While it won’t be, at the very least, an entire year until the next iteration of Call of Duty releases to tremendous fanfare and anticipation, a few very vague and hard to decipher details have been released that give us some clues where Neversoft‘s first crack at the franchise might go. Obviously the assumption is that Modern Warfare, the series within the series, is done. Infinity Ward sufficiently wrapped up that story with last year’s Modern Warfare 3; giving many of the Call of Duty franchise’s most iconic characters their due.
However, this new and unconfirmed report suggests that Modern Warfare might be back for one more go around albeit with a new developer at the helm. Using the term ‘modern warfare’ could also be a way to delineate the nature of this game’s combat, meaning that it will still be in a modern context.
Furthermore, the title might not just be taking place in modern times, but may be leapfrogging Black Ops 2 and taking players further into the future. There’s talk of Drone Surveillance and HALO jumps – along with a level under ice, cloaking tech, and “something called a ‘Dominator UAV.’ We know, it’s some pretty vague pieces of information, but leaks for Call of Duty tend to turn out true a large portion of the time.
A contact for Se7enSins recently visited the Neversoft offices and apparently got a brief (read: very brief) look at their game. What they could jot down pales in comparison to what they saw, but clearly this individual did their best. Here’s what they have delivered:
“It’s another MW game. There’s something called, ‘Drone Survaillance’. They’re working on ‘HALO’ jumps (High Altitude; Low X.) There is a level under ice. There is cloaking tech. Somethin called a ‘Dominator UAV’.”
Getting back to analyzing the paper thin info – it could be assumed that this next game, possibly titled Modern Warfare 4, will incorporate current and future tech into another interesting take on the state of warfare. Yes, Treyarch beat Infinity Ward to the punch on that road, but they’re also keeping to a strict storytelling motif as well, something that this new phase of Modern Warfare wouldn’t have to.
A mission under ice sounds cool, but without any sort of explanation as to the where or why, it’s just an interesting idea. HALO jumps have been in games before, but in the Call of Duty context there’s no doubt they’ll be a high point when playing.
It’s a very specific turning point for the Call of Duty franchise next year, with two hopefully very powerful next-gen consoles set to be unveiled. It seems as if Activision put Neversoft on the job for next year, so that Infinity Ward could prepare for that next phase of gaming (i.e. build a new engine, map out a new concept). We may not know where the Call of Duty franchise is headed in the future, but we have a better idea where it might be going next year.
How do you envision Neversoft’s version of Call of Duty? Would you like to see them continue the Modern Warfare storyline or branch out on their own?
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I definitely don’t want another MW game. I hope Neversoft is, in fact, making 2013′s CoD, and IW is working on a brand new engine and game for PS4. However, I think Neversoft’s CoD will be one of 2 things: a refreshing and different experience from the last few CoD games; or a CoD title worse than MW3 due to the fact that it’ll be Neversoft’s first CoD game. I hope it’ll be the former.
COD has been whored out by Craptivision. We need something new, this series is tired. I have so far stuck to my guns and not pre-ordered Black Ops 2. I mean it’s sad to say that I’ve actually gone on to pre-order MOH Warfighter over COD. I’m not expecting that game to be epic, but it’ll be better then COD, that much I am certain.
It doesn’t matter how bad the game is. As long as people buy it and they make $$$$ they will keep making COD until the world is over.
Look at the Resident Evil movies. People absolutely hate them, yet they still make a ton at the box office. Same applies here.I hope Neversoft delivers something unique.
Yes! Those RE movies are garbage and get worse every sequel!
that’s so true mate. but i’ll say this, if it remotely resembles HALO i will be moving away from the modern warfares
As much as I enjoy COD, please, no more MW. 1 was great, 2 was not bad, 3 was just straight garbage. With an annualized series, they’ve got to be running out of interesting timelines and settings.
Call of Duty: Ancient Warfare.
Now that i would actually buy!
Me too!
lol
That would be interesting, how ‘ancient’ did you have in mind?
They could do a series based on civil wars, or classic battles, both on land and sea.
Take part in the Zulu Wars, Napoleonic Wars; no one has ever done a FPS of WWI except a mod for BF 1942 that I can recall, plenty of scope there.
You might really be on to something if someone would just read this and get motivated (anyone at EA Games, Activision, Ubisoft reading this blog? Hello, are you there!?)
Theres really nothing else to tell, Soap’s dead, Price is pretty much retired. What else is there to continue?
Call of Duty: Civil Warfare
exactly what I was going to say lol
They should make a war game based upon 1991 croatia between serbia. Something new, i dont always wana see America , russia, england ex, fight
Call of Duty : Future Warfare incoming ?
They should just return to their “historical” roots, seeing that its starting to get way to close to HALO like gameplay for my comfort. Alot of us predicted around the 4th or 5th games that, that day would come. They can get WWI, Korea, Grenada, The Gulf, hell why not the Somalia Intervention from the 90s! They got Vietnam and Juast Cause in the BOs series covered, so why not do the others too? I mean it’s not like we hated WWII, its just we got tired seeing one every freakin year, especially when we had other small time developers doing a WWII shooter the same years CoD:1 through 3 where released. They can do that, or scale back and release one every 3 to 4 years. I also kind of miss having 27 to 30 levels of SP gameplay, compared to crappy 12 to 14 levels.
How is it like Halo? I’ve got to disagree.
Pray to the God’s they do it like Mw2. . . and bring Soap back.
No MW, they should do something new. Like a stealth theme or a lone wolf type spy, with a 007ish feel. Or a far futuristic space thing.
More Modern Warfare if anyone wants anything else there are always other games!
I would want them to branch out make a new story and make it for the psvita since back ops declassified wasn’t good at all for the past vita
Cod is retarded. These Guy keep going further & further into in time. 2025 woods survives Mason’s son is the main character & every mission u here someone scream MENENDES also in black open 1 it the same except it’s THE NUMBERS. IDK HOW people play COD over BF when they put in a noon gun & shotguns . I only liked black ops 1 multiplayer but world at war was great in story MP & campaign Co up.