Confirmed: Sledgehammer developing a new Call of Duty

Sledgehammer Games is developing a new Call of Duty game, a job listing for the developer has confirmed.

[Double_Oh_Snap]

SHOCKER, but really I wonder if it's an FPS?

[Etseix]

facepalm/ dude, we all know its going to be an RPG, whats wrong with you?

[vickers500]

An RPG with a heavy emphasis on stealth and tactics.

[BlackPrince 42]

And story, don't forget it'll have a strong, coherent story as well.

[BattleAxe]

Yeah, this was a real shocker...i think I'm going to go throw up now..

[Awesome_Gamer]

MOST MILKED GAME IN THE WORLD!

[tigertron]

It'll have a stable hack-free online multiplayer too!

[SolidStoner]

Don't forget about daily updates and great huge free DLC!

[Hufandpuf]

Dude, didn't you hear? It's going to be a turn based strategy game.

[corrus]

I am sure will be RPG

[Neoprime]

I would so pre-order it if it were.

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

I will not buy another Sledgehammer COD at release ever again until they prove to me they can create a good multiplayer component. MW3 is the worst in the series for me and I am sorry I ever bought into the hype and purchased it at the midnight launch. Treyarch haven't let me down since W@W so my hype for Blops2 is understandable.

[Prince_Dim-Lu]

W@W was awesome... not sure what's wrong with you. W@W brought us lot's of stuff that IW copies from them, and let's not forget the greatness of the tanks in W@W as well.

Sucks for you you're not having a good time with MW3. It's much better game than MW2 was.

Edit, so I can respond to below.. no more bubbles for me.. :)

Ahh.. ok, COD 3 you didn't like. Well ya, the World wasn't ready for COD MP goodness quite then yet. I still had fun with COD 3.. true, not fun like COD 4 and so on... but I liked COD 3 with their Jeeps, and Motorcylce with side car... LOVED playing Capture the Flag on Eder Dam for some reason.. lol.. don't know why... but I know what you mean. I have a feeling Black Ops 2 is going to be a sweet way to leave this gens COD's behind.

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

I love W@W, but CoD3 was the one I didn't like. I must have explained myself poorly. I enjoyed MW2 more than MW3 (I don't know why), but don't be sorry, my friend. I am still having a lot of fun playing Black Ops to this day so I am not really bothered about missing out on MW3 :-)

[Commodore]

@Prince

Dude.....MW2 sucks, so saying MW3 is better than MW3 isn't saying much. Both of them were straight run and gun. COD4 atleast had a feel of strategy in it.

[Blastoise]

I agree, loved every CoD since CoD4...but MW3 sucks.

[Getowned]

MW3 is horrible, and the worst COD game yet. I will never buy another Sledgehammer game, ever. At least Treyarch tires to make a good game( I do want Blops2 but I'm still feeling the sting of MW3, that idk if I can trust cod at all). with all of my hate, I HATE MW3!! po$

[MRHARDON]

I can understand why people dont like Call of Duty 3, the game was made in less then 8 months.

I wont blame Treyarch fully for COD3, I would blame Activision for making them push a game out so fast.

[chriski333]

They shouldn't say working on a new cod. They should just say hey were recycling a new old same crap cod game!

[Commodore]

I'll give you an Agree...because about 70% of N4G is filled with COD lovers, who are blind to how bland the franchise has become.

[RioKing]

"70% of N4G is filled with COD lovers"

Wow yeah it's pretty obvious in the most of comments you see on here ;)

[andibandit]

New guns and maps for COD

cool

[ginsunuva]

No no no. It will most likely be a music/fitness/singing hybrid game. Not another one!

[multips3fan]

LMAO Another cod ,isnt this the 11 straight cod in the series.IT WILL NEEEEEVA END! Until activsion gets enough money rule the world!

[PersonMan]

I hate when people say "an FPS" because I don't read it as "an eff pee ess"... instead, I read it as "an first person shooter".

Also, I hate first person shooters these days. They're all the same and I don't feel a connection to the character when I can't see him.

[GraveLord]

Most likely they are collaborating with Infinity Ward again.

IW builds the game for next-gen consoles while Sledgehammer scales them down to run on current ones.

I hope its not though. Would be great to see Infinity Ward have a 3-year dev cycle for the next-gen COD.

[Jayjayff]

Sarcasm.

