Speaking at an 'upfront' meeting with in-game ad company Massive Inc. (responsible for the famous Obama Burnout Paradise ad), Activision named its 2009 games including tentatively titled Guitar Hero 5, a new Tony Hawk's and Modern Warfare 2.
The sixth CoD game was already confirmed to be under Infinity Ward's wing (and not World at War dev Treyarch), but this news thankfully confirms that number six isn't the rumoured sci-fi spin-off we were dreading.
No details on the game were released, though it was roughly dated for release in autumn 2009.
In the meeting, Activision also confirmed that in the new Tony Hawk's "you're not going to be playing this game with a controller in your hands." It's out on PS3, 360, Wii and DS in October. We smell a peripheral coming...
Bizarrely (ho ho), the publisher also confirmed PGR dev Bizarre Creations' first Activision racer will be a James Bond game. In fact it'll be an original racing game that's been described as "Mario Kart meets Forza". Read more on that here.
We spoke to Activision this afternoon but unfortunately the company wasn't able to provide any further details about the new games. Don't hold your breath either, as it seems unlikely there'll be anything more on them until early next year, but don't let that stop you speculating in the meantime.
Glad to see they are not swinging to WW2. CoD games have done the WW2 genre proud, and should just leave it where it is at now. Not to say I dislike WaW, because I think it's awesome, but I prefer the Modern warfare setting.
It seems a bit "generic" calling it "Modern Warfare 2". How hard is it to think of something else?!
Im actually thinking of making a personal stand against Activision and not buying any of their games. When I heard they cancelled a lot of games because they couldnt see them being a yearly update/release my heart sank a little.
I know I would be missing out on some top quality titles but their way of thinking is against everything I love about gaming.
Calling it 'Modern Warfare 2' seems to suggest they are almost creating their own franchise... Interesting.
A new Tony Hawks that you don't use a controller with? Oh dear. Wii Balance Board anyone? One to avoid me thinks.
And ANOTHER Guitar Hero already. Yeesh... Wonder if it'll be an all 4 instrument, World Tour-esque game, or will it revert back to just guitars. Or will it be something new entirely (how long before we see keyboard too?).
I've had a great idea - basically you remember that level where your character gets blown up in the nuclear blast (or his helicopter does) and he stumbles around a bit before dying.
Maybe, he wakes up, and finds out he has mutated due to the radiation and he has 4 arms, the legs of a cricket, and rhino horns.
Modern warfare could see you as a mutated soldier fighting the Iraqis.
At first I was just joking, but I've managed to convince myself that this would be an awesome game. Imagine hoofing an Iraqi in the face with your horns and then jumping 300 foot in the air with your cricket legs.
I prefer the modern warfare idea to more WW2 but i was sort of wanting something along the lines of vietnam, that could have been done well, still i look forward to Modern Warfare 2.
Calling it 'Modern Warfare 2' seems to suggest they are almost creating their own franchise... Interesting.
A new Tony Hawks that you don't use a controller with? Oh dear. Wii Balance Board anyone? One to avoid me thinks.
And ANOTHER Guitar Hero already. Yeesh... Wonder if it'll be an all 4 instrument, World Tour-esque game, or will it revert back to just guitars. Or will it be something new entirely (how long before we see keyboard too?).
Perhaps Modern Warfare 2 is just a working title and just really an indication of what the game entails (basically following on from COD4).
I really don't know what the future holds for GH. I'll be looking forward to the Hendrix game, but I have no idea whether they'll make any significant changes to the format for the main series - I can't really see that there's any more room for extra instruments and I can't really see them adding any more gameplay features than WT already has (open strings, tapping, wah, slap bass etc). Plus, I don't think they can top the actual guitar packaged with WT.
COD:MW 2 will be great, W@W is already growing VERY old, back to MW for me until MW 2 W@W guns just do not feel that good at all, I know its WWII but its a game, I want fun, I'm at rank 34 and just cant be doing with it anymore....... although the STG is supposed to be a great gun and its lvl 37.... hmm..... then again I hate the majority of the levels
As far as Guitar Hero is concerned, would it really do them damage to leave Guitar hero 5 for 2010?! I mean, seriously. The amount of GH games released in a 1 year time frame is staggering, and ridiculous. If they continue like this, people just wont bother with GH games anymore.
