Sledgehammer Games Working On Call of Duty "Action-Adventure"

lol wut?

ya whatever

Is anybody actually surprised? I thought this would happen after MW3, but I totally expected this raping of the name. But hey, lowest-common-denominators will stick with it until they all jump on the next bandwagon.

I think I'll wait till we get some, you know, actual details on the game before I go making any judgements about it's quality.

 "Action-Adventure?"
Oh fuck; they are going to go full-on Michael Bay. Never go full-retard.

Here we go. As long as Treyarch is doing Nam then I'm cool with that.

Say Whaaaaaa? Vinny, you have a gift for naming things on the spot. So does Ryan apparently which can be witnessed in the travelogue video.

....So did Activision just like pull a Shepard?

" @Hamz: 
It's simple business, and it's stupid business.  COD will go the Guitar Hero route, becoming less and less popular every year, every iteration, till the product has been diluted so much that no one cares anymore.  Yes, the games may still be good, yes, there are going to be a handful of fans, but Activision's most recent efforts have been focused solely on the short-term.  And if they keep going at this rate it'll most likely kill them later on. "
 
Hear, Hear.

fml. 
 I don't think Bobby Kotick acutally realizes what he has done, as if the 2 heads, decide to go and make a new studio, i will wager a large sum of money on that a large majority (if not all) staff of Infinity Ward leave and move to the new studio. But the regretable thing is that a call of duty game could not be developed by the new studio, therefore the standard of call of duty has just gone down the drain, and i for one, will not purchase a call of duty game because of it, (i will still purchase one from treyarch, because from their past call of duties have not been bad, just not of the same quality.)
 
WELLDONE BOBBY. 
WELL DONE.

Activision has been sucking at the teet of the CoD franchise since CoD3 - this news isn't surprising.

To be honest I am expecting something of a sandbox game along the lines Mercenaries 2 only less janky and with more souless corporate stank. Though a God of War clone set in the Call of Duty universe sounds intriguing as hell. I am imagining Keith David with some sort of over sized battle axe and twin Desert Eagles taking down various deities of Norse Mythology that were resurrected and tainted by some sort of evil time traveling Nazi scientist who is just a head in a jar attached to some sort of mech.

saying "omgwtfbbq" never seemed more appropriate.  
this whole situation is covered in that. 

From what I'm hearing, their will be 3 versions. Treyarchs, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer. Apparently IW is still in the mix.

Thanks for Guitar Hero-ing another franchise Activision. 
 
You got my money for MW2, but after this stunt. . .You can take Call of Space of whatever you're going to call it and shove it where the sun don't shine.
 
You won't get another dime from me.

"I have absolutely no reliable source on this, but I read this on another forum:

My understanding from inside sources are that the two execs at IW were on a tele-conference with the Activision execs and were being confronted about their discussions with a rival publisher. Apparently companies talk to each other. Who da thunk? At any rate in the middle of the conference one of the IW guys, Jason West, started muttering something under his breath. It was barely audible at first but he started to get louder and louder until it became clear he was saying:

“Suck my dick, Michael”.

He just kept repeating it and getting louder and louder until finally he was screaming at the top of his lungs. It was made doubly loud because the other IW exec had joined in so it was a duet of:

“Suck my dick, Michael”

directed at the Activision guys. After 5 stunned minutes the Activision execs started yelling back at them that if they didn’t shut up they’d be fired. This only led to the IW guys each giving the double bird (4X birds) and continuing their lusty screaming. Eventually Activision ended the call and called the security team. Apparently even after the call ended, up until the point security arrived, the two IW execs were still screaming:

“Suck my dick, Michael.”

The really odd thing? No one on the call was named Michael."

Activision are totally Guitar Heroing COD now. And at a time when COD is very strong at sales but arguably at it's weakest point qualitatively. I see this franchise dive like a brick of shit because I know alot of people who bought MW2 and was loving the series won't buy the next because of the rampant buggy online ruining it, including me.

I am forever happy that i didn't cash out on Activision's cashcow, Modern Warfare 2.

Sitting here in Denmark contemplating this whole mess, my thoughts always seem to end up at: "Gosh... Weed must be cheap-as-shit in USA"
I'm truly dazzled by all of this, but I'm trying to think about the positive things that could come out of all this.

This type of CoD games sounds like something I am not interested in.

"

"I have absolutely no reliable source on this, but I read this on another forum:

My understanding from inside sources are that the two execs at IW were on a tele-conference with the Activision execs and were being confronted about their discussions with a rival publisher. Apparently companies talk to each other. Who da thunk? At any rate in the middle of the conference one of the IW guys, Jason West, started muttering something under his breath. It was barely audible at first but he started to get louder and louder until it became clear he was saying:

“Suck my dick, Michael”.

He just kept repeating it and getting louder and louder until finally he was screaming at the top of his lungs. It was made doubly loud because the other IW exec had joined in so it was a duet of:

“Suck my dick, Michael”

directed at the Activision guys. After 5 stunned minutes the Activision execs started yelling back at them that if they didn’t shut up they’d be fired. This only led to the IW guys each giving the double bird (4X birds) and continuing their lusty screaming. Eventually Activision ended the call and called the security team. Apparently even after the call ended, up until the point security arrived, the two IW execs were still screaming:

“Suck my dick, Michael.”

The really odd thing? No one on the call was named Michael."

