Still trying to make decent sense of this story, but maybe if we all put our heads together and wish REALLY REALLY hard, Infinity Ward will never defile this earth with another Modern Warfare again.
Apparently Infinity Ward managed to breach some part of the contract they made with Activision... maybe over developer rights? I don't know for sure. However Activision, like the gaming Mafia they are, sent a few 'bouncer-like' figures over to Infinity Ward's HQ last night to sort some business out and generally freak people out. After a following information leak it turns out that while Treyarch will be making World at War 2, the next Call of Duty after that will be made by Sledgehammer Games, founded by some of the makers of Dead Space... odd choice, no?
Nonetheless, this is not looking good for the next Modern Warfare, and very very good for the outcast CoD-haters like me in the corner. Activision have said they will require the 'combined talent, expertise and leadership of the team', but this could either be saying 'we want their talent... to be used for the next Spyro the Dragon game' or they could be outright lying. Two of the top members of Infinity Ward have been swiftly fired, and I am distantly chuckling at them from across the pond.
Never know, modern warfare online games might go back to NOT being horrendously overrated, and everyone will be playing games like Battlefield again. Mind you, judging by how stupid most Call of Duty players are that'll likely be the day Valve start making bad games.
... and by that I mean never.
Info source:
http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/107/1073302p1.html
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-4527-Infinity-Ward-Still--Central-to-Call-of-Duty-s-Future-.html
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