I have World at War don’t play it and I’m still playing COD 4. Like many I think that World at War isn’t bad at all its just Modern Warfare is miles better.
Why do they dread a sci-fi genre? Does it have to a halo esque shooter?
Maybe they should entertain the thought of having a massive war that spans decades so you can get endless hours of game play, I mean not like 20 hours but something huge like 50 hours or something. I would like to see a war that starts in the near future i.e. 2100 or what ever and ends years after something like 2500. As you play through the game your weapons become more advanced as the years go by. I like the thought of a world war 3 where Britain and USA invade South Korea or Russia. I mean the power of the 360 and ps3 they could create massive levels where you have a mini nuke and could kill hundreds of enemies at a time. They should definitely do real life settings like fights in New York, London, The Amazon rain forest and real countries as enemies.
Wiked! I loved COD4, and i realy hope they have some excellent "holy C%*p" moments again, like the nuke after you've been all heroic and saved someone from a crash! ^_^
Maybe halfway through after you've grown attached to your character and team, your character stops moving and looks down at his bloodied hands because he's been hit by an unexpected snipers bullet!
Is there a problem with the site today? I read the article you guys are talking about a few minutes ago
Anyway, I'm glad to see there's another Modern Warfare coming, because I don't like WW2 shooters anyway so I never bothered with W@W. There's not that many improvements I could think of making, but more destructible bits would be one - being able to blow away a sniper's cover would add a lot of strategy to the multiplayer.
As for a new franchise, I'm not sure. How many modern conflicts could they make? Surely they can't make that many about oil or nukes
Activision are sucking the life out of this franchise quicker than jenna jameson in that movie about the pirates..they are basically doing what EA did backinnaday with crapping out games each year that lack any substance - they destroyed Xatrix/ Gray Matter ( i was hoping for a Kigpin sequel) - i am glad that infinity ward are at the helm again tho cuz treyarch just..man..no.
Excellent news! I was quite put out with the news that the next CoD would be WaW as opposed to continuing the the modern setting. That now appears to be on track to being rectified and I'm well pleased. CoD: MW2 will definitely be on my most anticipated list now along with Empire: Total War for 2009.
I don't see why everyone was so opposed to a sci-fi CoD, if it was gonna happen it wouldn't go uber futuristic with lasers and stuff, it'd be like Battlefield 2142. the gameplay would barely change, it would just look different.#
anyways, stoked for CoD6, loved CoD4 (who didn't) and CoD5 just isn't the same.
Its really the only way infinity ward could go with the next CoD so they can just expand on CoD4 and try to maintain that winning formula and bring in the fans that brought the first game.
Number six isn't the rumoured sci-fi spin-off we were dreading.
Why were you dreading it?
See, this is what i mean. You have already made a desision on wheather you are going to like it or not before any info was released on it. If it came out, you played it, and you didn't like it, then fine, but, I know and you know in your heads, if that game was released you would have given it a low review score no matter how good it was. But, what gets me the most, is that the next minuit your all crying out for something freash and new to play because there are to many many world war 2 games or whatever!
A demo might help. Forking out 40+ GBP or euros to play a game one may already have misgivings about is hardly the most reassuring of feelings when shopping for the next game.
Thats fantastic news. I really enjoyed Modern Warfare and still play it regually both single player and multiplayer online with mates. I have absolutely zero interest in World At War or any other ww2 game for that matter, as I prefer using modern weapons and equipment in fps rather than the rat-a-tat pop guns from days gone by. Very much looking forward to the sequel.
I really don't understand why you guys make up your mind before a game even comes out? Just because a game is developed by Treyarch or Infinity Ward does not make it a good or bad game. I own Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and agree with all of you that it is one of the best games in my collection. I haven't played Call of Duty: World at War yet cause I've been getting trophies from Grand Theft Auto IV and playing Little Big Planet. I plan to get Call of Duty 5 for Christmas and then I will make my own mind !! Half of you are saying you didn't even bother playing it well then you have no right to slate it!!!
Becuase there was justno need to change it. I mean, comon, is 1 Modern Warfare game really enough? Besdies, i think a lot of people feel happier and more comfortable in a 'real' setting, or one that atleast may have some mild releveance to modern day, so the same will go for the characters, guns etc. Which is always nice.
