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Rumour: Infinity Ward Working on Sci-Fi Title
Posted by Owen Good at 8:00 AM on June 22, 2008
An alleged insider allegedly with Infinity Ward allegedly told TalkPlayStation.com that the Call of Duty 4 developer is "currently working on a new sci-fi title". And then they clam up pretty fast, saying no more info is on the way and, conveniently, we "may or may not announce it at E3".
So there's a 50 percent chance this tip's got legs. As in, they're either making the game, or not. Computerandvideogames.com goes so far as to speculate it's a CoD/SciFi shooter. Granted, CoD is the studio's only title but come on. That's still like saying the guy that brought you "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is now making an Indiana Jones movie with aliens in it. Oh wait ...
COD4 Developers Making Sci-Fi Title [TalkPlayStation.com via Computerandvideogames.com]

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Grimmie Boy
Posted August 31, 2008 11:19 PM
This could be helpful, but if you play CoD 4 on xboxlive, they have a lil message board that updates players....And recently they have had a ad for hiring new team memebers, and it says at the top of the lil paige: Infinity Ward/LucasArts!!! I know Pandemic isn't doing BattleFront n-e-more, sooooo????
A StarWars Battlefront game with Infinity Ward's CoD 4 graphics would be mind numbing..Just A Hunch!!!
Amazon_Chris
Posted 8:27 AM 22/6/08
I'm interested.
Amazon_Chris
jello44
Posted 8:22 AM 22/6/08
@xoforoct:
Hah, I liked Gaz too.
"Your fruit killing skills are remarkable"
jello44
Sparx
Posted 8:22 AM 22/6/08
Whoa whoa whoa, how about a spoiler warning for the Indy stuff. I mean I'm sure everyone here who wanted to has seen it but for those poor people like Ashcraft...its just unfair =)
Sparx
feartheraven
Posted 8:22 AM 22/6/08
i have lost all faith in the cod series. 1 and 2 were brilliant, 3 sucked, and 4 felt soulless.
feartheraven
maraxusofk
Posted 8:21 AM 22/6/08
halo killer?
maraxusofk
NoFunShogun
Posted 8:21 AM 22/6/08
I agree. Call of Duty 5: Future Warfare would be awesome.
We need to liberate terraformed Mars from those damn Saturnian Titans!
NoFunShogun
Grimmjow Jeagerjaques
Posted 8:19 AM 22/6/08
SC: Ghost is dead...for now
Grimmjow Jeagerjaques
xoforoct
Posted 8:19 AM 22/6/08
maybe its "sci fi" in that soap finds a time machine and goes back in time to keep gaz and griggs (and maybe price) from getting killed! Please oh please oh please.....GAZ!!! Nooooooo!
xoforoct
Chewbenator
Posted 8:16 AM 22/6/08
COD:2142
Chewbenator
vanderblade
Posted 8:16 AM 22/6/08
If it is Call of Duty, it's CoD5, not six. World at War doesn't carry the 5 for a reason.
I'm hoping for an original IP. Call of Duty in the future? No. Please.
vanderblade
jello44
Posted 8:15 AM 22/6/08
@Nirolak: @Shiryu: @Evdor:
Oh good, I wasn't the only one salivating over that game, that would be great, but probably unlikely at this point, I'm still hoping it one day will come out.
jello44
Evdor
Posted 8:14 AM 22/6/08
Oh god. Starcraft Ghost as done by Infinity Ward.
Hey, a guy can dream.
Evdor
Frequen-Z
Posted 8:13 AM 22/6/08
I express nothing but apathy for this.
Frequen-Z
Shiryu
Posted 8:11 AM 22/6/08
@Nirolak: Ah, ya beat me to it...
