[fernoca]

Maybe "next gen"; since it seems to be the "trend". (releasing one that is the "new one" then release expansions/sequels through the gen which update/fix/add aspects to the "new" game).

As of right now, they have 4 studios working on main Call of Duty games and mostly 2 of them has been alternating over the last years, while 2 studios were recently added to the mix (with one -Sledgehammer- helping in the release of the most recent one and the other one -Beachhead- working mostly on online aspects/Elite.).

[Blast Processing]

YES. I was kind of worried there might not be a COD this year.

[SolarPowered]

You know, now that I think about it, these guys could end this publisher blacklisting stuff once and for all right now. If the major sites pulled together after a blacklist, and all posted the news, instead of keeping their heads down and hoping for extra clicks two months down the road, the blacklist stuff would fall apart. Because at a certain point, blacklisting multiple sites HURTS Activision more than anything, because they NEED THE COVERAGE. Blacklisting can only work if the game news sites in question THINK THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES MISSING OUT. If Gamestop and IGN and whoever else report the story as well, is Activision going to blacklist ALL OF THEM? Nah, son. The publishers still think they hold all the cards here, but they must have missed the memo. It's the information age, folks.

This would be a nice turn of events.

[dummydecoy]

Great. I can easily skip this since I didn't like Black Ops with it's atrocious framerate on PS3.
B Team can suck it.

[Neuromancer]

Great. I can easily skip this since I didn't like Black Ops with it's atrocious framerate on PS3. B Team can suck it.

Infinity Ward isn't much of an A team, any more.

[Zoibie]

What next, Modern Warfare 4?

Big Red One 2

[shagg_187]

The SHOCK! I can't handle it!

[Sadist]

Quite childish of Activision to un-invite the blog for the Fall of Cybertron event.

[phosphor112]

Dear god... please don't buy this game. Please for the love of gaming, just stop it.

[syllogism]

Why not? The issue in the OP was clearly the result of a C&D against Gameblog, the blacklisting only occured after they refused. The situations seem similar enough, except Gameblog refused while EviLore complied.

The difference is that with mass effect 3 leak people were sharing full text dumps of the script, which is copyright protected material. Not that it likely made a difference, but the situations clearly aren't the same.

[Neuromancer]

Dear god... please don't buy this game. Please for the love of gaming, just stop it.

Why? I had a great time playing against bots in BO1. If they're back in 2, I'll surely buy it.

[phosphor112]

Why? I had a great time playing against bots in BO1. If they're back in 2, I'll surely buy it.

So we can promote new IPs..and possibly..massive improvements?...just a thought =/

[Parallax Scroll]

i hope we get to shoot another historical figure in slow motion

[xHAASx]

Infinity Ward isn't much of an A team, any more.

Accurate. Treyarch vanquishes IW, without trouble...

[Gez]

Bring back Woods or bust.

Woods>Price.

[Jay-B]

Why? I had a great time playing against bots in BO1. If they're back in 2, I'll surely buy it.

I made good use of them too to familiarize myself with the maps, but good gob was their IA terrible. They would just wander around until they saw you, would freeze, aim perfectly and pull the trigger after a couple of seconds. 90's era stuff. Embarassing.

[Pctx]

Sounds like this black ops member wasn't so..... black ops with this news.

[Neuromancer]

So we can promote new IPs..and possibly..massive improvements?...just a thought =/

The video game industry isn't 'all or nothing.' All kinds of games can exist in the marketplace. Call of Duty doesn't prevent other developers from making excellent and innovative games.

[Neuromancer]

I made good use of them too to familiarize myself with the maps, but good gob was their IA terrible. They would just wander around until they saw you, would freeze, aim perfectly and pull the trigger after a couple of seconds. 90's era stuff. Embarassing.

Well if you set them to the hardest setting they become almost insane aimbots. I still have fun messing with them in different game types and modes and difficulties with different numbers on each team. There are a lot of options which is why I played it so much.

[Gez]

So we can promote new IPs..and possibly..massive improvements?...just a thought =/

You might want to think a little, the COD clones on the market are the fault of those developers who make said clones. It's up to those developers and pubs to make something original and 'improvements', it's not Activisions fault.

[xHAASx]

Sounds like this black ops member wasn't so..... black ops with this news.

Neat.

[boundedseven]

Great. I can easily skip this since I didn't like Black Ops with it's atrocious framerate on PS3. B Team can suck it.

Actually B team has become the A team, and vice versa

[xHAASx]

lol at blacklisting.

Causes me to remember Modern Warfare 2.

[purple cobra]

Great. I can easily skip this since I didn't like Black Ops with it's atrocious framerate on PS3. B Team can suck it.

Yeah, I didn't like how the PS3 version of Black Ops turned out. It was the first Treyarch developed COD title I bought of theirs and it didn't leave a good impression on me. I had skipped W@W but read up on it being a solid title.

But for whatever reasons Back Ops on PS3 turned out no so good...

[xHAASx]

Dear god... please don't buy this game. Please for the love of gaming, just stop it.

Don't be babyish. Get a life.

[mescalineeyes]

So we can promote new IPs..and possibly..massive improvements?...just a thought =/

Activision had a lot of new IPs this gen. It's just that some games were sub-par (Singularity) and some were ahead of their time, simply too good for this world and thus had to die (Blur).

[Reallink]

So why is the thread title not "Amazon outs BLOPS 2, Gameblog reports it, Activision blacklists Gameblog". If I'm understanding it correctly, that seems more accurate than the current title which at first glance appears to place blame on Gameblog as a "leak" of sorts, when they were really just reporting Amazon's error. The reality makes Activision look even more ridiculous and petty.

