Activision adding a third Call of Duty studio, hinting at CoD MMO
- November 19, 2009 00:52 AM PST
Activision Blizzard pours resources into their military franchise after the incredible success of Modern Warfare 2, and a fresh leak revives rumors of a persistent online Call of Duty experience.
According to an L.A. Times article published yesterday, Activision Blizzard has opened a new development studio devoted to the Call of Duy franchise. Though the mysterious new team has not announced any projects yet, an anonymous source within Activision suggests that future Call of Duty titles might include a large-scale persistent multiplayer world.
Serious fans of the series will be familiar with the Call of Duty twin-studio approach, as Infinity Ward (developer of Modern Warfare 2) and Treyarch (the team that built Call of Duty: World at War) take turns developing new titles to ensure that there's a Call of Duty game released every November. The third studio might be assigned to jump into the core game rotation, develop all future tertiary titles (like the mobile port jobs done by outside developers Amaze and n-Space that brought the series to the PSP and DS, respectively) or even to the much-rumored Call of Duty MMO.
The Times cites insider information in their story, but top Activision officials have regularly expressed their eagerness to adopt a subscription-based payment system for future Call of Duty titles. Speaking at a financial conference last week, Activision Blizzard CFO Thomas Tippl commented on the possibility of bringing World of Warcraft's business plan to other popular franchises.
"It's definitely an aspiration that we see potential in, particularly as we look at different business models to monetize the online gameplay," said Tippl. "you should expect us to test and ultimately launch additional online monetization models of some of some of our biggest franchises like Call of Duty."
The evolution of Modern Warfare's multiplayer mechanics (levels, perks etc.) may be the precursor to a full-blown persistent online batttlefield.
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- Nov 19 2009 at 07:00:28:AM PST
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great, last thing we need is another developer trying and failing at making CoD (treyarch). just leave CoD for the professionals.
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Also, who would pay to play CoD when its free to play online right now...
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shotgunzzzz wrote:
maybe the new team would make some games for the wii
a local highschool bully is on his way to your house to beat you up.
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i will never pay a online subscription on any game. so forget the bad idea cause it will never work, not even for cod. if you think the 9 million who bought the game will pay to play the game, then your smoking the gun.
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Why to they always mess up a good thing......I wouldn't pay to play this Online......Greed!!!
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cain wrote:
Also, who would pay to play CoD when its free to play online right now...
of course somebody will pay a subscription to play CoD. WATER is free and people still pay a $1.25 for bottle of water.
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thejoe07 wrote:
shotgunzzzz wrote:
maybe the new team would make some games for the wiia local highschool bully is on his way to your house to beat you up.
Why? Some people can't afford a fuckin 360 or ps3! So they use their nintendo wii for fun. Call of Duty games for the wii would be awsome instead of lazy making and ports of games that been out for years. which is retarded.
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