With the news that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 pulling in
$550 million in first week sales the LA Times let slip a small tidbit of information regarding the future of the CoD franchise, a third studio has been dedicated to it's development. In the past Infinity Ward and Treyarch Studios have alternated, each responsible for a yearly Call of Duty video game. It looks as though Activision wants to make sure that us gamers don't go without and are throwing even more money at it. I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth but seriously? One would think that at a time of "economic depression" and studios
closing all over the world things like this would be unheard of; check out the full quote below:
Click here to see screenshots from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 - PlanetXbox360.com
"As Activision seems to be discovering this year with Guitar Hero, there's danger when a title is overexposed with too many iterations. Nonetheless, the publisher has aggressive expansion plans for Call of Duty. Although Infinity Ward and Treyarch have produced sequels in alternating years since 2005, the publisher now has a third development studio working on future versions."
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