Call of Duty development offer declined by Gearbox

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You may be familiar with Gearbox, they are the company who developed Borderlands. Well, reports are coming out that Gearbox has turned down an opportunity to develop a Call of Duty game because their studio boss Randy Pitchford "saw no real challenge" in it.

During an interview several months ago with the German site KGN, Randy Pitchford stated that Gearbox only develops a game "when we can contribute to an existing brand something new - a kind of unique perspective and a new approach."

Mr. Pitchford does not feel that opportunity is present with the Call of Duty series.

Seeing how important the Call of Duty series is to Activision, and how dominant the game is due to a set formula the previous developers have followed each year, Pitchford went on to question just how much flexibility his studio would even have if they were to pursue the next Call of Duty.

Pitchford stated, "You have to play by the rules of the series." He then stated, "You have to do what is expected of a Call of Duty. In this I see but no real challenge for us. It would not strengthen our reputation as a studio, it would not be really motivating for our team."

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E-t-HPosted:

It's good they declined it borderlands is cartoony so thats what cod would have been

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Twist-Version-7 They have made this game alot better i persoanlly think.



I have no idea what you're talking about..


^^Agreed

MoanPosted:

-Monster_Energy I am not supporting COD, but I would of thought that Gearbox would of accepted the offer. I mean COD id one of is the biggest selling game franchise. Think of the money they could of made :/


I don't think they were worrying about the money

Bebe_RexhaPosted:

I am not supporting COD, but I would of thought that Gearbox would of accepted the offer. I mean COD id one of is the biggest selling game franchise. Think of the money they could of made :/

PoonPosted:

To all the people who are having a huge internet fight like the tough 7 year olds you are.... CoD sucks, got gay after WaW

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BackHandLegend Anyone who is defending COD is obviously oblivious to what had been happening to the series. The game is exhausted, And really nothing has changed, same engine, same killstreaks, Same well... Everything. The reason they don't want to Even touch COD Is because there isn't any skill in pressing ctrl+c and crtl+v. Just look at the iPhone,release same crap for years and people will get damn tired of it.They played it smart and didn't do it for the reason that their reputation would soon be tarnished, as for opinions COD 4 WAS THE BEST COD AND WILL BE.


same engine because they can't make a superior engine that will work with technology from ten years ago. sure you could maybe tweak the engine but whats the point. they do fine with just changing the graphics. and same killstreaks? have you ever played cod yet? sure there is a uav on every cod but are you telling me there shouldnt be? and your tellning me that ur beloved cod4 looks and acts the exact same as blops2? seriously kid.


Let's take a look at Crysis. They seriously stepped their game up after the release of Crysis 2. They made an engine people were happy playing with and it was different than the first, and now Crysis 3 has a different engine from Crysis 2 and it's set to make the console push itself to the limit. So what's not to understand that they're not even trying anymore. Killstreaks, Mortar strike (WAR, BO) = Lightning Strike (BO2)... Every Chopper Lurking Killstreak (Cod4,MW2,BO,MW3,BO2). Predator Missile (MW2, MW3, BO2) There are other examples but you get the point. Even if another CoD comes out its gonna be the exact same thing with the same perks in different slots and the same game style. Anyone who can pick up a CoD game from CoD4 and on can play just about any other CoD game. Can you play Gears 1 and do the exact same as if you would playing Gears 2 or 3? NO. CoD isn't the same after firing the original creators. Respawn Entertainment will put an end to CoD.


Why change something that works? Look at Gears sales..they better start changing ****.


Why change something that works? Again a little related but the iPhone sales are going down and so are CoD sales. Gears of War did really good actually because people love the campaign and only the brave and skilled play multiplayer since it takes a whole lot of skill in order to hold your own in such a game. Bottom line, CoD has been the same and its a shame that Activision doesn't even want to experiment with anything anymore. They'll give treyarch or whoever is making the game specific guidelines that they have to follow if they don't like it, they're sure to lose the contract. CoD isn't bad, its just exhausted as F.-uck and frankly how many people even try anymore? I sure don't all I do in BO2 is piss people off in hardcore.


