Infinity Ward re-ups with Activision, hints at new franchise

by Randy Nelson { Jul 7th 2008 at 6:30PM }

With development of the latest Call of Duty falling to Treyarch, what's COD1/2/4 dev Infinity Ward up to? We'll give you one guess. If you said "Call of Duty 5," Activision would say "no comment." But you'd ~~likely~~ definitely be correct. But the company, who recently renewed its publishing contract with Activision, has its sights set on more than sequels.

In an update on his blog, IW's director of communications / community manager Robert "Fourzerotwo" Bowling reveals that the company is looking at "the possibility of a unique new IP" – one that it will "have complete control over." We're going out on a limb and betting that it won't have anything to do with military combat.

As for its next game? The one that's not an original IP and wow-that-sure-sounds-like-COD5? Bowling says that IW is "excited to be working on our next project, but it's going to be quite a while before I can share any details on exactly what that project is." "Quite a while" = [insert industry event here] '09.

[Via GameSpot]

Tags: activision, call-of-duty, call-of-duty-4, infinity-ward

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Obie @ Jul 7th 2008 6:35PM

Gotta wait till E3 '09, eh?
I do wonder what their original IP will be....hmmm.

Chase @ Jul 7th 2008 6:35PM

Bring on Dall of Cuty!

Obie @ Jul 7th 2008 7:53PM

Call of Duty: Future Warfare.....If I were Bungie I'd be watching IW with cautious interest.

Mr.ESC @ Jul 7th 2008 8:43PM

A Iw future FPS would be awesome and I rather have that than Halo.

BananaBoat @ Jul 7th 2008 10:20PM

If only Infinity Wards next game could be Call of Duty: The fall of reach ;P

Sora267 @ Jul 7th 2008 6:36PM

" "Quite a while" = [insert industry event here] '09. "

It'd be easier for all of us if they used Valve Time: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

Marty @ Jul 7th 2008 6:57PM

Hehe, nice link. I can't remember how many times I've stayed up WAY past my bedtime just to try out one of their new releases, promised for that night... and then went to bed at about 3AM, only to wake up 3 hours later to find that half the world has been playing the anticipated game for 2 hours and 45 minutes.