«We can't wait for players to discover all of the new movement, mechanics, equipment, and modes built into Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, as well as the depth of customization layered in for the most personalized Call of Duty multiplayer experience to date,» said Michael Condrey, the co-founder and head of
development of Sledgehammer Games.
Here's the classic video showing
the development of the Sledgehammer and the record speed run from 1988.
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The next - gen version
of the game is being developed by
Sledgehammer Games, the studio best known for its contribution in the
development of Call
of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, while High Moon Studios is handling the game's
development for last - gen consoles.
It was announced earlier this year that
Sledgehammer games would be the third developer working on Call
of Duty, alongside Infinity Ward and Treyarch, and the each game would now get three full years
of development time.
With this announcement also came the news that the Call
of Duty franchise would be switching to a three - year
development cycle per game, clearly indicating that
Sledgehammer are also planned to produce future titles.
The next - gen version
of the game is being developed by
Sledgehammer Games, the studio best known for its contribution in the
development of Call
of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, while High Moon Studios is handling the game's
development for last - gen consoles.
According to this report, the support from
Sledgehammer Games was needed after the founders
of Infinity Ward and several key - members
of the
development team left Infinity Ward last year.
Each studio would now have three years to build a game, with
Sledgehammer's Call
of Duty: Advanced Warfare being the first example
of how much an elongated
development cycle would help.
The title is published by Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), and developed by
Sledgehammer Games with additional
development support from Raven Software.
The character
development is excellent and
Sledgehammer Games has really driven home the feeling
of brotherhood that existed during this brutal war and still does in all the armed services.
Sledgehammer Games describes its
development, meanwhile, as «a journey
of inspiration», with plenty
of chatter coming out
of the reveal event centering on just how important it was for them to get every last detail right.
Details from the games listing are: «Call
of Duty: Advanced Warfare, developed by
Sledgehammer Games (co-developers
of Call
of Duty: Modern Warfare 3), harnesses the first three - year, all next - gen
development cycle in franchise history.
Hirshberg said: «
Sledgehammer is approaching this as a next - gen - first
development, - obviously in the console - transition year, anyone who developed a cross-generational game last year had to deal with the fact that the technology
of the next - gen platforms was still coming into focus and changing quite a bit during the
development process....
Co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella's very public fallout with publisher Activision led to a massive exodus, wrenching a large portion
of their workforce away from Modern Warfare 3's
development, resulting in upstart studio
Sledgehammer Games coming in to share the load.
During an investor call today, Activision Publishing president and CEO announced that the Call
of Duty franchise is moving to a three - year
development cycle with
Sledgehammer Games joining Treyarch and Infinity Ward as the franchise's third lead developer.
Shawn: We know that
Sledgehammer Games is making a CoD game, and there's been rumors flying for a long time about a sci - fi Call
of Duty... would there really be two different CoD games in
development that are NOT Modern Warfare or the Treyarch series?
Call
of Duty: Vietnam (Fog
of War) was a title previously in
development with
Sledgehammer games, but back in January 2011 it was confirmed it would be cancelled or simply «put on hold».
Call
of Duty games are on a three - year
development cycle, shared between Activision's three COD studios (
Sledgehammer, Infinity Ward and Treyarch).
We founded
Sledgehammer Games to bring together a world class
development team with a singular goal
of delivering excellence for fans.
Condrey continued, saying: «We founded
Sledgehammer Games to bring together a world class
development team with a singular goal
of delivering excellence for fans.
«The company is also for the first time announcing that a new game in the Call
of Duty series is expected to be released in 2011 and that
Sledgehammer Games, a newly formed, wholly owned studio, is in
development on a Call
of Duty game that will extend the franchise into the action - adventure genre.
Developed by
Sledgehammer Games (co-developers
of Call
of Duty: Modern Warfare 3), harnesses the first three - year, all next - gen
development cycle in franchise history.
Activison are keeping tight lipped on the future
development plans for Modern Warfare 3, but with the previous announcement that a game is in
development for 2011 separately from the new action - adventure Call
of Duty in
development by
Sledgehammer Games - maybe this is the very game they were referring to.
This one's in
development by
Sledgehammer Games who, coincidentally or not, were previously working on Call
of Duty: Vietnam, which was cancelled back in 2011.