Call of Duty VI: Space Age Showtime Warfare
I would really like to see Starcraft:Ghost a reality one day... fingers crossed.
x ^_^ X
Shiryu
priscabel
Posted 8:09 AM 22/6/08
Hm, I'm thinking this is the next Call of Duty. Exactly what EA did with Battlefield. WWII > Present Time > Future.
priscabel
enigma776
Posted 8:07 AM 22/6/08
What made me think of the terminator series would be the new movie coming out next year (which as it happens is set in the future). It's Ideal.
enigma776
SnakeCL
Posted 8:06 AM 22/6/08
@notoriousEIC:
I was about to see, my curiousity is piqued as well.
I'd rather see money funneled into this project than CoD5: We Need Money!
SnakeCL
notoriousEIC
Posted 8:04 AM 22/6/08
What, you mean they're not going to stick to Modern Warfare? Just what we need, more Sci-Fi...
Just kidding. Consider my curiosity piqued.
notoriousEIC
Nirolak
Posted 8:04 AM 22/6/08
I see three major possibilities for this:
1.) Call of Duty 6: Future Warfare
2.) A brand new IP (featuring roid raging bald space marines!!!)
or 3.) StarCraft: Ghost (I can hope, can't I? I mean, the companies *are* merged now.)
Nirolak
spargo_1
Posted 8:03 AM 22/6/08
@enigma776:
Preach it brother!
spargo_1
enigma776
Posted 8:02 AM 22/6/08
C'mon Terminator Game, It would rock if these guys did it.
enigma776
Trailnutz
Posted 9:01 AM 22/6/08
Call of duty 6. Space Warfare.
Trailnutz
KM91
Posted 9:00 AM 22/6/08
I wonder what it's gonna look like.
KM91
The Whaleman
Posted 8:53 AM 22/6/08
This would be completely awesome since I don't like realistic shooters... I prefer alien goo over trying to recreate historic events where thousands of actual human beings actually died because the leaders of the world are too stupid to solve conflicts through poker or some other peaceful(ish) way. I never played the original CoD games since I didn't want reminders of what a complete waste of human lives real wars are.... let me shoot made up aliens or cartoonish characters (or annelids for that matter) any day.
The Whaleman
Woden501
Posted 8:49 AM 22/6/08
@Nirolak: Hehehe... that would be awesome.
Hm... call of duty in outer space... I'd play it. Hell I might even actually buy it unlike half the other games I play... having unlimited free rentals rocks.
Woden501
Zerbrechen
Posted 8:43 AM 22/6/08
@Amazon_Chris: I'm not.
I mean, unless it's goddamn revolutionary, it will most likely just be another future/space themed FPS... with aliens (You don't know how much I hate aliens... but believe me, it's alot).
I'd rather 15 more WWII games than another generic space shooter... Hopefully whatever they do is worth buying.
Zerbrechen
WolfofWar
Posted 8:41 AM 22/6/08
Will we be killing giant bugs with an army composed of young soap opera actors?
Lock and Load Marines, you wanna live forever!?
WolfofWar
InsidiousTuna
Posted 8:33 AM 22/6/08
!
InsidiousTuna
MOP88
Posted 9:25 AM 22/6/08
If they pull it off...
Well, we have one unbeatable weapon against aliens/disgruntled-human-colonists: captain price's stache!
MOP88
TheGuero
Posted 9:18 AM 22/6/08
Call of Duty : World War II in SPACE!!
Oh......wait a second.
TheGuero
Absent Blue
Posted 9:16 AM 22/6/08
CoD in space? I'm there.
I'll buy anything IW puts out as they've yet to disappoint... out of the three games they released thus far.
Absent Blue
Shadowcast
Posted 9:12 AM 22/6/08
Hey if it does for generic sci-fi shooters what CoD4 did for generic war games, I'll buy it... hoping for a new ip though... but this is Activision we're talking about here; so it's probably CoD5.
Shadowcast
Laughing_Gas
Posted 9:11 AM 22/6/08
@feartheraven: Those are my exact same feelings.
Laughing_Gas
smuckersisgood
Posted 9:07 AM 22/6/08
I could dig a sci-fi cod if its done by IW. curiosity also piqued
smuckersisgood
wild homes 5: no disassemble!