Sci - FI just isn't COD though is it? Oh and Battlefield wasn't really a sci - fi tbh, more of a future shooter, like RSV.
Let's get real here, Infinty are the better makers of COD.
You're right. I haven't played WaW nor do I plan on it. If I could get a demo free of charge I might give it a try and see what I think of it. I choose not to buy WaW because I find that for CoD to return to the WWII setting is a step in the wrong direction especially after CoD: Modern Warfare. That a MW 2 has now been confirmed is precisely the news I want to hear.
As for your claim that if you haven't played the game you don't have a right to slate it I say b******s. That's the same trite and disingenuous argument that you can't criticise something unless you have done it as well. Guess we can't frown upon dictators, murderers, rapists, etc. unless we've done those things too, eh? See the problem with that line of so-called "reasoning"? Had you stated it differently along the lines of this: "If you haven't played the game your critique may well lack fully accurate details supported by first person experience," then you'd be on to something but not having played the game does not remove any person's ability, nor right, to express an opinion about the game. That's freedom of speech and it can be a beautiful thing (yet also grotesque as witnessed at times when people who are hugely ignorant of a given issue or topic spout off about it, yet they have that right).
Oh, incidentally it is not impossible that a person can render a quite accurate summation and critique of a given person, place, topic, item even without having access to it. By gathering and examining different bits of information about the target at hand it is possible to formulate an impression even without having had direct, unfettered access. Psychological profiling works along similar lines.
You're right. I haven't played WaW nor do I plan on it. If I could get a demo free of charge I might give it a try and see what I think of it. I choose not to buy WaW because I find that for CoD to return to the WWII setting is a step in the wrong direction especially after CoD: Modern Warfare. That a MW 2 has now been confirmed is precisely the news I want to hear.
As for your claim that if you haven't played the game you don't have a right to slate it I say b******s. That's the same trite and disingenuous argument that you can't criticise something unless you have done it as well. Guess we can't frown upon dictators, murderers, rapists, etc. unless we've done those things too, eh? See the problem with that line of so-called "reasoning"? Had you stated it differently along the lines of this: "If you haven't played the game your critique may well lack fully accurate details supported by first person experience," then you'd be on to something but not having played the game does not remove any person's ability, nor right, to express an opinion about the game. That's freedom of speech and it can be a beautiful thing (yet also grotesque as witnessed at times when people who are hugely ignorant of a given issue or topic spout off about it, yet they have that right).
Oh, incidentally it is not impossible that a person can render a quite accurate summation and critique of a given person, place, topic, item even without having access to it. By gathering and examining different bits of information about the target at hand it is possible to formulate an impression even without having had direct, unfettered access. Psychological profiling works along similar lines.
Ok..... so from your post i can dicide that your a dickhead who spend too long on forums posting random crap. Ive just annyalised all the avialbe infomation and thats the consulsion ive come too. You my be an amzing person for i know- it just shows how flawed your argument arew.
This game needs: more guns, cod4 selection was pitiful more rap music better graphics a bit of refinement with the engine more perks co-op police levels (remember konamis canceled game the regiment?) better cheats more character models better gun models more attachments FEMALES BORAT FREE MICS ON PS3 VERSION 60 PLAYERS
They could do a level in an old prison, and have a cutscene where Soap gets shot, and a teammate should yell "Hell no, I'm not bending over for Soap in a prison!"
Your attempt at a counter argument is sorely lacking as you have utterly failed to provide any concrete evidence. Making the claim simply isn't enough. It also has to be supported. Parallels can be drawn between different experiences as I aluded to in my previous post but yours lacks all depth and relevance asides from personal conjecture. Despite what you may like to believe empirical science and reasoned debate are not solely based on personal feelings and ego failings. Care to try again?
Oh my god get a life! This is a forum not an upmarket magazine! But you do have a very nice writing style do have to say. and no im not taking the p**s
COD4 had a shorter life than MOHAA/Cod & COD2 because of the 1/ heli & airstrike cr.a.p 2/ boring auto weapons suitable for the short attention span of american 10 yr olds (sniper doesn't count) 2A/ needs an ordinary single shot rifle for gamesmanship even if it is modern w/f 3/ still the same old hacking mofo's: PB is for noobs only. 4/ poor server side mods - why couldn't we get rid of airstrikes, helicopters etc. 4/ needs bigger maps and spots that DON'T have easy defeat by anyone. To defend a spot is also part of the game.