"

Seriously, kudos to the guy who came up with something that dumb.

@bartok said:

" Though a God of War clone set in the Call of Duty universe sounds intriguing as hell. I am imagining Keith David with some sort of over sized battle axe and twin Desert Eagles taking down various deities of Norse Mythology that were resurrected and tainted by some sort of evil time traveling Nazi scientist who is just a head in a jar attached to some sort of mech. "

When I read this statement of "Action-Adventure" I read, "We are making a game that is exactly like the Nathan Drake sequel". This wouldn't be too bad if they do it right. If it's God of Warfare, I will take a pass. We all know how well Dante's Inferno turned out when trying to rip off that franchise.

"

"I have absolutely no reliable source on this, but I read this on another forum:

My understanding from inside sources are that the two execs at IW were on a tele-conference with the Activision execs and were being confronted about their discussions with a rival publisher. Apparently companies talk to each other. Who da thunk? At any rate in the middle of the conference one of the IW guys, Jason West, started muttering something under his breath. It was barely audible at first but he started to get louder and louder until it became clear he was saying:

“Suck my dick, Michael”.

He just kept repeating it and getting louder and louder until finally he was screaming at the top of his lungs. It was made doubly loud because the other IW exec had joined in so it was a duet of:

“Suck my dick, Michael”

directed at the Activision guys. After 5 stunned minutes the Activision execs started yelling back at them that if they didn’t shut up they’d be fired. This only led to the IW guys each giving the double bird (4X birds) and continuing their lusty screaming. Eventually Activision ended the call and called the security team. Apparently even after the call ended, up until the point security arrived, the two IW execs were still screaming:

“Suck my dick, Michael.”

The really odd thing? No one on the call was named Michael."

"

" COD is now forever ruined "

Call of Duty + Zelda?
 
That's one way to keep the series going 5 years after it should have ended.

"I am forever happy that i didn't cash out on Activision's cashcow, Modern Warfare 2. "

" Call of Heros: Modern WarGuitar "

"You know what?  This is good news.  Activision blew it with Guitar Hero.  Activision is in the process of fucking up Call of Duty.   Activision is just going down a death spiral.  The question is, are they going to drag Blizzard down with them? "

" Call of Duty + Zelda?  That's one way to keep the series going 5 years after it should have ended. "

" Legend of Modern Warfare: The Call of Duty :D "

" @animateria said:

"You know what?  This is good news.  Activision blew it with Guitar Hero.  Activision is in the process of fucking up Call of Duty.   Activision is just going down a death spiral.  The question is, are they going to drag Blizzard down with them? "

But they will earn billions of dollars with every burned out franchise! "

" call of milking" ?   come one i do not think we need anymore cod games for a while. i guess modern warfare 2 is going to be the last cod game that i am going to be buying. i do not want anymore of these as i am happy with them.

" @Willy105 said:

" Call of Duty + Zelda?  That's one way to keep the series going 5 years after it should have ended. "

Which one? Call of Duty or Zelda? "

Ha, and they said Call of duty couldn't get any worse.

Milking just got a new meaning.

Call of Duty will still sell like crazy regardless.
 
I've only ever purchased MW1 and 2. But chances are I probably won't care too much about the next one. Game developers need more new ideas and less milk.

" @extremeradical said:

" @Willy105 said:

" Call of Duty + Zelda?  That's one way to keep the series going 5 years after it should have ended. "

Which one? Call of Duty or Zelda? "

What? Call of Duty, duh. How is that even a question. I think Zelda should end when Nintendo can't make it good anymore. And they just keep making them better. However, as for Call of Duty, these news don't sound good at all. Infinity Ward nor Treyarch sound like they would be experienced at making a game as complex as an action adventure game, and if they did, it might suck. Meaning it would have to be outsourced.... "

"Pretty sure there have been some staff change ups at Nintendo since Zelda on the NES. The last Call of Duty game did surprisingly well; I don't think there is any reason to say that Call of Duty should end right now. As a matter of fact, I would say that Zelda is closer to being done to death than Call of Duty after all these sequels.  I do agree with you that Action Adventure is the wrong direction for this game to go, however, as it seems like the complete opposite of what Call of Duty games are supposed to be about. But remember: even the mighty Zelda had a brief appearance on the CD-i. That said, I think Call of Duty has a good chance of recovering if this game does indeed flop. "

If done right, a Call of Duty action adventure game could be the best thing ever, and keep the series from getting stale and "rehashy". The thing about Zelda is that not only are they remarkably different from each other, we only get one or two for each system, with many years apart. Meanwhile, all the Call of Duty games since the original PC game, although gotten significantly better, have really not been that different from each other.  You know what, I change my opinion. This new direction could be great. You never know. "

" @Zohar said:

" It's starting to sound like activision is attempting to usurp control over the CoD franchise even though it's technically still at least some what owned by IW.  IW works under contracts for Activision, and when that contract ends, I suspect long legal battles to ensue over who gets to control the CoD franchise.  The IW bosses may have objected to these plans Activision made concerning the future of their involvement in CoD.  Perhaps IW was attempting to NOT renew their contract in October. "

This is so not correct it is incorrect.  Activision owns Infinity Ward and Call of Duty with it.  There is no contract between Infinity Ward and Activision because Activision owns everything.  Activision can do whatever they want with either the franchise or the company and that is why they kicked Jason and Vince's asses to the curb. "