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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Jorge

COD should never leave the theatre of WW11, this is it’s identity. They might as well go to Mars or fight Klingons if they are going to step outside WW11
tyler

they need to stay in wwii. they can make every battle thats worth putting on a game from 1942 to 1945.that includes north africa,italy,japan,france,andgermany,maybe even russia.
Definatley make the thompson better,it sucked on cod3.also bring back the m1 carbine.make better onlie\split screen battles. make the battle field 3 times bigger with up to 50 players on each side.bring back the halftracks to,be able to drive them in multiplayer matches.ther are so many improvements they can make for wwii,they can’t leave it until theyve made the perfect wwii game.
tyler

also in the pacific fights be able to battle on ships and in fighter planes.it would be cool to sink a couple jap ships and shoot down a few zeroes.
tyler

and stop going crazy over ears its not that big of a deal.
http://donthaveone Chance

COD 4 should be based in WW1. That is the only major American war people never talk about. Just because this certain war is almost 100 years old doesnt mean you forget about it. They could have a Call Of Duty:Big Red One type game set in WW1 because the first took the first two American Casualties. This war were in now the only casualties are by roadside bombs it seams and in WW1 alot more people died in one year instead of only 3000 in 4 years. And I really like airplanes and WW1 was the first ever air war and they could have a ground campaign where you play a member of the big red one and an air campaign where you play as some guy in a Sopwith Camel. Tell me if you think that would be good beacause WW1 was a major war that has been forgotten. Thank you for reading this comment
http://www.lucasarts.com Chance

WORLD WAR 1 ALL THE WAY!
Eric

I think it should be in ww2. The invasion of Italy, or the pacific campign, The Battle of Britain? Maybe even make it to where you can be German for single player.
Josh

I hope you can press the left trigger to look down sights.
tod

No modern combact
Panos

Call of duty 4 should stay in WW2! It is the best WW2 game ever! Many fans will be disappointed playing in Middle East setting. There are many historical battles havent ever seen in WW2 games. I would like to play Greece campaign, great battles such as the first victory of the Allies in the war by the Greek Army in the highly snowed mountains of Nothern Greece of the Fall of 28th October of 1940.
Where Axis forces lost ground in Nothern Epirus for fist time since war started!!!

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