If you told me that Call of Duty: World at War’s multiplayer looked like a World War II mod of Call of Duty 4, I would have laughed at you. Well I just watched this:
…and I would like to apologize for laughing at you.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but this is too much. Recon planes with accuracy of UAVs? That HUD looks nearly identical and the movement and mannerisms is awfully close to COD4’s. I guess if I wanted COD4 with a WWII skin, this would be it.
Monolith Productions announced they’ve acquired the F.E.A.R. license and name from Activision Blizzard. Now, Project Origin will be known as F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
So, no more confusion. No more spiritual successors and no more sequels/expansions by developers other than Monolith Productions. Well we can only hope…
Update: CBS lied. Phelps didn’t get Call of Duty World at War early. He got an I.O.U instead.
So let me get this straight. You win eight Gold medals and Activision gives you Call of Duty: World at War two months early? Seems about right. If you don’t want to watch the whole three minutes or so of Phelps praising, just skip til the end. Apparently he likes the series and thus Activision gave him a copy of the PS3 version.
I guess he’ll be playing it by himself.
Also, does this mean World at War is essentially done and Activision is sitting on it for fun? Or does it mean that Phelps got himself an early beta version with bugs intact?
So Activision-Blizzard decided to put out a list of franchises they’ll be publishing from the Vivendi Games branch:
Crash Bandicoot
Spyro the Dragon
Ice Age
Prototype
unannounced game
Great! Oh wait! What happened to the rest of the Vivendi Games? The following games are now publisher-less and will stay that way until somebody comes along and forks out the money to distribute them.
I don’t know what to make of this. It doesn’t feel like Wolfenstein to me. Since it’s also running on a heavily modified id Tech 4 engine, it isn’t the graphical showpiece it could be. Raven Software is the team behind it and they’re quite the talented bunch. Who knows? It could be a great hit.
Electronic Art’s press conference wasn’t filled with fireworks, but there was one noticeable piece of news: id Software is leaving Activision for Electronic Arts. Their first product together will be the id Tech 5 based game called RAGE.
Not many details, but there was a trailer which we can’t see yet.
The following screenshots were rendered by the Call of Duty 4 engine which is probably why it doesn’t look too shabby. I don’t know much about this upcoming movie tie-in game aside from its engine and its developer, Treyarch.
Until I see this thing in motion, I’ll keep my mouth shut.
That is the date U.S. retailers GameStop, Circuit City and Best Buy have set for StarCraft 2. Amazing if true.
With Wrath of the Lich King rumored to be released in the fourth quarter as well, the end of the year PC sales could belong to Activision-Blizzard alone. Remember, this date was chosen by the retailers and it’s not uncommon for retailers to pick a date for unreleased titles. However, what are the chances that three retailers picked the exact same date?
I guess we’ll have to wait for the Worldwide Invitational for more confirmation and details.
Call of Duty 5: World at War is officially returning to the World War II era. This will not be an Infinity Ward job, but it’s going to have a impressive back cover. Call of Duty 5 will be set in the Pacific and it will feature co-op play. Oh, vehicles and squad control as well.
For those who’re interested, you can find some scans from the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine. Otherwise, sorry for wasting your time.
