Call of Duty 7, aka Black Ops

At the moment details are thin on the ground, with the only hint as to what the gameplay is all about being the teaser trailer that was released late last week that you can grab here.  Most rumours pointed to the game being set in the Vietnam War period, which would be somewhat of a relief from World War II that Call of Duty seemed to get stuck on for quite a few games (there really is only so many WWII based games you can play).

As to whether we’ll see a dedicated servers or not for multiplayer  is yet to be seen and is something that PC gamers will be eager to find out.  Treyarch did at least goto the trouble of doing it for World at War, but then again Infinity Ward might have set the precedent now with their last contribution to the series – Modern Warfare 2 – that lacked dedicated servers.

Via:  Shacknews

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Atkinson to appeal Modern Warfare 2 rating

Interviewed a few days ago on the ABC’s Radio National, Atkinson has reportedly stated he will be appealing the MA15+ rating given to Modern Warfare 2.  The interview itself states the game is about the Russian airport massacre level involving the killing of civilians, which is the main part of his argument against the game and its one that has been overly sensationalised in the mainstream media as well.

At the moment there aren’t any further details about whether he is going to follow through on his threat, or whether its just more of his rhetoric which is quite rife throughout the interview if you listen to the whole thing.

But given the game has already been released, its probably a bit too late now anyway, in that it’d be like closing the proverbial gate after the horse has already bolted given the number of copies of the game that have no doubt been sold in Australia already.

Via:  Kotaku

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Activision seeking another Call of Duty developer

The franchise started off with Infinity Ward, with development house Treyarch brought in to produce alternate releases of games within the franchise.  The latest game in the series, Modern Warfare 2 (aka Call of Duty 6) was developed by Infinity Ward, with the last game being Call of Duty 5: World At War being developed by Treyarch.

The general consensus from most gamers is that they have preferred the Infinity Ward developed releases over the Treyarch ones, but if Activision brings in a third development house to work on a title from the franchise, it could be interesting to see where this goes.

As always I’m a skeptic, and I think its probably more an effort by Activision to try and milk the Call of Duty franchise harder than anything else.  Be interesting nonetheless to see what eventuates.

Via:  Shacknews

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