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[AHA-Lambda]

on the activision financial call just now

Developed by Sledgehammer confirmed.

I am shocked I didn't expect this to happen with the series sales decline.

 

[Alienous]

Good news?

Not 2 a year, I'm assuming.

 

[Zozr]

Give us one more good Treyarch game and kill the series for good, put it out of its misery

 

[Mdot]

I'll believe it when I don't buy it.

 

[Pound_lb003]

Well done Acti... Maybe don't hammer it into the ground, and see if people are excited by the downtime?

 

[RoboPlato]

Does this mean they're adding another team or giving it a break for a year to get things back on track?

 

[Ceallach]

I believe they meant "3 a year" dev cycle

 

[jediyoshi]

Buh, doesn't seem like COD has the gameplay overhead for expansions to fill in the gaps. Spinoffs maybe?

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

New game engine incoming?

Spoiler

Aw, who the fuck am I kidding...

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

This is needed. Call of Duty desperately needs a new engine and this is probably the only way that'll come about.

 

[Nirolak]

I suspect they will differentiate them more in an effort to make the sales go back up.

 

[NeoGIF]

All I need is my Black Ops III this November so I can forget about the travesty known as COD Ghosts.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

That can't be right. Really, a single CoD every three years? No way.

I'm thinking, like others, spin-offs.

 

[Rizific]

So I'm guessing it's a staggered 3 year Dev cycle for IW and treyarch too which still equals a yearly release?

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Does this mean they're adding another team or giving it a break for a year to get things back on track?

Nah each year will be a rotation of IW, Treyarch and Sledgehammer.

 

[brandonh83]

So... they can still have a game a year like Assassin's, right, if multiple studios are working on them?

 

[Xater]

3 years for those games is a good thing. Let's hope they really use the time and do some interesting stuff with the games.

 

[antitrop]

No great surprise. Interested to see what they can do.

It has to be better than Ghosts.

 

[Alienous]

That can't be right. Really, a single CoD every three years? No way.

I'm thinking, like others, spin-offs.

1 a year, cycling between 3 developers.

 

[Vashetti]

Megaton missing from title?

 

[TronLight]

Sales decline? How much are we talking about here?

 

[Vooduu]

I'm a little confused. Does that mean we're getting an extra developer added to the mix?

3 separate CoD franchises essentially?

Jeez. More CoD..

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Well, looks like they want to rotate with Destiny!

 

[RoboPlato]

Nah each year will be a rotation of IW, Treyarch and Sledgehammer.

Ah, got it.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

1 a year, cycling between 3 developers.

Yeah, reading the comments, I interpreted this wrong. That's about what I'd expect.

 

[bluecapsule]

That can't be right. Really, a single CoD every three years? No way.

I'm thinking, like others, spin-offs.

It means 3 teams working concurrently instead of 2 for yearly releases.

 

[Major Williams]

So will there be a third developer? Or is it just 2 years on, 1 year break?

This could be a very good thing though. Ghosts was lackluster, and the campaigns haven't grabbed my attention for quite some time.

 

[Snapshot King]

That can't be right. Really, a single CoD every three years? No way.

I'm thinking, like others, spin-offs.

I believe it means that Sledgehammer will join Infinity Ward and Treyarch in putting one out a year. So that each team will have 3 years to work on them.

 

[antitrop]

I'm a little confused. Does that mean we're getting an extra developer added to the mix?

3 separate CoD franchises essentially?

Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer.

Raven and Neversoft also help where they are needed. Raven does a lot of work with the MP.

 

[RedRooster]

I believe they meant "3 a year" dev cycle

Teehee. Hard to not be cynical. But this is fairly major news, I would think.
Not that I'll buy it anyways, but should be more next gen-y at least.

edit-ignore what I said then. Status quo+1.

 

[bigkrev]

I'm guessing that Treyarchs game will be current gen only in 2015. This is the last year for 360S3/WiiU

 

[Alienous]

I'm a little confused. Does that mean we're getting an extra developer added to the mix?

3 separate CoD franchises essentially?

I wouldn't be suprised by the idea of Sledgehammer making a Ghosts 2. Hopefully they get to make their game, though.

 

[Ridley327]

I'm a little confused. Does that mean we're getting an extra developer added to the mix?

3 separate CoD franchises essentially?

Yeah. The main studios now will be Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer Games.

 

[NateDrake]

I'm a little confused. Does that mean we're getting an extra developer added to the mix?

3 separate CoD franchises essentially?

Sledgehammer is making CoD now as well. So we have IW, Trey, and Sledge making CoD games at this point.

 

[FStop7]

This is great news for the franchise.

Edit - I think I misread. I thought it meant that the CoD brand was going on a 3 year rotation rather than annual releases. This actually isn't as great as I thought.

The brand needs a rest.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Sales decline? How much are we talking about here?

It has been declining since Blops 1 and Acti has been really quiet on sales for CoD for a while now, but analysts sounded really disappointed in Ghosts performance.

 

[Doc Evils]

Might as well run the series to the ground with a sledge hammer.

 

[Milennia]

Im taking this as good news.
Really curious about the sledgehammer game this year.

3year>2year in any situation, yet... Im tired of the franchise and haven't put time into one since MW2-black ops, as well as all the other new shooter franchises that will be eating away at my time this year.
Well see.

 

[Mindman]

I'm a little confused. Does that mean we're getting an extra developer added to the mix?

3 separate CoD franchises essentially?

Jeez. More CoD..

That's correct.

 

[shinobi602]

Good.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Not sure I understand. So after the Sledgehammer game this year a new CoD will release only every 3 years? Or did I get that wrong?

€dit: Nevermind, has been answered. 3 studios working on CoD now... Jesus...

 

[FluxWaveZ]

This is great news for the franchise.

Hm, well one would hope that the extra time for development would make better quality titles.

 

[Nirolak]

Since some people are confused, basically (titles speculative):

2014: Modern Warfare 4 by Sledgehammer
2015: Black Ops 3 by Treyarch
2016: Ghosts 2 by Infinity Ward

 

[Kai Dracon]

Finally, thank god.

There just weren't enough studios making Call of Duty.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Well Pete Dodd was the first to leak this. +1 for Pete.

 

[daman824]

Damn....2 years until I get my Treyarch cod.

 

[TheMagician]

This means there will be one new COD game every year the same as now but each one will have a 3 year development time. In order to meet the one game per year goal there will be 3 different developers.

 

[Lunzio]

I can't wait for CoD BLOPS MW 2k5!

 

[Dysun]

Hopefully this gives Treyarch even more chance to make a truly great CoD.

Also excited to see what Sledgehammer cooks up, since nu Infinity Ward can't be trusted

 

[Alienous]

Damn....3 years until I get my Treyarch cod.

2015. So, closer to 2.