcano that has grounded the AC-130....
the BFBC2 developers have actually listened to the community and have sorted out the problems that the game had. I am very happy with DICE. IW and activision should take note of what DICE has done with BFBC2. I will definatly buy BFBC3 if there is one in a few years time.
Vote with your wallet!
You didn't like COD4? I thought that was a pretty excellent game. *Shrug*
Voila.
The system I chose to game on does not define me. I can tell a dud whether its on PC of console and given that I sold MW2 about 3 weeks after buying it will probably never buy another COD game again. Activision milking a franchise and pumping out game after game of the same tired stuff (something EA is also guilty of) is no more appealing to a console gamer than it is a PC gamer.
So drop the superiority complex. You sound like a ****
At least 2 out of the 3 will be shite.
Easy Tiger; statistically the latest CoD games will sell well in the console market. As any new CoD games will be ported to PC after being written for Xbox; from past experience, the desktop versions will be sub par.
:)
As for more, I hope each game will go by its individual merits I'm sure!
I agree with these companies: If they can continue to make money from constant sequels, then so be it. They are in a business to make money. However, I don't like the 'Police Academy' mentality of making 5,6,7 or 8 sequels until they completely bast***dize the series to the point of not being funny anymore.
My point is just that as soon as any new IP takes off, it's bound to get a bunch of sequels and spin-offs, so whilst people are compalining that a series is being 'milked', it was once an IP too! Sadly more often than not the quality tends to go down with each new installment. Not always the case but it has been steadily becoming the norm.