Call of Duty 4 with modern war setting in development

14 November 2006

Posted by:Ferry

Call of Duty 3 is barely out the door and a Ampednews source has already revealed Call of Duty 4 is in development at Infinity Ward, the development team behind the first two Call of Duty games. Listed are the first details:

* Call of Duty 4 will be coming to the PC as well as consoles. Where as Call of Duty 3 is only available on consoles, as well as the PSP.
* It will be based on modern combat, taking place on the battlefields of present day Middle East.
* While most shooters have two or three critical points on the head, Call of Duty 4 has 16. You can shoot the side of an opponentâ€™s helmet to make it spin on their head, or knock the helmet clean off. Supposedly you will even be able to shoot an enemyâ€™s ear off.
* Multiplayer features matches with 54 players.

While this info seems very plausible, according to Xboxic, Activision declined to confirm or deny its authenticity.

Some more details: In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare you’ll serve as part of the U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, and British S.A.S. to take on terrorists loyal to an aggressive Middle Eastern dictator. This war on terror must be fought all over the world — in locations as diverse as vessels at sea in the North Atlantic, secret terrorist cells in London, the urban streets of Eastern Europe, and, of course, the Middle East — as you try to stop a terrorist coalition from using its deadly chemical arsenal.

As a pilot in an Army attack helicopter, you’ll fly over cratered urban environments — with rocket-propelled grenades to boot — before you rope down as part of a Marine platoon to engage in close-quarters combat in a very different sort of environment from Call of Duty 2. It’s in this door-to-door implementation of battle that similarities to Rainbow Six 3 and Splinter Cell start to become apparent as you fight in squads, rappel down walls, and clear rooms with silenced guns, tear gas, flashbangs, and various specialized goggles. That doesn’t prevent you from utilizing all manner of authentic modern weaponry, however, including automatic grenade launchers, mines, and machine guns.

Modern Warfare will also feature deformable environments, where you can kick down and blow up doors, or take it to another next level with destructible walls, roads, buildings, and bridges. You’ll also be able to block doors with heavy obstacles like vehicles or furniture and block windows from grenades with a little chicken wire. But you’re not just limited to shooting what’s within your firearm’s reach: you can call in and laser-sight air strikes to knock out those pesky enemy tanks and sniper’s nests, too.

The first trailer for the PC, PS3 & Xbox 360 game:

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warguy

Ok, half of you people are stupid. They can set it any time they want. The timeframe the war is set in was never what made COD fun. It has always been the gameplay. And quit saying they should add in stuff that other games have. If you want those features play those games. Not everygame needs to have every single feature known to man. Have faith that the guys at IW, who have made the best 2 COD games, know what they’re doing. And yes, it would be cool if we had other war games that went down the timeline of wars that our country has been in. But they aren’t doing that and WW 2 is all used up. I mean they’ve been making WW 2 shooters for over 10 years now. Tme to move on folks. The game looks cool, lets give them a chance to blow us away.
nathan

i like that it is set in modern day. i think it is more of counter terrorist game. i hope we can play as the terrorists.
WarPath

I’m all for a change of pace, I believe that CoD has done everything it can for WW2. I think some gamers have forgotten how the Medal of Honor franchise killed itself with too many WW2 games. CoD has always brought us the lesser seen battles, and now those are used up. I’m curious to see how they take the beautiful shooter mechanics from CoD2 into the modern age. Don’t fear change, embrace it.
El Boricua

I Think that science fiction is for HALO, you cant beat it. Modern combat has Tom Clancy written all over it because they make realistic games with so much detailed and up to date weapons and so on, but wen you talk about WW2 combat you just have to think about CALL OF DUTY . I am totally against of moving COD to modern day combat, I mean theirs nothing wrong with moder day combat, but theirs just so much more to WW2 than what weave seen in the previous COD games. I really hope that they stick to ww2. Anyone with me on that?
Jimmy

This stinks WWII was made for COD. Thats like changing Saving Pvt. Ryan
RANDY

WHAT HAPPENED TO FIGHTING THE JAPS AND GOING ALL THE WAY TO BERLIN TO FAST TOO SOON
Ryan

yo this game would be awesome in modern day u ww2 is getting to old and rusty its time for a change. i think yes they should go in a little advances at a time but i think this game is still a very good idea. lemme shoot some arabs!!!!!
the killer

It will be better in WW2 no now
jimmy

listen to killer!!
Attila The Hun

i think its great wat ur doin but u could like make call of duty ww2 and make a another series and that could be modern war that would be cool but im glad u changed it ww2 its gettin old like thiers no more missions u could do good luck ps dont listen to jimmy