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Call of Looty? Activision suggests CoD MMO photo

You'd think with Activision acquiring Blizzard that this idea would have cropped up sooner, but better late than never. It's quite possible that Activision may have some inclination to produce a Call of Duty MMO, if the Activision head's latest comments on the franchise are anything to take out of context.

"...when you think about other properties that we own and control, like Call of Duty, and what would be the natural evolution of a property like Call of Duty into a massively multiplayer environment, and how do you monetize that," stated Bobby Kotick at the Morgan Stanley Technical Conference.

Of course, he's talking in pure hypothesis for the moment, but it's an interesting idea, especially with the surge of popularity that the series has enjoyed with Modern Warfare. If it took the modern-day setting as opposed to WWII, a CoD MMO could have a lot of potential for fun. That said, playing as Nazis in an MMO would be great for the bad-taste hilarity that would surely occur.

Do you think this would ever happen, and if so, how successful would it be? Can you see Blizzard influencing Activision's properties in the future?


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sleepingagain at 03/05/2008 08:13
this scares me so much, but not a surprise Activision is going to run a good franchise into the ground by whoring it out in any way it can
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Techno Mage at 03/05/2008 08:15
It seems like that Activision is less Actiblizzard and more Actibuzzard these days, cashing in on a Call of Duty MMORPG wouldn't be beyond them.
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Y0j1mb0 at 03/05/2008 08:17
Why not also have Call of Duty Happy Meals thrown in for good measure.
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Peteru at 03/05/2008 08:23
There's a keyword in this quote:
monetize.

It's high time for counter-tide to Hollyowoodized games - with big names, big graphics and big teams. I don't mind big developers whoring themselves. It's some strategy after all. Though I hope to get "ambitious" games too - with or without all the power of huge gfx engines. Kingdom for a MMO with actual roleplying - may it even be 2d.
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HarassmentPanda at 03/05/2008 08:25
I just cannot get into anything MMO. I don't like playing with so many people.
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Professor Pew at 03/05/2008 08:25
Yeah, I'd rather be playing the Nazis than arab freedom fighters fighting against the zionist invader army!

Also, don't roll on my M-203 epix goddammit. What? Noooooo that was my epic Abrams mount! Fucking noobs I'm leaving the guild.
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RXBanditO at 03/05/2008 08:29
This trend of "Hey this game is popular...let's make an MMO out of it" is getting old.

"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should." Love CoD4, hate--- Planetside.
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Holyetheline at 03/05/2008 08:47
I don't really understand how they could make this work... but if they do I'll probably end up playing it sooner or later.
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Cheeburga at 03/05/2008 09:23
Huxley?
But better?!
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loki d20 at 03/05/2008 09:26
Doesn't make sense to me. Don't see how it'll work and doubtful that it will attract the typical MMO player who is likely to spend the $10 to $15/month playing the game. Especially since CoD games already have multiplayer.
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Technophile at 03/05/2008 09:43
Blizzard will do what Blizzard has always done and Activision can't make them do anything. They can propose ideas till the sun comes up, but Blizzard has the ability to say no.

Besides, to Blizzard, something like COD4 is chump change. The only way COD4 could even measure up to WOW is if every single person with a XBOXLive account played it and we know thats not the case.
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dronkmunk at 03/05/2008 09:58
Something must be done about these bad puns
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MechaMonkey at 03/05/2008 10:56
To be honest, if I could play COD4 with thousands of people in an epic battle, simultaneously, I'd be all over it.
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Patriot SE at 03/05/2008 11:44
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Sam Spectre at 03/05/2008 12:34
I don't know about that. A Call of Duty MMO has so much potential to fail.
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Justin Villasenor at 03/05/2008 12:37
I could see it working if they did something like Planetside. They'd just need to change the warp gates to transports of some sort that take you to different world locations.
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kawitchate at 03/05/2008 15:12
3 words: Tony Hawk MMO
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Resonance at 03/05/2008 17:26
I highly doubt they'll keep a combat system based on skill. Chances are the perks and rank system would be massively buffed, making it complete bullshit for people who play to test their skills, rather than the amount of time they've poured into the game.
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Resonance at 03/05/2008 17:31
I highly doubt they'll keep a combat system based on skill. Chances are the perks and rank system would be massively buffed, making it complete bullshit for people who play to test their skills, rather than the amount of time they've poured into the game.
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Necros at 03/06/2008 19:52
I don't trust society to be responsible with a Nazi class.
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mistic at 03/10/2008 19:47
I don't trust society to be responsible with a Nazi class.

yeah I could see some serious wrongness happening there...
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