Infinity Ward has started work on a massively multiplayer online game, possibly set in the Call of Duty universe, it's been reported.
The Modern Warfare developer is said to be calling in the help of ex-World of WarCraft and EverQuest II devs - including the latter's lead designer - to help get is first MMO game off the ground.
According to Destructoid's sources, Infinity Ward's MMO is planned to run alongside continued annual instalments of the Call of Duty single-player series, though it's not yet clear if the online game itself is involved with CoD.
Rumours of the FPS series going to MMO land have been circulating for a while, and Activision's certainly keen to replicate some of Blizzard's subscription profits with its other big series.
Would it work? If we're talking more in the style of Unreal Tournament and less Eve Online then we reckon so, yes.
Would it work.. Really? I mean is it going to be set in a world the size of something like, operation flashpointragon rising? would you need vehicles etc to get around the place? or will the maps remain the same size?
not content with the biggest selling game ever... on a yearly basis, via 2 seperate developers.
they want to milk cash from retards that buy this junk.
wouldnt get this even with free PSN. who is gonna buy it for LIVE?!
they arent even interested in the MMO concept - just the cash flow.
that activision bobby prick is a prize cunt.
Unfortunately it's likely to be a LOT of people.
doubt it if its a monthly sub.
they wizards dorks will happily pay for warcraft every month or whatever, but most FPS fans will get bored of this.
just a small number of losers who build up a persona month after month thinking they are rambo.
activision see the COD numbers and think they can muiltiply it by a subscription game. they will get nowhere even near the same numbers as the traditional games get. most are likely to try it for a month until it runs out then fuck off.
hopefully they will make massive losses on this. whores.
What have activision become? The same game franchises every year trying to make as much money as possible regardless of quality, a la Tony hawk ride. And ridiculous prices for example MW2 was rrp £55 in the UK. I'm glad the ps3 have a decent publisher on their side becuase EA have changed a lot over the past few years, whereas activison have started a downward trend - with M$ right by their side.
not content with the biggest selling game ever... on a yearly basis, via 2 seperate developers.
they want to milk cash from retards that buy this junk.
wouldnt get this even with free PSN. who is gonna buy it for LIVE?!
they arent even interested in the MMO concept - just the cash flow.
that activision bobby prick is a prize cunt.
Unfortunately it's likely to be a LOT of people.
doubt it if its a monthly sub.
they wizards dorks will happily pay for warcraft every month or whatever, but most FPS fans will get bored of this.
just a small number of losers who build up a persona month after month thinking they are rambo.
activision see the COD numbers and think they can muiltiply it by a subscription game. they will get nowhere even near the same numbers as the traditional games get. most are likely to try it for a month until it runs out then fuck off.
hopefully they will make massive losses on this. whores.
This can work! Of course people will always compare every MMO to WoW. Look at what Battlefield 1943 does and then scale it up. One massive world with little battles going on for high points, resources, weapon depots.
Two or more factions which not necessarily have to be based on real life.
Then you got the ranking up like in COD, then have different ranks of weapon from poor quality to excellent.
There are so many possibilities with this but the above people only think of their little pockets and want a wow killer for free.
If you cannot afford games then I suggest you go draw with your crayons. Mummy will be home soon.
Can't blame for trying. Why not. There are enough fans of massively multiplayer games, enough people like Call of Duty, it's makes sense for them to try if they think it could work.
What I'm not sure on is what the attraction would be in paying monthly to play a game that's just a simple combat shooter. There's no role playing to speak of, there's no character to develop or build, really, and there aren't any vehicles, yet. I suppose all of this will change. I don't think I'll ever be the type of gamer who cares to be charged monthly to play (Xbox Live is enough for me) so I'm clearly not their target audience.
If this works out for Activision/Infinity Ward, I wonder if it'll open the door for more games going this route. I can imagine the likes of Mass Effect, or Oblivion, any RPG really could go this route. And if Call of Duty, as an out-and-out shooter can make the transition then the business model is open to any popular shooter. It's also a pretty good way to combat loss of revenue from piracy.
This can work! Of course people will always compare every MMO to WoW. Look at what Battlefield 1943 does and then scale it up. One massive world with little battles going on for high points, resources, weapon depots.
Two or more factions which not necessarily have to be based on real life.
Then you got the ranking up like in COD, then have different ranks of weapon from poor quality to excellent.
There are so many possibilities with this but the above people only think of their little pockets and want a wow killer for free.
