Tue, Nov 09, 2010 | 16:59 GMT
Rumor: Sources claim Sledgehammer’s COD will contain Marines in space
Call of Duty: Black Ops isn’t even cold on the shelves in the US and UK yet and there’s already talk about Sledgehammer’s setting for the next iteration in the series, and it’s being suggested it may contain space marines.
Last week during a financial call to investors, Activision’s publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg mentioned a new Call of Duty title hitting around the back-half of 2011. Without naming Sledgehammer as the developer of the project, nor indicating what the game will entail, he did promise the game would not deviate from the first-person shooter genre.
Despite the lack of information on the title, some industry sources are telling Gamasutra the game will be set in the future and star Marines in space.
Activision’s COO Thomas Tippl has said in the past the title “will broaden the audience”, and has been called “quite unique” by Sledgehammer boss Glen Schofield. The developers even held two different recruitment rounds to beef up staff for the title, and COD is not the only game the developer is working on for Activision either, as a press release from March stated there was an action-adventure title in the works as well.
To further emphasize the importance of the Call of Duty franchise to Activision, Tippl stated during the call to investors last week the franchise has “more development resources dedicated” to it than ever before as Activision is of the belief there’s a “tremendous amount of appetite for Call of Duty content as well as services” and growth opportunity for the franchise has “never been stronger than what it is today”.
Whether the next iteration in the COD series contains Space Marines or not, is anyone’s guess at this point. Likely, we’ll hear more information on the title starting early next year since it’s expected by Holiday 2011.
Until then, folks should just enjoy running around and shooting communists in Black Ops for the time being.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, Rumour, Shooter
Tags: call of duty, sledgehammer games
15 comments
#1
naffgeek
09/11/10, 4:50 pm
Went to my local Best Buy today (Derby..just opened) and they had a shit load of Black ops left for £29.99.
Althought it could have something to do with Sainsbury’s selling it for £2 less next door (with £30 of shopping)
Activision are definitely not creating false shortages with their stock, it’s frickin everywhere!
#2
Prof.Dr.Moertel
09/11/10, 4:51 pm
USMC – United Space Marine Corps……
#3
onlineatron
09/11/10, 4:54 pm
@1
It certainly doesn’t feel like the event MW2 was. Perhaps that because the majority of my Facebook mates are in Uni and have better things to do then buy and play the game?
Well, except the one guy who decided to post a photo of his copy.
#4
themadjock
09/11/10, 4:55 pm
Just like Moonraker…. when you are running out of ideas take it into space
#5
Erthazus
09/11/10, 4:57 pm
Lol… So Killzone is not enough?
#6
Stephany Nunneley
09/11/10, 4:58 pm
@4 LOL! Moonraker was crap.
#7
G1GAHURTZ
09/11/10, 5:00 pm
Fake guns are rubbish.
Fake guns with lasers are even worse.
#8
themadjock
09/11/10, 5:02 pm
Yeah Steph, see if they put in a set-peice battle with EVA suits and frickin laser beams attached to their frickin heads….
#9
OrbitMonkey
09/11/10, 5:10 pm
Industry sources = people chatting shit.
#10
Psychotext
09/11/10, 5:10 pm
Bald space marines you say? SOLD!
#11
onlineatron
09/11/10, 5:15 pm
Battlefront 3 seamless earth to space combat and I’M IN!
#12
onlineatron
09/11/10, 5:16 pm
Also… Sledgehammer?
Ishimura cameo?
#13
KrazyKraut
09/11/10, 5:19 pm
@onlinetron
yeah the first thing that I thought when I saw the header^^
#14
Lazerate
09/11/10, 6:46 pm
Uh this is old news mate, there was a leak of information quite a while back about the cod upcoming games such as; Modern warfare 3, Space warfare 1&2 and Future warefare 1,2 and 3 so yh this may be true.
#15
Stephany Nunneley
09/11/10, 6:54 pm
@14 Right, it has been said before, but, the more “insiders” that say it, the more it may be true. I haven’t played may COD games, so I dunno how to feel about the prospect. There’s loads of space shooters out there though already.