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Treyarch unlikely to "go back" to WWII in future Call of Duty titles
Posted: 27.08.2010 11:59 by Simon Priest Comments: 3
The World War II era has been mined constantly by first-person shooters, but Treyarch "don't think" they'll be revisiting it unless its "fresh."

World at War from Treyarch was set in WWII, but it went to the Pacific theatre. Call of Duty: Black Ops explores the Cold War and covert teams.

"For us, I don't think we would go back because we've done a lot of World War II," said Treyarch community manager Josh Olin.

"I'm not saying that the genre's done. It would be important that, if there ever were to be another game set in the World War II era, it would have to be something that's fresh and new. You still have to by that code and do something players haven't seen before."

"So, World at War was one example of that. We brought the players for the first time to the South Pacific to fight the imperial Japanese army. It was a different game to the other World War II shooters in the franchise. So, as long as there's new experiences people will still play them," continued the developer. Can you still bare to play WWII shooters?

"It is sort of refreshing to be in this new locale where we have all these new toys that we can play with. We've been making World War II shooters for a long time." Call of Duty: Black Ops releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC November 9th.

Source: Spong

Comments

By Ridgy (SI Core Member) on Aug 27, 2010
Ridgy
So there won't be any Treyarch CODs where they find a time machine and go back in time to kill hitler /plug-in to red alert ? Awwww :P
By Wowerine (SI Elite) on Aug 27, 2010
Wowerine
Of course. If they made another WW2 game I wouldn't play it. Come one guys - that became boring as hell :)
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Sep 03, 2010
FoolWolf
Good decision, WW2 has given the gaming community everything it has for a decade or two right now...