Call of Duty MMO on the horizon?
- Posted March 5th, 2008 at 08:17 EDT by
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Last year, publisher Activision successfully evolved the First Person Shooter (FPS) genre in terms of gameplay with their release of the critically acclaimed Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Beyond graphics, COD4 took online multiplayer for the FPS genre and shook it to newer heights.
Indeed, before its release in November 2007, many people believed that the Xbox 360 title, Halo 3, was the progressive multiplayer FPS. Aside from a sure Call of Duty 5 and possible Call of Duty 6, what else does Activision have under their sleeves with the franchise?
While speaking at a Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in California, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick revealed some startling information that is surely going to come as a pleasant surprise. At the conference, Kotick revealed that the company is looking into the possibility of bringing the Call of Duty franchise into the Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO) market:
"When you think about other properties that we own and control like Call of Duty, and what would be the natural evolution of a property like Call of Duty into a massively multiplayer environment”, said Kotick.
Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.
What we think:
Just how astonished would current COD fans be and how electric would newcomers be to the series if it indeed went the MMO route? Imagine 60+ player online battles throughout large and detailed maps with vehicle support such as helicopters, tanks, and jeeps?
Then take into consideration the individual character customization such as height, weight, and facial features. Also territorial factions such as Middle East, United States, UK, and Russian in which we can choose from and play as. The possibilities are endless, and Activision would surely be sitting on a gold mine if they did indeed decide to go this route. It should be interesting to see how this news turns out.
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Odium_Generis_Humani
- 8:23am GMT - March 5th, 2008
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I'd pay 15.00 a month for it. Period. Bring it on.
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Odium_Generis_Humani
- 8:28am GMT - March 5th, 2008
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Though it looks like the same cartoon style as Team fortress, SOE is trying a FPS MMO called The Agency. It's supposed to come out this year and be "free". I'm interested in that, too.
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Deusthousand |
Deusthousand- 8:44am GMT - March 5th, 2008
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Well if you guys think they can make a 60+ player mmo on thecrapbox? Guess what? Not happening. Xbots are lucky when they get a game that can have 16 people. Maybe in the next generation for them but that is now for the ps3
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IONIXX |
IONIXX- 8:56am GMT - March 5th, 2008
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ok so yeah if it had planes jeeps and tanks it would be great, BUT, this is where people are dumb, why? cuz while WARHAWK may only have allow 32 players in games, it LAREADY HAS planes jeeps and tanks, sp people say how great COD would be in that for, but theres already somthin out there that offers such things, so WTF?, i dispise it, but considering how popular COD is, it would be good if it was a ps3 exclusive, but its not, unless this game led on the ps3 ( i dont know wat the lead console is) its just a 360 PORT, where'as warhawk is an authentic sony exclusive, but i dunno if the 360 would take a COD MMO easily, maybe it will become a ps3 exclusive, who knows. and how come psu gets to swear in their articles but we dont get to in our comments?
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cleptomaniac
- 9:43am GMT - March 5th, 2008
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honestly, what would a mmo for a fps be? 60 player battles? Resistence 2 has that and they dont claim to be an mmo? we need more info.
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Organic_Shadow |
OrganicShadow- 10:44am GMT - March 5th, 2008
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If they went MMO they would pretty much HAVE to add in vehicles, ala BF2.
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se7enthsign |
Se7enthSign- 10:50am GMT - March 5th, 2008
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[quote]ok so yeah if it had planes jeeps and tanks it would be great, BUT, this is where people are dumb, why? cuz while WARHAWK may only have allow 32 players in games, it LAREADY HAS planes jeeps and tanks, sp people say how great COD would be in that for, but theres already somthin out there that offers such things, so WTF?, i dispise it, but considering how popular COD is, it would be good if it was a ps3 exclusive, but its not, unless this game led on the ps3 ( i dont know wat the lead console is) its just a 360 PORT, where'as warhawk is an authentic sony exclusive, but i dunno if the 360 would take a COD MMO easily, maybe it will become a ps3 exclusive, who knows. and how come psu gets to swear in their articles but we dont get to in our comments? [/quote]
A little too much coffee this morning? Call of Duty>>>Warhawk, for starters. Also, COD4 was not a port. Both versions were built from the ground up. Now considering that COD5 will not be IW, who knows. That being said, they didn't say taht COD5 was going to be the MMO. It may be COD6.
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TheMadTitan |
EcksMane XBL: XdaKing WKS- 10:54am GMT - March 5th, 2008
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so 60 players makes it a MMO? resistance 2 will have that. vehicles turn this into an MMO? warhawk has that covered. im not so sure about this. seems they will put anything out and calll in an MMO and it will sell jus because of that and the name COD. more excited about the Agency. A REAL MMO! @se7enthsign COD4 being better than warhawk is only an opion. im not gonna say warhawk is better either but if i did that would only be an opion. warhawk has its fans too.
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Daz |
miami2399- 6:47pm GMT - March 5th, 2008
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"Just how astonished would current COD fans be and how electric would newcomers be to the series if it indeed went the MMO route? Imagine 60+ player online battles throughout large and detailed maps with vehicle support such as helicopters, tanks, and jeeps?"
That part is the best. It sounds to me like Warhawk......only they will make you pay for it.
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Alpha2
- 7:23pm GMT - March 5th, 2008
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I wouldnt pay for it. Think about it. Resistance is going to be 60 player for free. Who cares about face customization when it's just just going to get shot off by a guy with a sniper rifle. All people want is to have fresh maps to kill each other on that's all we need.
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Deldwen |
Deldwen1- 9:05pm GMT - March 5th, 2008
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milk it milk it milk it!! =D
btw WTF 60+ isnt mmo...
20,000+ is mmo... are you kidding me... ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!! MMO is a large world/place were tons and tons of people fight along side eachother or agaisnt... its BASICLY MASSIVLY MUILTIPLYER ONLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow.... retards..
a mmo would be cool.. not a cod4 with a few more people... thats way to dairy farm cow for me devs
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Odium_Generis_Humani
- 11:37pm GMT - March 5th, 2008
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1- the 60 people thing was a suggestion by the writer of this article, you guys read way too much into that.
2- Don't put the game in a box. There's a lot of room for innovation with an MMORPG that's also a first person shooter. Sony's "The Agency" will be a good indication of whether that goes over well. THE PERKS SYSTEM IN CALL OF DUTY IS A SMALL EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE "RPG" ELEMENTS CAN BE IN COD"online".
Right now it's perks, but what about earning your armor, and better armor? How about being able to use a silencer AND a red-dot sight? How about Pets? How about vehicles? Raids would be replaced by big missions. I'm stunned by your lack of imagination.
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Farseye |
Farseye- 1:25am GMT - March 6th, 2008
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wow, when i think about mmo i think about runescape, Final Fantasy online, World War II online (battleground europe), or even world of warcraft... but call of duty? hmm i bet we wouldnt even see a mmo call of duty until 2010-2012..... but if they did make it, it would be extremly close to WWII online... great game too... check out some videos of it.
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