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Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero 5 in the works

by Kiven on December 3rd, 2007

Activision Blizzard has just confirmed that Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero 4 are both in development just hours after news of the company’s merger hit the wire. And while the news isn’t exactly surprising, if Activision Blizzard’s recent boasts are anything to go by we could see both of the series become hopefully better

Indeed, during a conference call held today Activision CEO Robert Kotick and Jean-Benard Levy spoke of the company’s huge projected success and hinted that many of Activision’s franchise could learn a lot from the success of World of Warcraft, which has 9.3 million users across the world. More specifically, Kotick expressed a distinct interest in the subscription model employed by the WoW developer, although quite how it will work with Activision’s other franchises - including a new racing title from the freshly-acquired Bizarre Creations - remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, World of Warcraft won’t be coming to console any time soon, with Levy categorically stating that a current-gen version of the game was most certainly not in the works.

In a press release posted along with the call, the combined company outlined some of the pipelined games that the Activision side of Activision Blizzard will be contributing to the mnerger and releasing in the near future. (Vivendi/Sierra/Blizzard of course have Starcraft II as well as several other titles in production.) Included in the list are:

* Guitar Hero IV
* Call of Duty 5
* James Bond (2008)
* Tony Hawk (new - 10th franchise entry)
* New Dreamworks Titles (various franchises)
* New Marvel Titles (various franchises)
* Bizarre Creations’ New Entry in Racing (following September 2007 acquisition)

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