After a recent earnings call,
Activision outlined plans to release a new entry into the
Call of Duty series by the end of its 2009 fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2009. "We'll launch on all four platforms we've participated on in fiscal [year] 2008," Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith said, refering to
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's debut on the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Nintendo DS; a PS2 and Wii version are also in the works.
Griffith also revealed that
Call of Duty 5 will see the franchise move into a new "military theater." Long-standing suspicion has been that
Call of Duty 3 developer Treyarch would return the franchise to its World War II roots but Griffith's comments seem to debunk that setting rumor. Griffith did not mention whether
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward or rumored Treyarch would take the reins as the
Call of Duty 5 developer.
On the subject of
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Griffith revealed the
James Bond licensed title that is currently in development by Treyarch will be powered by the
CoD4 engine and release around the time of the latest
Bond film,
Quantum of Solace, this fall.
The only question to answer now is which war could
Call of Duty 5 be based on. The answer? Civil. Muskets = Win.
