Activision to demonstrate next-gen rendering tech at GDC

CVG:Activision Blizzard will host a presentation to discuss next-generation character rendering at the Game Developers Conference in March.

[NYC_Gamer]

It's about time Activision invested in their own tech

[Pandamobile]

Bizzard has always used their own tech. I have a feeling that that's where he's working.

[Dlacy13g]

Lets hope its good tech.

[zebramocha]

In the next cod,you'll be able to jump higher and do up side down 360 head shots.

[Pandamobile]

Jorge Jimenez is a modern day wizard. His previous papers and presentations are a great read for anyone interested in real-time computer graphics.

http://www.iryoku.com/

[Rhythmattic]

Thanks Panda,
Great link...

[FarCryLover182]

Going to update the COD engine???

[0pie]

Thats what i think.

Activision use the same old outdated engine since 6 years. Im sure they will continue to use this crap... Also they are not well known to push the boundaries and qualities of games they do.

[Riderz1337]

Yes they will improve the lighting and add more plants to areas of the game! OMG next gen can't come soon enough Activision are so good.

/s

[WeskerChildReborned]

Maybe this gives hope that COD will actually improve alot next gen, i will seriously be disapointed if they used a last gen engine on a new gen COD.

[NavydAd]

Maybe for Bungies next game?

[Pandamobile]

If it was for Bungie's game, he'd be working at Bungie. His website says that he's working for Activision Blizzard, so it's likely an internal project of Blizzard's (in my opinion).

[NavydAd]

Oh I get it okay thanks for clarification

[hiptanaka]

To Activision, next-gen means marginally improved lighting and a few extra shaders.

[Sp1d3ynut]

So WoW will finally no longer look like an N64 game...yay. :o

[landog]

to me, WoW looks better than almost any console game i have ever seen and supports 1000's and 1000's of players on a single server

its cartoony, but the draw distance, the lighting effects, the smooth perfection of the graphics i'll take anyday over something like this;

http://imageshack.us/f/818/...

don't get me wrong that looks good, just bland

this BLOWS IT OUT of the water, and it came out in 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Sp1d3ynut]

Drugs r bad, umkay?

[ame22]

They'll adopt the same philosophy, first entry will probably be stellar but from there on it's down the hill.

[akaakaaka]

well their first next gen tittle was a old gen tittle COD3, then they made a good jump and the rest is history.. a sad history in the gaming industry.

[Trenta27]

Next generation? So what? It will finally look like current gen games instead of ones from the PS2?

[Funky_Homosapien]

Hell its about time.

[solid_warlord]

COD next Gen in 1080p and most importantly a constant 60fps..lets hope they bring back the magic of COD4 all over again with dedictated servers and take out the Lag Comp for good.

[MartinB105]

Perhaps Activision should try demonstrating some next-gen gameplay and innovative ideas instead?

There is a reason that I only own exactly ONE Activision game out of my collection of over 200 games this generation, and it has nothing to do with their rendering technology.