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.

The publisher is known to have a James Bond racing game currently in development at subsidiary Bizarre Creations. The title, described as "Mario Karts meets Forza," was previously expected to arrive on unspecified consoles in September.

However, it's uncertain if the James Bond racing game was indeed the title that was delayed, as Activision Publishing president Mike Griffith stressed that it was postponed to avoid competing with the next Call of Duty game, suggesting an action game.

The company noted that Treyarch's James Bond: Quantum of Solace and Call of Duty: World at War may have been hurt by releasing too close to one another last fall.

Details on many of Activision Blizzard's upcoming titles were revealed today during a joint event with in-game advertiser Massive Inc.

According to MTV, Call of Duty 6 is now known as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and is slated to arrive in fall 2009. As previously revealed, series creator and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare veteran Infinity Ward will return for the latest entry.

Furthermore, an in-game shot of Guitar Hero 5 was shown in a demonstration of Massive's in-game advertising strategy for Activision, showing a "Burger King ad to the right of the note highway." Past Guitar Hero games have used similar in-game ads.

Activision also confirmed rumors that the next Tony Hawk title will be played using some type of peripheral rather than with a controller. The skateboarding game will hit Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and DS in October.

An original James Bond racing title from Project Gotham Racing developer Bizarre Creations was also announced, and is set to debut next September. Bizarre is also working on an original racing title, described by Activision as "Mario Karts meets Forza."