Brace Yourself: Activision Will Announce the Next Call of Duty on May 1

Actually fairly interested. Black Ops was surprisingly good.

I really wish they'd just let these games stand on their own for at least 2 years before making another one. Do something different for fuck sake. Call of Duty is just a yearly update now, it's like a sport game.

cool, l generally like Treyarchs COD games better anyways

so excited...

Ugh. No thanks. Give me a space COD and I'm in.

OMG that's unexpected!!

@MariachiMacabre said:

Man, a curveball like this might prompt EA to announce something completely insane and out of left field like Madden 13. Good on 'em though for keeping things fresh and not shelling out bullshit year after year like Valve or Blizzard.

Uh...

I hope it's Black Ops 2. I loved Black Ops for it's online and single player, never touched zombies though. The only Call of Duty games I truly enjoyed we're Call of Duty 4 and Black Ops but I'll jump on again since I skipped MW3.

What happened to that old Activision philosophy, David Crane's challenge to make constrained hardware do new and exciting things back during the Atari VCS / 2600.... instead of making games just a iterative process.

I literally do not care at all. I've finally obtained the opportunity to mess with Modern Warfare 3, and I give it a week before I get bored of it.

I'm up for another mindless one man army Black Ops game that I can rent, blow shit up in, and never play again.

So many people slamming the franchise. Let the hate flow through you.

I have no issues whatsoever with Call of Duty, it just ain't my kind of shooter anymore. I'm open to giving it another chance, though; these games are popular for a good reason.

Call of Duty Black Ops 2: Apollo 11

Black ops 2

opsier

The only bros that don't ruin everything I used to like are the Super Mario Bros.

Black Ops basic framework wasn't bad, I kinda like the jumping around in different time periods. That said, the story falls apart pretty quickly, and Sam Worthington's inconsistent accent didn't help things.

Call of Duty 9: Black Ops 2: A Prequel to Modern Warfare

Oscar mike!

Maybe we will find out WTF the numbers were about this time.

I keep hearing the F**king numbers Arrrrrrgh!

LOL

@Hef said:

So remember when everyone was sick of WW2 shooters and then COD4 came out. Why can't that happen again.

They are stuck in a formula, that still makes money, we'll have to hope a different developer comes up with the next big thing.

Respawn are probably the best bet for a genre changer.

kthxbye

GET RIGHT OUT OF TOWN

BOPS better not kill Ice Cube again!!

I predict that the next CoD game will have something involving shooting thousands upon thousands of people who talk differently than the white Anglo-Saxon protagonists.

In other news: Water is wet.

@Rawson said:

I predict that the next CoD game will have something involving shooting thousands upon thousands of people who talk differently than the white Anglo-Saxon protagonists.

this. I also predict lame-as-fuck main menu screen.

Ho-hum. Another year, another COD.

As the Twins from The Matrix have said;

"Can we all just, move along?"

@msavo said:

I hope it's Black Ops 2. I loved Black Ops for it's online and single player, never touched zombies though. The only Call of Duty games I truly enjoyed we're Call of Duty 4 and Black Ops but I'll jump on again since I skipped MW3.

I've played every major call of duty game, and I completely agree, while I think I liked the first two, the only games in the series I've loved has been CoD4 and Black Ops, which were both pretty great. I loved the online in Black Ops, it feel quite balanced, the devs were great at supporting the game after launch making it even more balanced, and they really listened to the community. MW2 and MW3 have been the complete opposite of Black Ops, so you didn't miss anything by skipping it, horrible online mode, crappy balance and some of the worst spawning I've ever seen, ugh.

MW3 story wise was as weak and uninteresting as CoD 3. Black Ops story was bloody fantastic. I would be 101% down for Black Ops 2.

I wish they'd wise up and just drop the single-player campaign. Why do they even try anymore?

People who enjoy single-player gaming aren't exactly fans of Call of Duty.

I nearly forgot about CoD already, damn.

Nope, I'm good. Practically done with modern warfare first person shooters.

World Reveal is a shit subtitle.

I always say I'm done with CoD but I can't help but get excited every year. I definitely enjoyed the Black Ops single player though. It would be cool to see something similar.

Well good for them..not that i have played any of the last 2 games

@chaosnovaxz said:

I wish they'd wise up and just drop the single-player campaign. Why do they even try anymore?

People who enjoy single-player gaming aren't exactly fans of Call of Duty.

Call of Duty is a lot of things to a lot of people - that's why it's able to sell 20 million copies.

Based on Giant Bomb's achievements thing, 83% of MW3 players started the SP campaign and 60% finished it. That may not be exactly representative of the whole CoD audience, but I doubt it's that far off. That means the SP campaign still adds some value for the majority of their customers, even if it isn't the main draw or where most of the time spent playing that game goes. Dropping it probably wouldn't be very wise at all, considering how negligible the development costs are compared to the money those games pull in.

@MariachiMacabre said:

Man, a curveball like this might prompt EA to announce something completely insane and out of left field like Madden 13. Good on 'em though for keeping things fresh and not shelling out bullshit year after year like Valve or Blizzard.

Uh...

Will it have Pandas? If it does then I'm in!!

I wish they'd wise up and just drop the single-player campaign. Why do they even try anymore?

People who enjoy single-player gaming aren't exactly fans of Call of Duty.

I kinda hate announcements about announcements...isn't THIS kinda already announcing it? Lol. Also, ANOTHER CALL OF DUTY GAME??? NO WAY!!! Lol.

God, I hope they name it Call of Duty 5. That would be wonderful!

On International Worker's Day? Well, that makes all kinds of sense...

I love how all these comments talk smack about the game they know their lining up midnight to get. Silly.

Shocking stuff, folks.

Will it be as broken on PC at launch as Blops was?

I won't be finding out, as the single player campaign is not enough value and the multiplayer is bland, slow-paced tripe.

@MariachiMacabre said:

@Napalm

@MariachiMacabre said:

Man, a curveball like this might prompt EA to announce something completely insane and out of left field like Madden 13. Good on 'em though for keeping things fresh and not shelling out bullshit year after year like Valve or Blizzard.

Uh...

Sarcasm, of course.

Haha, how did I not get that? Right over my head.

@Blomakrans said:

God, I hope they name it Call of Duty 5. That would be wonderful!

Call of Duty 5 : Black Ops 2

Hopefully this means the return of dolphin diving.