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

wait a second how do you act more like Blizzard and release games every year, that is a direct contradiction.

can't wait for the bombcast!

I'm sorry, but this cannot end well.

" Thank you so much EA for ruining an awesome franchise.... "

It's dead Jim.

COD:MW:MMO:FPS:Action/Adventure hell yeah!!

When ever I hear Activision try and spin something to make it sound like they bought Blizzard it makes me want to hurl... or shoot myself.

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.

Vinnie is such a silly man. On the up and up activision?

This strategy of making franchises or "brands" is so shortsighted. I might be a completely ignorant idiot about the game industry but this could not be good for the long term success, can it? Quality will always  quantity in the long term. As someone who follows the industry as a fan, I am just sad. Bring something new to the table guys, and you will be rewarded-

This, gentlemen, is the beginning of the end for Call of Duty.  Maybe not the end of the popular Modern Warfare sub-franchise, but CoD without the MW subtitle will henceforth suck.

Looks like EA's medal of honor reboot is looking a lot more appealing now...which is great cuz I've been looking for a way not to buy anything that activision puts out.

There has also been rumblings that IW have not been receiving royalties for MW2. I wouldn't be surprised if the top brass at IW were stalling the DLC because of it. Holding it for ransom, as it were. Activision are making turn of the century EA look like saints.

My whole reaction to this situation is this pretty much a big What.The.Fuck. at the moment.

Activision is thinking so far ahead they aren't even gonna wait til they run the COD franchise into the ground before dismantling it from the inside.

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Wow.
 
This is messed up.

Cool

So if Bobby Kotick is truly the anti-Christ of video games as he is setting himself up to be, hopefully this mess (and all the other recent Activision-related scandals) will keep other developers from falling into this trap.  At least, that's the only silver lining I'm able to find in this situation.

" There has also been rumblings that IW have not been receiving royalties for MW2. I wouldn't be surprised if the top brass at IW were stalling the DLC because of it. Holding it for ransom, as it were. Activision are making turn of the century EA look like saints. "

I am officially boycotting Activision.

RIP COD

I hope west and that other dude end up at some studio that lets them have complete free reign and a phat budget. Then they make MW3 and it pwns faces. Cause from the looks of this, COD is on track to be the new sonic, or at least an EA-type game.

As was pointed out to me...
 
This Penny Arcade is 3 years old...

Wow...just wow

" 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. "

The people that helped flood and break the Music Game industry now return for the sequel, killing off any interest anyone has in modern warfare games. Did they learn nothing from this last year? I can't wait for Kotick's 2011 speech where he reflects "Yeah, firing the heads of IW was a bad idea, and we flooded the market with b-grade games, but I'm not a dick, really!"

..........................................................................uh........................................................................yeah................................................................................. .......................................................................................................................uh..................................um .................................................................what.
 
and thats all I have to say...........>

there going to kill this poor, poor franchise.

This seems like a bad idea. 
 
But... 
Maybe it's not?

" I hope west and that other dude end up at some studio that lets them have complete free reign and a phat budget. Then they make MW3 and it pwns faces. Cause from the looks of this, COD is on track to be the new sonic, or at least an EA-type game. "

I in no way care for Call of Duty, but an Action adventure game? Base off an FPS Franchise? I have my doubts here, but I'll keep an eye out. At least to watch them fall. This was not a smart move.

Can I simply post "LULZ" and move on? 
 
Okay. 
 
LULZ!

See, this is what people who bought COD get.

What an absolute ape-fucking disaster

Call of Duty just died for me

it's been a hell of a week in COD land.

Lol @ "God of Warfare." How long before God of Warcraft?

i dont care about cod anyway 

Damn.

So if they burn down the Call of Duty tree doesn't that leave them with no uber-franchises outside of Blizzard, who I barely consider Activision. Because Guitar Hero is nearly dead, Tony Hawk has been dead for a while. It just leaves licensed games after that. I would guess that if they don't come up with another super-popular IP within the next couple years they are kind of screwed, not finished but screwed.

Infinity Ward without  Jason West and Vince Zampella will be at least as good as those Dukes of Hazard episodes without Bo and Luke Duke.
 

What the FUCK?