Xbox One Call of Duty now on 3-year development cycle

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Activision has announced that the Call of Duty series has been switched to a three-year development cycle. Previously, two studios - Infinity Ward and Treyarch - released Call of Duty games alternatively every two years.

In a significant change of strategy, Activision has added a third studio, Sledgehammer Games, to the rotation giving each studio three years to developer their respective Call of Duty titles, announced Activision Publishing president and CEO Eric Hirshberg. Sledgehammer will lead development on this year's new Call of Duty title, expected to release in late 2014. This comes as part of an effort to improve quality, said Hirshberg during an earnings results call on Thursday.

Sledgehammer has previously worked on the Call of Duty franchise in a collaborative capacity with Infinity Ward on 2012's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Sledgehammer was focused on the creation of post-launch DLC for the game, along with Raven Software.
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Source: CVG

Well hopefully this can vastly improve the series, since many found Ghost to be a bit lackluster, myself included. I don't know that would want to play Sledgehammer's first attempt at CoD, but I would definitely play Treyarch's next entry, especially after giving them three years to play with. In the mean time there will be plenty of shooters, with Titnafall and Destiny among others. How do you guys feel about the news?
 
I hope that with the changes that they did (3 year development cycle), they can create an even better Call of Duty game that would be way better than what we have currently (COD ghosts). I hope they can make an old school version (WW2 version).
 
I hope they use the extra time to try to come up with something unique for a change.
 
I hope they use the extra time to try to come up with something unique for a change.
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I agree, they should add more goodies on the next game, a better game play and a better set of weapons.
 
way i read it they have 3 developers.. and a 3 year span...
so basically a new cod every year just with a different developers name in the title.

sounds like nothing new.

an honest 3 year is release in december.. and 3 years later we get another... not well infiniti ward does next year, sledhammer does the year after and respawn does the last year and rotate.
 
Smart move, now they can release one game each year back to back without having to worry about delays and stuff. Let's hope adding a third studio into mix will add something new and innovative to the franchise that will spice things up.
 
Smart move, now they can release one game each year back to back without having to worry about delays and stuff. Let's hope adding a third studio into mix will add something new and innovative to the franchise that will spice things up.
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Yeah, I hope the changes will make the game even better on the next release.
 
sc_shark said:
way i read it they have 3 developers.. and a 3 year span...
so basically a new cod every year just with a different developers name in the title.

sounds like nothing new.

an honest 3 year is release in december.. and 3 years later we get another... not well infiniti ward does next year, sledhammer does the year after and respawn does the last year and rotate.
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Still a longer developement cycle, so you cant honestly say its the same thing.
 
Ahhh.... I see. So new COD but a different developer in a 3 year cycle. We'll see if this year's attempt by Sledgehammer will do any good for the franchise.
 
Not really hyped for this but at least we know Activision reveals the development cycle for these games. So interesting... 3 years to make a COD game.
 
I wonder what Sledgehammer's COD gonna be like. Their last COD was Modern Warfare 3 so maybe... Modern Warfare 4?
 
I'm a little disappointed that this means we will still be getting a new CoD every year, but hopefully this improves the quality of the games. Sledgehammer Games (as a studio) has only worked on one game, they co-developed MW3, which was on ok game. I hope they do something interesting to bring life back into a series that now bores me.
 
I wonder what Sledgehammer's COD gonna be like. Their last COD was Modern Warfare 3 so maybe... Modern Warfare 4?
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I wish they could make something like that. Modern Warfare 4 with the realistic look, I want something like "Lone Survivor" the movie.
 
diamondback8 said:
I wonder what Sledgehammer's COD gonna be like. Their last COD was Modern Warfare 3 so maybe... Modern Warfare 4?
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MW4 is possible. After all, we only saw MW3. Black Ops got its own sequel and Ghost is a new iteration so MW4 is a possibility. Or they can just call it the Future Total Warfare. XD hahaha I can see it being a meme someday: COD FTW!!
 
KN1GHTMARE said:
Still a longer developement cycle, so you cant honestly say its the same thing.
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no it is the same thing... i mean come on we already have how many cod??? how many different styles? yet they curn one pos out every year that we all say is the same game rebadged with a few tweeks..

we already know how the "industry" works and we also know cod is not going to make a major change till they drive it 6 feet down.. non of the 3 developers will be able to stray far from cod recipe.. because cod is a franchise and has to maintaine the same feel..

what do we think cod is going to go to big open world shooter? or keep with the smaller framed run and gun style. do we expect a revamp of the "battle log" nope... cant realy do much with matchmaking/server (microsoft handles that)

i am not knocking cod.. it is what it is.. but its not going to go out side of its comfort zone. and the only way it will is if each developer is going to aim towards something spefific..

respawn: 20 first centery style shooter
2nd developer: 60-80's style retro throwback games
sledgehammer: futuristic alies vs humans..

past the developers geting to handle its own style of game their is just not much to change... not like any shooter is willing to pay for gun licensing
 
ragnafable11 said:
I wish they could make something like that. Modern Warfare 4 with the realistic look, I want something like "Lone Survivor" the movie.
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A realistic look? Well, we'll see what Sledgehammer's gonna bring to the table. There's always a chance they can go something new with their COD.
 
Lol.. at first I thought this meant we'd only be getting CoD every 3 years, and I couldn't believe my eyes.

Personally don't care for the series any more, but it's a move in the right direction, I suppose. I'm just waiting for some other game to steal the CoD crown.
 
DPatel304 said:
Lol.. at first I thought this meant we'd only be getting CoD every 3 years, and I couldn't believe my eyes.

Personally don't care for the series any more, but it's a move in the right direction, I suppose. I'm just waiting for some other game to steal the CoD crown.
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My bet is that Titanfall will eventually. Maybe not with this first game but Titanfall 2 will have a good shot to do it.
 
KN1GHTMARE said:
My bet is that Titanfall will eventually. Maybe not with this first game but Titanfall 2 will have a good shot to do it.
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Yeah. COD has quite the install base. It'll take time to even kick its butt off the throne of best-sellers.
 
KN1GHTMARE said:
My bet is that Titanfall will eventually. Maybe not with this first game but Titanfall 2 will have a good shot to do it.
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That would be cool. Not too big on Titanfall myself but it at least is a lot more interesting and unique.
 
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