Posted 10:00 AM 22/6/08
Anyone expressing antipathy for this (rumored) title needs to frame in his mind very clearly the legendary scales of suck. On one end of the scale, imagine a sci-fi Call of Duty designed by Infinity Ward-- imagine the title failing as hard as Infinity Ward could allow. Now, on the other arm of the scale place any Call of Duty-- past, present, or future-- made by Treyarch.
I'll take my chances with Infinity Ward.
wild homes 5: no disassemble!
Paladin58
Posted 9:55 AM 22/6/08
@WolfofWar: Yes! This would be awesome.
Wait, wasn't there a Starship troopers game already in production? :/
Paladin58
I_Hate_This_Place
Posted 9:54 AM 22/6/08
HALO KILLER CONFIRMED!!11!!11!!!1!
lol.
I do look forward to what they can do, as COD4 was awesome.
I_Hate_This_Place
alitcofsky
Posted 9:41 AM 22/6/08
@enigma776, @spargo_1: Hate to burst your bubble, but the folks who own the rights to The Terminator intellectual property - Halcyon - formed an internal development studio for the game tie-in. The company also has the game rights to the works of Phillip K. Dick.
@priscabel: Same here.
alitcofsky
Iceking5
Posted 9:33 AM 22/6/08
*Prays for Call of Duty 6: Pikmin Assualt*
Iceking5
Salen
Posted 10:24 AM 22/6/08
OOoooh. If its just CoD4 with some new guns, and a reskinning of the game to look Sci-Fi'ie... well, I'd still be more interested in it than CoD:World of War(craft?) 5.
So woot on IW doing stuff that may or may not happen!
Salen
LastFace
Posted 10:21 AM 22/6/08
@Evdor: @Shiryu: @Nirolak:
@jello44:
Oh damn, if IW did Starcraft:Ghost....My head would explode from the sheer win of that. That would actually be the most amazing possibility ever for this game to be. Sadly, it probably isn't, but damn.
That would just be... too good for reality. It would be BETTER than freakin' reality.
LastFace
Barf#1
Posted 10:48 AM 22/6/08
I Think it would be sweet.
Barf#1
bigsamboni
Posted 10:46 AM 22/6/08
call of duty future warfare is my guess
bigsamboni
senote
Posted 11:19 AM 22/6/08
Given the timing wouldn't they need to be showing gameplay footage at E3? They will soon be begining work on CoD6 which means that this title if it exists must be near completion. That said I don't know that much about IW, perhaps they could be developing two games at once.
senote
Polterg3ist
Posted 11:43 AM 22/6/08
Captain Price's mustache.
IN SPAAAAAAAAAACE.
Polterg3ist
marmidukestank
Posted 12:18 PM 22/6/08
"That's still like saying the guy that brought you "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is now making an Indiana Jones movie with aliens in it."
INTERDIMENSIONAL BEINGS!!!!!
marmidukestank
Thugmunk
Posted 12:15 PM 22/6/08
@Nirolak: If anyone other than Blizzard worked on Starcraft: Ghost, I don't know if I'd give it a fair shot. I mean, it would be awesome. I'm a HUGE SC fan. But I think the franchise and IP are too close to Blizzard's heart to let it go. :P Would be neat though.
Thugmunk
belo
Posted 12:48 PM 22/6/08
@Paladin58: A starship troopers fps came out like awhile back... I remember playing the demo off fileplanet.
Gearbox is working on a new Aliens fps.
belo
belo
Posted 12:46 PM 22/6/08
CoD: Future Warfare would be fuck awesome.
belo
Dakobah
Posted 12:38 PM 22/6/08
CoD: Starship Troopers would be instant win.
Dakobah
PsycheE
Posted 12:35 PM 22/6/08
They would have to go off to a sharp angent in order to overcome COD4. Everyone will have COD4 in the back of their mind when playing a new IP from IW. We will compare the itty bitty parts and pull a LOTL.
