Call of Duty may be sticking to World War II for a while

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Future Call of Duty installments could continue with the series’ latest World War II setting, according to a recent interview with Activision.

Speaking with Game Informer, Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg discussed why the publisher decided to bring the series back to the popular setting of World War II, and what it has planned for the series going forward. When asked if the World War II setting was a “one-off” idea to satisfy older fans, or if it establishes a new direction for the series, Hirshberg explained that Call of Duty is likely not done with historical settings.

“Well, you know I can’t reveal things on the slate that are several years off,” Hirshberg said, “but no I don’t necessarily see it as a one-off; I think that World War II and historical settings more broadly are very rich territory, and I think there’s every possibility that that could become an area that we explore more than once.”

The CEO was also asked about the possibility of Call of Duty forgoing its annual releases for a game-as-service format. Hirshberg responded that, while the games don’t carry over progress like others in that category, Call of Duty could be considered a gaming service in the sense of its reliably returning community. That said, Hirshberg expects the series to continue with its annual release format, but claims that Activision is always looking at ways to support players of the series as a whole, rather than solely focusing on the latest installment.

Call of Duty: WWII launches November 3rd on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The shooter’s second beta weekend is live earlier than expected, complete with new content that wasn’t part of the previous beta weekend.

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MickersPosted:

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Bozzz i think a world war game is good every now and then but how many times can they really try and tell the same story? id rather see another modern game personally or just MW2 Remastered


They aren't saying they're going to make a ww2 game every year. They want to stay with historical wars and battles because the majority of the people like that more. As for remastering MW2, I think that's a bad idea. Everyone wanted Cod 4 MW remastered and now nobody plays the game. Remastering games is like going back to an ex gf, it'll never be the same brotha.


We do not want them remastered, we just want them BC.

ODSTPosted:

Vancouver_Canucks If they're sticking with WWII for a few years then I'd have much preferred they took a year out from releasing a title, spent more time on this and then focused on that for a couple years. Like Battlefield do. BF1 has been out a while now and they're still developing content for the next year or so, I've not gotten bored yet.


DICE is one studio who outsources help when trying to streamline BF games and make them release every couple of years. CoD is on a three year three dev cycle with even those developers outsourcing help (Infinity Ward with ravensoft). CoD to battlefield between games is the equivalent of differentials in studios. Look how BF Hardline did compared to other BF titles. It did not sell well or was received well. It was also developed by a different studio than DICE. That's why some CoDs are hit or miss but at least they're typically fun because they've been developed for about 2.5 years and have a similar play style to their whole franchise.

JastyPosted:

I'm okay with hearing this news, I am personally out done with futuristic content on call of duty and almost every other title except for Halo!

SilkyPosted:

Craig That's good news, least there won't be any of this double jump bullshit.


Don't forget wallrunning...

Vancouver_CanucksPosted:

If they're sticking with WWII for a few years then I'd have much preferred they took a year out from releasing a title, spent more time on this and then focused on that for a couple years. Like Battlefield do. BF1 has been out a while now and they're still developing content for the next year or so, I've not gotten bored yet.

MickersPosted:

Yeah well this is better than jumping around.

CraigPosted:

That's good news, least there won't be any of this double jump bullshit.

BozzzPosted:

i think a world war game is good every now and then but how many times can they really try and tell the same story? id rather see another modern game personally or just MW2 Remastered

GaryPosted:

I think they should make another modern warfare soon. That is as new as they should get, the future stuff is boring.

DecyPosted:

i don't think they should continue making ww2 games over and over as it would get pretty boring seeing basically the same type of stuff over and over and it would be too repetitive they really need to think on this just because its looking like a success doesn't mean they should drag it out and over and over because it just wouldn't work.


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