Is the future of Call of Duty in jeopardy?

Jason West and Vince Zampella, Infinity Ward’s creators, have had a very public falling out with their previous employers, Activision. Although this happened over a year a go the case of West, Zampella, Electronic Arts vs Activision has barely begun.

[TomInc]

Certainly not for mw3.. If anything was decided by a court surely the earliest would be next year.

But seriously... Why would someone want to kill something they created that has become successful out of spite :/

[sit down droid]

mw3 is only on xbox so all the ps3 clowns are upset

[Dart89]

Where the hell are you getting that MW3 is only on xbox??Looks like you need to do some research:D.Cod an xbox exclsuive yea right that would be suicide for Activision.

[iamnsuperman]

The only COD exclusive for the Xbox is appearing at Microsoft E3 conference making it seem there is no where else to get COD than on the 360 and announcing exclusive DLC (like every year)

[TomInc]

This got announced when..? Pretty sure it'd be a fools move for them to cut out ps3 and pc gamers.

[BLACKBOIJONES]

Hey loserpool fan what a dumb comment....Guess what MAN U r now the best team in england...Sure barca beat us but ur team r not even playing europa league foorball next season!!! HAHAHAHAHA LOOSERPOOL.

Any way ontopic....Its only online that people hate COD...In the real world they r still millions playing it every day including me...And i will b buying MW3 day 1...Call of duty has more people that love it then the ones who hate it. Only on N4G does Call of duty get attacked like this. Outside of this website everybody Loves COD.

[ZBlacktt]

Still trolling around I see.

[solidjun5]

I find it ironic that on your profile it says, "I ONLY SPEAK FACTS"

Uhh...no. You spew nonesense. Go back under your bridge.

[saladthieves]

There is so much fail in that comment I don't even know where to begin.

[Kee]

It isn't. When did everyone start getting such a negative opinion of call of duty?
Was there something I missed?

[a08andan]

You didn't read the article did you :P?

It is not about an "opinion". It is about a legal battle about the rights to the franchise itself. If Jason and Vince would win this case, then they could deny Activision, and every other developer out there, access to the franchise. They most likely won't do that, but if they win, Activision will never publish another Call of Duty ever again.

@Kee: Well it most likely won't be settled before MW3 is released so you won't have to worry about getting your hands on that :)

[Kee]

Guilty, I skimmed it but basically it means MW3 can't be released without their say-so.

Regardless, they can release another call of duty anyway, just not a modern warfare.

Plus my point remains the same. Everyone hates Call of Duty now. What happened? Did treyarch kick your dog or something?

[Poopee]

People on the internet complain about CoD all the time. Go to GameSpot System Wars and you'll see. But they all end up buying it any ways. That's why Activision is so rich. I've personally never purchased any Activision product. It isn't hard. :/

[F4sterTh4nFTL]

..thanks to yearly COD4 expansion packs and $15 map packs and selling them to Happy Meal eating kids.

[iamnsuperman]

Stop complain about it and instead just do not buy it. COD is catering to the millions of fans who only buy COD and only play online not you or all the other haters. Just do what I am doing an not buy it and stop talking about it.

[F4sterTh4nFTL]

Seriously the last COD I bought was COD4 and then we all know the story after that.

[ME1989]

This kind of article always comes up with every COD release.

[SRTold]

I personally will not support Call of Duty or MW in any of it's reincarnations due to the big Zampella / West fiasco. There is also the fact that each game is more like an expansion to the last one. Nothing has really gone to the next level in this game. Graphic improvements definately, however, there is no real difference from Call of Duty 1 to Call of duty black ops. MW 1 is the same as MW 2 and will be the same as MW 3. The story and maps change, but it is just being repainted and nothing really next gen has ever happened to this game.

Call of Duty 1 was an AMAZING game, it blew me away. Unbelievable, but since then everything has felt like what should have been an expansion pack.

One thing that you can not deny is that even if you do no like activision's Call of Duty's, like myself, Activision is the leader in marketing.

[ZBlacktt]

Is the future of Call of Duty in jeopardy? Yeah, it's called Battlefield. When gamers mature, they step away from the lower level COD. Then step up to realism in Battlefield.

[kza]

People saying its cool to hate on cod WTF its just we know a good game when we see one DEMONS SOULS i bet half the cod players have never even heard of it or CLAMED it was shit after 5 minuites lol how WRONG u where!!

[Speakindatruth]

What is the number one selling game that didn't win game of the year?
Anyone get it? MW3 in... wait for it -- "Jeopardy"? Ha ha...

[maxqubit]

Since MW1 (when they went head-on with Halo3, a bold and daring move) CoD is 'king of the hill'. And like in that gamemode there is nothing wrong with knocking that king from that hill and taking that spot yourself.

EA/Dice/BF3 goes for that spot. A bold and daring move. I support that move. (can they beat MW3 saleswise? nope I don't think so, but they sure can beat MW3 gameplay wise)

My 0.02 cents

-- Max