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Activision has confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 will launch worldwide on 10th November this year, and seems to have confirmed that it will no longer carry the "Call of Duty" name.
The press release establishing the date - following on from the GDC teaser trailer that originally announced it - studiously avoids referring to the game as "Call of Duty".
"Modern Warfare has taken on such a life of its own, it has become our focus now," an Activision US representative told GameSpot. Activision UK said it had nothing to add to the US response.
The release also said that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - the first Infinity Ward game in what now appears to be a spin-off series - has sold more than 12 million units worldwide based on figures from NPD and GfK/Chart-Track.
If Modern Warfare is now its own series, the expectation is that Call of Duty will continue to play out in the hands of Infinity Ward's stablemate Treyarch, which developed last year's phenomenally successful and warmly received World at War.
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aphexstwin
27/03/09 @ 08:28
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im a bit of a fan of the series but i wish the multiplayer had rank restricted servers and a points-per-hour system akin to bf2mc to make it easier on the noobs, thats one of the only things keeping me from getting waw. the other is my brother in law, he wont play it unless hes wearing his sensitive headphones (cant remember the brand) and his rapid fire pad. and the hyper annoying perks system which is a reward for killing noobs.
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videogangs
27/03/09 @ 08:38
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As long as the way things are going doesn't jeopardise the competetive PC scene, I think this is good news. Hopefully Treyarch are brave enough to step outside the WW2 theatre next time around, and I think IW are realising the benefits of giving them more development time/resources.
Bring on MW2, I'll be putting my old clan back together in advance of it's release I think. |
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Ashen-Shugar
27/03/09 @ 08:57
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I really really hope they find a way to keep up the tense, cinematic feeling of combat without having to rely on the illusion shattering crutch of infinitely respawning enemies. I can't fault the MP side of CoD but would love for the SP campaign to feel slightly less obviously like a videogame.
Now that the series is splitting I wonder whether Treyarch will be able to pilfer code from IW anymore. At least it should promote a little more variety in the games. I was dissapointed at Cod:WaW essentially being a CoD4 reskin. Oh and please please please don't be tempted to ramp up the visuals and lose the silky smooth 60fps. :) |
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"If Modern Warfare is now its own series, the expectation is that Call of Duty will continue to play out in the hands of Infinity Ward's stablemate Treyarch, which developed last year's phenomenally successful and warmly received World at War."
World at Wank more like! Treyarch could'nt develop a decent shooter if they had a colt 45 aimed point blank at their head!
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Ashen-Shugar
27/03/09 @ 09:22
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@Fab4
"IW and Treyarch are both owned by Activision, so 'code pilfering' won't be a problem...apart from giving up on virtually all creativity." This is my concern. If they were forced to develop separately then there is a greater chance they will have more divergent products and less chance of cannibalising each others consumer base. IW and Treyarch will both need unique selling points. I have a sneaking suspicion that IW will be the innovators and Treyarch will continue with the current formula. ;) |
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Which is a shame, as CoD3 was a great game...full of creativity, not least on the networking side of things. How IW/Activision could go from a P2P hosting system back to the shit that is client/server, is beyond me. They laughingly said CoD4 had 'host migration'...yeah, if you call ending the game and starting a complete new one migration. I was playing a 1hour game last night on CoD3 and had 5 changes in host during that time...that's how it should be in this day and age.
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Ashen-Shugar
27/03/09 @ 09:57
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@Fab4
"Which is a shame, as CoD3 was a great game." I thought so too, both MP and SP were good in my opinion, but who knows how many of the creative side of the team are still at Treyarch? Maybe without the confines of having to follow in the footsteps of a classic predecessor in the series they will find their innovation again. I hope so. |
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rhinoxious
27/03/09 @ 11:02
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It's a good idea to divide the series in two, financially speaking at least.
Looking forward to more COD4 style MP, though I can't see it being as much fun the second time around, as they're unlikely to mess too much with a successful formula. Can't say I'm too bothered about the corridor-based/respawning/checkpoint-fest of SP. |
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metalangel
27/03/09 @ 11:20
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Sort the perks out (Juggernaut and Martyrdom can fuck right off), balance the kill streak bonuses (if I can kill seven people in a row, I obviously don't need a helicopter gunship's help!) and we'll talk.
COD3 MP FTW! |
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RedSparrows
27/03/09 @ 23:13
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once again I must sneakily endorse COD3's multi whilst being underwhelmed at CoD4s
(etc) :) |
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metallicorphan
28/03/09 @ 01:30
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meh i reckon IW will put the name back in nearer to the date,i mean look at Bioshock 2,it hasnt got a clue if it wants Sea of Dreams as its subtitle
Call of duty 3 was alright,weapons weren't balanced they didnt include the Gewerh for the German side but included the Gerand on the American side,so everyone chose the American side,the fact that it was always American Vs Germany...and Poisson was nothing but a spawn killtrap if you spawn up at the houses and the enemy tanks were at the bridge...and everyone,always played that map,so it got very boring very quickly shame because it could of been a belter of a game online why people ...were disspointed at W@W being a COD4 clone in WWII...everybody,and i mean everybody knew the game was using the COD4 engine..we all knew it was WW2,we all knew there was gonna be perks..yet people bought the game and then people moaned |
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The most powerful gun in CoD3 is the unscoped Kar98...it just takes time to get good with it. Its equivalent gun on the US side, the M1, runs out of ammo very quickly, and because most support gunners are selfish bastards who dont know how to drop ammo for others, you have to go scavanging if you want to stay in the fight.
If i'm put on the US side, i'll go out of my way to pick up a Kar98 from poor soul's dead body. Edit: As for maps...well Eder Dam is just as popular as Poisson, but its also not difficult to get games on any of the other maps...apart from the map packs...which is a shame as they are quality maps which piss over anything CoD4 or WaW offered.
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metalangel
28/03/09 @ 08:46
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The weapons are pretty balanced in CoD3. The normal K98 is lethal with practice, whereas the Garand spams the shots but needs multiple hits. The Thompson and BAR have tiny clips which go some way to offset their power vs the German equivalents. The Stg44 in particular is better than many think, so long as you remember to fire in bursts. In fact, I would go so far as to say the only unbalanced weapon are the support machine guns on both sides - the drop n' fire facilitated by the left trigger is so effective that I have seen many games feature nothing but support gunners on both sides.
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metallicorphan
28/03/09 @ 15:16
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all good arguements(and i'd forgot about Eder Dam)
there is one map i love in COD3,not sure what its called though..there is a river,a church,bunkers...and some kind of farm with stables ...however,i think COD2 was the best,LOL |
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Modern Warfare 2 will be a hit, come on guys IW knows what they are doing. COD4 was balanced and so will COD6, well after the patches anyway ... and the few dozen DLC map packs...
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