[Neuromancer]

Activision had a lot of new IPs this gen. It's just that some games were sub-par (Singularity) and some were ahead of their time, simply too good for this world and thus had to die (Blur).

Singularity was not subpar!

*runs crying from the room*

[fernoca]

So why is the thread title not "Amazon outs BLOPS 2, Gameblog reports it, Activision blacklists Gameblog". If I'm understanding it correctly, that seems more accurate than the current title which at first glance appears to place blame on Gameblog as a "leak" of sorts, when they were really just reporting Amazon's error. The reality makes Activision look even more ridiculous and petty.

Well, in reality was something like:

-Amazon.fr lists Black Ops 2 and emails people about it
-Amazon.fr changes it to Call of Duty 9
-Other site(s) reported about it (and the change)
-Gameblog reported about it, but didn't linked to the other sites
-Activision (France?) asked the other sites to remove said info, and they did
-Activision (France?) asked Gameblog to remove said info and they didn't
-Gameblog is blacklisted from all Activision (France?) events

:p

[soultron]

Singularity was not subpar! *runs crying from the room*

It was a solid game, in my books. More people should play it.

[Detox]

DAY ONE if Sam Worthington is in it

[Saty]

Blacklisting OOPS

[xHAASx]

Blacklisting OOPS

That's what they all said about MW2, Black Ops and MW3. They pulverized each and every sales record.

[Psycho Powaa]

Yes fernoca, I do believe it is Activision France.

[Zeitgeister]

Well, in reality was something like: -Amazon.fr lists Black Ops 2 and emails people about it -Amazon.fr changes it to Call of Duty 9 -Other site(s) reported about it (and the change) -Gameblog reported about it, but didn't linked to the other sites -Activision (France?) asked the other sites to remove said info, and they did -Activision (France?) asked Gameblog to remove said info and they didn't -Gameblog is blacklisted from all Activision (France?) events :p

Far from a professional response on Activision's end.

A reporter actually reporting stuf? "BWAAAAAA, how couuullld yoouu?". This should be reported on like Jim Redner's tweet on Duke Nukem Forever was. He got burned for it, why shouldn't Activision be burned for it?

[Hey You]

Dear god... please don't buy this game. Please for the love of gaming, just stop it.

I enjoyed Black Ops alot more than CoD 4, MW2 & 3. Bring on BO2!

[soultron]

I enjoyed Black Ops alot more than CoD 4, MW2 & 3. Bring on BO2!

Sacrilegious. The other stuff I can see though.

[hamchan]

Dear god... please don't buy this game. Please for the love of gaming, just stop it.

Nah, I think I'll buy this game because BLOPS was the best CoD since 4.

[Stallion Free]

Nah, I think I'll buy this game because BLOPS was the best CoD since 4.

Easily. It took a month or two to work out the kinks on PC, but after that it was damn near perfect. I spent way too much time playing Hardcore TDM with my friends. Sticks and stones too.

[Gez]

Nah, I think I'll buy this game because BLOPS was the best CoD since 4.

Yep.

Personally i felt it was the strongest COD SP yet, personal opinion and all.

[Hey You]

Sacrilegious. The other stuff I can see though.

I didn't really start getting on the CoD bandwagon till Black Ops so that's why.

[wsoxfan1214]

I tried to sum up everything that I could find as of now in this article.

If my editors get anything from Activision requesting it get taken down, I'll let you guys know.

Can't say I'm amazed by the attempt, though. Activison is a big enough game company to be able to try this kind of a stunt. Still disappointing, at any rate.

[Striek]

Sequel to the worst CoD of the generation :(

BLOPs was absolute crap compared to the MW games and even WaW (MW1 reskinned). The interweb said it was a return to MW1 form and the interweb lied. Worst maps, worst weapons, worst systems, incredibly terrible singleplayer.

This news makes me sad.

[daffy]

Sequel to the worst CoD of the generation :( BLOPs was absolute crap compared to the MW games and even WaW (MW1 reskinned). The interweb said it was a return to MW1 form and the interweb lied. Worst maps, worst weapons, worst systems, incredibly terrible singleplayer. This news makes me sad.

No. Best COD since COD4. They got rid of all the garbage and listened to the community. Now you can play Warfare 2 if you want all that crap back. While we wait for Treyarch to bless us once more.

[Aselith]

The campaign was the most boring, uninspired shooter I've ever played and the map design both sp and mp is awful. Terrible game.

[Hey You]

Sequel to the worst CoD of the generation :( BLOPs was absolute crap compared to the MW games and even WaW (MW1 reskinned). The interweb said it was a return to MW1 form and the interweb lied. Worst maps, worst weapons, worst systems, incredibly terrible singleplayer. This news makes me sad.

Haha, Black Ops maps are better than most of MW3's maps.

[markot]

And much like Bethseda getting pissy at Ars for their RAGe review and not giving them Skyrim, not a shit was given by anyone and nothing ever changes.

[JasonMCG]

A new CoD game for a new year. I'm so surprised.

[AzureNightmare]

And much like Bethseda getting pissy at Ars for their RAGe review and not giving them Skyrim, not a shit was given by anyone and nothing ever changes.

Yes yes, we all know you don't care. The apathy room is THAT way.

[DarkFlow]

Can Activision blacklist GAF? Only time will tell!

How the hell can they blacklist us? It's not like they send us review copys or invite us to press events.