Activision: Call of Duty still going strong, Sledgehammer entry will broaden the franchise’s audience

If all the legal drama between Respawn’s founders and Activision won’t let the former keep them from making games, the same holds true for the latter as well. Activision has reiterated that the Call of Duty franchise is still continuing, with three different studios hard at work on pushing the franchise forward.

If all the legal drama between Respawn’s founders and Activision won’t let the former keep them from making games, the same holds true for the latter as well. Activision has reiterated that the Call of Duty franchise is still continuing, with three different studios hard at work on pushing the franchise forward.

Activision COO Thomas Tippl recently laid out their plans for the franchise in an interview with the LA Times. Infinity Ward will still play a large part along with Treyarch and newcomer Sledgehammer Games.

“Today, we have three studios working on Call of Duty,” said Tippl. “We have Infinity Ward, which made Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

“Then we have Treyarch, which will be releasing a Call of Duty game in the fall of 2010. Treyarch also developed Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty 3.

“And, most recently, we’ve added Sledgehammer in the Bay Area. We haven’t yet announced the content of their game, but it’s going to be an innovative take that will further broaden the audience for Call of Duty.”

Activision has billed Sledgehammer’s Call of Duty entry as an “action adventure” game before. There’s still no official word on who will handle next year’s entry, although it has been reported that it won’t be Sledgehammer.

[LA Times via VG247]