14 DAY TRIAL // Call of Duty and the latest installment in the series, Modern Warfare 2, have been plastered on the headlines of pretty much everything that was news for the past couple of days. With a five-day total sale of $550 million, the game is officially the biggest selling thing in entertainment, across all areas and domains. With such lavish results from the title, it's no wonder that Activision has decided to attach another studio to the Call of Duty franchise.
The Los Angeles Times has reported that a third studio will be part of the development of future Calls of Duty. Up until now, Infinity Ward was responsible for the Modern Warfare series, while Treyarch handled the World War II exploits of the game. But, allegedly, the title is completely done with that time of history, which is a nice thing to hear, considering how many WW2 shooters have been made.
Most of them were indeed good, the Call of Duty series along with the Medal of Honor one, but sometimes it's just the time to let our dearest departed fade from memory and carry on. The next Call of duty from Treyarch is rumored to stop with the Hitler-assault and move on to other super villains. With Russia as the next enemy of the USA, chronologically speaking, it seems like the next CoD will take place during the Cold War.
So, one can only wonder what exactly this third studio will be handling in regards to the CoD franchise. The LA Times doesn't give any details about which this third studio might be or what it might be doing with the series. All it says is that it will be "working on future versions," so everything else is up for debate. In spite of what we may hope for, the studio might not handle any large productions, and just deal with ports to the handheld consoles, Wii spin-offs and ports, or even titles for the mobile games, like the Call of Duty: Zombies for the iPhone. Another possibility is that it will be handling the Call of Duty MMO, which Activision CEO Bobby Kotick mentioned in 2008.