The world knows and the gamers know it better that the biggest title of 2007 end was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. This had a significant change in the Call of Duty series. Till now the game is played too much.
2008 was the return of the old conflict in the game, World War II. It was Call of Duty: World at War. Modern Warfare 2 is also expected to top in sales in the videogame industry after it is launched on November 10 this year.
Mike Griffith, the CEO of Activision Publishing, said recently that when Modern Warfare 1 was launched in the year 2007 then it had a substantial jump in consumers engaged in the CoD franchise. The CoD: World at War was launched in Holiday 2008 and it saw that more than a 5th purchasers were the first time users of CoD franchise. He explains further that Modern Warfare 2 will be having a ready purchasers.
Griffith also said, “We also look at Modern Warfare 2 and where it’s strongest on the next-gen platforms of PS3 and Xbox 360. The installed base from the first Modern Warfare to the second one will be nearly double.”
There were lots of questions raised as to why the term Call of Duty is not used in Modern Warfare 2 because it is the sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Robert Bowling, the community manager has given an explanation to this decision of the Infinity Ward.
Robert Bowling recently said to MTV that the game is called only Modern Warfare 2 because they want to emphasize on the fact that Modern Warfare is a direct sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. He said, “This has never happened inCall of Duty before. They’re typically their own campaigns and totally unrelated to the previous one. This one, is indeed a direct sequel and we just want to make that clear.”
The flipside to the Modern Warfare 2 title is that folks may not know that it is still essentially a CoD game.
Well! The demo of the game at E3 conference in Los Angeles was pulse pounding. It was awesome. Here is a video of the demo.
In Modern Warfare 2 fighting with terrorists is much easier than the original Modern Warfare. In it, enemies will no more constantly respawn as they had been doing in previous version of Call of Duty games.
We have seen in Call of Duty games that a constant stream of enemies would spawn and attack gamer character until he/she advanced or completed an objective. To this feature of the game, gamers always had mixed reactions.
Contrary to this, it also keeps the fight frantic and forces gamers to constantly be on the offensive. Moreover, to have enemy after enemy spilling out of a little hut is very artificial.
Recently the CCO of Infinity Ward, Jason West said, “We are aware of it and we’re actively trying to eliminate it.” He added further while briefing to Game Informer, “I think we agree that it’s not very good.”
It is many a time said earlier that MW2 will not be like its predecessor Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Even it will not bear the Call of Duty name. Now, if the spawn system is eliminated then it seems like it will distance Modern Warfare 2 from other COD series.
Good news for all CoD fans. At last a confirmation comes from Activision that the brand ‘Call of Duty’ is back in the title of CoD 4 sequel, Modern Warfare 2.
Michael Griffith, the Activision boss, recently said during its quarterly earnings call last night that he expects Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 to be the “must-have title of the year.”
Griffith also mentioned that when the first version of the Modern Warfare was introduced two years before, the game set a new bar for first person action games. The catalog sales for MW continued to be strong and till now has sold over 13 million units globally.
According to updates there has been no details leaked as yet, but expect mags full of new information to land around E3 – where the big reveal will be happening.
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It is always a high aim for Activision. Now it is with the new sequel of Infinity Ward’s. Activision is aiming to make Call Of Duty 4 sequel Modern Warfare 2, in the history of gaming industry world over, as the biggest-selling game.
This first-person shooter Modern Warfare 2 is going to be launched in the month of November this year and the publisher is expecting it to even compete with television, music and DVD sales on the global platform.
The brand manager of Activision, Simon Wells, in one of the press conference recently said gesturing Modern Warfare 2 that each year the Call Of Duty franchise goes from strength to strength.
Simon also said to the media, “We want to propel this year’s title to be the biggest-selling video game of all time. That may raise some eyebrows, but step back and look at the franchise’s trajectory through preceding launches, and this objective starts to look viable.
The fact between all the statements from the developers end is that Activision is feeling rather cocky about a game that isn’t even released yet.
But, there is a reason behind this believe i.e. Call of Duty 4 has sold more than 10 million copies till date.
The latest installment of the Call of Duty series of shooters will be hitting the market by the end of this year. It has started gaining critical and commercial acclaim, and in fact it seems for the executives that they are more excited about the upcoming Modern Warfare 2. Modern Warfare 2 is the sequel to 2007’s CoD: Modern Warfare, which shattered all records in sales and in awards received.
The brand manager at Activision, Simon Well, had revealed that the hopes are very high with the next title among them and also among all the fans, which meets all of the premises to be the best selling video game in the gaming history.
He said that each year the Call of Duty franchise goes from strength-to-strength and they, at Activision, wants to propel 2009’s title to be the biggest selling video game in the history of video games.
He added that all firmly believe that they have the potential to be the No.1 entertainment property of 2009 and also plans are being made to deliver one of the most engaging campaigns of 2009.
The developer also feels that they are in for a big marketing campaign before the title is released, in November this year. They are also keeping hope that this title will live up to all this hype and they will also enjoy a great experience.
So at the moment Google has this site #1 for the search term “modern warfare 2″ and I don’t want IW to sue the crap out of me so I’m going to make sure everyone knows the official Modern Warfare 2 site is located here. I don’t know why they put me back to #1, the day after the trailer was released they stuck IW at #1 but it has since slipped back to #2.
Hey also, don’t you guys own modernwarfare2.com? That question is directed at the IW guys if they should happen to read this post. If you guys have the .com just move all your stuff over to it and it will out rank this site just because it’s the .com
Anyway, I’m sure Google will figure it out soon enough, in the mean time try not to sue me OK? I mean after all, I always give you guys love and make sure everyone knows you’re way better devs than Treyarch
Well boys and girls, IW is going to make a come back and it will be in the form of Modern Warfare 2. So think COD4 only way cooler. Because they can add all the awesome stuff form Call of Duty 4 that we loved, and remove the stuff we didn’t. I think Infinity Ward could develop a better game than Treyarch with their eyes closed. I’m just so happy that Activision isn’t going to give Treyarch another chance to screw Call of Duty up.
Anyway, stay tuned for more information and news regaurding COD6. Very little is known right now but I’m sure new stuff will be leaked as time goes on.
COD6 MW2 is due to be released sometime in fall of 2009!
So at the moment Google has this site 