The next ‘Modern Warfare’ entry in the Call of Duty series will be arriving this year, Activision CFO Thomas Tippl confidently revealed at the annual Wedbush Morgan Securities meeting. Additionally, Modern Warfare 2 is already "looking incredible," he said.
"Last year we had probably beaten most expert expectations by growing the Call of Duty franchise over the tremendous success that was the first iteration of Modern Warfare," stated Tippl. "For 2009, Modern Warfare is coming back, we expect it will be the most anticipated game of the year. Perhaps the number one game of the year despite the fact that it’s only going to launch in the holiday season.
"There is no doubt in my mind that it will again raise the bar for the shooter genre," he continued. "The game is looking incredible and Infinity Ward, the studio that is developing it, is just doing an unbelievable job."
Usually, when the industry bigwigs hype games up and call their company’s titles "incredible," they’re just helping out the marketing team. While that’s undoubtedly the case here, we’re inclined to believe Tippl’s praise given the high quality of Call of Duty 4.
With the GDC 2009 just around the corner, don’t expect Modern Warfare 2 to be shrouded in mystery for too much longer.