With a new Call of Duty title releasing every year, fans have a boiling feeling of expectation about what the next storyline will be like, let alone the kind of multiplayer offered. However, those who are expecting to see a new Modern Warfare series after the release of Ghosts, are in for a bit of bad news.
Recently, community manager Tina Palacios confirmed to Videogamer that the company has once and for all decided that the Modern Warfare series has run its course and that no new addition to the series will be made hereafter.
When asked if the company has any plans to develop a new sub-brand in the Call of Duty series with Call of Duty: Ghosts, Palacios stated: “After Modern Warfare 3 ended, we already knew from the beginning that we didn't want to do another one. There was no way we were going to do another one. We wanted to go in a new direction."
To justify the decision, Palacios went on to explain that with the inception of Call of Duty: Ghosts, Infinity Ward, once again, had the opportunity to "craft” a story would offer players an “origin synopsis into why you want to care about these characters.”
"We never did with any characters in Modern Warfare," she continues, "they were standalone in the moment, and we wanted to have players feel like they could connect to Hesh and Logan and the Ghost squad," she stated.
She went on to suggest that following the departure of a number of developers from the studio in 2010, and also following the falling out between Bobby Kotick and the original founders of Infinity Ward, it was suggested that moving to a new location in the series would offer a fresh start.
"I feel like it's not necessarily the game that gave us that sense [of a fresh start], it's more of moving into a new studio. It's a unique situation to be in for any studio because for us making Ghosts, not only are we putting our heart and soul into the game but we're still really close friends with other developers,” Palacios added.
“I think what we're trying to do is create a game without anything else holding us back. We really just want to focus on creating an experience that's new and fresh for us because ultimately if we don't enjoy what we're doing we're not going to be there. So yeah, our main focus is just making sure that we ourselves would go home and play Ghosts without thinking of anything else on the side.”
Call of Duty: Ghosts is currently set for a Nov. 5 launch on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC, with the game also heading over to next generation consoles later this year.