I think they should leave game as is. Just add a longer story line (4 was a little to short). Since gaz, cpt. Price all died in 4 they shuld have soap now b cpt n have him command the squad. At the same time they should add like flash backs in which he has like missions that weren't on 4 and some from 4 that would be the s*!t. Seriously!!! As for online they should let u create your own character n b able 2 promote with the ranking as in private 1st. class n your last name and so on........ Can hardly wait
It would cool if you can literally destroy bulidings call in airsrtikes (storymode) shoot through walls n have n e 1 noticed that in cod4 when u call in the helicopter u either see or hear it shoot missiles (I have) and I've never seen it hit any1 they just shoot just cuz. They should shoot it into like buildings in which all the campers hide or at least something like that. Just a suggestion.....
People you are so mistaken. At the start why do you keep comparing the “COD MW” to “COD WAW”??? It’s a different concept and should not be comparing in any ways.Both of the titles are great and offering superb quality and enjoyment. “COD MW2” seems to continue concept of its pervious so popular and successful title. I will be delight to try it myself but unfortunately release date: 27-11-2009 it’s a long time to wait.
i think waw is good and modern warfare was good too but i think in the new game they shud bring out new stuff to do in the single player missions and the online multiplayer i like the fact that waw had nazi zombies when u complete the game that was cool but they shud make more missions in the new one and have more stuff to do in the missions
I completly dispise waw i think its the worst call of duty out of all of them, cod4 was the best and i am made up that its another modern one . thank god its not sci-fi S**T!!
Mario Kart meets Forza was done by EA in the form of Rumble Racing and it blew harder than a Hooker from Krypton..
Modern Warfare was epic, so i'm happy to see another one, especially if they can improve on the first.
For those upset by Acti's stance on only supporting good franchises, don't be. It's better to have them making top quality sequels, than making a couple of underrated epics than make them go under.
We all want a BG&E 2, but sequels aimed at the masses are better than nothing!
Looking forward to a new Ghost Recon, actually.. it'll be interesting to see where they go with that. They've done modern-Ghost Recon to the ground, it'll be nice to see them take it in a new direction. Maybe something even more futuristic...
God bless infinity ward. So glad to hear they have been given it rather then crappy treyarch. If treyarch were incharge of COD:MW2 there would be outrage because COD:WAW is such a glitchy game and it just sucks in general to be honest. Cant wait for it to be released
CoD:MW was the best FPS I ever played,and I've played a few! Glad to see that Infinity ward are behind it again.
If it was Treyarch I wouldn't have touched it with a 10 foot pole. The fiasco of WaW for the PC should see those cowboys exiled from CoD for ever...FOR EVER!!!
That said I would have liked to see Vietnam used as a theme, maybe next time guys?
Cod4 was one of the best games ever imo,Waw not a bad game!Just didnt keep me interested very long,couldnt be bothered to finish the single player campaign!Found myself back on cod4 after a couple of days,hope Mw2 is as addictive!
Cod4 was one of the best games ever imo,Waw not a bad game!Just didnt keep me interested very long,couldnt be bothered to finish the single player campaign!Found myself back on cod4 after a couple of days,hope Mw2 is as addictive!
