Call of Duty is no longer a game developed in a two-year cycle by two development teams. Nope, it’s now a three year, three team game – and this year’s game will be handled by Sledgehammer Games. Call of Duty 2014 will be developed primarily for the new systems, making it the first real “next gen” entry in the series. And it’ll apparently be quite the looker.
According to the chaps at IGN, during a panel at GDC called “Quest for Quality: Maximizing the Relationship Between Creative and Production,” developer Sledgehammer Games showed an image which they say is an in-game look at the character models in the next Call of Duty. And it’s pretty impressive.
That’s a pretty damned realistic model – though I’m not sure why the series aims for realistic human portrayals, when they have all the character and depth of a puddle…but I digress. Games like Call of duty aren’t about the feels they’re about the pew pew pew. Honestly though? I’m more keen for 2015’s game from Treyarch; they’ve gone from being the worst COD developer to being the best – but I’m one of those anomalous single player COD players, and those who play the multiplayer are bound to disagree.
As for why the next COD is targeting the new systems?
“Obviously in the console-transition year, anyone who developed a cross-generational game last year had to deal with the fact that the technology of the next-gen platforms was still coming into focus and changing quite a bit during the development process,” Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg said in February.
“Now that we have the next-gen hardware out in the marketplace and solid, that is our primary development.”
Last Updated: April 23, 2014
Umar's Sin
April 23, 2014 at 08:33
A pretty turd is still a turd
Tarisma
April 23, 2014 at 09:10
This soon games are going to become incredible CGI experiences where the player presses x not to die during the final boss battle.
CypherGate
April 23, 2014 at 10:27
That will be the sad end of real gaming as we know it.
iAmWeasel
April 23, 2014 at 08:33
Screw the graphics.. I want to know if the fish AI will improved upon.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 23, 2014 at 08:35
tee hee
Hammersteyn
April 23, 2014 at 08:37
The series aims for realistic human portrayals because they are planning a deep SP campaign with an engrossing storyline plus a non linear path to be taking for every goal to be completed. Estimation for completion of the SP story are thought to be around 15 hours.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 23, 2014 at 08:40
*1.5 hours fixed 😉
Hammersteyn
April 23, 2014 at 08:50
LOL there’s a lot to be fixed with my comment.
Dean
April 23, 2014 at 08:38
Soon EA will make mention of the new Battlefield, then there will be a Walk Off. Judged by Bowie of course.
Hammersteyn
April 23, 2014 at 08:40
Then we get to watch EA and Activision try to pull their underwear out of their pants without inflicting the worst wedgie ever when both games are released with “minor” bugs
Dean
April 23, 2014 at 08:42
We’ll all need some of that himalayan tea by the end of this.
Hammersteyn
April 23, 2014 at 08:50
Hahaha as long as I’m the only dude in the circle. Then we can go out for orange smoothies. No gasoline fight afterwards please.
Admiral Chief in Space
April 23, 2014 at 08:51
Hahaha, yeah
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/a2NG57E_460sa.gif
Hammersteyn
April 23, 2014 at 08:52
This gif makes me want to laugh because they are laughing and it’s a bit contagious
Peter Gibson
April 23, 2014 at 08:57
OK obviously we need to find out what that joke was about.
Grant [_G_] Hancock
April 23, 2014 at 09:18
A very funny doccie / talk thing called ‘Talking Funny’… highly recommend
Think joke was about a comedian who tried to do a parody of the song ‘sitting at the dock of the bay’ called ‘sitting on a c*** coz I’m gay’ … lol
Alex Hicks
April 23, 2014 at 09:28
the bit that get’s them cracked up is someone, I think it’s Jerry, asks if they guy “does the whistle” in the original song.
Wincethis
April 23, 2014 at 09:31
Ricky will laugh at ANYTHING!
Skyblue
April 23, 2014 at 12:24
Ah yes but he has an awesome laugh!
oVg Errorist
April 23, 2014 at 08:54
More cocaine for the kids. Do not bother with the single player.
SHOW ME THE MONEY
Deadlystriker65
April 23, 2014 at 09:09
Is it still said to be developed by sledgehammer
Dutch Matrix
April 23, 2014 at 09:24
Impressive snapshot that. Though I have to ask: Is that meant to be the soldier’s thousand yard stare or is he trying to stay awake during the CoD: Ghosts Single Player campaign?
