Dat Activision meerdere studios laat werken aan de Call of Duty-franchise is geen geheim. Studio’s als Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, Raven Studio en High Moon Studio, werken allemaal aan Call of Duty-projecten.
De aankomende game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, wordt ontwikkeld door Sledgehammer Games en de zombie-modus wordt gemaakt door Treyarch. Naar verluidt komt Treyarch in 2024 met een gloednieuwe Black Ops-game waarbij dit de eerste Call of Duty-game moet worden die enkel uitkomt op de nieuwe generatie consoles.
Activision president Rob Kostich heeft in een interview met Gamesbeat, meer informatie gegeven over de Call of Duty-plannen van Activision. Zo heeft Kostich aangegeven dat momenteel projecten tot het jaar 2027 uitgewerkt worden binnen de eerder genoemde studio’s. Op dit moment werken meer dan 3000 ontwikkelaars aan Call of Duty-projecten. Dit is inclusief de free-to-play Battle Royale-game Warzone en Call of Duty: Mobile. Volgens Kostich is iedere game een les voor Activision om mee te nemen naar een volgend project.
Rob Kostich over de Call of Duty-projecten binnen Activision
“We’re constantly in our planning phase, our long-term planning phase,” he said. “Right now, we have games planned out all the way through ’27 for the things that we’re working on. Look, we’ve learned. I think we’ve done a lot of games in the future. We probably went as far there as we possibly could. We made some of the games in the past. You start to see the sweet spot over time and what really resonates with the community.
“You see things like the Modern Warfare and Black Ops franchises are really popular. We’ve certainly had some other games that have done really well, like the original World War II game from Sledgehammer in 2017 did really, really well as well. It’s a balance, I think most importantly, that we feel like we actually need to provide good differentiated experiences, good things for people to get in, and feel like they’re experiencing new kinds of fun. I think ultimately for us, the weapons are a hugely important part of the Call of Duty game. You also think about what narratively that allows you to do, whatever time period that you’re in.
“The challenge is when you go into World War II or even earlier, there’s less flexibility when you’re trying to maintain a somewhat realistic tone, which is important to Call of Duty. By the way, our fans very strongly define what Call of Duty is and isn’t. Once you get into the modern era, you have a lot more flexibility. You get in the future a little bit, there’s even more flexibility with what you can do with weapons. The Black Ops area is super interesting because Black Ops is all about secret stuff no one knows about. There’s a lot of applied creativity built into Black Ops, which is always really fun for developers to get after as well.”
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 zal op 10 november 2023 uitkomen op de PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S en Xbox Series X en de PC via Battle.net en Steam.
Je kan Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 hier kopen. Vooruitbestellen geeft je vroege toegang tot de beta.