pure go starwars style and all tht s**t , but without the force kinda stick to the game gen as the kind theve got , but they gota work on vehcals man, a mean yea in the campaign those vehicals are amazing in cod in the waw there s**t , a hink it should be more like a proper war online,
differnt classes, like u can be the commander , oh be part of a spec ops team, be on the main line, ken have a proper war , world wide , a wee bit like end was kinda style but with cod gameplay tht be bloddy amazing, us angainst europe irag against japs, etc ,
a mean if u really put ur mind to it , people want it to fell real , but thts cause other games taker the p**s with furture games , a mean if u watch a future movie , its still the same kind of style as we have the now, sure the weapons are a bit different its lasers and stuff but none of this look on carry massive guns, one hit kill kinda stuff, a man , as a say make a future game but try to keep it real,
ad still enjoy the whole massive world battle hing like, make it proper, where sum foak have to be gd at map coridinates to get proper bombing, there has to be sum foak tht are gd at stragty setting up defences and stuff, a mean a wouldny stop playing tht no if ma country depened on it , ken like actually enter on a choper or sutin rather than spawn , and u can shot whilst in the chooper on parchute out of a plain, run in with infitly or go behind under stealth and try take out one of the commanders etc , and what u do depends on ur rank , u can change the kind of style u want but depending on how u use tht style depends on how many points u recive,
now tht would be a gid game, would take a a long time to make like and a lot of thought , but spend a couple of year on it , whilst making a few more games, but making tht ur main project and bomb tht game will last for ages, and gee it regular updates tht u could charge for a fiver every time, or sutin really good updates changes to land etc , tht would be good
"but this news thankfully confirms that number six isn't the rumoured sci-fi spin-off we were dreading" - I wasn't dreading it, I was dreading this announcement, as I don't like real-world military shooters!
what they need is the grendel which is like the accuracy of the m16 with the power of the ak-47 its a real gun and i think it would be awesome to have in the game
i hate cod5 it was only a fail because Infinity Ward didn't make it. so they were disappointed and they made Modern Warfare into a branch. i just hope in MW2 they have something like Nazi Zombies. even tho some people thought it ruined CoD5.
g2b honest rly cnt w8 for the game to be released, I gta agree tht they could of thought of a better name rather then "mw2". WaW is ok if there were a demand for a ww2 game i suppose, cod 4 defo better i gta say. "mariokart meets forza" sounds like a lego game haha nt good.
I dont know about any of you but my friends and I were discusted at the tanks that featured so heavily in COD WAW. Ultimatley we resorted to only playing search and destroy because of the lack of vehicles. I have spoken to most of the people on my 360's friends list and most agree!!! My friends and I have decided that if modern warfare 2 has tanks we wont be buying it as they destroy the game play we so much enjoyed from COD4.
I cant w8 for moder warfare 2, cod4 was the best by far to me, i liked the speed of the game and the guns and maps, dont get me wrong w@w isnt a bad game, infact its a pretty good game, but modern warfare to me is the better game of the cod franchise.
I wanna see new game types aswell as old, like manhunt:- u cud hav 1 man has to run and hide then the other team with about 5-6 people reaspawns about 30 seconds after and has to find him. If the running man survives for 10minutes he get 250 points and gets to hide again, but if someone kills him they get 100 points and then they become the hider in the next round.
It wud be good to make your own character aswell, so you dont all look the same, but you wear the same clothes that is given to you by that team.
I cant w8 for moder warfare 2, cod4 was the best by far to me, i liked the speed of the game and the guns and maps, dont get me wrong w@w isnt a bad game, infact its a pretty good game, but modern warfare to me is the better game of the cod franchise.
I wanna see new game types aswell as old, like manhunt:- u cud hav 1 man has to run and hide then the other team with about 5-6 people reaspawns about 30 seconds after and has to find him. If the running man survives for 10minutes he get 250 points and gets to hide again, but if someone kills him they get 100 points and then they become the hider in the next round.
It wud be good to make your own character aswell, so you dont all look the same, but you wear the same clothes that is given to you by that team.
this is actually a really good idea. u should contact Infinity Ward and tell them about this idea.
Thank god for that! In my opinion WaW was over hyped and overrated, still play CoD4 now over it. Dont get me wrong its not terrible but i expected a lot more due to how good Cod4 was. Personally i think some lessons should be learned, one of them being to stick with infinity ward and not treyarch in my opinion they have been the achilles heel of the whole franchise. Personally im very very excited about modern warfare 2 and the prospect of Infinity ward pushing those boundaries even furthur! On the point west ham sam raised i would love to see a few more game types but also a rainbow six style customisation option so you could kit your man out how you want him, calibre of weapons, camouflage, etc. Would also love to see a few more weapons as have been mentioned and something like a Steyr Aug, Famas or AR - 15 maybe even something like an automatic shotgun, jackhammer anyone?? Like the desert eagle in the last cod4 too but i would like a dirty big colt or magnum! Also would love to see the surroundings being a bit more destructable (a la ps2's Black) would be pretty sweet in multiplayer if you could use your surroundings as part of your tactics. In CoD we trust!
