Infinity Ward booted from Call of Duty?

March 3rd, 2010 |

Modern Warfare 2

How did this happen?

Activision recently fired some two execs from Infinity Ward for supposed “breaches of contract and insubordination”, and now word comes in that Activision is taking the Call of Duty line away from the company, who developed the series from day one. Infinity Ward will continue to support the hugely-successful Modern Warfare 2, providing new map packs for the game. Not sure what to make of this, but rumour has it they will not develop any new titles in the Call of Duty franchise.

Instead, Sledgehammer Games, made up of former EA employees, will take over the series. Their first Call of Duty title is planned for Fall 2001.

Meanwhile, my preferred FPS series, Battlefield, released its latest title, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 yesterday. Bad Company 2 is another step forward for the Battlefield franchise and puts EA’s Digital Illusions CE in a position to take on Call of Duty. With this news, it looks like the franchise is vulnerable.  Move in for the kill, DICE.

Update: Activision is now saying that Infinity Ward will remain central to the Call of Duty franchise. Sledgehammer is only being brought on to develop a new action-adventure title to expand the franchise. Word from the two companies is still a bit unclear, but I’ll try and follow along and keep you posted.

2 comments for “Infinity Ward booted from Call of Duty?”

  1. #1 OBA
    March 26th, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    this is terrible i love this game..but it also hate it something times lol..

  2. #2 Enarcade
    April 17th, 2010 at 6:51 am

    I love call of duty :) But yeah they did screw some things up like the care package glitch, the models and then the SPAS :| .



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