New Call of Duty title announced

[Stephen!]

March 2, 2010 - Activision has announced Sledgehammer Games, a newly formed studio led by former Visceral Games executives Glen A. Schofield and Michael Condrey, will develop a new Call of Duty title that will "extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre."

The publisher also confirmed it will release another Call of Duty title in 2011, but it's unclear as of now if this is the same title Sledgehammer is currently developing. This leaves the door open for another studio, possibly Infinity Ward, to develop the 2011 title. We've asked Activision for clarification.

The company also confirmed Treyarch is handling development on the Call of Duty title to be released this fall. Meanwhile, Infinity Ward is still set to develop and release the first two downloadable map packs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

"2010 will be another important year for the Call of Duty franchise," stated Mike Griffith, President and CEO of Activision Publishing. "In addition to continued catalog sales, new downloadable content from Infinity Ward and a new Call of Duty release, we are excited about the opportunity to bring the franchise to new geographies, genres and players."

Activision also says it's looking to expand the franchise with the same focus seen in its Blizzard Entertainment business. This includes looking at "high-margin digital online content" and taking the series to "new geographies, new genres and with new digital business models."

The company has had "discussions with a select number of partners" to bring the franchise to Asia, one of the fastest growing online multiplayer regions.

Just some more information than the other thread

[ItsDave]

Hm. So basically what we new already, just with a different studio? Hm. Good find though.

[Jordy]

Yeah good find, I was hoping this would been firm confirmation on what this years Call of Duty will be all about though. It's about time something is said on it to be fair.

The guy behind this new studio was an EA High-flyer it seems (At the Visceral Studio which created Dead Space and Dante's Inferno). Seeing as he was involved with EA, I suspect it'll be crap but that would be a bit judgemental of me.

[dbgtz]

Me thinks the future or further in the past with more melee weapons.

[ecstasy]

action/adventure meaning it'll be less to do with war?

[Oleh]

Itll be a sort of metal gear solid slash assassins creed thing im thinking

[Fez]

I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't sell as well as other iterations.

[Sharpsterz]

They better not team up with Blizzard, they will make us pay for games per month :rolleyes:

[Fez]

Activision merged with Blizzard a long time ago.

Subscription based Call of Duty is pretty much inevitable.

[Neil]

They better not team up with Blizzard, they will make us pay for games per month :rolleyes:

I'm pretty sure the only pay to play game Blizzard even have is World of Warcraft so I think you need a /face palm.