Another Call of Duty coming out in 2009

If you thought Call of Duty: World at War (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS) is coming a bit too quick off the heels of the excellent Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), wait ’til you hear this one: another game in the franchise is coming out in 2009! Are we witnessing the annualization of successful FPS titles? Could be. More after the jump.

There’s no doubt that Activision Blizzard is now big enough to be a serious competitor to EA, and it seems that the new giant is willing to go toe-to-toe even in the annualization aspect of publishing. Don’t look now but we may all see a new Call of Duty game every year from here on out.

This was hinted by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick who said that they’ll be publishing a new Call of Duty in 2009. He said they’ll do this by “leapfrogging” studios.

The assumption is that Kotick means studios will be alternating between Call of Duty titles from now on. Treyarch is currently finishing up Call of Duty: World at War (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS), leaving Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) devs Infinity Ward free to develop the 2009 game.

We have no idea what the setting of the 2009 Call of Duty will be. At this point, this blogger is just figuring out how to squeeze in a new Call of Duty game to the yearly expense list.

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Via Kotaku