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Activision Gives Sledgehammer Its Own Call Of Duty Game, Studios In Three Year Rotation

GI:Sledgehammer, which worked with Infinity Ward on Modern Warfare 3, will be taking the reins of its own Call of Duty title. The studio was founded by Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield, who previously worked with Visceral on the Dead Space series. Sledgehammer is leading this year's Call of Duty game.

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BehindGames3724d ago (Edited 3724d ago )

So no more COD until 2017?
Actually its kind of good news, the game will be better in three years of development.

famoussasjohn3724d ago

No, now 3 developers are doing COD in rotations. So it'll go Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and then Sledgehammer. Though it's possible you can switch Treyarch and Sledgehammer on who will come first. So each one will have their own release of Call of Duty, but will be 3 years in between each release of the respective developers.

waltonboy523724d ago

Sledgehammer will be 2014 then treyarch 2015. Activison confirmed it. Charlieintel.com but yes your correct 3 year cycle.

TomShoe3724d ago

I miss Treyarch. Ghosts is awful.

PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt3724d ago

fuck i need to play some Nazi Zombies now i have to wait till next years wow..

Black ops is the only COD I've been buying

incredibleMULK3724d ago

Treyarch makes the best IMO. Infinity ward did good with mw2 and ghosts. Sledgehammer multiplayer was pretty boring in mw3. Campaign was OK though.

webeblazing3723d ago

3 devs working on COD this is just sad. So none of these devas deserve to work on an ambitious IP that they want? They been nursing someone's else baby for the longest. This is the worst.

WeedyOne3723d ago

On the bright side maybe the games will get more polish considering the individual studios will have 3 years between their version of COD to fine tune things. Either that or maybe they will have time to make COD and maybe 1 new original IP each during the 3 year span?

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daggertoes833724d ago

Yes it would but that will never happen.

pompombrum3724d ago (Edited 3724d ago )

Is it good news though? At present, Treyarch are the only ones making good COD games. So after their next one, we gotta wait 3 years before COD is worth playing again? Possibly a blessing in disguise as by the time their next one comes along, less dedicated COD players will probably find it somewhat fresh again.

LexHazard793724d ago (Edited 3724d ago )

Blacks Ops 1 to me is their best followed by world at war for introducing zombies!

Omegasyde3724d ago

More development time = (supposingly) better game as its not rushed. Madden or any annual EA game is an example of rushed product

Garethvk3724d ago

More likely a new engine and a new franchise so they can spend a year and change on the engine and then the rest on the game. Infinity Ward and Treyarch will keep cranking out the games until then.

Gasian3724d ago

Not the biggest fan of COD ,but this is good news. Hopefully some fresh blood does these games well and a longer development cycle hopefully means new ideas can actually make it into the game. :)

Globox20123724d ago

3 year rotation? Thank God.

I'm not the biggest fan of CoD however, a extra year will do wonder to freshen up the games, I often feel 2 years isn't enough time. And I doubt Activison want a Battlefield 4 fiasco where its released in a broken manner.

famoussasjohn3724d ago

We're still getting CoD every year. Nothings really changing other than another developer in the mix. Although they've already helped with the MW3 release since Infinity Ward was a skeleton crew with a good portion of them leaving to Respawn for Titanfall.

--Onilink--3724d ago

actually it does change because it means that each dev now has has 1 whole extra year for development.

Theoretically it should mean better games... who knows what will actually happen

4ShotKing3724d ago (Edited 3724d ago )

Great... Another Modern Warfare game... I was really hoping those WW2 rumors were true for the next CoD game, however the 3 year rotation is great news, 3 years is the sweet spot for development time, so I look forward to Treyarch's next game as they're the best developer out of the three IMO

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Players claim Fortnite ruined Call of Duty by letting in more corporate greed

Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.

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GoodGuy091d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.

Tacoboto2h ago

The "good ole days" are actually what drove me away from COD and Halo 3/Reach. Halo 4 becoming a COD-like drove me away from that only a week or so after it launched and I beat its campaign.

It sucked way back then, going a month or two without playing online-shooter-of-the-moment, and then needing to buy a $15 map pack to play with the majority of the population or your favorite playlist. The "community" rejecting Spartan Points in MCC killed that game's support, too. No revenue = no support, plain and simple.

franwex4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?

Inverno1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Exactly! Trends don't all need to be followed. Plus where Fortnite got somewhat better with it's monetization, Acti got worse. Or at least Fortnite has lended itself more to the wacky stuff, and has put more effort and quality into that stuff.

jjb19812h ago

I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.

PRIMORDUS1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.

Psychonaut851h ago

Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance.

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Massive new COD Black Ops Gulf War leak lifts the lid on loadouts

The Black Ops Gulf War leaks continue with a list of weapon descriptions giving more info on what you can expect from new and returning weapons.

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Call of Duty Players Disappointed by $80 B.E.A.S.T. Glove Bundle Deal

Recently, players of Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone were met with a new bundle featuring the B.E.A.S.T. Glove, inspired by King Kong's armament in the Godzilla x Kong movie. However, the $80 price tag attached to this themed accessory left many Call of Duty fans feeling underwhelmed.

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Kaii7d ago

Morons that allow themselves to be milked continuously by this company is the definition of irony.
Spend more $$ and you'll end up In easier lobbies so you win both ways when ya spend that cash

melons7d ago

Controversy in the COD community feels like it happens within an alternate timeline. Activision will take the piss with something, there will be a momentary fuss about it, and then they will forget about it and carry on anyway. Repeat this cycle literally every year for the rest of time.

Gridknac7d ago

They call that a crack head! Thats what this is really about, its an addiction. People who dont smoke cigarettes look and laugh at the addicts that spend $8-$10 a pack, but they cant help themselves, they are addicted. That same analogy applies perfectly to the whole MT industry. Only an addict that was not thinking clearly would spend this kind of money on something so frivolous. A round of multiplayer provides the same high a person gets from scratching a lotto ticket, or putting money on a sports bet. MT in general need to really be regulated because you have a generation of kids becoming adults who grew up only knowing the MT era of gaming. Its normal to them and they will in turn teach their kids the same by just being a gaming parent and getting their kids involved with them in gaming. Thats why no matter how ridiculous the headlines keep getting out of the MT industry, it never seems to fade or go away.

X-236d ago

I'm so tired of hearing about what they're doing with this game, its never going to change and it's never going to value the consumer over money, furthermore the people who engage so heavily in the microtransactions I guess allegedly are having a blast and can't wait to do it some more this year when the new version of the game drops.