Sledgehammer Games developing 'action/adventure' CoD title
- Posted March 3rd, 2010 at 11:29 EDT by Mike Harradence
- 40 Comments
Activision has revealed that the newly formed Sledgehammer Games is currently working on an ‘action-adventure’ entry in the Call of Duty franchise, as well as confirming that a second new title is also in the works for release in 2011.
Speaking in a press release issued over night, the mega publisher commented, "The company is also for the first time announcing that a new game in the Call of Duty series is expected to be released in 2011 and that Sledgehammer Games, a newly formed, wholly owned studio, is in development on a Call of Duty game that will extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre.”
For those unaware, Sledgehammer is headed by Glen A. Schofield and Michael Condrey, who previously worked on EA survival horror romp, Dead Space. Furthermore, just in case any of you were wondering, the Sledgehammer CoD title and the 2011 title are indeed separate games, as detailed in a memo by Activision bigwig, Mike Griffith.
"2010 is expected to be another big year for Call of Duty," wrote Griffith, "with Treyarch developing a new title for fall release, Infinity Ward's downloadable content for Modern Warfare 2 in the works now, and a new Call of Duty title expected to be released in 2011."
"In addition, Sledgehammer Games is in development on a Call of Duty title in the action-adventure genre. It's an exciting time and it's the right time to ensure the appropriate resources are there to support Call of Duty's growth,” he added.
Maybe we’re being a bit optimistic, but we’d love to see a game based around the past antics of Ghost or the legendary Captain Price. How about the rest of you? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Kostchtchie
- 6:49am EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 4
sounds like they are going to go ahead with there PAY to PLAY idea soon, stay tuned....
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Wintee
- 7:57am EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 9
So two of the senior COD team (the president and the CEO http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/activision-forms-new-call-of-duty-unit-1915214.html) get the boot by activision on the same day activision announces yet another third party team will churn out another COD game.
My take on this is that the Infinity ward guys were hacked off with activision turning their franchise into a cash-cow, didn't want downloadable content and more crappy COD games by other groups (Treyarch, can you hear me? You're games are a pale imitation). So they spoke up an get the book.
I'll bet you $$$ that most of the Infinity Ward team walk from Activision and form a new startup. And I'd bet an extra $ that one of M$/Sony will throw bucket loads of cash their way to make them an exclusive development partner - too much of a coup to miss.
Watch this space, you read it here first - I really should work for PSU.com shouldn't I!
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Windwalker
- 8:01am EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 10
Jesus... did we have to see 'Sledgehammer Games developing a Call of Duty title' in every single paragraph? We get it!
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SynYster505
- 8:08am EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 11
haha you guys wait.. its probably going to turn out to be the best in the COD franchise..
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alrightiwill333
- 9:11am EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 16
soon the COD RPG, followed by the MW rpg, with an mmo dlc then cod rts... ugh just keep it a fps... a mediocre fps that is. do you think Uncharted would be enhanced by making it into a fps activision?
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weedge1212
- 9:14am EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 17
they oughtta just make a full game of the nazi zombies mode. id be more interested in a sweet full sized zombie game than just another improved modern warfare. i want to see COD: NAZI ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.
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PsychoMantis
- 10:45am EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 20
@16 You would be surprised what a company will do for a $1
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XSpike_SpiegelC- 12:21pm EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 24
I agree with 9... Except, Sony will say, they should WANT to be exclusive with us... MS will be like.... Here is $10 mill.... Then they will turn it into another HALO... the only thing outstanding on their console, and make people wait in line and put up with their rushed systems and such just to play that one game....
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KlNG_DEADEYE
- 12:37pm EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 25
Dont HOMO the game out thats all i care about... You guys are making a legendary game and it has standards
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jaewest304
- 1:13pm EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 27
Treyarch are the onyl ones that make good CoD games anymore anyway so those will be the only ones I look at. MW2 is trash WAW is much better and more realistic. This A&A CoD probably will be terrible but over half the fools here will buy it cuz its called CoD
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roushman90
- 5:40pm EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 30
Two years, two installments = Milking the COD name. Can you smell $$$?
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BmX_Assalient
- 5:58pm EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 31
Really why do we need 1,000 people making cod games why doesnt it be like any other game that has 1 owner
p.s. i'd like to see a cod game that is virtually impossible to be a noob like MAG theres no way to be a noob in that game MW2= TO MANY NOOBS!!
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Playstation_3
- 7:37pm EST - March 3rd, 2010
- 32
COD is ending up like "Now thats what i call music" before we know it it will be playing COD 56 if somebody dont put a stop to it.
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Goonerboy08
- 4:26am EST - March 5th, 2010
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I'm with weedge1212 post below. Give me a ZOMBIES FULL GAME any day of the week(What a Suprise Zombie maps really were). Treyarch done an amazing job with Zombies it was a shame there were just 4 maps, i still keep pestering them to do one more, but i get no replys. JUST ONE MORE TREYARCH TO KEEP ME AND MY WORK MATES GOING- ZOMBIES ROCKS.
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SefirothPH
- 7:28pm EST - March 9th, 2010
- 39
Did they seriously say that Sledgehammer games is developing COD like 5 times? lol...
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OmegaGhost
- 10:21pm EST - March 12th, 2010
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Did Activision do any research as to whether or not the gaming public would be interested in an action-adventure COD/MW style of game? Judging by the comments I just read, and based on my opinion of the idea - it will be moderately succesful, if that. With WAW being put out by Treyarch this fall, and DLC for MW2 it any new endeavor my Activision will surely be overlooked. (I personally am disappointed with MW2, even though my k/d is 1.47 - why isn't there a straight deathmatch mode without killstreaks? BC2 anyone? :D)
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