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Rumor: Raven Working on New Call of Duty
by Chris Faylor, May 13, 2010 7:00pm PDTSingularity and Wolfenstein developer Raven Software "may be the latest studio to pick up the Call of Duty slack," according to Kotaku and its "source close to the studio."
Though publisher Activision already has three Call of Duty titles in the works--Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops, Sledgehammer's untitled action-adventure entry and, according to court documents, Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3--the company is reportedly "flipping out" about the unfolding situation at series creator Infinity Ward.
That situation kicked off in March 2010, when Activision fired Infinity Ward co-founders Vince Zampella and Jason West citing "breaches of contract and insubordination." Since then, approximately thirty-five others have left the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 maker of their own volition and Activision has been served with two related lawsuits.
As for Raven Software, Kotaku's source added that the studio's two projects--a James Bond title and an unannounced follow-up to X-Men Origins: Wolverine--have been put on hold in the wake of its "path to Call of Duty development."
[Update - 10:15pm CST] According to G4's sources, "Activision has tasked Raven Software with making Call of Duty: Black Ops map packs." Thanks the archvile.
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When was the last time Raven made a FPS that wasn't a boring, sterile, by-the-numbers yawbfest?
Heretic 2? Jedi Academy maybe?
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exciting and scary all rolled up into a bad coffee day
I know the first two Soldier of Fortune games were years and years ago, but gore modeling was one thing that I felt was missing from Call of Duty (of course, the first few titles got a Teen ESRB rating). The new Wolfenstein has a gore system that's reminiscent of the gore in Soldier of Fortune 2; something close to that in a Call of Duty game, along with true physics, would be pretty awesome.
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Feb 11, 2009
Activision has delayed its upcoming James Bond game until the 2010 calendar year to avoid competition with this fall's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, CFO Thomas Tippl revealed in a conference call with investors today.
Damn, delayed two years in a row by the Call of Duty franchise. Makes you wonder if Activision chasing after Call of Duty is worth it, as it seems to be limiting the variety of Activision's big budget releases.
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takes a certain studio to make good cod maps.
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raven actually did some interesting stuff in the past
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In case your wondering I feel the same way about any series that is pumped out on a yearly basis.
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I've been informed by multiple sources familiar with the situation, all of whom chose to remain anonymous, that Activision has tasked Raven Software with making Call of Duty: Black Ops map packs and put one of their games on hold in the process.
There are at least two main development teams at Madison, Wisconsin-based Raven Software. One team is currently finishing work on one of Activision's only new properties in 2010, Singularity. I'm told another team, whose last game was the Wolfenstein reboot from last summer, was in the early development and design phases of a stealth-centric James Bond game. That project is now on hold.
UPDATE 2:35 PM: Activision has responded to my earlier report, but they're not saying anything.
"Activision does not comment on rumor and speculation," said a company spokesperson.
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