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Publisher Activision announced today new "strategic plans" for the Call of Duty franchise, announcing a new developer for the shooter franchise and confirming the departure of key Infinity Ward staffers.

Activision announced it will form a "dedicated [Call of Duty] business unit that will bring together its various new brand initiatives with focused, dedicated resources around the world." It plans to expand the Call of Duty brand "with the same focus seen in its Blizzard Entertainment business unit" placing a focus on "high-margin digital online content and further the brand as the leading action entertainment franchise in new geographies, new genres and with new digital business models."

As previously announced, Activision will release a new Call of Duty game from series co-developer Treyarch, responsible for Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty: World At War, this fall. Developer Infinity Ward is still scheduled to release two downloadable map packs for Modern Warfare 2 this year.

In 2011, Activision will release another new Call of Duty game from Sledgehammer Games, the recently formed studio lead by Dead Space creative leads Glen A. Schofield and Michael Condrey. The title will "extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre."

The previously mentioned Call of Duty business unit will be led by Philip Earl, who currently runs Activision Publishing's Asia Pacific region. Activision Publishing's Steve Pearce, chief technology officer, and Steve Ackrich, head of production, will lead Infinity Ward on an interim basis. Former studios heads Jason West and Vince Zampella are no longer with Infinity Ward, officially.

"Activision doesn't comment on HR matters related to its studios," said reps when asked for comment about the departures and allegations of insubordination. The two former Infinity Ward heads are said to have butted heads with their publisher creatively over the direction of the Call of Duty franchise.

Activision Publishing also announced that the company is "in discussions with a select number of partners to bring the franchise to Asia, one of the fastest growing regions for online multiplayer games in the world."

as much as i rep you every single time i see that sig and wee my self a little
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still +repped you though

Either way I don't care who makes the games. They just need to be worth the cost of them now-a-days TBH...

lol nice thread but your sig creeps me out :p

Me and eXo Posted at the same time 10:08. were not sure what to do. haha

I have a bad feeling about Activision running the show. It feels like they're going to **** this up badly. I think I speak for everyone when I say, anyone who is going to **** up COD can suck my balls...

This is huge news for fellow Call of Duty fans. A new developer is pretty substantial when it comes to making games. I really hope that Sledgehammer Games can live up to all the hype that surrounds the whole franchise. I wonder if Infinity Ward will continue with other Modern Warfares? Only time will tell. Oh well...goodbye IW, hello Sledgehammer.

I just read something, somewhere on the internet. ill try and find it tomorrow its getting late now. that infinity ward will be making a FPS for 2011. because there contract with actvision or something runs out in oct 2011. so theyve got time for another game. and that sledgehammer are making something completely different. but still call of duty. and there were rumours about a CoD mmorpg. on pc or something a while ago. hmmm