If you cannot afford games then I suggest you go draw with your crayons. Mummy will be home soon.
exactly the kind of dork im on about... listen to him. getting all excited. go wash the stain out your knickers.
and get a life instead of revelling at the prospect of living inside a computer game.
and money certainly isnt the issue. go rim bobby koticks arsehole.
This can work! Of course people will always compare every MMO to WoW. Look at what Battlefield 1943 does and then scale it up. One massive world with little battles going on for high points, resources, weapon depots.
Two or more factions which not necessarily have to be based on real life.
Then you got the ranking up like in COD, then have different ranks of weapon from poor quality to excellent.
There are so many possibilities with this but the above people only think of their little pockets and want a wow killer for free.
If you cannot afford games then I suggest you go draw with your crayons. Mummy will be home soon.
exactly the kind of dork im on about... listen to him. getting all excited. go wash the stain out your knickers.
and get a life instead of revelling at the prospect of living inside a computer game.
and money certainly isnt the issue. go rim bobby koticks arsehole.
look at you Mr. Internet-Hard-Man. Get of your high horse and stop posting things on a COMPUTER and VIDEOGAMES forum.
to be honest it's a business! So they want to come up with new ways of making money, its how things work these days! You can't expect them to give things away for free! and far play they know people will pay for this service and will kindly take there money!
Money grabbing b*****ds they might be! but it makes perfect business sense! think even the dragons would agree!
But for me it will have to justify the price tag! I'd be expecting something never seen before! could in essence be superb, if they got it right! but aslong as they keep making multiplayer then I don't care!
This can work! Of course people will always compare every MMO to WoW. Look at what Battlefield 1943 does and then scale it up. One massive world with little battles going on for high points, resources, weapon depots.
Two or more factions which not necessarily have to be based on real life.
Then you got the ranking up like in COD, then have different ranks of weapon from poor quality to excellent.
There are so many possibilities with this but the above people only think of their little pockets and want a wow killer for free.
If you cannot afford games then I suggest you go draw with your crayons. Mummy will be home soon.
exactly the kind of dork im on about... listen to him. getting all excited. go wash the stain out your knickers.
and get a life instead of revelling at the prospect of living inside a computer game.
and money certainly isnt the issue. go rim bobby koticks arsehole.
look at you Mr. Internet-Hard-Man. Get of your high horse and stop posting things on a COMPUTER and VIDEOGAMES forum.
Seriously, are you upset that someone's enthusiastic about the prospect of a new game? Isn't it a good thing to read that someone has some positive thoughts about a future game?
I understand that this may not be the game for you (it isn't for me either). I understand that you might hate Activision or it's owner or Call of Duty, but taking out that hatred on another gamer is incredibly unpleasant. Do you realise this?
You understand that the world is full of people that make lots of money and don't deserve it. Kotick or whatever his name really has deeply offended you. Have a go at him personally is a little logical, or discuss your bitnerness with others, fine, but I don't understand your approach. I've seen some of your past comments and am still amazed that you join forums to insult or annoy people.
If it's attention you seek try being pleasant to people. You might find people agree with you, people will react to you more positively and you could get more attention if that's what you seek. Personally I'd recommend you start a new account with a new name before you do this.
hhhhaaaa svd_grasshopper is calling some people dorks :L hahahh he is the biggest loser/nerd on this site :L spends all his days stropping about 360 articles get a life dude
since when did i say that? haha i have a life thankyou atop self reflecting, think your the one who stays in on weekends looking at ps3 videos and all the kiddies on psn and touching yourself, dont worry your agent game will come with the gary glitter special edition my gang ps3
since when did i say that? haha i have a life thankyou atop self reflecting, think your the one who stays in on weekends looking at ps3 videos and all the kiddies on psn and touching yourself, dont worry your agent game will come with the gary glitter special edition my gang ps3
svd_grasshopper Posted: 8 Jan 10 2:41 pm Post subject: says the 'dude' who will spend his friday night playing games on xbox live...
loser. these MMO games cater for t**ts like you.
WTF WHY ARE YOU COMMENTING ON THESE POSTS if its suming u arent interested in? or Ru here to GET A SAD JOY OVER SAYING HOW A PERSON IS EXICITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT ON A COD MMO UR BLOODY SAD
I think that this can work. It would be refreshing to see a MMO with a contempary war setting rather than the usual fantasy fare. Even though we may find that this game is completely unrelated to COD.