This is brilliant news, don't get me wrong, waw was a great game and still is but modern warfare is sooooo much better. I'm so happy they're back with the guys who did cod 4 as well. I think that they're should be a perk like orienteering on waw but it shows you where enemies who are very close to you are, that would be immense, there should also be a perk (i'd call it spec ops weapons) that would go in perk 1 and allow you to have both a sight and another attatchment on your weapon (imagine an ak47 with a red dot sight and a grenade launcer or a sniper rifle with a sniper scope and a silencer...) oh yeah silencers replacing waw's bayonets on sniper rifles but keep the grenade launcher just make it a modern warfare one. Can't wait.
what does everybody have against cod waw i mean maybe its not as good as cod 4 but i enjoy playing it anyway i am dying to play cod 6 i dont care how much it is i will get it
On the new modern warfare 2, you should be able to get silencers on snipers and you should be able to get a bipod for the snipers. You should also be able to have stopping power, UAV jammer and sleight of hand on one class.It will also be better if you could have more than one attatchment on a weapon.(e.g G36C with silencer,red dot sight and granade launcher).There should be a perk for that what you get at the last rank.
it would be awesome if there was assassin levels in cod6 like soap is assigned a sniper mission alone or with one person like on one of the mission in cod 4 with cpt macmillan that would be soooooooooooo coooooool ^_^undefined
I think that you should get either perks or new weapons for going prestige, otherwise people won't try as hard or play as much. Also I agree that you should be able to shoot the piolet out of the helicopter. Also, it wouldn't be a good idea to give snipers suppressors, it's hard enough as it is on some maps to find the sniper, why make it any harder. I agree with the suggestion that you should be able to throw your empty pistol as a last line of defence. Juggernaut is really cheap, I'm tired of having tto waste my ammo on the f****ts who use it!!!!!!!!! U should also be able to turn off tracer rounds, when u r shooting a suppressed gun, it's anoying that people can see the general direction that u r in. That's pretty much all that I have to say at the moment.
I think that you should get either perks or new weapons for going prestige, otherwise people won't try as hard or play as much. Also I agree that you should be able to shoot the piolet out of the helicopter. Also, it wouldn't be a good idea to give snipers suppressors, it's hard enough as it is on some maps to find the sniper, why make it any harder. I agree with the suggestion that you should be able to throw your empty pistol as a last line of defence. Juggernaut is really cheap, I'm tired of having tto waste my ammo on the f****ts who use it!!!!!!!!! U should also be able to turn off tracer rounds, when u r shooting a suppressed gun, it's anoying that people can see the general direction that u r in. That's pretty much all that I have to say at the moment.
OH My GOD Just heard a rumour that that Modern Warfare 2 will only be released on the PS3 I can't believe it but have been assured that it is due to poor reliability issues with the Xbox 360 So sorry little 360 Fans you will have to save your money and buy a proper console.
ok so, i kno that gaz and cpt. price die ( gaz being a definite, he got shot in the head. ) but you don't really know how cpt. price dies. I think it would be cool if they brought back price. or if they dont, you should have some missions with cpt. macmillan (the guy that price worked with). and you should do stuff with Kamarov
I think they should add the ability to earn different pictures aswell as the prestige badges, such as a sniper badge for doing all the sniper challenges. So people can show their playing style off, or even one for each of the weapons. the idea would need refining but i think it would be cool.
wow hitmanbazza are u retarded?!? First, dont qualify your statement by saying "I heard a rumor that..." Second, are you stupid enough to think that infinityward would miss out on an entire market by only releasing MW2 for PS3? Deflate your overactive ego and think.
like thats true hitmanbazza if you go on worldwide reveal online in the top right there is a preorder and its for xbox and ps3. dont trust rumours there usually very very unreliable.
Add more perks and take f**king jugganaut away i hate when people use it and also ad more guna bcos th guns got boring on cod 4 and keep the mep sizes to the cod 4 sizes they were brill maps
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i mean maybe its not as good as cod 4 but i enjoy playing it 
anyway i am dying to play cod 6 i dont care how much it is i will get it 