The iPhone sells are going down because their are better phones coming out every month. Besides Halo 4, COD currently has no competition, and COD outsold Halo 4. So trying to compare COD to the iPhone is a bad comparison. I know a lot of people who try, so that's also a pretty stupid point.

iPhone sales are going down because of a number of things, from the software being crap to the hardware being weak (bent iPhones, saphire camera burn). Sales overall do NOT make a game good. The Gears has always won more awards than CoD from different sources, Gears 1 winner of a numerous amounts of awards obtained more awards than the CoD series combined from WaW and up. No matter what you say your words are futile to the fact that a lesser known game studio DENIED ANY AFFILIATION with the CoD series. They would've made an incredible amount of money and to still argue something when a company refuses to do CoD because "it's too easy" then damn I don't know what to tell you. Keep playing CoD because you obviously don't know innovation when you see it.


Ahh, so you're one of those tools. iPhones software isn't crap, and the hardware isn't weak. Im not sure why everyone on this site finds it necessary to hate on iPhones. While I have never owned an iPhone,I am knowledgeable and not over bias enough to acknowledge that they make solid devices around the board. while some of their technologies are overhyped, overpriced, and not up to times it would be ignorant to say iPhones are crap, and if looked at by a neutral eye are actually quite competitive in many aspects. You can hate the company (for many reasons), but there are few reasons to hate the product. I have a Galaxy S3, but hey, I don't know anything about innovation. I play video games for fun, and I can't think of any more fun times out of my 8 years on Xbox Live, then playing COD and Halo 2/3 with my friends. I played Crysis 2 on 360, and what I learned is good graphics doesn't = fun game.


Tool? Anything but, I simply compared the point to this whole argument, and would be content with an iPhone if I wasn't given the option to choose. (Have an HTC Evo 3D). PEOPLE GET BORED OF THE SAME THING. Great graphics doesn't make a game good, but neither does playing the same with with a different skin.


Most played game on XBL is BO2, so apparently playing the same thing with a different skin is pretty damn fun. And no, you're a tool.


You're only paying all of your attention to the fraction of a spectrum of gaming. Go ask the other two that you've forgotten about, more importantly PC. YOU are the reason PC players hate console ones, because people like you spew out crap without data and support. It's funny, after years of playing CoD it has become the skill-less most boring popular game in the Xbox and PS3.


I'm a PC player, I just happen to also play Xbox, and I just happen to not be one of those anti console pc players. I spew out crap without supporting data? According to Major Nelson, Black Ops 2 is has the most online players out of any Xbox 360 game. Proof: http://majornelson.com/2013/01/17/live-activity-for-week-of-january-7th/
Black Ops 2 was the most sold game in the US of 2012.
Proof: http://www.gamesradar.com/10-best-selling-us-games-2012/

You can hate Apple and Call of Duty however much you want. But their popularity and success shows you that people like something about them. **** And I have a Nexus 10 and Galaxy S3.

Stay toolish, my friend.


Once again, You're forgetting about PC players. Ever seen how many people play CoD on the PC? Lol I highly doubt you play PC.

MoanPosted:

Twist-Version-7 They have made this game alot better i persoanlly think.



I have no idea what you're talking about..

ZyphrPosted:

Twist-Version-7 They have made this game alot better i persoanlly think.


Who's they?

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BackHandLegend Anyone who is defending COD is obviously oblivious to what had been happening to the series. The game is exhausted, And really nothing has changed, same engine, same killstreaks, Same well... Everything. The reason they don't want to Even touch COD Is because there isn't any skill in pressing ctrl+c and crtl+v. Just look at the iPhone,release same crap for years and people will get damn tired of it.They played it smart and didn't do it for the reason that their reputation would soon be tarnished, as for opinions COD 4 WAS THE BEST COD AND WILL BE.


same engine because they can't make a superior engine that will work with technology from ten years ago. sure you could maybe tweak the engine but whats the point. they do fine with just changing the graphics. and same killstreaks? have you ever played cod yet? sure there is a uav on every cod but are you telling me there shouldnt be? and your tellning me that ur beloved cod4 looks and acts the exact same as blops2? seriously kid.


Let's take a look at Crysis. They seriously stepped their game up after the release of Crysis 2. They made an engine people were happy playing with and it was different than the first, and now Crysis 3 has a different engine from Crysis 2 and it's set to make the console push itself to the limit. So what's not to understand that they're not even trying anymore. Killstreaks, Mortar strike (WAR, BO) = Lightning Strike (BO2)... Every Chopper Lurking Killstreak (Cod4,MW2,BO,MW3,BO2). Predator Missile (MW2, MW3, BO2) There are other examples but you get the point. Even if another CoD comes out its gonna be the exact same thing with the same perks in different slots and the same game style. Anyone who can pick up a CoD game from CoD4 and on can play just about any other CoD game. Can you play Gears 1 and do the exact same as if you would playing Gears 2 or 3? NO. CoD isn't the same after firing the original creators. Respawn Entertainment will put an end to CoD.


