Call of Duty 4 to ditch World War II?
Amped news is reporting that an inside source has confirmed the existence of Call of Duty 4. What is more, the source claims that Call of Duty 4 will forgo the World War II setting in favor of more modern warfare. Many are speculating that Call of Duty will shift its focus to the Middle East, as EA did with its Battlefield series. This would seem to confirm a similar rumor reported by Joystiq way back in March.Development of the 4th installment of Call of Duty will be handed back to its original developer, Infinity Ward. Call of Duty 4 will also mark the series' return to the PC. According to the source, a deal has been made with Activision regarding future titles. Supposedly, Infinity Ward will now handle the development of all even numbered COD games, and Treyarch will develop all odd numbered COD titles. If true, this maneuver was probably executed to decrease the gap between sequels, though it will be interesting to note the future differences between Infinity Ward's and Treyarch's entries. Also worth noting, Call of Duty 4 is reported to have many technical improvements, including 16 critical points mapped to the head of each character. This allows for very detailed hit detection -- for example, shooting at the side of the head will tear off an ear or make a soldier's helmet spin. Finally, multiplayer is rumored to support 54 players.
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
zourskittles89 @ Nov 14th 2006 4:45PM
All i can is say is...
FIFTY FOUR!!!!
DeadPlasmaCell @ Nov 14th 2006 5:09PM
Good.. I'm all for shooting up some Nazi's but after hundreds of WWII shooters, it's time to do somethin else.
JRock3x8 - 2o2p @ Nov 14th 2006 5:22PM
FIFTY FOUR! And it will completely LAG FREE! And pigs will ZOOM overhead like ROCKETS!
aye yi yi, people.
Trauts @ Nov 14th 2006 5:27PM
O noes! CoD is leaving the beloved WWII behind and trying something NEW!?
moksha @ Nov 14th 2006 6:16PM
You know what'd be sick? Civil War COD. I have this problem in all the other Call of Duties that I can't help myself from shooting helpless Americans, but if everyone's American, than I guess I'm okay.
mike @ Nov 14th 2006 7:40PM
why cant we shoot japs down instead?
J.Goodwin @ Nov 14th 2006 7:46PM
Given the not bad but not stellar reviews CoD3 is getting, it will be a good thing to have Infinity Ward back on the job.
refinedsugar @ Nov 14th 2006 9:10PM
"Finally, multiplayer is rumored to support 54 players."
If you bought this, I have an extra bedroom available in my golden castle on the hill if you need a place to stay.
SickNic @ Nov 14th 2006 11:27PM
The question here is, do PC gamers even care after IW ditched them and put all their focus on the xbox360 COD2? Many are still pissed.
joesecrets @ Nov 15th 2006 12:25AM
From what I heard talking with my friends from infinity ward, they are doing a future warfare game, set in a time period of around 2019 to 2025. The not so distant future. They were telling me about this project two or three years ago and whenever I speak with one of my friends at Infinity Ward they always bring up the game. It started about 4 or so years ago as just idea and a way of moving away from WWII shooters. They didn't want to do modern day, but they didn't want something that was just another "Halo". That's all I can remember about that. It's been a while since I've spoke with them, about two months probably. Everyone is so busy.