'Call of Duty 7' already 'in production'

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted May 13, 2009 4:59 pm PT

Treyarch animator's resume lists development of reportedly Cold War-set game as being "currently" under way; 2010 release date expected.

Last week, rumors surfaced that Activision was working on "Call of Duty 7," the next chapter in the wildly popular first-person shooter series. They stemmed from a report on That Videogame Blog, which said that the publisher was looking for "Vietnam War-era tunes, as well as Cuban, African, and Soviet Union music."

Besides hinting that the game might be set in some of the many guerrilla-conflict hotspots of the Cold War, the now-pulled report indicated that Treyarch was once again developing. The report made sense, given the annual alternation of Infinity Ward and Treyarch's Call of Duty projects--and the fact that the game formerly known as Call of Duty 6 is now the Call of Duty-less spin-off Modern Warfare 2.

Now comes further proof that Treyarch is already hard at work on a new entry in the series. According to the LinkedIn resume of an animator at the shop (name withheld), "Call Of Duty 7" is listed as "currently in production." Activision reps had not responded to requests for comment about Treyarch's current project as of press time.

The resume offers no other details on Call of Duty 7, including platforms, ratings, or a release date. However, given that Modern Warfare 2 is due out November 10, 2009, a fall 2010 release date appears likely. If the past two games are a precedent, an M for Mature rating and multiplatform release are also all but assured.

For more on Treyarch's work on the Call of Duty franchise, check out GameSpot's video review of the best-selling Call of Duty: World at War below.

469 Comments

  • Kei_neoblood

    Posted Dec 11, 2009 4:45 pm PT

    Meh, I'll stick with the modern warfare series of COD.

  • joedog05

    Posted Dec 7, 2009 8:55 am PT

    So what are infinity ward going to release to compete with treyarch? You must also keep in mind that a new medal of honour game is going to be released (expected to be 2010) based purely in Afghanistan on 'modern warfare'.

  • godsaber

    Posted Dec 5, 2009 3:32 pm PT

    only thing im not gonna like is that this already happened we know how its going to end and what really did happen. MW+mw2 were made on a make-believe war so anything was great...

  • Aero12lida

    Posted Nov 28, 2009 4:16 pm PT

    CALL OF DUTY:VIETNAM

  • AddictedGamer50

    Posted Nov 27, 2009 10:02 am PT

    @lindseyiluvyou: the afgahnastan war during that time period was known as operation desert storm.

  • AddictedGamer50

    Posted Nov 27, 2009 10:00 am PT

    @thwart: I agree it would be interesting to see call of duty gameplay merged with futuristic environments and weapons, that doesn't mean i'd want all call of dutys to be set in the future though.

  • hoopstar789

    Posted Nov 24, 2009 10:58 am PT

    hopefully it wil be in vietnam, or hey! it might even be in Korean. I hope they never do a Call of Duty Civil WAr, that would be kinda gay

  • comwilson

    Posted Nov 23, 2009 3:55 pm PT

    CALL OF DUTY: COLD WAR VIETNAM.

  • comwilson

    Posted Nov 23, 2009 3:52 pm PT

    LOL It's going to be like BF: VIETNAM

  • comwilson

    Posted Nov 23, 2009 3:51 pm PT

    CALL OF DUTY: COLD WAR

  • comwilson

    Posted Nov 23, 2009 3:51 pm PT

    CALL OF DUTY: COLD WAR

  • comwilson

    Posted Nov 23, 2009 3:50 pm PT

    They r going to call it: CALL OF DUTY:VIETNAM WAR or CALL OF DUTY : WAR ON THE VIETNAM.

  • JordanizPro

    Posted Nov 21, 2009 1:27 pm PT

    i hope the story mode is longer than MW2

  • thwart

    Posted Nov 19, 2009 10:31 am PT

    I'd rather see futuristic warfare than vietnam again.

  • TheVGamer

    Posted Nov 15, 2009 1:50 pm PT

    It would be cool to see Captain Price in this game!!!

  • madmaxx101

    Posted Nov 13, 2009 11:10 am PT

    Man I hope Treyarch dose the Vietnam war

  • lindseyiluvyou

    Posted Nov 8, 2009 5:06 pm PT

    I hope its set all over the place during the Cold War. The Cold War lasted for 40+ years. And in that span was the Korean War, Vietnam War, The Cuban Missile Crises, and I think there was a war in Afganistan in that span also but not positive. So if it takes place in the Cold War it should take place in all these battles.

  • acer_062

    Posted Nov 5, 2009 7:02 pm PT

    @silverdoe

    Good point.

    If the game is Vietnam based then in theory the "bad guys" would be the Americans and therefore we would probably be playing the VC armed with AK47s fighting to expel the invaders from our country with the game ending with the final evacuation of the American troops from the embassy in Saigon.

    Now wouldn't this make an interesting game!!!!!

  • sstaytru

    Posted Oct 30, 2009 5:31 pm PT

    Another Call of Duty, set in WW2, would not hurt the franchise. There are many areas of WW2 that they never touched on. The one thing I hate about CoD: WaW, is that they did not go to Iwo Jima. Now Burma, Merrill's Marauder's, would have been a nice area too. Even the British at Singapore would have been interesting. Even a Call of Duty: Silent Service game for the PS3, or X-Box 360 would have been good too.

  • xSithiSx

    Posted Oct 25, 2009 1:21 pm PT

    Not really sure why so many people hated Cod3.. I loved it.

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