Why change something that works? Look at Gears sales..they better start changing ****.


Why change something that works? Again a little related but the iPhone sales are going down and so are CoD sales. Gears of War did really good actually because people love the campaign and only the brave and skilled play multiplayer since it takes a whole lot of skill in order to hold your own in such a game. Bottom line, CoD has been the same and its a shame that Activision doesn't even want to experiment with anything anymore. They'll give treyarch or whoever is making the game specific guidelines that they have to follow if they don't like it, they're sure to lose the contract. CoD isn't bad, its just exhausted as F.-uck and frankly how many people even try anymore? I sure don't all I do in BO2 is piss people off in hardcore.


The iPhone sells are going down because their are better phones coming out every month. Besides Halo 4, COD currently has no competition, and COD outsold Halo 4. So trying to compare COD to the iPhone is a bad comparison. I know a lot of people who try, so that's also a pretty stupid point.

iPhone sales are going down because of a number of things, from the software being crap to the hardware being weak (bent iPhones, saphire camera burn). Sales overall do NOT make a game good. The Gears has always won more awards than CoD from different sources, Gears 1 winner of a numerous amounts of awards obtained more awards than the CoD series combined from WaW and up. No matter what you say your words are futile to the fact that a lesser known game studio DENIED ANY AFFILIATION with the CoD series. They would've made an incredible amount of money and to still argue something when a company refuses to do CoD because "it's too easy" then damn I don't know what to tell you. Keep playing CoD because you obviously don't know innovation when you see it.


Ahh, so you're one of those tools. iPhones software isn't crap, and the hardware isn't weak. Im not sure why everyone on this site finds it necessary to hate on iPhones. While I have never owned an iPhone,I am knowledgeable and not over bias enough to acknowledge that they make solid devices around the board. while some of their technologies are overhyped, overpriced, and not up to times it would be ignorant to say iPhones are crap, and if looked at by a neutral eye are actually quite competitive in many aspects. You can hate the company (for many reasons), but there are few reasons to hate the product. I have a Galaxy S3, but hey, I don't know anything about innovation. I play video games for fun, and I can't think of any more fun times out of my 8 years on Xbox Live, then playing COD and Halo 2/3 with my friends. I played Crysis 2 on 360, and what I learned is good graphics doesn't = fun game.


Tool? Anything but, I simply compared the point to this whole argument, and would be content with an iPhone if I wasn't given the option to choose. (Have an HTC Evo 3D). PEOPLE GET BORED OF THE SAME THING. Great graphics doesn't make a game good, but neither does playing the same with with a different skin.


Most played game on XBL is BO2, so apparently playing the same thing with a different skin is pretty damn fun. And no, you're a tool.


You're only paying all of your attention to the fraction of a spectrum of gaming. Go ask the other two that you've forgotten about, more importantly PC. YOU are the reason PC players hate console ones, because people like you spew out crap without data and support. It's funny, after years of playing CoD it has become the skill-less most boring popular game in the Xbox and PS3.


I'm a PC player, I just happen to also play Xbox, and I just happen to not be one of those anti console pc players. I spew out crap without supporting data? According to Major Nelson, Black Ops 2 is has the most online players out of any Xbox 360 game. Proof: http://majornelson.com/2013/01/17/live-activity-for-week-of-january-7th/
Black Ops 2 was the most sold game in the US of 2012.
Proof: http://www.gamesradar.com/10-best-selling-us-games-2012/

You can hate Apple and Call of Duty however much you want. But their popularity and success shows you that people like something about them. Shit And I have a Nexus 10 and Galaxy S3.

Stay toolish, my friend.

