Call of Duty's three year cycle gives creative 'freedom to fail'

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Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg mentioned during our recent Gamescom interview that Call of Duty's current studio cycle will keep the franchise in a lifestyle to which the audience has become accustomed. Although Call of Duty may be an annual franchise, it had been a tennis match between two studios, but earlier this year it was revealed the franchise was now on a three-studio cycle.

"That extra year of development time, particularly with the new consoles and the more powerful hardware, has really paid off thus far to iterate, innovate and try new things," said Hirshberg. "To find out which things didn't work and have the freedom to fail in the creative process, so what goes on the disc is the best ideas."



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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/14/call-of-dutys-three-year-cycle-gives-creative-freedom-to-fail/

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KaguraPosted:

I don't really like Call of Duty anymore but this could possibly be a good move since each company now has more time to make the game better, still most likely won't buy it since I don't really like those type of games anymore.

TravitorPosted:

I never get sick of this trailer. I honestly don't think the three year cycle is a bad move. Some of the game suck by itself, it'd be worse if they had half the time.

yo2434Posted:

Miss
pitythefool
Miss
MW2 was definitely the last good CoD game, but I still think WaW is the best CoD of all time. CoD 4 is a very close second.

Too bad Treyarch only made turd games when they started out. WaW was only good because Infinity Ward was forced to give their game engine to Treyarch. Then Treyarch proceeded to make a carbon copy of CoD4 set in world war 2 or whatever and threw in zombies - the only 'innovative' addition.


You can't honestly say CoD: Big Red One and CoD 3 are terrible games.


Cod2 big red one= great, cod 3= meh

HuxPosted:

Advanced Warfare looks pathetic. They need to sort it out.

bsmPosted:

Still only going for Treyarchs games, if their next one is a flop, done with COD altogether.

AR15Posted:

ImmortalGengar Give COD an extra year, the game will turn out the same! Dead within 6 months


Very true. Call of Duty hasn't made a quality game since Call of Duty 4 in my opinion.

Simplicity > Complexity

LatencyPosted:

As if Ghosts isn't stupid enough, we don't need an inexperienced company doing it now too.

SwissCheesePosted:

ImmortalGengar Give COD an extra year, the game will turn out the same! Dead within 6 months


Advanced warfare character customization, pick 13, how you get guns, ETC. Is amazing, so I doubt advanced warfare will do bad.

ImmortalGengarPosted:

Give COD an extra year, the game will turn out the same! Dead within 6 months

MissPosted:

pitythefool
Miss
MW2 was definitely the last good CoD game, but I still think WaW is the best CoD of all time. CoD 4 is a very close second.

Too bad Treyarch only made turd games when they started out. WaW was only good because Infinity Ward was forced to give their game engine to Treyarch. Then Treyarch proceeded to make a carbon copy of CoD4 set in world war 2 or whatever and threw in zombies - the only 'innovative' addition.


You can't honestly say CoD: Big Red One and CoD 3 are terrible games.


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