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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DopestDope_EvaPosted:

fair play to them, sure Gearbox would make a lot of money from it but there is nothing "unique" anymore about CoD...

thexecuterPosted:

No challenge, haha! Gearbox would lose respect if they got in with call of duty

NatusVincerePosted:

Gearbox is very smart declining this.

VampiricPosted:

OriginallyMark Although i agree with what gearbox is saying, i think that they would get so much more reputation from developing a cod game, but would it be good or bad? Every cod game has a group of "omg this is amazing" followers and a group of "It gets worse every year" so it is a large risk


Agreed, if they made it good, their reputation would go way up.
Althought the CoD community is so diverse in its opinions to each CoD game that it just wouldn't be worth the risk.
This, along with the fact that there's little to no room for development on cod... Which is why the last 2 CoD's have brought nothing new to the playing field.

OriginallyMarkPosted:

Although i agree with what gearbox is saying, i think that they would get so much more reputation from developing a cod game, but would it be good or bad? Every cod game has a group of "omg this is amazing" followers and a group of "It gets worse every year" so it is a large risk

FrenzyRGPosted:

true call of duty is quite a simple game that runs on the same engine every year :|

StrippersPosted:

benjiii96 Its true, there isnt a challenge and thats mainly because its the same game with different maps and a different number.


totally agree with you

Vancouver_CanucksPosted:

Its true, there isnt a challenge and thats mainly because its the same game with different maps and a different number.


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