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Infinity Ward to Re-take the Call of Duty Reins?

Next-Gen learned from an ex-Activision Underground employee on Monday that Infinity Ward, developer of November's CoD4, recently prompted a renegotiation of its contract with parent Activision so that the studio would be the sole developer of the FPS series.

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Published: 88 days 1 hour ago | Rumors | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360

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sehnsucht - 88 days 2 hours ago

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Hopefully this is true...I've enjoyed the IW editions much more than the others...

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RecSpec - 87 days 19 hours ago

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Unfortunately this will diminish the series. IW usually have had 2 years to work on a game, but if they are the only developer for it, they will only have one year per game. Activision WILL release a new COD every year, until the sales start to drop out (3 new Guitar Hero games in the works right now). If they only have one team working on those games, that's just bad news.

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Lifendz - 87 days 19 hours ago

1.2 - Thank God!

IW nailed it. Please let them be the sole developer. I'm curious as to what their engine will look like the second time around. Imagine the improvements they'll make.

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socomnick - 87 days 17 hours ago

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Lifeends dont expect too many improvements. To me Cod 4 looks almost the same as cod 2 exect it has Assault rifles. :/ the graphics are almost the same they have a very similar look. I just wish Infinity ward would tone down the running and strafing speed its like the people are on crack they run at 10 mph.

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Jack Bauer - 88 days 2 hours ago

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treyarch CoDs give CoD a bad name, hope it is true

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Close_Second - 88 days ago

2.1 - COD3...

...was not all that bad and was an improvement over COD2 - just not much of an improvement.

As for COD4...worst f**king lobby system ever, sniping is still only for those who don't like to use skill to play, martyrdom perk is pure stupidity. Sure, COD4 is the best of the series but there is still LOTS of room for improvement.

Final note: IW needs to enlist outside help to ensure that their next game features a next-gen lobby system and not the stinking dogs turd of lobby system used for COD4.

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2.2 Science_NERD | 87 days 10 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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CaliGamer - 88 days 1 hour ago

3 - This would make a lot of sense.....

Think if you are a normal consumer who enjoyed Modern Combat then next year you see another CoD and think it will be just as good only to find out that it was made by some second rate developer, you would be seriously turned off.
IW has made so much money and been so successful that I don't think they would like the name of their future products potentially tainted by a something like this.

Lets all hope this is true.

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LazyPhalanges - 88 days 1 hour ago

4 - Best news today

but the day still has about another 23 hours for me, so that could change.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 88 days ago

4.1 - haha

Bubbles for making my day rock!

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TheIneffableBob - 88 days 1 hour ago

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I hope they go back to World War II.

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jkhan - 88 days 1 hour ago

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Well I agree, in a way I want to see a WW II game in proper next gen graphics etc. It will be really fun.

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alster23 - 88 days 1 hour ago

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yeah maybe just one more WW2 game done right before we leave it

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NDN_Shadow - 88 days ago

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Just one more won't cut it. If IW makes another and it sells well, then other developers/publishers will still believe they can make money off of another WWII game. It's best just to let the setting die, and don't resurrect it for a long while.

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NOTORIOUSzeke - 88 days ago

5.4 - DO NOT WANT

I do not want to see another WW II shooter. It's played out. It's old. It's boring. That horse has been beaten. COD4 is a step foward and that's why it is so damn successful. They need to follow that trend instead of taking another step back.

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Fanboi - 88 days ago

5.5 - WW 2 is fine.

There is nothing wrong with WW2 as long as it is done RIGHT. Case in point, the original CoD and CoD 2 which retained some sort of sim like online combat. CoD 3 was pure crap because it was too arcade and dumbed down.

It doesn't matter anyways, Brothers in Arms 3 is coming out and it looks freaking amazing. Its about time we have an none Epic UT3 engine game that doesn't look dated.

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NO_PUDding - 87 days 21 hours ago

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Glad to find like minded people.

WWII is a fantastic setting. And infact it's the only game I respect, sicen it alwasy does a member from each country on the Allies, which is so great for everyone playing.

And if it's like CoD4, but in WWII, imagine how awesome that would be. Lot's of the great thgins about it were unspecific to the time period, it was just the variation of missions, and surprises.

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Fluffy2Duffy - 87 days 20 hours ago

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Nah! Modern warfare is better nowadays, WW2 games suits Brother in arms better as the story makes more sense than COD series, COD series for online is great but not story mode. Please note: my opinion.

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xplosneer - 88 days 1 hour ago

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This will certianly help the quality of the series, as COD3 was utter crap(not even mic support for PS3-you must be joking). Unfortunately, if IW starts making all modern, chances are I'm not going to see a T rated COD for a while, which makes me personally sad. Everyone who plays M games though, this is a good deal.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 88 days ago

6.1 - yeah

Sorry about that, xplosneer.

Portal isn't M though!!! If you don't have it...get it.

You appreciate originality. Give it a shot.

Also, I wanted to say...

I sort of miss the sixaxis controls of COD3. I LOVED COD4 a LOT more than 3. 3 was just plain terrible! However, the sixaxis controls made meleeing a LOT more fun!

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jkhan - 88 days 1 hour ago

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Now thats what I am talking about. Seriously Call of Duty 3 was 2 step backwards from Call of Duty 2. But now that means we will have a Call of Duty game every 2-3 years most probably, which is fair enough, considering the time it takes to make quality games. It will be interesting to see how Infinity Wards tops Call of Duty 4 performance;)

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Sevir04 - 88 days 1 hour ago

8 - which means The COD5 wish i'm gonna skip this year will be treyarchs Lats Call of Duty

That company some how escaped from hell's 8th inner circle. The same circle EA and Koei belong to. Personally this is great i just dont want them to be forced to make Call of Duty every Year, they could be like Insomniac and Do a a resistance(call of duty) one year and a ratchet(whatever unannounced game) the next.

Infinty Ward is seriously one of the best Devs out there, i soo enjoyed COD2 on xbox 360 and Playing four was one of the most gratifying reasons to own a Next gen console. InfinityWard, epic, NaughtyDog, evolution studios, Insomniac and Ninja Theory literally took the PS3 and 360 to next gen. i cant wait to see what each and everyone of these devs mentions above brings with their next title. ^^

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NDN_Shadow - 88 days ago

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If this means no more less than stellar Call of Duty's from Treyarch, then excellent. I hope Infinity Ward keeps the IP, seeing as how good they are with the series and just games as a whole.

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kornbeaner - 88 days ago

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you guys are funny, how can you call Treyarch a second rate dev. First go do some research and realize they are probley one of the busiest devs year in and year out. While they have not in their history done anything totally mind blowing, the quality of some of their product when given the time they have per project is better then most.

While I am not trashing IW's talent pool in any means, activision gives IW alot of time between titles while the rest of their devs are only there to fill their portfolio. Go through Treyarch's history (wikipedia) and the history they have while not as prestigious as someone like IW, or Insomniac, still has their little niche of well made games in the shortest amount of turn-around. While they do have some stinkers, they are signifactly better then someone like EA.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 88 days ago

11 - yes!

YES INFINITY WARD!

NO WORLD WAR II!

It's the perfect plan!

I would love to see how creative they could get with futuristic weapons though...like Insomniac.