As Black Ops storms the charts, rumours begin to appear that the next Call Of Duty game may be about to blast off into space...
With just about every major conflict in US history now covered in exhaustive detail by the Call Of Duty series, you’d be forgiven for wondering just where Activision’s blockbuster shooter series could go next.
But according to reports arriving in the wake of Black Ops, the next installment could be about to go where no COD game has gone before - into the depths of space. Industry website Gamasutra has posted an article that suggests Sledgehammer - the studio headed up by former members of Dead Space developer, Visceral - will be developing a new Call Of Duty game over the next year or two.
With Modern Warfare 2 developers Infinity Ward left in a rather compromised state following the departures of two of its founder members, Vince Zampella and Jason West, Activision created Sledgehammer for the specific purpose of creating an “action-adventure” Call Of Duty videogame.
Gamasutra’s sources suggest that their COD game will be “set in the future” and feature “space marines”, while CVG reports that Activision has registered the domains "Call of Duty: Future Warfare, Advanced Warfare, Secret Warfare and Space Warfare".
If the rumours are true, it’s a huge departure for a series that has previously prided itself on historical accuracy, or at the very least a semblance of realism. Perhaps Sledgehammer is hoping to create an alternate universe 1969, where Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon armed with a laser gun...
More news on Sledgehammer’s Call Of Duty entry as we get it.
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