[CoD MW3] General News and Discussion

jill_valentine wrote: »

If you've not played the Campaign mode, particularly in COD4, you're kinda missing out. Subsequent entries have been a lot lazier about it, but they've still got some neat touches.

And yeah, I don't play online at all anymore, so no campaign mode, no interest. MP may be where the money is, but disregarding it completely is a concession to greed and laziness IMHO.

jill_valentine wrote: »

You'd be surprised. Sure, it's where most of the interest is, and with Live subscriptions multiplayer packs etc. they're quite a moneyspinner for all concerned. However - if I'm looking at a game, and I hear that it's got either no singleplayer, or a SP that lasts all of five hours, it screams of "cashcow". I am less likely to look into the Multiplayer if I get a sense the developers can't see past all those juicy, juicy MS points.

Modern Warfare 2 wasn't the fastest selling title ever etc. purely on the basis of the multiplayer. That's a large part of it sure - and it's the bit people talk about for years afterwards - but for the initial release, the single player can be quite important, particularly bearing in mind that the first few weeks of any big MP release is usually a horrifyingly unusable mess.

There were a few moments in the Modern Warfare campaigns which are still considered pretty iconic in terms of modern games; that's not something you can really get from multiplayer-only games, and it is the stuff that lures somebody into a series or genre that wouldn't otherwise play it. If I were a developer, I would be reluctant to give up the value of those little signature scenes and characters to my brand.

With Activision Blizzard's financial results and its quarterly conference call due to be revealed in just a few hours, rumors are flying that there will be major announcements from the publisher concerning its popular Call of Duty shooter franchise as well as Blizzard's long awaited action-RPG sequel Diablo III.

The financial results for the first calendar quarter of 2011 are scheduled to be revealed just a few minutes after 4 pm Eastern time. Activision Blizzard's financial conference call is scheduled to be held at 4:30 pm Eastern time. Activision execs are expected to give an update on the publisher's release schedule for the rest of 2011 while Blizzard's CEO is also expected to give an update on their line up of future games.

Much of the talk concerns the Call of Duty shooter franchise. Activision is expected to officially announce the next major game in the series, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, any day now and its possible that today's financial results could be an excuse to make that announcement. Eurogamer claims that they have already learned the release date for the game (November 8, 2011). We may also get an update on Beachhead Studios, the so far mysterious new internal game development team that Activision revealed in its last conference call three months ago. So far all we know is that the team is working on "the development of an innovative new digital platform and special services for our Call of Duty community."

As far as the Blizzard part of Activision Blizzard, the rumors are that Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime might finally reveal more info about Diablo III, specifically when the long awaited game will finally launch its closed beta test, allowing people outside of Blizzard to play the game. While it's likely that Blizzard will offer up some kind of Diablo III development update during the conference call it may just be wishful thinking by Blizzard fans if they expect a specific beta launch date. Diablo III's final release date is officially "when it's done" although Blizzard team members have said in previous interviews this year that the goal is to get the game completed and shipped before the end of 2011.

AGB_Ghost wrote: »

People said it sucked, I never saw the whole thing, may pick it up later and make the girlfriend watch it :rolleyes:

krudler wrote: »

whens E3? june?