Filmmaker Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Black Hawk Down) -- one of this Game Hunter's favorite directors -- is among the talents that Activision is working with to create content for its upcoming Call of Duty Elite community offering. Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg made the announcement as part of his presentation today at the 13th Annual Pacific Crest Global Technology Leadership Forum in Vail, Colo. Unfortunately, Game Hunters was not in attendance, but listened to the presentation via webcast in which Hirshberg spoke about Activision's upcoming games including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, as well as COD Elite, which is currently in beta testing on Xbox Live.

For Elite, Hirshberg said, Activision is developing "exclusive episodic entertainment built just for the Call of Duty community. We are working with the likes of Will Arnett and Jason Bateman, Ben Silverman (we assume that's The Office executive producer) and Ridley and Tony Scott to create this content.


"Just like any other passion that people spend a lot of their free time doing, Call of Duty players share a common language and a common experience, and we think we can create some entertainment content that they will love and talk about and share."


Hirshberg also reiterated some massive Call of Duty: Black Ops sales figures that the publisher announced last week: 25 million copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops sold so far and 14 million downloadable maps for Black Ops.


"Call of Duty has become more than a game," he said. "It has become a pop culture phenomenon with 30 million players."

Source: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/08/director-ridley-scott-and-other-hollywood-talent-get-call-of-duty/1?csp=34tech

Posted: Aug 10, 2011 2:36 pm