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BackHandLegend Anyone who is defending COD is obviously oblivious to what had been happening to the series. The game is exhausted, And really nothing has changed, same engine, same killstreaks, Same well... Everything. The reason they don't want to Even touch COD Is because there isn't any skill in pressing ctrl+c and crtl+v. Just look at the iPhone,release same crap for years and people will get damn tired of it.They played it smart and didn't do it for the reason that their reputation would soon be tarnished, as for opinions COD 4 WAS THE BEST COD AND WILL BE.


same engine because they can't make a superior engine that will work with technology from ten years ago. sure you could maybe tweak the engine but whats the point. they do fine with just changing the graphics. and same killstreaks? have you ever played cod yet? sure there is a uav on every cod but are you telling me there shouldnt be? and your tellning me that ur beloved cod4 looks and acts the exact same as blops2? seriously kid.


Let's take a look at Crysis. They seriously stepped their game up after the release of Crysis 2. They made an engine people were happy playing with and it was different than the first, and now Crysis 3 has a different engine from Crysis 2 and it's set to make the console push itself to the limit. So what's not to understand that they're not even trying anymore. Killstreaks, Mortar strike (WAR, BO) = Lightning Strike (BO2)... Every Chopper Lurking Killstreak (Cod4,MW2,BO,MW3,BO2). Predator Missile (MW2, MW3, BO2) There are other examples but you get the point. Even if another CoD comes out its gonna be the exact same thing with the same perks in different slots and the same game style. Anyone who can pick up a CoD game from CoD4 and on can play just about any other CoD game. Can you play Gears 1 and do the exact same as if you would playing Gears 2 or 3? NO. CoD isn't the same after firing the original creators. Respawn Entertainment will put an end to CoD.


Why change something that works? Look at Gears sales..they better start changing ****.


Why change something that works? Again a little related but the iPhone sales are going down and so are CoD sales. Gears of War did really good actually because people love the campaign and only the brave and skilled play multiplayer since it takes a whole lot of skill in order to hold your own in such a game. Bottom line, CoD has been the same and its a shame that Activision doesn't even want to experiment with anything anymore. They'll give treyarch or whoever is making the game specific guidelines that they have to follow if they don't like it, they're sure to lose the contract. CoD isn't bad, its just exhausted as F.-uck and frankly how many people even try anymore? I sure don't all I do in BO2 is piss people off in hardcore.


The iPhone sells are going down because their are better phones coming out every month. Besides Halo 4, COD currently has no competition, and COD outsold Halo 4. So trying to compare COD to the iPhone is a bad comparison. I know a lot of people who try, so that's also a pretty stupid point.

iPhone sales are going down because of a number of things, from the software being crap to the hardware being weak (bent iPhones, saphire camera burn). Sales overall do NOT make a game good. The Gears has always won more awards than CoD from different sources, Gears 1 winner of a numerous amounts of awards obtained more awards than the CoD series combined from WaW and up. No matter what you say your words are futile to the fact that a lesser known game studio DENIED ANY AFFILIATION with the CoD series. They would've made an incredible amount of money and to still argue something when a company refuses to do CoD because "it's too easy" then damn I don't know what to tell you. Keep playing CoD because you obviously don't know innovation when you see it.


Ahh, so you're one of those tools. iPhones software isn't crap, and the hardware isn't weak. Im not sure why everyone on this site finds it necessary to hate on iPhones. While I have never owned an iPhone,I am knowledgeable and not over bias enough to acknowledge that they make solid devices around the board. while some of their technologies are overhyped, overpriced, and not up to times it would be ignorant to say iPhones are crap, and if looked at by a neutral eye are actually quite competitive in many aspects. You can hate the company (for many reasons), but there are few reasons to hate the product. I have a Galaxy S3, but hey, I don't know anything about innovation. I play video games for fun, and I can't think of any more fun times out of my 8 years on Xbox Live, then playing COD and Halo 2/3 with my friends. I played Crysis 2 on 360, and what I learned is good graphics doesn't = fun game.


Tool? Anything but, I simply compared the point to this whole argument, and would be content with an iPhone if I wasn't given the option to choose. (Have an HTC Evo 3D). PEOPLE GET BORED OF THE SAME THING. Great graphics doesn't make a game good, but neither does playing the same with with a different skin.


Most played game on XBL is BO2, so apparently playing the same thing with a different skin is pretty damn fun. And no, you're a tool.


You're only paying all of your attention to the fraction of a spectrum of gaming. Go ask the other two that you've forgotten about, more importantly PC. YOU are the reason PC players hate console ones, because people like you spew out crap without data and support. It's funny, after years of playing CoD it has become the skill-less most boring popular game in the Xbox and PS3.