Call of Duty 5 confirmed for Wii, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC and DS
Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty 5 will be released in fiscal 2009 that runs between April 1st 2008 and March 31st 2009, we’d expect it to be out by November 2008. The company has also said it will release the FPS game to more platforms than it did for Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty 4 release on just PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
In a conference call following its earnings report Michael J Griffith, president & CEO of the Publishing Unit, summarized Activision’s upcoming highlights: “In addition to Guitar Hero, we’ll also continue to capitalize on the strength and momentum created by this year’s blockbuster launch of Call of Duty 4. In fiscal 2009, we’ll deliver the next annual release on more platforms and to a larger worldwide audience.
This year, we’ll add the PS2 and Wii to the lineup in addition to the PS3, Xbox 360, NDS and PC. The large hardware installed base of the PS2 and growing base of the Wii will benefit the brand, especially as these consumers have not had a new Call of Duty for two years.” Exactly like Treyarch’s Call of Duty 3 then. — Quote via Spong
PS: There was also talk of a new Spider-Man game, a sequel Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, a retooling of the Tony Hawk franchise, and games based on Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar 2 and the Next James Bond movie are all planned for release this year.
Awesome, more games that may finally nail the Wii’s first person controls. I have enjoyed playing FPS games on the Wii but none have been spot on just yet,
Ditto on the Wii FPS, COD3 and MOH have been awesome, but it’s time to really press the compatibility with FPS. Maybe . . . just maybe . . . they’ll retroactively release COD4 for Wii, I’ve been dying to play it.
Also they need to release an Ace Combat game for Wii, now that would be freaking sweet to adapt the Wii controls for that.
