MULTI Activision Appoints Sledgehammer Games on Next Call of Duty, Shifts to 3 Year Development Cycle

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Activision confirms today that developer Sledgehammer Games will be tasked to develop the next Call of Duty game to release this year. Adding Sledgehammer to the rotation means that the development cycle for Call of Duty titles has extended from a two year development cycle to three years, giving more time for Infinity Ward and Treyarch to build their games.


Sledgehammer Games was founded in 2009 and helped Infinity Ward develop Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. According to Game Informer, Activision notes during a conference call that the Call of Duty series has branched into three: Modern Warfare, Black Ops, and Ghosts. Infinity Ward developed Call of Duty: Ghosts while Black Ops is helmed by Treyarch, which leaves Modern Warfare to Sledgehammer Games if we go by the process of elimination.
Via Game Informer

 

[IzHee]

Activision why you make same game every year...?

 

[Bad Mofo]

COD is a sports game. An e-sports game if you want to be exact. They should just call it COD 2K14 and so on!

Sucks that we have to wait another year at for Treyarch's game.

 

[IzHee]

Only treyarch make's best CoD.
Really liked Black ops1

 

[Counter6]

how to make a new cod:


Step 1: highlight game files and source code


Step 2: press "ctrl + c" or right click > copy to copy the files


Step 3: make a new folder


Step 4: rename new folder to the new cod game


Step 5: "ctrl+v" or right click > paste to paste the files


Step 6: release the game exactly a year later cuz that only took 20 secs.

 

[walleed]

Activision why you make same game every year...?

i think we already know the answer
because it sells like hot cakes

the formula may be stale but it still works

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Only treyarch make's best CoD.
Really liked Black ops1

agreed black ops 1 is the best entry in my opinion also

 

[Muaaz]

May Treyarch never make another COD game. Ameen sumaameen.

 

[Dark Sith]

This time around it should be like bf ...

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[faraany3k]

This time around it should be like bf ...

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Why you want two BFs?? lol I think COD should upgrade there engine, but make a game similar to series.

 

[Counter6]

Only treyarch make's best CoD.
Really liked Black ops1

best COD was, is and always be COD1, UO, 2. yehi real COD games hain.

COD1 mein to regen health bhi nahi hai.

 

[nafu]

COD ghost is much better and worthy sequel in COD series, interesting story and some weapons, on the other hand treyanch's both black ops are worthy.


this time BF did the same by releasing another same BF4 in consecutive year after BF3.

COD made right decision of developing cycle of 3 year.

 

[Pseudonym]

Hope 4 player splitscreen comes back.

 

[Shahzaib Ali]

COD ghost is much better and worthy sequel in COD series, interesting story and some weapons, on the other hand treyanch's both black ops are worthy.


this time BF did the same by releasing another same BF4 in consecutive year after BF3.

COD made right decision of developing cycle of 3 year.

BF4 is same as BF3? You gotta be kidding me.. Every experience battlefield player knows the difference between bf3 and bf4..

 

[nafu]

BF4 is same as BF3? You gotta be kidding me.. Every experience battlefield player knows the difference between bf3 and bf4..

lol was writing something else, unintentionally.:looking: definitely have difference in compaign betweeen both. dont know about BF4 mp.

 

[Shahzaib Ali]

lol was writing something else, unintentionally.:looking: definitely have difference in compaign betweeen both. dont know about BF4 mp.

Wow, so you never played bf4 multiplayer then? and just said they both are same... :clap

 

[nafu]

Wow, so you never played bf4 multiplayer then? and just said they both are same... :clap

lol i repeat "i said unintentionally" ....... i played beta version only(don't have much of experience) Compaign is surely different. if you still don't get it, then clapping forever

 

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The Next Call of Duty Will Focus on PlayStation 4/Xbox One Versions

Last week, it was revealed by Activision that the next Call of Duty game due later this year will be helmed by Sledgehammer Games, who previously help co-develop Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with Infinity Ward. Sledgehammer's own entry will be primarily focused for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One first, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told IGN today.


“Sledgehammer is approaching this as a next-gen-first development,” Hirshberg said. “Obviously in the console-transition year, anyone who developed a cross-generational game last year had to deal with the fact that the technology of the next-gen platforms was still coming into focus and changing quite a bit during the development process…. Now that we have the next-gen hardware out in the marketplace and solid, that is our primary development.”


Although the next Call of Duty will be primarily built around the PS4 and Xbox One, it's due out on current-gen consoles as well. "There are still a lot of people playing on current gen and we want to deliver a great experience for them as well. But it will be a next-gen-first production and the current-gen game will be a version of that.”


With Sledgehammer Games added to the roster, Activision is transitioning the COD series into a three-year development plan that will help Sledgehammer, Treyarch, and Infinity Ward to deliver their games for PS4 and Xbox One.


“On the two-year cycle, with the level of content we were putting in the games, it became a real horse race each and every time to get everything done that we wanted to get done," Hirshberg said. "With next-gen hardware we’ve got more capabilities than ever before to play with and we want to make sure our developers have the time to innovate, iterate, to bring the best creative vision and the most possible polish to each and every game.”


Expect to hear more about Sledgehammer's Call of Duty game later in the year.


Source: IGN