[showtimefolks]

shocker ?????

really we have yet to get this new one and another one already. I hope this new one that's in development is on a new engine

but i doubt it its activision.

one thing i do wonder is how soon before COD brand becomes the Guitar hero IP

[gta2800]

Oh crap, someone confirm that the sky is blue cause I need confirmations on the obvious!

[Patriots_Pride]

Obviously a Call of Duty rip.

[DoctorXpro]

and not last man stands at all

[Gorilla_Killa_X]

Sledgehammer is going to a full game now. Three developers for one series of games. I know they helped with the multiplayer part of black ops but this is just ridiculous now. Activision is really gonna be churning those games out left and right.

[Gorilla_Killa_X]

I meant MW3. Do not know why I said black ops.

[PersonMan]

You weren't totally wrong though. Sledgehammer made maps for Black Ops.

[DeadlyFire]

Does this mean we see two Call of duty games in 2013?

[dangert12]

Is this a surprise to us?...really?

[InTheLab]

CoD every six months now? Reminds me of Need for Speed...

[sway_z]

The great global gaming public are a tolerant bunch...I mean really, aren't we just a little tired of all the cut 'n paste COD's yet?

I hope Black Ops 2 is going to take the franchise out of the norm, because every game seems too similar to the last one..new locations, remixed exp/upgrades same shit!

Modern Warfare games makes me sick now...the subject matter is tired.

Oh, BTW I equate myself into this. I'm no less fickle than anyone else, since I own BF3, BC 2, All the CODS except MW3....

... I know, I know..peer pressure's a MF!

[gazgriff2k12]

I wont be buying it if its anything like MW3. my god its a shocking game compared to the rest of the series, I will still be playing blackops 2 zombies to care anyway. I think ill skip sledgehammer / infinity ward cod's from now on. Its treyarch and zombies all the way for me.

[pandaboy]

I'm sure you won't be buying it... seeing as it appears you've bought ever other CoD. Like everyone else here, you complain about how bad the latest CoD game is but buy the next one anyway.

[RioKing]

^That's what annoys me the most about "cod haters"....they always talk smack on every game, say how it's worse than the last and yet the still buy EVERY new title, get killed 30 times a match and whine about it here.

[rezzah]

i stopped buying after COD4, but my brothers love it so they continued buying them.

So I just play story of veteran once and never touch it again.

[gazgriff2k12]

yes ive brought every cod game but only been disappointed by mw3. its not just me i could easily get into a lobby full of my friends on mw2 and black ops most days sometimes we a had ground war lobby full of friends and more trying to join. i dont play mw3, while some of my friends still play black ops and about 3 of my friend play mw3. i will buy black ops 2 because i love zombies. will i buy sledghammers new game depends. if its anything like mw3 then HELL NO my original point.

[Prince_Dim-Lu]

What they should do is just make a 50 dollar map pack instead of a new game, and people will love it and buy it just like BF3's.

[sway_z]

I respectfully disagree sir...at least BF3 has variety e.g. vehicles, large open play sprawling maps and REAL team play.

But I agree the Premium rates on both BF3 & COD are a disgrace!!

[duplissi]

i really hope premium flops... battlefield is one of my favorite franchises, and im tired of ea's me to shit when it comes to cod!

[XboxInnovation]

Activision wants to compete with EA's yearly "Spring FPS release". EA and Activision are ridiculous with releasing so many FPS games.

And what's with gamers, they are so stupid. They repeat the same thing.. "I'm sick of CoD, it's cut and paste..but Black ops 2 looks like something different, I'll give it a chance". How dumb can you be?

[duplissi]

buy em used? thats what ill do.

[Commodore]

Not buying....

[-Gespenst-]

*deep in sleep*

[ChunkyLover53]

Well what I take from this is that Sledgehammer is probably making the current generation MW4, looks like Infinity Ward is going to kick off next generation with their Call Of Duty for those systems.

I see about as much trolling as I expected to see in here when I clicked on the article.

1.Nobody forces you to buy COD
2.Let people buy and play what they want
3.Nobody cares that you don't like COD, the company that makes those games don't come here, your complaining is only seen by fellow gamers.

[Unlimax]

Oh God -_- !!

