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Kotick: CoD Black Ops will 'surprise' fans

Activision CEO, president and director, Bobby Kotick, has said he expects this year's Call of Duty: Black Ops from Treyarch to surprise the franchise's fan base.

Commenting on the future of the franchise, Kotick said: "As a preview into this exciting future, expect additional exciting content for Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops that will surprise our millions of players."

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Cajun Chicken5880d ago

Yes, Because it'll probably use the same engine from the last 3 entries of the franchise in the last 3 or so years as made by Infinity Ward, and have exactly the same overhyped multiplayer packed with it.

D4RkNIKON5880d ago (Edited 5880d ago )

@Cajun I also assume that it will be on the COD4 engine that was used for WaW and MW2. That would be lame and also expected.

Kotick, shut it before you change my mind about buying this one. Let the game speak for itself, if it will 'surprise' fans then it should do so without you needing to tell us.

FACTUAL evidence5880d ago

I'm so sick of COD it's not even funny......and did you guys see the stimulus map packs for MW2?....Might as well go play cod4...I'm tired of all this activision milking. For now on I'm only going to borrow their COD games, no more money from this guy.

-Alpha5880d ago

No, he said it would SURPRISE us.

CyberCam5880d ago

He probably means we'll be surprised by the price they'll charge their millions of fans!

STONEY45880d ago

I actually wouldn't be suprised if they charged $70 for the consoles and $60 again for PC.

Therealspy035880d ago

if they raise it to 70 and people pay it, i will have lost all hope for gamers. every game will go up to 70.

17 million people have already sent the msg that you can repackage the same turd and make tons of money, if they now send the msg that you can repackage a turd then charge more for it, we'll all be screwed.

UnwanteDreamz5880d ago

I think sales of the next COD are going to surprise Activision. I think the COD games have peaked. I don't see them ever doing as well as they already have. Just my opinion and it might be wishful thinking on my part.

BattleAxe5880d ago

Just because its the same engine, doesn't mean it will be a bad game. CoD: WaW was a great game and I'll be looking forward to the Vietkong Zombies in CoD:Black Ops.

CyberCam5880d ago (Edited 5880d ago )

What does Bobby Kotex know about gaming? I've never heard of him ever gaming or talking about a game from a first person perspective (so to speak). I've only ever heard him talk about profits & making the business of developing games not fun.

My question to him would be "have you played the pre-alpha/beta/demo yet?"

Sorry, but I can't take the word of a man that's not a gamer nor a developer!

MisterNiwa5879d ago

He would answer your question with:

'No, I don't play Games, I sell them. But it will suprise you.'

princejb1345880d ago

if its based on one of them history era such as vietnam or ww2, ww1, etc. i wont be buying
im not into them old guns

Serjikal_Strike5879d ago

the surprise will be that this Special Edition will be $199.99

nycredude5879d ago

Fvck you Activision! I bought my last COD game and I am avoiding Activision games as much as possible from now on.

WTF happened to N4g? I went on vacation one week and it's completely different! WTF happened to my bubbles?!

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DigitalAnalog5880d ago

Hahaha, the only one that would be surprised would be Bobby Kotick who in turn will find out this game will not sell as great as the previous installments.

If NOT, then I have lost all hope for the gaming community.

-End statement

kaveti66165880d ago

MW2 either has or soon will reach 20 million copies sold.

And there is no indication at all that gamers are fed up. We can already surmise that Treyarch's COD will not sell as well as Infinity Wards, but I think it will still get 10 million plus sales.

ExgamerLegends25880d ago

No one's gonna be surprised Kotick. We're all anticipating it be generic with an outrageously stupid collectors edition and possibly online subscription.

Raz5880d ago

The CoD franchise is dead, and while I doubt it will rest peacefully (it'll probably take a couple of big flops before Kotick gets the message); I'm quite happy to kiss it goodbye. Along with the legions of rabid, slavering 14-year-olds who mindlessly shoot their allies while spewing verbal diarrhea and cackling hysterically.

If anyone wants me, I'll be on the Battlefield with the rest of Bad Company 2.

Mr Tretton5880d ago

I don't why this guy even speaks. Shut up and count your money.

Kratos Spartan5880d ago

I'm sure some of that money you want him to count once belonged to you.

MegaPowa5880d ago

And I'm pretty sure Mr.Tretton does the same exact thing. -_-

badz1495880d ago

everything will be a surprise! his christmas has another name - CoD!

mittwaffen5880d ago

I need to plug Kotick from spewing this BS around town.

UnwanteDreamz5880d ago

You are gonna need 2 cause this guy talks out of his ass as well.

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Co-founder claims Activision put "pressure" on Infinity Ward to make game about Iran invading Israel

Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has claimed that Activision once pressured the studio to include an invasion of Israel by Iran.

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL147d ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor147d ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS147d ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead147d ago (Edited 147d ago )

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan198d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex198d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos198d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle40198d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor198d ago (Edited 198d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
Happy thanksgiving to all the N4G members
🥳 🍗 🦃

MDTunkown197d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio198d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger198d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac197d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac197d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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