CoD goes to China with 'Call of Duty Online,' from Activision and Tencent

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Activision, partnering with Chinese game company Tencent, is launching a free-to-play Call of Duty shooter in the Chinese market, the companies revealed this morning. "Call of Duty Online" is the name, but beyond that little is known – the image above is from the game's teaser site, and the site contains no other information (unless you're into reading legalese, that is).

That said, after two years of hearing about such a game, we've got some ideas of what it might be. For instance, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said back in 2010 that Activision had "dedicated teams in these new markets creating content for the audiences that, to date, have only been satisfied by Blizzard games." Kotick said that the new CoD game would leverage CoD's "fantasy of being a soldier," which he said is a shared global sentiment, regardless of cultural differences. Today's news also makes those Activision URL registrations a lot more logical, eh?

Tencent apparently has the "exclusive license" to run Call of Duty Online in China, and Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is "very excited" about the game's prospects.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/03/cod-goes-free-to-play-with-call-of-duty-online-from-activisio/#comments

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PhracturePosted:

wow dats, different.

The-DoctorPosted:

CartmanisPhat
Creme why can't they own consoles?


Cause they have a strict communist goverment that doesnt let them do anything,they don't like giving their people freedom.


That's a bit much. Communism isn't inherently bad, nor does it necessarily reduce freedom. And China seems to be doing a lot better than America's capitalism these days.

ANG3L_CHR1SPosted:

GowJ
brendan64shark People in China Playing COD? What!!!


Yeh.I had a friend in Japan who played Black ops zombies with me.


China is not a part of Japan. *headdesk*

Android_Posted:

Creme why can't they own consoles?


Cause they have a strict communist goverment that doesnt let them do anything,they don't like giving their people freedom.

MezmaPosted:

why can't they own consoles?

ImaginePosted:

I wish i could play this, but China does need it more because they're not aloud to have consoles.. So i guess a PC game like this would be good for them.

lathePosted:

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brendan64shark People in China Playing COD? What!!!


Cod is the biggest game, ever. everyone knows about it and people everywhere play it :)

Its a real shame that this is only in china though :(


Wow stupid, this is an alternative to the normal COD that you play, as home gaming consoles and Call of Duty in general are banned in China

Red-SniperPosted:

Well Im moving to China then !

AnyPosted:

Well, hopefully it isn't as bad as Black Ops..

WestPosted:

Oh, god. We're all doomed.
Haha, no. But it's nice to see that Activision is moving around the globe.