Rumor: Call of Duty 5 Will Be Set in Japan?

Posted by Jonathan on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm under Sony, Activision, Games Industry, Call of Duty, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Computer, Game Companies

It was re-confirmed earlier today that, yes, Treyarch and Infinity Ward would continue to trade off on developing games for the Call of Duty franchise. And unfortunately, yes, that does mean the next Call of Duty game will be taking us back to *groan* World War II. On the plus side though, at least Treyarch is looking to shake up the game a little bit with its setting. Rumor is now suggesting that Call of Duty 5 will actually take place in Japan. It is also suspected that the game will put players in the shoes of Japanese soldiers, rather than their Western counterparts. Details are of course sketchy about what sort of battles will be recreated, but I’d bet you’ll be taking a trip to Iwo Jima at some point. And I’d bet the game will somehow still be a lesser version of Call of Duty 2.

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April 14, 2008

We’re getting ready to announce official submission guidelines / location for the Community Map Contest. In the coming week or so we’re going to be letting you know where you can go to officially sign-up and submit your Custom Community Map on the PC. It will also have a list of all official prizing that the winning map will walk away with. We’ve secured some nice prizes so I’m anxious to get this thing kicked off and a winner announced.

I should also have some official news for you on the status of the potential map pack release on the PC along with the Community Map Contest news. So expect that news in the near future as well.

I know a lot of you use the IW forums to keep track of the contest as well as new maps being posted on there, and we’re aware it is currently down. The Activision server used to host our forums is having some problems and they’re working on getting it back up and running. Meanwhile we’ve been working on getting a new Infinity Ward website and dedicated forum  built which will replace our current one and become the source for all official news and activity. That’s several months down the road though, but just wanted to let you know something better (forum wise) is in the works.

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Infinity Ward Chimes in

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Posted by Jonathan on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 1:45 am under Sony, Games Industry, Call of Duty, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Computer, Game Companies


    Infinity Ward has revealed a few new details about the upcoming Variety Map Pack for Call of Duty 4. The map pack has just been sent off to Microsoft for certification, and should be released on Xbox Live on April 3rd or 4th. PS3 owners should be getting the DLC about 3 weeks later, and as for PC users, well:

    Right now plans for the PC version are unannounced but we are working to bring PC users the same content in the future, however logistics are being worked out on how to make that happen.

    Oh yay, once again us PC gamers are being left out in the cold for much longer than everyone else. Let’s just hope that “logisitics” doesn’t translate to “paying for stuff that other people have had for over a month.”

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Call Of Duty 4

Game Of The Year

edition confirmed for US

News from Gamespot.com

Rerelease of Activision and Infinity Ward's lionized FPS ships out to retail on April 3 for the Xbox 360; Variety Map Pack adding four new multiplayer maps packed in or $10 on XBL.

By Tom Magrino, GameSpot

Posted Mar 19, 2008 5:37 pm PT

Ever since its initial deployment during the first part of November, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from Activision and Infinity Ward has been peerless in the sales charts, wresting control of the top slot away from Microsoft and Bungie's Halo 3 and never looking back. With Activision claiming the crown of best-selling game of 2007 for COD4, the publisher will be stop-lossing the modern-day shooter for another tour with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Game of the Year Edition, scheduled for release for the Xbox 360 on April 3.

Notes:
I know most of us don't care about the XBox version but what the hey, the news about the sales records was worth it.

You can find the rest of the story here:www.gamespot.com/news/6188098.html

Heat of Battle, the ORIGINAL Domination game type for Call of Duty announces the release of the beta for COD4:MW. 
Visit www.HeatofBattle.net for more information!  

Heat of Battle Beta Features  
· Control points require multiple teammates to capture, encouraging team play and squad tactics.  
· The number of teammates required changes dynamically as the server population changes  
· The round ends upon the capture of all objectives- a real war isn’t won or lost on points, it is won by accomplishing the mission.  
· Health regeneration removed, encouraging tactical play  
· Team members spawn in waves, encouraging team play  
· No Crosshairs  
· Players will be able to build their ranks and use perks as in standard Call of Duty 4 (all players will start at rank 1 in the mod)   

future features  
· Exploring the options for static spawns and spawn protections  
·Custom designed maps, specifically built for Heat of Battle Play  
·Tweaking perks to build a realistic game type that continues to be an enjoyable experience for all players  
·Tweaking rewards (UAV, Airstrikes, Choppers) to best fit within the mod  
·Classic HOB features that players have come to love - dropped gun when hit in the hand, fall to prone when hit in the leg  
· And much More!   

Basic History  

Heat of Battle (HoB) first reared it's head just before Christmas 2003, and was the very first total conversion mod for CoD, 
bringing with it many innovative ideas. Many of those ideas have now not just been incorporated into other mods, 
but also into the game itself.  Since the first release, HoB has evolved and taken on new dimensions, with added 
gameplay and built-in admin functionality, even being converted to work with the Call of Duty expansion pack, 
United Offensive.  Now we are preparing to launch HoB4:MW after a succesful alpha test just last weekend.  What we are 
doing is taking the Domination gametype (which is essentially the same as the original HoB) and adding to it. For now, 
we have made very basic changes to encourage teamplay. Instead of being able to to capture a control point on your 
own, you will require at least one teammate to assist you. This will NOT speed up the capturing, and it means that other 
teammates will have to be around to offer protecton to those capturing. This will have the intial affect of slowing down
the gameplay a bit, making it more tactical than before. As more players join the server, the number of players required 
to be in the capture zone to cap the location will increase, and an icon will appear at the zone when you enter it, telling 
you how many players are needed.  Unlike Domination, when all zones are captured by one team the round will end, and 
they will be declared the winners of that round.  Next weekend (16th/17th February), we alpha test again and if 
successful, will be launching a beta version.