New Call of Duty confirmed for 2013
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Activision reveals next entry in long-running first-person shooter series to launch this year; game not expected to be as successful as Black Ops II.
Activision today confirmed a new Call of Duty game will launch in 2013. The news was revealed during a post-earnings financial call, where Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg also revealed the new entry in the franchise is not expected to perform as well as the record-breaking Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
"The Call of Duty franchise continues to set the bar for innovation and we expect the new Call of Duty game in development for 2013 to raise that bar even higher," Hirshberg said.
"There is increased volatility this year due to the ongoing console transition, which makes predicting the future more challenging than during normal years in the cycle. For Call of Duty, consistent with our past practices, we are planning for the mainline release in Q4 to be down versus 2012," Activision CFO Dennis Durkin added.
This unnamed game is expected to launch in Activision's fourth quarter, which runs October-December. New consoles from Microsoft and Sony are rumored to launch around the same time. Next-generation Call of Duty games are believed to be in development.
According to the latest rumor, this year's Call of Duty game will be Modern Warfare 4. No developer for the project has been named, though Treyarch can likely be ruled out, as that studio shipped Black Ops II just three months ago.
Activision currently has five studios working on Call of Duty games: Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, and Neversoft Entertainment.
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.
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1 Like Eddie, I think at this point you're allowed to add a prefix to headlines such as this:
"Surprise, surprise: New Call of Duty confirmed for 2013".
Modern Warfare pushing the bar of innovation!
I've always praised their games for the amazing gameplay :-).
I mean there was no game that came before, that got you to view a soldier in a first person perspective, it was like looking through a soldiers eyes and stuff. Also being able to fire a gun using a controller WOW!!!... I never thought that innovation would come this far.
Thanks Eric "hugs"
@LJMStrike you my sir are an idiot, Both Counter strike and medal of honor came out prior to Call of Duty
2 Like "The Call of Duty franchise continues to set the bar for innovation and we expect the new Call of Duty game in development for 2013 to raise that bar even higher," Hirshberg said.
There is Living In a Bubble Of Unadulterated Delusion, And Then There Is THIS.
1 Like @TheWatcher000 I wonder if he knows how goddamn stupid he sounds saying sh*t like that?
im sure he knows. he just doesnt care cause he gets paid regardless of his comment's accuracy
1 Like "the call of duty franchise continues to set the bar for innovation", ok dude, are you f**cking kidding me
1 Like And in other news: In 2013 people will be born, people will die, haters will hate, people will continue to be idiots, the US will continue to be split in half, and the world will continue to turn.
1 Like Yet Gamespot will give it an 8. Reviewers are accessories before, during and after the fact !
1 Like COD has set the bar for innovation. Its very innovative to make the same game every year and sell more than the previous. That's innovation, or is that the definition of insanity....
@Loshead CoD is innovative in that it has achieved greater success each year despite little difference between versions. No other company has managed to do that as successfully as Activision and doing something no one has ever done before is the essence of innovation. Progress and development as well as innovation are positively charged words, although they only say that something is changing, moving forward or in another direction. If that direction is bad or good is up to debate.
3 Like Modern warfare 4 story line - Turns out your character had a kid and he has become an evil master mind who rules the bloody Taliban who manage to set a couple nukes off
1 Like it would b cool if they waited a year or two. then it would probably get people excited and it would probably b really bada**. When it comes out every year its nothin special, just another CoD that wont "woah" me like CoD 4 did
4 Like It doesn't need to be confirmed... We already know there's a COD coming out in 2014, 2015 and 2016 as well.
1 Like These COD games they keep making are for little kids now, look at BO2 I haven't played with an actual adult yet. Kids rule everything now and thats who I gotta put up with when playing CODs.
1 Like @DouglassIndust I actually like BO2, COD 4 and BO2 are my favorite with COD 4 being better by far. Im just happy I haven't had to pay for a COD game since COD 4, I get them for free from work otherwise I wouldn't buy it.
1 Like Don't really get why they have to make one release per year. Eventually people will get bored of it.
Sun shine, Grass Grow, Birds chirp and cats meow and Activision pumps out another call of duty. Move on gentlemen.
Que the sheep, the next COD is coming!!!
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