Frontier Developments founder David Braben, best known for creating the classic Elite, is frustrated that publishers are becoming increasingly unwilling to take chances and are only eager to back Call of Duty-type games.
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Activision has released a new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer showing off the new Survival mode, as you're asked to deal with waves of enemies.
Alleged screenshots show someone at developer Treyarch playing something known as 'Iron Wolf' over Xbox Live, believed to be the next Call of Duty. It's certainly suspicious though as why would Treyarch test a new Call of Duty on the public Xbox Live network? The name Iron Wolf has Cold War ties.
There's nothing like a videogames convention to thump the corporate chest. Microsoft is keen to remind us all that their "ambition is to be the number one console". Also they've got some games coming for Xbox 360 and Kinect over the next year. There's first and third-party goodness like Halo and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Hardcore shooter fans can breathe a sigh of relief that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will support dedicated servers, which Modern Warfare 2 did not (but Treyarch's Black Ops did). The absence of Jason West and Vince Zampella may be part of the reason Infinity Ward will include the open. avoiding the wrath of the PC community by supporting dedicated servers.
Activision's Eric Hirshberg believes EA's baiting words are "bad for the industry," and feels Call of Duty and Battlefield can succeed commercially together. EA's Jeff Brown welcomes Hirshberg "to the big leagues" and reminds the 'newcomer' that "this is a competitive industry." They've "every reason to be nervous."
What digital goods are on their way to Xbox Live over the next couple of weeks? Major Nelson has posted the timetable between now and September 5th. Yesterday saw the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection DLC and some items for Dragon Age II. Today has Capcom's Street Fighter III 3rd Strike.
It's so thoroughly unshocking it could shock the system if not properly digested. The next Call of Duty from Treyarch is underway, and they're hunting for new staff. So far they need a multiplayer level designer but also someone who's an "expert on recent first person shooters", and genre trends. Needs a little reinventing?
Sledgehammer Games co-founder Michael Condrey talks about their collaborative development with Infinity Ward on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. While they're "two separate" studios and cultures they "operate as one virtual" team. In the videogames industry not only "one person can win" and lose.
Activision's military shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be using Steamworks, Valve has announced.
Square Enix and Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution has surgically augmented itself into the British gamers' heart, tossing out Zumba Fitness. Rugby World Cup 2011 entered 3rd, just behind Zumba. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean fell 4th, while Call of Duty: Black Ops busted through 5th, up from 18th.
Despite the convention beginning in less than two days and taking up a significant chunk of land in Los Angeles, Call of Duty XP is still not sold out. The official site is still offering tickets for sale. The thing that has to worry Activision is that it deliberately limited ticket sales to around 6,000.
A year's subscription to Call of Duty Elite is included in the planned Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition, according to advertisement photos. A steel case, unique disc art and a 100-paged journal are included. It grants Founder status on Elite, with exclusive in-game perks. It should unveil this weekend.
Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games are working together to develop Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but Sledgehammer had their own project first. The studio had a third-person action adventure Call of Duty, and was on it for "about six months." It never left prototype as Modern Warfare 3 'called them'.
CEO Eric Hirshberg of Activision Publishing has announced that Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops has amassed a huge 18 million sales for its map pack DLC. Infinity's Modern Warfare 2 managed 11 million for the same time period. The average user spent $76 on Black Ops, says Activision, up 18% of the game's price.
Activision, in celebration of the launch of the Call of Duty XP convention in Los Angeles, has released the first Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer video, showing it off for the very first time.
Microsoft has announced a special Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 "Limited Edition" Xbox 360 bundle.
Some more interesting revelations have been made at Activision's Call of Duty XP convention, this one during a panel of Treyarch employees who were offering fans a behind-the-scenes look at the role and creation of maps in Call of Duty: Black Ops. the panel revealed that around 50% of all maps that moved into Black Ops' development phase never saw official release, despite four map packs being released for the game so far during its lifespan.
Wedbush Securities' Michael Pachter expects EA to "emulate Activision and charge" for its Battlelog social network platform launching with DICE's Battlefield 3. EA counters the analyst's assumption, saying they intend to provide the "best social, multiplayer FPS experience" with Battlelog with "no plans to charge".
The Call of Duty series is Activision's biggest IP, not including Blizzard's titles, and the publisher puts a staggering number of resources into developing it. According to Activision's exec VP Dave Stohl, over 500 developers among four or five studios work on the series.