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The Unannounced Sequels Scorecard

Gaming Target writes:

"With E3 less than three months away, some of gaming's biggest franchises will soon grow just a bit larger. Not all of these games have been officially announced, some are just rumors. But all of them are definitely in development, so here's everything we know about gaming's great unannounced sequels" such as God of War IV, Halo 4, Killzone 3, Resistance 3, Gears of War 3, Uncharted 3 and more.

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JustinSaneV25867d ago (Edited 5867d ago )

"It is not being called Call of Duty 9 right now, but "Call of Duty: Sledgehammer" doesn't have a release date yet either."
You're right, it's not being called CoD9. Just like WaW isn't CoD5 and MW2 isn't CoD6!

Why do people insist on calling each Call of Duty game by their release order instead of their name (i.e. CoD:WaW they call CoD5, CoD:MW2 they call CoD6, etc)!? It drives me nuts.

You don't see other people calling Super Mario World, Mario 64, and Super Mario Galaxy by names such as Super Mario 5, Super Mario 6, etc.

KingJFS5867d ago

But Call of Duty 7 doesn't have any other name besides Call of Duty 7 right now. I guess you could call it the "seventh Call of Duty game", but that seems a little wordy.

WildArmed5865d ago

Nice article.

Very excited to hear about Darksiders 2 and Hitman 5 being confirmed in one way or another.
I dont want these franchises to die just yet.. (esp. since DS is just a new franchise)

Speaking of 'DS'... i hope we get a sequel to demons Souls.. in which your char from DS1 is a boss (and if u havn't played it, the top black phantom is a boss!)

GAH!
THOSE GUYS ARE GENUISES I TELL YA!
BRING IT ON SOFTWARE

SeanRL5865d ago

Who cares, cod sucks anyways.

PaLaK-5865d ago

HITMAN 5!!!!!! I've been waiting soo long for a hitman game to come out this gen, hitman blood money on my ps2 was amazing! So stealthy and different from all these other games!

Fanb0y5865d ago

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx anyone?

Convas5865d ago

... their going to need to pull off something Halo: CE-esque to even get people to visit the website. If any announcements about are made, I'll be watching cautiously.

Cajun Chicken5865d ago

I would be happy with my yearly Insomniac game.

Silly gameAr5865d ago

Mortal Kombat 9. I'm excited about a lot of the sequels on the list but I can't wait for that MK reboot.

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Dragon Age Lead Says Including World State Reactivity Felt Like It Was "Irrelevant Or Not Enough"

Dragon Age 2 set the precedent that the series would always carry our choices over, but was it worth it?

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TheColbertinator36d ago

If the choices won't matter, why bother? Bioware works so hard at giving meaningful choices but rarely if ever carrying out the impact of such choices to the end.

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Halo art director leaves studio after 17 years with ominous message alluding to discontent

Glenn Israel writes: "As of today and after seventeen long years, I am officially no longer contributing to the Halo universe. There is little more I can say for the moment, though I intend to share this particular story in its entirety when it is absolutely safe to do so next year. In the meantime, I have a message for anyone and everyone who needs to hear it.

I know that the state of our industry seems dire, but never forget that you are *free to choose*. No illusion of security nor promise of wealth or fame or power is worth trading away your health, your dignity, your ethics or values - and no one can force you to. Stay strong, take evidence when necessary, and find where you belong."

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Bathyj187d ago

My god.
There's a story for next year.

VenomUK187d ago

I’m really disappointed to learn there are still people/morale problems. I thought the whole point of rebranding 343i to Halo Studios was to signal that real changes had been made - not to cynically rebrand to paper over the problems.

I really hope the Halo CE remake is great and gets people hyped for the future of the series.

DarXyde187d ago

It's inevitable with the modern landscape. Even if some issues have been assuaged, new ones crop up all the time.

I'm willing to bet AI and the lack of regulation is causing substantial upset.

shinXseijuro187d ago (Edited 187d ago )

He said something very marking . We tend to complain a lot about the industry but deep down I realize that we never have we been offered this crazy amount of games all available for you to play now . You can literally play any sorts of games in 2025 . Nobody is forcing you to buy the latest COD or the latest BF . You’re more of a 8 bit cozy gaming guy there’s a whole niche of modern games for that . You like micromanaging there’s games for that . I feel like we have been spoiled so much we just stopped being realistic and thinking for ourselves . We follow trends cry about stuff online when you are the buyer you have the power .

Notellin187d ago

I'm not buying any games until another Immersive sim is made.

PhillyDonJawn187d ago

....wth happened over there?
Does this confirm a new Halo by next year?
What did they want him to do that made him feel it was morally wrong or a insult to his integrity?

-Foxtrot187d ago

Well how about that, a name change doesn’t fix internal issues

Who would have thought

jznrpg187d ago

MS was throwing money around for a long time but now it’s time to pay the Piper.

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Halo 4 & Halo 5: Guardians Sales Reached Nearly 10 Million Units Worldwide

Lifetime sales of 343 Industries' first-person shooters, Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, reached nearly 10 million units worldwide each.

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Sciurus_vulgaris278d ago

There were reports that Halo 4 and Halo 5 had similar sales to Halo: Reach years ago. The clickbait websites and rage bait YouTubers from 2012-2016 just wanted to spread excessive negativity about the franchise for their own benefit.

VenomUK277d ago

What did Halo: Infinite sell?

Sciurus_vulgaris277d ago

I don’t know. However, I would assume around 10 million. All the Halo FPS titles have done around 10 million sales, except ODST. Halo 3, was reported to exceed 14 million copies. I still remember back in 2007-2008, Halo 3 and COD 4 would duke it out for the most played XBL game.

MrNinosan276d ago

@Sciurus

There is NO WAY Infinite sold 10 million. Wake up dude.
Once upon a time, there was gamers on the Xbox side who actually bought games. Those times are since long gone.

Infinite has most likely not even hit 5 million sales

slate91277d ago

Nearly 10 million units and killing the brand is crazy work. Nicely done.

peppeaccardo276d ago

This New: Putting chocolate chips on top of a freshly made dog turd .....

1Victor277d ago

So let me get this straight in almost 13 years both games sold a combined 10 millions units.
Now I’m not going to use the obscured mentality and compared it to the amount of consoles sold and say it’s a failure 🤷🏿

thesoftware730276d ago (Edited 276d ago )

1Victor,

Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, reached nearly 10 million units worldwide "each."

Read it again, there is a word in there that clears up your misunderstanding.

1Victor276d ago

@thesoftware720
I apologize I skimmed through the article and the headline blinded me and stuck in my mind thank you for the correction 👍👍

AuraAbjure276d ago (Edited 276d ago )

Halo 4 is the best multiplayer ever! It’s even better than Titanfall 2. I admit Halo 4 got CoDified but there’s nothing wrong with taking inspiration from other games sometimes and halo 4 did it sooooo well with that speed boost plus sword combo and SAW plus damage booth combo, holy guacamole 🥑

Some crucial improvements to halo 4 could’ve been to boost the power of the AA sentinel, and whenever matchmaking pits people against each other with an armor abilities turned off completely then the map needs to routinely spawn, plentiful, predictable, power weapons. Also, all frame rate drops are unacceptable for a halo game during split-split screen or couch co-op. Just dynamically scale the resolution of the game down but whatever happens don’t let the framer dip in a Halo game for the love of all that is holy and good!

My personal gameplay of getting 30 kills in a 4 v. 4 game of team slayer up to 60.

https://youtu.be/ZYDvior_K-...

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