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  • CptainCrunch
    I am the 1%
    • Oct 2007
    • 12976

    #1

    More Rumors; This Time for Infinity Ward

    vg247.com posts that a "source" has stated that another development team will be making Modern Warfare 3.:

    Source - Infinity Ward not developing Modern Warfare 3January 7th, 2010 @ 14:00
    By Patrick Garratt

    Infinity Ward is not creating Modern Warfare 3, according to a VG247 source, and is instead working on something “completely new”.

    The details come from US insiders.

    Infinity Ward has this far avoided the issue of its work after Modern Warfare 2, saying no decision had been made on further projects in the run up to the shooter’s launch last November.

    “Right now we don’t have a clue what our next game is going to be, and we won’t know what it will be until we finish with Modern Warfare 2, which won’t be for a while,” studio frontman Rob Bowling told IGN UK last October. <!--more-->

    MW2 DLC packs are scheduled to release this “spring” as a timed 360 exclusive.

    It’s unclear where the third game will be made if IW really has gone AWOL from the series.

    We were told by one dev source that a Canadian studio was handling it, but another pointed to newly-formed Sledgehammer Games, headed by ex-Visceral bosses Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey.

    Sledgehammer, based in the Bay Area, is currently recruiting for a multiplayer designer with “five years experience working on current AAA multiplayer shooters for current consoles and PC.”

    The identity of Sledgehammer’s first project is yet to be announced.

    Activision’s only Canadian developer is Vancouver-based Radical Entertainment, the studio behind last year’s free-roaming adventure, Prototype.

    Rumour surrounding the Call of Duty franchise in general is escalating. A report yesterday claimed that Treyarch is currently putting together a story-focused, Vietnam-based episode in the series for release later this year.

    Activision had not returned calls at the time of writing

    Well there is no denying that the CoD franchise has been very busy and growing the last three years. A lot of rumors are bound about downloadable content to what Treyarch is up to to movie deals in Hollywood. Is this another hyped up thing to bring attention the franchise? Can you see Infinity Ward doing a break away game, like Ghost, and giving the reigns of Modern Warfare to someone else? Is this just another internet rumor with nothing really behind it?

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  • garandx
    Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 594

    #2
    Re: More Rumors; This Time for Infinity Ward

    Hopefully this means IW will fully switch to being a Console only Dev studio, because after MW2 nobody really wants another IW game being "made" for the pc.

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    • Shawn Zipay
      Managing Communities 24/7
      • Apr 2003
      • 69279

      #3
      Re: More Rumors; This Time for Infinity Ward

      I think people would be happier if IW and Activision remember who it was that made Call of Duty popular in the first place, the PC crowd. But you're probably right. They'll go console only as it's more profitable for them and less prone to piracy (though I'm willing to be MW2 was pirated a ton on the PC BECAUSE of this BS from IW and Activision).

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      • RYKUU
        Member
        • Dec 2006
        • 2352

        #4
        Re: More Rumors; This Time for Infinity Ward

        I am not at all surprised about creating a 3rd one. Not only did they leave it open for one.
        After the huge success of MW2 i couldn't see them not.
        It will be interesting to see if it may have dedicated severs.

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        • RYKUU
          Member
          • Dec 2006
          • 2352

          #5
          Re: More Rumors; This Time for Infinity Ward

          I am not at all surprised about creating a 3rd one. Not only did they leave it open for one.
          After the huge success of MW2 i couldn't see them not.
          It will be interesting to see if it may have dedicated severs.

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          • Mavrik347
            Member
            • Oct 2006
            • 1383

            #6
            Re: More Rumors; This Time for Infinity Ward

            Wooooooooooo! But after the catastrophic PR stunt that was MW2, they are going to have to pull some miracles to make this one a hit. That's if they release it on PC at all.

            I'm not surprised IW backed away from the idea. MW3's sales will be based on the MW2 players experience. Which seems to be that of "it wasn't all it was cracked up to be" and "I'm bored now".

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