Id don't really see the problem it sounds interesting to me.
Picture the scene. You are on board a black hawk, flying low across a desert city scape. You repel down and hit the deck, gunfire suppressing your squad ahead. Bravely you charge forward, M16 in hand, ripping through the city streets to take the flag and the map. Heroically, you take the flag after an amazing triple knife kill and hit a fourth with a skilled throw...
No, a COD MMO would be nothing like that. Nor will it ever work. PlanetSide didn't work, neither will COD Online. It'd need to be played out match based in an EndWar style global domination mode, so it wouldn't be an MMO. If they would have added a Global Domination mode in COD:MW2 it'd have been worth the money and would negate the need for an MMO.
Besides, we'll all be playing other MMO's out out before COD gets into the rush.
I have a difficult time seeing an MMO based on the CoD franchise working based on our current understanding of what constitutes an MMO game and what constitutes an FPS game (which is what the CoD franchise is all about). The challenge for a CoD MMO is that it has to remain about intensive 20th-21st Century combat in order to continue appealing to its existing fan base, yet at the same time it has to push the envelope and deliver a gaming experience that offers more - and not just a bit more, but a lot more - than what the current MP sessions of the various CoD games provide.
MMOs have to incorporate a central, usually strong background story based upon a detailed world. That latter part shouldn't be too difficult given our planet's history; perhaps if this MMO offered a real-time strategic landscape whereby the different sides' victories and defeats are instantly reflected in the partitioning of the in-game world (i.e. Red Team wins battle X in Territory Y and it shows up as red on the global tactical screen). There would have to be long term goals and objectives that require more than just a day or two worth of frenetic online frag fests to achieve. Throw in upgradeable items such as body armor, assault rifles, grenades, vehicles, etc. and it begins to look similar to RPG MMOs.
Still, we keep returning to the main stumbling block for a CoD MMO: It needs an underlying, engaging plot that can be translated in to numerous missions (read: "quests" ) which emulate the fast paced excitement of current FPS MP sessions but this time with long term ramifications (territory expansion or loss as mentioned above is one way to go about it) while being dogged by the established perceptions and expectations of both the FPS and the RPG-based MMO genres. Personally I don't think it will work.
I understand where you're coming from. I thought the same way until I remembered a subscription based MMO game called World War II Online.
WWII Online offers no character building or upgrading, apart from rank, to my knowledge. There's no story to speak of (other than replicating the war), it's purely large scale combat, using soldiers, planes, tanks and boats to my knowledge. The game allows thousands to fight the same battle in a map which includes every country where battles took place in the actual war. Admittedly the scale is reduced 2:1 or 3:1 I believe. This is as much as I know from my early interest in the game.
I agree, an exact copy of Modern Warfare as it stands would probably not work, but they are employing staff who have experience with these types of games. The name alone would clearly generate interest. Would any gamer who's a fan of massive multiplayer online games, first person shooters, combat games, or the current and ex Modern Warfare fans not take at least a passing interest in Modern Warfare Online?
Infinity Ward and Activision clearly believe in the strength of Modern Warfare and have a desire to expand the Modern Warfare 'universe'. Besides what else are Infinity Ward going to do? Work on a completely new game?? (it seems that's not their desire at all). This stands as much chance as any game of moving into this genre. Who'd have guessed playing the first Warcraft game that it would morph itself into the online game it is today?
I may be about as interested in an online Modern Warfare game as you, but I can imagine this could work. Who knows, maybe if the game's yearly fee is small enough (no more than the cost of a full console game) and becomes available on consoles as well as PC, and who knows what future systems too, it could overtake the popularity of Modern Warfare 2.
Did anyone imagine the original Call of Duty would spawn the biggest selling entertainment product in history?
I may be about as interested in an online Modern Warfare game as you, but I can imagine this could work. Who knows, maybe if the game's yearly fee is small enough (no more than the cost of a full console game) and becomes available on consoles as well as PC, and who knows what future systems too, it could overtake the popularity of Modern Warfare 2.
Did anyone imagine the original Call of Duty would spawn the biggest selling entertainment product in history?
That just might work. If the price is kept that low it would mirror a non-discounted LIVE year subscription which millions have already bought in to. Personally I see little to no hope of my getting on board with this, but that's not to say others might not go for it.
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ragon rising? would you need vehicles etc to get around the place? or will the maps remain the same size?
