May 10
Activision speaks on Call of Duty 5, Tony Hawk, and others
In a recent conference call, Activision gave out a handful of details on its upcoming franchises. The most interesting facts out of the pool of information were regarding the Tony Hawk series, as well as Call of Duty 5.
Actvision has FINALLY decided to not produce a Tony Hawk Pro Skater game this year, and to totally reinvent the franchise. This breaks the nine-year-long tradition of releasing a game every year, although there is a THPS game that is planned to release on the Nintendo DS later this year. Activision CEO, Mike Griffith, commented:
“We’re inventing Tony from the ground up. For competitive reasons we’re not going to talk about it today, but we’re very bullish on the kind of innovation it will bring, and it won’t be your father’s Tony Hawk.”
The conference call also spoke upon Call of Duty 5, giving us the only information we have about the game: it’s going to take place in “a new military theater.” Note, however, there is a rumor flying around CoD 5 saying it’s going to take place during World War II…again.
Activision also goes on to speak about franchises like Guitar Hero and other titles it will be producing in 2008. Hardly any details were spoke upon the games, but we do know they’re working on Dreamworks’ Madagascar 2 and Monsters vs. Aliens.
Probably the most exciting news about the other titles was the announcement that the James Bond game is currently being produced, and will revolve around the upcoming 007 flick, Quantum of Solace. The game has said to be using Call of Duty 4’s game engine.
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“For competitive reasons…”
*cough* skate. *cough*
Yeah, are they reinventing it from the ground up, or are they just going to take what skate. did?
As far as Call of Duty 5, I thought it was already confirmed that Treyarch is full of unimaginative people, er, I mean, I thought it was already confirmed that it’d be set in WWII. The only thing I can imagine is that when people heard that, there was an uproar about what a bad mistake it was, so they’re now taking the story they had planned, and moving it somewhere else, with a new time frame. It will still be mediocre, because it Treyarch doing it, and I will still be waiting for Call of Duty 6 when Infinity Ward gets back on it.
My dad doesn’t know what a Tony Hawk is.