Activision announces upcoming sequels in game form

[Queasy]

Ok, a James Bond racing game isn't technically a sequel. Guitar Hero 5 makes up for that though.

We know Activision Blizzard loves sequels.

Just moments ago, the publisher revealed a slate of follow-ups coming this year at an Massive Inc. upfront attended by Stephen Totilo.

An upfront is where publishers showcase their upcoming lineup to advertisers and are a new practice for games. Upfronts occur every year for TV and movies.

This event is being held in downtown Manhattan to get advertisers pumped to buy more ads in games. Massive is a Microsoft-owned firm that did the Barack Obama ad in ?Burnout Paradise.?

At the meeting, Activision Blizzard showcased new games that would make sense for in-game ads, including the vaguely titled ?Guitar Hero 5,? which included a screen shot of gameplay with a Burger King ad to the right of the note highway.

The publisher confirmed rumors that ?Tony Hawk? will be different this year. ?You?re not going to be playing this game with a controller in your hands,? said the company. The new ?Tony Hawk? arrives on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and DS in October.

Additionally, Activision Blizzard acknowledged the ?Call of Duty? series will move forward yet again with ?Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? coming this fall. No details on the game were released.

We?ve also heard rumors that Bizarre Creations was working on a racing-oriented ?James Bond? game, which have turned out to be true. The original Bond adventure, not tied to a movie storyline, is coming this September. The former ?Project Gotham Racing? studio is also working on an original racing IP for the publisher, which they tagged as ??Mario Kart? meets ?Forza.??

Curiously, the lineup included absolutely no Blizzard Entertainment games.

Does this mean I sit on my 360 controller to play Tony Hawk? Left cheek on the left thumbstick. Right cheek on the right thumbstick.

 

[Kabob]

CoD: MW2 ftw, and I thought they made a James Bond driving game before...back on the old PS1.

 

[R Nilla]

:thumbsdown: to advertising in video games. Product placement and inconspicuous billboards are one thing, but the GH5 in-game advertising sounds dumb. It seems like the price of games should come down if we're going to be subjected to so much advertising.

Ha, COD6 = COD4 2. Hopefully they can make the campaign more enjoyable by eliminating the infinite respawning enemies nonsense.

Incoming Tony Hawk skateboard peripheral?

 

[ponyo]

I don't mind sequels but having one every year is bit tiresome and kills the franchise. These companies could learn a thing or two from Nintendo on how to manage a franchise.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Ha, COD6 = COD4 2.

That would be awesome if they called it "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2". It'd be two sequels in one.

And a big :thumbsdown: to even more peripherals.

I'm really starting to hate Activision. All we need is reports of them treating employees like shit and not paying them for overtime, and they'll be the new EA.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Ha, COD6 = COD4 2.

That would be awesome if they called it "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2". It'd be two sequels in one.

That's even outdo Rambo: First Blood Part II. :Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVzPCY2T-g


I understand that Call of Duty 4 was the last Call of Duty with a number in its name and this is two games after that, but why are we calling this game CoD6 when it is neither titled CoD6 nor is it the sixth game in the franchise?

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: mugs
I understand that Call of Duty 4 was the last Call of Duty with a number in its name and this is two games after that, but why are we calling this game CoD6 when it is neither titled CoD6 nor is it the sixth game in the franchise?

Because regardless of what all the internet nerds say, World at War is infact CoD5.

 

[Xylitol]

YES I HOPE that Infinity Ward is in charge of CoD:MW2. If they are, this game will be AWESOME.
I'm so excited

 

[sswingle]

Ads in games suck, unless they make a $60 game only cost $20 or something along those lines.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: mugs
I understand that Call of Duty 4 was the last Call of Duty with a number in its name and this is two games after that, but why are we calling this game CoD6 when it is neither titled CoD6 nor is it the sixth game in the franchise?

Because regardless of what all the internet nerds say, World at War is infact CoD5.

As far as Infinity Ward is concerned, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was CoD 3.

The reason I personally haven't been calling World at War CoD5 is because it seemed like Activision was going back to having Infinity Ward develop the games with numerals and Treyarch develop the games with subtitles. If we're going to give CoD WaW a number, it really ought to be CoD 7 since 6 distinctly different, full games came before it (excluding portable games). The only reason WaW could be CoD5 is because it came after CoD4, which was really CoD3, so that makes CoD5 really CoD4...

Point being, why not just call it what the publisher calls it?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: sswingle
Ads in games suck, unless they make a $60 game only cost $20 or something along those lines.

Development costs for this generation's games are several times higher than last generation's games, but the price of games has gone up 20%. Ads and DLC are two ways for companies to increase revenues to make up the difference.

 

[R Nilla]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: mugs
I understand that Call of Duty 4 was the last Call of Duty with a number in its name and this is two games after that, but why are we calling this game CoD6 when it is neither titled CoD6 nor is it the sixth game in the franchise?

Because regardless of what all the internet nerds say, World at War is infact CoD5.

As far as Infinity Ward is concerned, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was CoD 3.

The reason I personally haven't been calling World at War CoD5 is because it seemed like Activision was going back to having Infinity Ward develop the games with numerals and Treyarch develop the games with subtitles. If we're going to give CoD WaW a number, it really ought to be CoD 7 since 6 distinctly different, full games came before it (excluding portable games). The only reason WaW could be CoD5 is because it came after CoD4, which was really CoD3, so that makes CoD5 really CoD4...

Point being, why not just call it what the publisher calls it?