[Hicken]

1. You're definitely right on this one.
2. Not so much, as what people buy creates trends, and those trends affect gaming as a whole.
3. I'd think that Activision cares. One more sale is one more sale.
3+. You have no way of knowing whether or not employees for these companies come to places like n4g to see what the consensus is. Just sayin.
3++. If you want something changed, you not only have to convince the people who will be directly implementing those changes, but also the people who will be affected by those changes, i.e. fellow gamers.

[CanadianTurtle]

50 bucks says they're going to set the record again for worst maps in an FPS game.

[vickers500]

It's' Treyarch, there's bound to be a few good ones. In Black Ops, there were at least 2 or 3 maps that I liked, none that I LOVED, but a few that I liked at least.

I didn't like a single map that Modern Warfare 3 had to offer. I thought they were all just terrible.

MW3 was the first CoD I gave up on before I sold it. Only got to level 29 before I realized that I didn't even enjoy it a little bit, and as bad as some of the previous CoDs have been, I've always at least enjoyed them to some extent. Not with MW3 though.

Going to stay away from sledgehammer CoD games from now on. Wish I could stay away from all CoDs from now on, but they're my guilty pleasure games.

[CanadianTurtle]

Haha, you and me both man. For me, I don't really feel shamed about buying CoD games because I pretty much play just about every FPS game out there, so I give every one of them a chance.

Sure CoD has it's problems, but it is one that keeps me coming back the most just because I love the weapon customization and feel of the series.

I felt as if Treyarch has made lots of great maps for BlackOps. The problem with the MW3 maps is that you NEVER feel safe anywhere because of the spawn system.

[Zha1tan]

Once again all the needless hate for COD, you dont have to buy it, with this years releases coming out it clearly does NOT saturate the market like so many claim.

The money raking actually helps out other small devs under activisions umbrella.

[NYC_Gamer]

Why all the Call of Duty hate?you're not forced to buy the game..It's not like 60 bucks is taken out of your pocket/bank account every time COD releases....I bet the same people who complain about COD run out and support Assassin's creed every year...The gameplay within both franchises haven't had any huge major changes over the last years....Quit with that double standard of it's okay for a franchise that you enjoy to get the milk treatment but it's a sin for Call of Duty to release every couple of months....

[vickers500]

I don't know about Revelations, but Brotherhood added quite a lot of new and good stuff.

I'm not saying they aren't comparable, but they definitely aren't the same in terms of quality.

Assassins Creed is noticeably better when it comes to adding new things than Call of Duty. New, vast and detailed locations that aren't just copy pasted areas, mostly minor but a few major new features like new weapons/gadgets/assassins that you can level up, a city that you can renovate, like 9 or more different mission types (assassination contracts, merc missions, thief missions, courtesan missions, copernico missions, leonardo missions, templar missions, romulus lair missions, recruit assassins missions) a pretty large variety of things to do and collect compared to the previous game, a brand new unique multiplayer mode, and a story that they actually put effort into.

So while they are similar, they aren't on the same level. Assassins Creed seems to still be quite a bit better. Brotherhood felt a lot like AC2, but I think of it as more of an expansion than a milked title. I haven't played Revelations yet, but from what I understand, the only new things it adds are a hook, a crappy tower defense game, and some bomb crafting, so it sounds like it might actually be a little bit milked, but I expect it will still be a better sequel than Modern Warfare 3.

[dubal-e]

This ones gonna take place in ancient Rome. Weapons Bows, swords, torches, spears. lol

[WeskerChildReborned]

Call of Duty: Spartan Warfare.

[FrigidDARKNESS]

Actually it's mw4. The game was shown during e3 at an off site location running on next gen Xbox hardware.

[WeskerChildReborned]

Why would Sledgehammer make IWs game also wasn't MW3 gonna be the last MW?

[dubal-e]

sure it was.... no really, I believe you

[sriki007]

baa dum tiss..

[xVeZx]

anybody can develop a cod game....all you need is to do is crtl c, crtl v, and ship game...

[WeskerChildReborned]

So i'm guessing 2014 will be the start of next gen COD?

[ACBAA]

epic over reaction is epic

[artdafoo]

Jeebus christ, now Bobby Nodick has 3 studios crapping out Call It Doodie games ? Theres prob gonna be a a new COD game 2 times a year now. Bet all the 14 year olds out there just got a boner, lol maybe their first one.