Wincethis
April 23, 2014 at 09:30
Oh man what a header!
Martin du preez
April 23, 2014 at 09:56
“That’s a pretty damned realistic model”
http://static.gamespot.com/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_super/362/3622309/2509727-man+struggles+to+contain+his+mirth.gif
saneman
April 23, 2014 at 10:25
You can’t polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter
Mark Treloar
April 23, 2014 at 10:26
Yip, I will be taking close ups of everyone’s faces with my camera gun, because why on earth would I want to shoot them.
McBeano
April 23, 2014 at 10:26
All these haters above said the same about Ghosts. Booyakasha!
Mark Treloar
April 23, 2014 at 10:28
Which had the worst multiplayer ever
Furry Fox Jet Pilot
June 4, 2014 at 07:55
Lmfao Ghosts had the best multiplayer, and Black Ops 1 and 2 had the worst
Mark Treloar
June 4, 2014 at 11:25
Yeah, you are right. The dedicated servers giving you a more stable latency in Black Ops 1 was so wrong and the fact that Black Ops 2 was more successful definitely meant they are worse. Also the broken netcode in Ghosts just puts it above the others not to mention the amazing matchmaking.
Furry Fox Jet Pilot
June 5, 2014 at 03:23
Dedicated servers my ass, Black Ops had the absolute worst lag I’ve ever seen in any COD. Black Ops 2 was more of the same crap. Infinity Ward games never ever lag as bad or as often as Treyarch games. IW lags like once a month for me, while Treyarch lags 95% of the time. Ghosts rarely ever lags at all for me, and when it does, it’s never anywhere close to the garbage of Treyarch. Not to mention that Treyarch’s idiotic decision to make all guns stupidly weak and useless, combined with their horrible lag and unnecessary nerfing of already useless guns just ruined everything. It’s total bullshit having to use half a clip or more just to kill one person in Black Ops, while in Ghosts I can get triple kills with half a clip, that’s how guns should be: strong, and gameplay should be lightning fast with no lag. The only reason Black Ops 2 was successful was because people only bought it for the boring, clichéd, stupid zombies mode.
Mark Treloar
June 5, 2014 at 07:17
Every game I have played on Ghosts has been a net code nightmare, which is exactly why I don’t bother anymore. Cant say I experienced the issues you had with Black Ops latency issues, but dedicated servers will always trump match making nonsense.
Sk3tz0
April 23, 2014 at 14:57
Seriously who gives a crap about photorealistic soldiers when u never see ur body nor the fucker thats been camping in a corner for last 6 map cycles.. Fuck FPS.. Bring Back the RTS !!!
NickTheEagle
April 24, 2014 at 09:10
DONT WORRY GUYS, THIS IS THE ONE! (I know we said cod5-10 would be good but this is the one!)
probs not.
Furry Fox Jet Pilot
June 4, 2014 at 07:54
“Honestly though? I’m more keen for 2015’s game from Treyarch; they’ve gone from being the worst COD developer to being the best”
HAHAHAHAHAHA Lmfao!!!!!! X) this is the most idiotic statement I’ve ever heard. Treyarch was, and still is the worst COD dev studio ever. W@W was their only good game. BO 1 and BO 2 were terrible garbage lmfao. That multiplayer was complete trash. The worst abominations in COD history. Their lag was unbelievable, and to ruin all the fun, they decided to make every gun about as useful as a retarded toy airsoft gun that shoots marshmallows. Their stupid low damage weapons were useless, and on top of that they stuck their noses in and nerfed them even more. Ghosts was the best COD to date, with perfect weapon damage: high like it should be. 99% of the people who hated Ghosts are stupid and can’t adapt and deal with the high damage, lol it works in your favor too
Umar's Crown
June 4, 2014 at 08:03
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH ROFLOLOLOLOLOLOL HAHAHAHAHAHA…………….
Furry Fox Jet Pilot
June 5, 2014 at 03:25
LOOOOOOL!!!!
PriestFucker
July 1, 2014 at 04:20
TROLOLOLOLOLOLLOL
DH-8
November 7, 2014 at 20:59
Advanced Warfare is TERRIBLE!!!! I’m sick of all these “futuristic” games. I hope Treyarch (the best developer of COD in my opinion) makes World at War 2. That was the best COD of all time!!