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Infinity Ward: We can do more than Modern Warfare! photo

Quite a while ago, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford took developers like Bungie and Infinity Ward to task, admitting that Halo and Call of Duty might be top tier games, but that he wants to see what else these studios can do. Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling has responded to the call, promising that Infinity Ward isn't just a one-trick pony, and that other projects may come along.

"Well, we like to do new stuff all the time as well," he stresses. "When we feel like we can't innovate any further in the Call of Duty franchise, then we'll do something else. A lot of that mentality went into Modern Warfare 2. That's why it's Modern Warfare 2. It is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but you'll never see that in game. We never call it that. It's because we think of this as a new IP. This is our Modern Warfare 2 game. So we are constantly doing new stuff.

"We're doing stuff in this game that you've never seen before, which is awesome. We're going to new locations in single player that you've never seen before. We innovate in our own way. But yeah, eventually we'll do something else, and it will be fun and it will be awesome and it will be fresh and it will be great."

Despite this (and contrary to old rumors that IW was working on a sci-fi game), Bowling has said that no other projects are in the pipeline, not even Modern Warfare 3: "Right now, 100% of the team is dedicated on Modern Warfare 2 ... Honestly we have no clue what our next game is. I'm planning on taking a nap for three months. And then maybe I'll wake up."

They should do a World War II game next.








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CitizenErased's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:22
CitizenErased
How about they do a game where you're sort of like...a heavily armoured "space marine" perhaps tasked with the mission to save the galaxy from an alien race.
Or something.

That'd be pretty original.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:27
MrSadistic
They should do a sci-fi World War II steampunk zombie game. That is totally original.
Drakengard's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:27
Drakengard
They should do a World War II game next.

*groan*

No. Just no. Even though you're joking, just no more WWII. No more shooting NAZIs or a zombified version of them.
Bulkmailer's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:27
Bulkmailer
"We're doing stuff in this game that you've never seen before..."

Bullshit.
CtMythic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:30
CtMythic
They should use some of the money they make from MW2 to publish their own games and tell Activision to fuck off.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:34
Los255
"They should do a World War II game next."

ORIGINAL AND EXCITING.

Well, like Bungie, they're gonna have to go big if they wanna branch out into other titles without making people think, "Those are the _______ guys"

At the rate of IW's popularity, I think it'll be a while before they go away from Call of Duty.
Retrofraction's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:40
Retrofraction
LOL MW2 being different.

next epic game heavily armed indians rade cowboy ranch with nuclear weapons to drive alien parasites out of local population!!!!
ouched's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:41
ouched
I think a decent Vietnam game would be interesting, and no, Battlefield Vietnam and Shell Shock don't count as decent games. You lead a team through the jungles, looking for Charlie.. ambushes, traps, calling air strikes, artillery, rampant drug use, burning villages, etc.

Too bad no decent dev has the balls to do it, due to the moral ambiguity of the conflict itself as well as the actions taken by a few of those involved.
vApathyv's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:49
vApathyv
Make an M-rated platformer! That'd be interesting. Something that kinda plays on a psychological level with the player or something. Psychonauts-esque but with much more fragile psyches. I'd kill to see that.
MasterBalls's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:56
MasterBalls
Aw sure IW! Just like Bungie can make games other than Halo...
Everyday Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 12:58
Everyday Legend
Of course they can!
The question is, will they?
goodgamer77's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 13:05
goodgamer77
Jaded doubt and suspicion!
iEro-Sennin's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 13:09
iEro-Sennin
Well, they won't anytime soon. That's for sure.
If they really were tired of printing money they'd just tell Bobby to get lost.

Anyway, I hope for their own sake that if they ever make a new game it won't be a F/TPS.
sexycommando's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 13:20
sexycommando
"They should do a World War II game next."

That's not funny, Jim. Don't even joke about that

>:[
rel123's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 13:24
rel123
OH JIM YOU ARE SUCH A KIDDER
JynxShot's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 13:37
JynxShot
Come on man, don't even joke about more WWII games.

