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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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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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™ Patch Information

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™ 1.5 Patch

DESCRIPTION:

This is the release of the v1.5 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™ patch by Infinity Ward.

CHANGES:

• Fixed server browser not showing all of the servers
• The "hold [ ] to steady" sniper scope hint will only appear if you can use it
• Fixed game not recognizing IWDs existing if they are all in fs_basepath and none are in the main/ folder
• Made mod scripts able to change stats
• Allow developer_script for mulitiplayer modding
• Fixed map rotation errors with usermaps
• Fix for reloading several times after connecting to a modded server
• Fixed minimap not showing up in the menu for usermaps
• Fixed an issue with Http redirect downloads.
• Mod tools will now work with other languages

INSTALLATION:

• Download the file below
• Run the installer and make sure its pointed to the installation folder for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™

File name: CoD4MW-1.5-PatchSetup.exe
File size: 10.65 MB

Get it here:

Maps-n-Mods.org

Discuss this patch on the Official Infinity Ward Forums

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™ 1.5 SP Mod Tools Patch

CHANGES:

• Mod Tools will now work with other languages.

File name: CoD4MW-1.5-SPPatchSetup.exe
File size: 12.62 MB

Get it here:

Maps-n-Mods.org

PREVIOUS PATCH CHANGES:

• 1.1
  • Addressed the issue of Rank / Stat resets reported by users moving from a Modded / Un-ranked server to a non Modded / Ranked Server. This update was not intended to revert back to any previously lost rank, but to prevent the issue from happening in the future.
• 1.3
  • Addressed the issue reported by community member Uzi Kidding which now catches some files bypassing the pure client test. In addition this update will set properties so that Anti-lag is always enabled upon map loads, an optimization for Sniper Rifle accuracty at certain distances, as well a fix so text chat between rounds of multiplayer will no longer cut out at the end. The 1.3 patch will also include all previous fixes from previous patches.
• 1.4
  • Addressed Ban.txt issue, added 'Winter Crash' multiplayer map, and added various Mod Support functionality.

• "Winter Crash", a holiday version of Multiplayer map "Crash"
• Improvements to the server browser
• Fixed some rare bullet accuracy issues for all weapons.
• For server admins: fixed user ban list not working correctly on servers. Ban.txt will be created in the main or fs_game directory

• In the connect screen, Mods will be identified as"Mod: [mod name]"
• Only official IWD files will be read from the main directory. All custom IWD should be placed in a mod directory.
• Fix for reloading several times after connecting to a modded server
• Improved mod.ff support to allow adding game types.
• Fixed an issue with Http redirect downloads.
• "fs_game" will be forced to lower case

• Download the file below
• Run the installer and make sure its pointed to the installation folder for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare™

• 1.1
  • Addressed the issue of Rank / Stat resets reported by users moving from a Modded / Un-ranked server to a non Modded / Ranked Server. This update was not intended to revert back to any previously lost rank, but to prevent the issue from happening in the future.
• 1.3
  • Addressed the issue reported by community member Uzi Kidding which now catches some files bypassing the pure client test. In addition this update will set properties so that Anti-lag is always enabled upon map loads, an optimization for Sniper Rifle accuracty at certain distances, as well a fix so text chat between rounds of multiplayer will no longer cut out at the end. The 1.3 patch will also include all previous fixes from previous patches.