BaD #6: A Change in the Status Quo

On 02/06/2014 at 06:17 PM by transmet2033

Linked to Article Series: Blog a Day (BaD) 2014

I have been working a fair amount of overtime at the moment, which means that my brain function is shot by this point in the day. I would still like to pump out a blog a day, so I am being a little lazy today especially since I just heard that Call of Duty is shifting to a three year development cycle.

This is big news because we will not be getting another Black Ops game this year. In fact who knows what game we will get this year. All I know is that it is being developed by Sledgehammer. I think that they have worked on some of the past Call of Duty games and probably some of the map packs.

There is one other hopeful thought that I am pulling out of this news. This extra year may give Treyarch the opportunity to get a new engine for Call of Duty. As people might be aware, CoD Ghosts still runs on the same engine that Modern Warfare ran on.

I don't think that this change will fix the problem of franchise fatigue, but there are plenty of good things that could come from an extended development time. Call of Duty isn't really my cup of tea... make that coffee. I haven't drank tea in a while. It may not be my cup of tea, but I appreciate that Activision may be trying again. They knew that eventually they would fall, but this may reinvigorate the franchise... only time will tell.

C.S.3590SquadLeader

02/06/2014 at 07:31 PM

I'm not well-versed in Call of Duty, or FPSs in general, but having more time for game development is probably for the best.

transmet2033

02/07/2014 at 07:24 AM

Now that I have gotten some sleep, I have no idea what I was thinking. I don't really care about Call of Duty all that much... make that at all. It doesn't appeal to me. Why would I ever in my right mind talk about something I dislike?

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/07/2014 at 12:22 AM

I take my coffee either black or as basically a dessert, it depends on the circumstance. And that is all the commentary I can offer on CoD.

02/07/2014 at 07:25 AM

I have a nice cup o' joe in my hands right now. mmm... tasty.

02/07/2014 at 01:52 PM

That seems weirdly suggestive when said in direct response to me ...

02/07/2014 at 02:28 PM

oops.

bullet656

02/07/2014 at 07:42 AM

That's good news. I've never completely understood the constant bashing those games get when there are so many other games that do the same thing, but they have become pretty stale.

I have to admit when I first got COD4:Modern Warfare I had a blast with it. It probably helped that besides the occasional Team Fortress on my friend's computer, I had never really played an on-line FPS. I spent a great many hours on it. When the second one came out I still enjoyed it, but probably spent less than half the time with it as I did the first. I also got the 3rd one, but spent only a handful of hours with it before I got bored. I don't really have a desire to play another one unless they change something fundamental about it.

Alex-C25

02/07/2014 at 01:04 PM

Well, atleast now Activition doesn't want CoD to have the same thing as Guitar Hero had. Let's see if they can change for this time.

BrokenH

02/07/2014 at 01:15 PM

I don't like COD too much but I cannot really judge it harshly. I love Dynasty Warriors which is another huge franchise that releases a new game every 1-2 years. lol.

daftman

02/07/2014 at 07:10 PM

I wish they would just give that franchise a year off but I know it won't happen. I remember Sledgehammer was supposedly working on a sci-fi CoD, according to rumor at least. Maybe we'll see that.

Halochief90

02/08/2014 at 06:21 PM

Although Ghosts was apparently a disappointment in sales, I'm sure it still made a ton of money. Regardless, they really do need to make a new engine if they don't want sales to continue dropping.

NSonic79

02/28/2014 at 02:10 PM

I"m still debating if I should get the Black Ops series on PS3 since I have the MW series on my Xbox 360, along with a MW3 theme console.

PixlBit