[dude63]

Ill be honest I do not like cod. I foun the multiplayer boring. I do not own one but ive played mp plenty of times. It just doesnt hav that hook..its dull. Black ops 2 is looking to try new things so im keeping a eye on that one. I much rather prefer tactical shooters or bf or other shooters that are different. If a game feels like cod..i wont buy it. Probably the only reason I would is for the sp..and lmao..yeah. I justh ope sledgehammer does some interesting things with the ip.

[xX-Jak-Xx]

What!! again

[Kidmyst]

I liked MW3 but wasn't the best but Black Ops 2 if it lives up to what I saw could be a favorite. The ability to zoom out and plan routes, waypoints and attacks then zoom into any squad mate or drone or something looks cool. The play I saw from E3 was nice to see not so much a copy paste COD like MW3 but some new features.

[strangea]

Seemed like the same old junk to me, but to each their own I suppose.

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

HELL YES!!!! HATERS GONNA HATE!!!

[Getowned]

I'm a Hater and proud of my MW3 hate.

[3GenGames]

It's more like "Sheep gonna Sheep" because they're not haters, they're just people that can see past all the bull sh!t.

[capcock]

Milk, milk, milk.
You people are so stupid, u buy the same shit year after year, complain about the same things every year but u still end up buying their games and DLC what is wrong with u?

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

And you dumbasses buy every Madden & NBA game year after year so what's the difference??

[TheColbertinator]

OMG Megaton :/

[strangea]

Woohoo! ANOTHER COD game. Wow, this is just stupid now.

[Soldierone]

Sledgehammer making the next Call of Duty? Sweet thanks for saving me 60 dollars, learned my lesson after MW3.

[archemides518]

this is clearly dual parity where infinity ward is working on the next gen version of the 2013 call of duty game, and sledgehammer working on the ps3/360 port of it

[Der_Kommandant]

Call of Duty Racing!

[iNFAMOUZ1]

screw cod proud to say ive never purchased one

[Skizelli]

I wouldn't be that proud. COD4 was phenomenal. It's every COD that came afterward that you're not missing out on.

[spicelicka]

LOL interesting thing is that even the little kids who don't know better than to buy the same game every year, are starting to grow up with a bad taste of COD in their mouthes.

[Sparticus]

HAHA, they still going to milk everyone that buys into this crap of video game.I'm so happy i don't buy this horrible game where you have 12 year old screaming, cussing and the worst lag and cheating ever!! Not to mention they dont fix this sh1ot and just make another game next year with the same problems

[FarCryLover182]

Who woulda thought???

[pwneddemocrat]

Hell yea. I'm so excited that three CoD games will be released now. -facepalm-
The hell do we want another CoD game?!

I see them publishing companies ( activision ) trying to milk its franchises before the trend of Third Person Shooter/Adventure takes over.

[SaffronCurse]

I hate Infinity Ward.

[m2stech]

*Yawns*

[Bladesfist]

Every single cod fanboy I speak to does this.

1)Sees an upcoming cod game with 1 new cool thing (Throwing axe OMG)

2)Buys it.

3)Informs me that I suck because I don't have it and it is the best.

2 weeks pass

4)I hate this game it sucks and is not balanced. I will never buy a cod game again.

5) go to 1

I don't get how these people don't notice they are being played.

[HalfNerdHalfAmazing]

Sledgehammer disappointed me with mw3 so I'm not so excited about this news

[iMpuTeD]

i love cod but as soon as i saw this i was smh

[Skizelli]

That's nice. I stopped giving a fuck.

[sly-Famous]

Can the cows come out to play? I just love how all the guys here complain about "another" COD game but I will bet anything that more than 3/4 of the guys moaning and groaning about it will buy it the first day it comes out.

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

I see this as their chance too inovate rapidly having someone being stable and the other two innovating, I'm not this will happen but if it does, it would be nice...

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

"I'm not saying...", damn phone

[blinkingfast]

they must be making COD a 3 year cycle game. 3 makers. a new game every year. a modern a past and a future COD.

OR

IW is done with doing COD games and SHG is replacing them.

[Unlimax]

Activi$ion destroys our gaming generation even with his last breath
see .. Those people who keep buying those Call of duty titles are absolutely Brainwashed .. no words to describe them just "Brainwashed" !

[Apex13]

After being so bored watching the e3 demo i think my passion is dying for COD but love the online only due to mates.