[Tom Henderson] 20 months from release, Call of Duty 2025 does not have a main development studio
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" It's my understanding that it was meant to be SHG, but following on from the 16-month development cycle of MW3, they basically refused and didn't want to become a "year 2 support studio"."
Can they....do that?
Can they....do that?
I have serious doubts that a studio wouls be able to refuse working on what their bosses tell them. But what a mess either way.
I mean, now that it's under Microsoft can't they just.... Not release a 2025 game? Does there absolutely NEED to be a 2025 CoD?
They basically did that for Cold War and refused to get along with Raven so Activision pulled them and eventually put them on Vanguard.
good for sledgehammer tbh, they were dealt a shit hand once and refused for it to happen again
microsoft likes money just as much as activision did
I'm guessing that after managing to ship MW3 they have enough clout to at least say "No Thanks, let us work on a 3 Year COD".
And it's completely understandable, too. MW3 is an awful, awful game through and through, and you can clearly see that these devs tried their best with the time they had. Releasing a product like that must feel terrible for someone who appreciates their own work. You'd think that this would be a wake-up call for Activision to take a year off, or maybe even just extend Gulf War's lifecycle with an actual premium expansion like Zombies Chronicles to fill their schedule (think AC Valhalla releasing a third expansion pack to give Mirage, Red and Hexe more time), but things don't seem to be changing so far.
I get it. But they're going to fucking destroy the brand at this point
I'm curious how Raven would do if they were ever given the lead on COD development. Their work on the COD4 remaster was stellar.
With Kotick gone and Activision under new leadership, I suppose it's possible.
With Kotick gone and Activision under new leadership, I suppose it's possible.
Oh I don't disagree, I still can't believe they thought changing MW2 DLC into MW3 was wise, but at this point it feels like every other COD game has huge development issues and they're just going to barrel through the issues rather than do the simple solution
I think SHG fumbling 2020's CoD might have thrown a wrench into everything.
Good on SHG. Hopefully MS considers a year off or something to get things rolling correctly for upcoming years.
2024 is going to be historically bad for xbox, it seems.. Wow, just one bad news story after another
Feel like those dreams of Activision studios stopping being CoD support studios and back to making their own games is a distant dream
Wasn't that the case? Wasn't it supposed to be a big dlc expansion and they were like 'lolz, why leave money on the table'
god the wheels were really falling off at activision. wonder how bad it would have gotten if microsoft didn't bail them out. makes the golden parachutes all the more infuriating
That's a billion dollar decision to make. Easier said than done.
They have a cool $75 billion dollars they need to eventually break even on. I suspect MS are quite keen to release a new CoD in a timely manner.
CoD needs a Palworld type reboot. Captain Price and his Chartoisr saves the day with a Moltenite Chopper gunner
CoD is a massive part of Activision's revenue. They can't just stop making them, ESPECIALLY now that the heat is on for Microsoft to pay off the money they spent GETTING them.
If BF7 does comes out during fall 2025 and COD is troubled again, they could not have asked for more.
For a time they got a healthy rotation where 3 studios got 3 years to work on their game, but one time a project didn't come together at the end and second studio got pulled on it to help and that threw wrench into entire setup.
I think best thing Microsoft can do is to even take a year off, but just to get back to that model of 3 years/3 studios.
Most importantly tho they need to bring black Blackout!!!!