And I'm waiting for Bungie to remake/do a sequel to Oni.
Infinite Combo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 13:47
Infinite Combo
This is kind of like when a tv star quits a successful sitcom in order to focus on a movie career, but that movie career never quite takes off. Infinity Ward is a victim of its own success and will always be known as the guys that brought us the Modern Warfare series. Anything new they create will probably still be an FPS.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 13:49
falinter
They should do a RPG... in WWII
Zanch's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 13:56
Zanch
Infinity Ward may be capable of more, but we'll never know it so long as they exist under the bootheel of Activision. It is their way to force the developers under their wing down narrow corridors of development from which they'll likely never escape. They'll maybe let IW do a new IP when CoD stops selling, if that is ever likely to happen.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 14:25
Xzyliac
Two words. Vampire Nazis. Maybe throw a few softcore love scenes for the tween girl demographic.

Get crackin' Infinity Ward. I expect an exagerrated plot with a good dose of hip and Megan Fox and Dane Cook in lead roles on my desk tomorrow.
Freefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 14:54
Freefall
When we feel like we can't innovate any further in the Call of Duty franchise.



It's that word again. Innovate.
max01payne's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 14:55
max01payne
Hell no. Another world war II will be an epic fail...maybe a world war III...a simulation game about what world war III will be so we will know what it is like when it starts.
ViewFinder's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 15:28
ViewFinder
"...Honestly we have no clue what our next game is..."

As long as they work under Activision their next game will be Call of Duty X:[insert time reference here] Y. End of story.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 16:13
Holyetheline
MrSadistic speaks the truth!!
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 16:55
Wedge
Lol. MW2 isn't COD. Very funny. Maybe someday they'll make a game that's good. Someday.
DustyBlue's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 17:02
DustyBlue
How about a Call of Duty Rock Band or puzzle-platformer? :P

Or they could do a game with clown-pirate-zombie-alien-vampires with severe diarrhea ravaging a local fast-food restaurant and it is up to the employees to defend the restaurant using burgers and food utensils, but they are fast-food restaurant employees from the future sent to observe the past, so with their from-the-future knowledge they modify the burgers and food utensils to be able to shoot lasers and distort time, so there is a puzzle aspect having to do with time paradoxes and laser reflections. Also, the clown-pirate-zombie-alien-vampires are an alien race from light-years away known as the Shoogabooboolooocrackorskenesk. Their weakness? Blueberry flavored Jolly Ranchers. That would be a kick-ass game.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 17:09
TheStripe
"But yeah, eventually we'll do something else, and it will be fun and it will be awesome and it will be fresh and it will be great."

...and we'll probably have to blow Bobby to get activision to sign off on it, seeing how much he loves original IPs.


Also, reminder: Bobby Kotick.
Retrofraction's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 17:12
Retrofraction
yeah why not just take it to space?
bodybreak's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 17:13
bodybreak
i think the real question is; do we want them to do anything other than Modern Warfare?
D-Nez's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 18:15
D-Nez
If Bungie or IW for that matter do FPS games well why is everyone obsessed with them doing something different. The fact they make great shooters doesn't = great RPG or whatever. I for one hope Bungie continues making Halos.they have love for the universe and quality games with (generally) good value.

I mean do we want Bioware to make a driving sim? No, they MaKe good RPGs and that's what gamers what from them.

That being said, it's possible Bungie could make an awesome Sim or hack & slash. They existed before Halo and liky had a few surprises in store.
matrixdude171's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 19:18
matrixdude171
...... Sure, when they grow balls to try something other than halo or modern warfare I'll give them their props. But as far as I can see, all bungie does is produce halo games, they said they're making a new game and ta-da, another halo game. Infinity Ward doing things other than war shooters? bah, they'll never stop milking their franchises like the cows they are.
Modern Robot's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 21:31
Modern Robot
This is my same problem with Kojima and MGS. He constantly goes back to the same game, and stretches it out. It's the George Lucas syndrome with these guys, but if the one thing you're good at making makes money, who cares right?

But seriously, I'd like to see IW do something different. Fun and different.
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2009 23:39
Takeshi
I don't care what War it is, past future or present. If it's a good game I'll play it. Same goes for new IP. Don't just make something new for the sake of new. "This game is worthless." "But it's new!" Fuck that nonsense. I have to say Naughty Dog did a great job at doing something else. Same goes for Insomniac. Why not do both? I bet IW has made shitloads of money, enough to make MW3 ánd a new game.
kirobz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2009 05:46
kirobz
I dont know about that.
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