I am definitely betting that IW will go in a completely new direction. I don't see what else they can do with COD.
PsycheE
JAcK0R
Posted 1:36 PM 22/6/08
While a futuristic CoD would be sweet, a deep part of me wishes that Infinity Ward gained the rights to Halo 4.
*Drools*
JAcK0R
Dave Silva
Posted 1:58 PM 22/6/08
... Did you just spoil the latest Indy flick?
You've got to be @#)& $@#&$#@$#@&$@#&$
Dave Silva
dowingba
Posted 1:57 PM 22/6/08
Saucer men from mars? You've got to be kidding me.
dowingba
Salen
Posted 2:35 PM 22/6/08
@JAcK0R: Halo 4: Sgt. Johnson and Captain Price's Super Awesome Adventure!
I'd buy that for a dollar!
Salen
deathtastic
Posted 3:04 PM 22/6/08
thats pretty much the only half original thing they can do after modern warfare.
deathtastic
Geoflame
Posted 3:58 PM 22/6/08
Would be cool to find a new IP I think,
I hope everyone knows the new COD is not by them..some people still think it is sadly.
Ugh why is everyone raggin on Indy 4, I new there would be an Alien tie in of some form when I first heard the title cause it was a common idea within the whole legend of the Crystal Skull even though most tales about it are not real but still I know what direction they had in mind.
Geoflame
Kenny
Posted 3:54 PM 22/6/08
Call of Duty 6: Combat Evolved.
Kenny
excaliburps
Posted 5:52 PM 22/6/08
@Nirolak:That's what I thought when I read this. Though it could also be a hoax. Can you imagine if IW had an IP of their own to flesh out and whatnot?! Could be something legendary!
@Geoflame: WE know the next COD isn't made by IW. But the other dozen or so people who bought COD4 and aren't lurking videogame sites might get duped (I say duped here in the loosest sense that COD5 might be good after all).
I read it somewhere that Activision might be considering the notion of COD4 as its main online FPS and COD5 continuing the series itself. Not bad considering COD4 is still selling like hotcakes.
My personal theory is Activision is making IW make a new IP to combat Halo,Gears of War,Killzone, etc...Hey if anyone can make a (insert game here)-killer, it's IW.
excaliburps
Trailnutz
Posted 6:40 PM 22/6/08
@Polterg3ist: You think the lack of gravity would cause his mustache to float and go into his nose?
Trailnutz
Horusz
Posted 6:29 PM 22/6/08
Well, if anyone is capable of making EXCELLENT shooters,
it's Infinity Ward.
They blew me away with every single game they made, so if this is true, consider it pre-ordered.
Horusz
FlapDangerous
Posted 6:16 PM 22/6/08
excellent
FlapDangerous
string_theory
Posted 7:02 PM 22/6/08
yay! sci-fi = fun (usually)
string_theory
NX01
Posted 12:59 AM 23/6/08
I would not get may hope's up that this "allgeded" Sci-Fi game will be a COD set in the future.
If could be a New IP, since IW has only been making COD game's, and they want to branch out (hell, Treyarch has 3 game's on the go right now..............Spiderman: Web of Shadows, James Bond 007: Qautium of Solstice and COD: World At War).
NX01
dgonchild
Posted 2:07 AM 23/6/08
Bring on CoD6: Future Warfare.
dgonchild
etchasketchist
Posted 6:36 AM 23/6/08
Sci-fi!?! Genius. Where do they come up with this stuff. You know what I'd love to see? A game that was based around Dungeons and Dragons-y fantasy stuff. Wouldn't that be cool?
etchasketchist
CARBOMB
Posted 7:57 PM 23/6/08
It's a new SciFi FPS, original IP (non COD related), their 'Halo Killer'. You've got a good tipster ;)
CARBOMB
n1n3CAL
Posted 8:42 AM 22/6/08
I highly doubt that they would make a CoD title placed in the future. Modern warfare was amazing but that's pushing it there.
n1n3CAL