Er, what? I see six distinct games including COD4 2, and not including the United Offensive expansion (or the differently named console versions of the same game). Which ones are you counting as also being distinct in the main series?

They actually are the fifth and sixth games in the series, respectively, so I don't understand why people get so bothered by referring to them as COD5 and COD6.

 

[venkman]

Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2: Partridge and a Pear Tree 1

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: R Nilla

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: mugs
I understand that Call of Duty 4 was the last Call of Duty with a number in its name and this is two games after that, but why are we calling this game CoD6 when it is neither titled CoD6 nor is it the sixth game in the franchise?

Because regardless of what all the internet nerds say, World at War is infact CoD5.

As far as Infinity Ward is concerned, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was CoD 3.

The reason I personally haven't been calling World at War CoD5 is because it seemed like Activision was going back to having Infinity Ward develop the games with numerals and Treyarch develop the games with subtitles. If we're going to give CoD WaW a number, it really ought to be CoD 7 since 6 distinctly different, full games came before it (excluding portable games). The only reason WaW could be CoD5 is because it came after CoD4, which was really CoD3, so that makes CoD5 really CoD4...

Point being, why not just call it what the publisher calls it?

Er, what? I see six distinct games including COD4 2, and not including the United Offensive expansion (or the differently named console versions of the same game). Which ones are you counting as also being distinct in the main series?

They actually are the fifth and sixth games in the series, respectively, so I don't understand why people get so bothered by referring to them as COD5 and COD6.

Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Call of Duty are distinctly different games
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty 2 are distinctly different games

They really like to screw with the numbering with this series.

(watch the video I posted above if you haven't seen Angry Nintendo Nerd's video about video game and movie sequel numbering)

 

[R Nilla]

Originally posted by: mugs
Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Call of Duty are distinctly different games
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty 2 are distinctly different games

They really like to screw with the numbering with this series.

(watch the video I posted above if you haven't seen Angry Nintendo Nerd's video about video game and movie sequel numbering)

Regardless, it still makes perfect sense to refer to W@W as COD5 and MW2 as COD6.

This is not like the Final Fantasy Japanese vs. American numbering confusion.

CODFH = the console version (or equivalent, if you will, because yes they are completely different games) of COD
COD2:BRO = the previous generation of consoles' version of COD2

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Hopefully they can make the campaign more enjoyable by eliminating the infinite respawning enemies nonsense.

There are no infinite respawns. There's respawns, and theyll keep pouring out for a while, but keep killing them and theyll stop coming.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Hopefully they can make the campaign more enjoyable by eliminating the infinite respawning enemies nonsense.

There are no infinite respawns. There's respawns, and theyll keep pouring out for a while, but keep killing them and theyll stop coming.

They actually do infinitely respawn until you progress past an undefined and invisible point. At least, that's been my experience with the game.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Hopefully they can make the campaign more enjoyable by eliminating the infinite respawning enemies nonsense.

There are no infinite respawns. There's respawns, and theyll keep pouring out for a while, but keep killing them and theyll stop coming.

They actually do infinitely respawn until you progress past an undefined and invisible point. At least, that's been my experience with the game.

Yes this is the case. Like in the TV station. You have to progress far enough. I forget the specific spot now but once you get there they will stop respawning.

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Regardless, it still makes perfect sense to refer to W@W as COD5 and MW2 as COD6.

Kids, COD is dead. There's COD:MW and COD:WAW now. That's why referring to anything as "COD" past COD4 is a bad idea. If they ever introduce a Vietnam variant, expect that to be another acronym.

 

[biggestmuff]

I can live with some in-game advertising. Billboards are fine as long as they make sense with the surrounding scenery; side of the road, on a building. If it distracts from the game or doesn't make sense, then it should be added to the game. Example of poor in-game advertising is with Far Cry 2. You play a character that's in the middle of a civil war in Africa and run across a billboard in the desert selling the new Punisher movie. WTF?

 

[R Nilla]

Originally posted by: erwos

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Regardless, it still makes perfect sense to refer to W@W as COD5 and MW2 as COD6.

Kids, COD is dead. There's COD:MW and COD:WAW now. That's why referring to anything as "COD" past COD4 is a bad idea. If they ever introduce a Vietnam variant, expect that to be another acronym.

Obviously with Treyarch and Infinity Ward heading in completely opposite directions now, and the numbering now dropped, it doesn't make much sense to continue to refer to the newer games in this way, but if someone says COD5 you know exactly what they're talking about.

I for one look forward to calling MW2 "COD4 2".

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Hopefully they can make the campaign more enjoyable by eliminating the infinite respawning enemies nonsense.

There are no infinite respawns. There's respawns, and theyll keep pouring out for a while, but keep killing them and theyll stop coming.

Wrongo. I once sat sniping a doorway for 20 minutes and killed over 100 guys that respawned at the same spot.

BTW this thread has given me a headache with all the talk about what is titled what.

 

[nakedfrog]

I guess they want every game franchise to be like Madden where you can just put out a new one every year and expect people to buy it.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I guess they want every game franchise to be like Madden where you can just put out a new one every year and expect people to buy it.

They pretty much explicitly said that in a previous interview about the games they dumped after the merger with Blizzard. They only wanted to deal with games they could sequel the hell out of.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Queasy
They pretty much explicitly said that in a previous interview about the games they dumped after the merger with Blizzard. They only wanted to deal with games they could sequel the hell out of.

That's why I hate the name Activision Blizzard... it's like having a girl named "Rosie O'Donnel Crawford"... you just don't do that to sexy .